नास्ति

See also: Nasti

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাস্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬲ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• নাস্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• နာသ္တိ (Burmese script)
• નાસ્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਸ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦱ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾಸ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• នាស្តិ (Khmer script)
• ນາສ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• നാസ്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᠰᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ନାସ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢱ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• නාස‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• நாஸ்தி (Tamil script)
• నాస్తి (Telugu script)
• นาสฺติ (Thai script)
• ནཱ་སྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná

Sanskrit न (na)

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásti

Sanskrit अस्ति (asti)

Sanskrit नास्ति

Univerbation of न (na) +‎ अस्ति (asti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑːs.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑːs̪.t̪i/

Verb

नास्ति • (nāsti) third-singular indicative

1. (impersonal, indeclinable) it is not, it does not exist

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (ṇatthi)
  • Gujarati: નથી (nathī)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘡𑘭𑘜𑘹 (nasaṇe)
    • Marathi: नसणे (nasṇe)
• → Tamil: நாஸ்தி (nāsti), நாத்தி (nātti)
• → Telugu: నాస్తి (nāsti)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “नास्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 523, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “नास्ति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 891