हस्त

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰástas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰástas (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- (“hand”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t /dasta/) (whence modern Persian دست‎ (dast)), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀‎ (zasta, “hand”), Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”), Latin hir (“hand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

हस्त • (hásta) m

  1. the hand
  2. an elephant's trunk
  3. the forearm (a measure of length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger)
  4. the position of the hand
  5. handwriting
  6. (astronomy) the 11th (13th) lunar asterism (represented by a hand and containing five stars, identified by some with part of the constellation Corvus)
  7. a species of tree
  8. (prosody) an anapest
  9. quantity, abundance, mass (ifc. after words signifying 'hair')

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हस्त (hásta)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हस्तः
hástaḥ		 हस्तौ
hástau		 हस्ताः / हस्तासः¹
hástāḥ / hástāsaḥ¹
Vocative हस्त
hásta		 हस्तौ
hástau		 हस्ताः / हस्तासः¹
hástāḥ / hástāsaḥ¹
Accusative हस्तम्
hástam		 हस्तौ
hástau		 हस्तान्
hástān
Instrumental हस्तेन
hástena		 हस्ताभ्याम्
hástābhyām		 हस्तैः / हस्तेभिः¹
hástaiḥ / hástebhiḥ¹
Dative हस्ताय
hástāya		 हस्ताभ्याम्
hástābhyām		 हस्तेभ्यः
hástebhyaḥ
Ablative हस्तात्
hástāt		 हस्ताभ्याम्
hástābhyām		 हस्तेभ्यः
hástebhyaḥ
Genitive हस्तस्य
hástasya		 हस्तयोः
hástayoḥ		 हस्तानाम्
hástānām
Locative हस्ते
háste		 हस्तयोः
hástayoḥ		 हस्तेषु
hásteṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1294
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