ناشتا

Persian

Etymology 1

Probably cognate with Sanskrit अनाशित (anāśita, “one who has not eaten, hungry”); alternatively, from نه‎ (na, “not”) + a form derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Compare Mazanderani انیشتا‎ (“hungry”).

Adjective

ناشتا • (nâštâ, nâšetâ)

  1. hungry

Etymology 2

From original ناشتایی‎ (nâštâ'i, nâštâyi), related to etymology above.

Noun
Dari ناشتا‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik ношто, ношито

ناشتا • (nâštâ, nâšetâ)

  1. breakfast
Synonyms

References
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 117

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناشتا‎ (nāštā).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɑːʃ.t̪ɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: ناش‧تا

Noun

ناشْتا • (nāśtā) m (Hindi spelling नाश्ता)

  1. breakfast
  2. light food

Declension
Declension of ناشتا‎
singular plural
direct ناشْتا‎ (nāśtā) ناشْتے‎ (nāśte)
oblique ناشْتے‎ (nāśte) ناشْتوں‎ (nāśtõ)
vocative ناشْتے‎ (nāśte) ناشْتو‎ (nāśto)

References
  • “ناشتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ناشتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Uyghur
Other scripts
Perso-Arabic ناشتا‎
Latin ‍nashta‍
Cyrillic нашта

Etymology

From Persian ناشتا‎ (nâštâ, nâšetâ).

Noun

ناشتا • (nashta) (plural ناشتىلار‎ (nashtilar))

  1. breakfast
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