ناشتا

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑːʃ.tɑː], [nɑː.ʃi.tɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːʃ.t̪ʰɑː], [nɑː.ʃɪ.t̪ʰɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːʃ.t̪ʰɑː], [nɑː.ʃɪ.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːʃ.t̪ʰɑː], [nɑː.ʃɪ.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːʃ.t̪ʰɔː], [nɔː.ʃi.t̪ʰɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːʃ.t̪ʰɒː], [nɒː.ʃe.t̪ʰɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔʃ.t̪ʰɔ], [nɔ.ʃi.t̪ʰɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāštā, nāšitā
Dari reading?	nāštā, nāšitā
Iranian reading?	nâštâ, nâšetâ
Tajik reading?	nošto, nošito

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,چای صبح
Iranian Persian	صبحانه
Tajik	ношто,ношито

ناشتا • (nâštâ, nâšetâ)

1. breakfast

   Synonym: صبحانه (sobhâne)

References

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

Urdu

Alternative forms

• ناشْتَہ (nāśta)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَاشْتَا (nāštā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

نَاشْتَا • (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)

Descendants

• → Kannada: ನಾಷ್ಟಾ (nāṣṭā)
• → Malayalam: നാശ്ത (nāśta), നാസ്ത (nāsta)
• → Tamil: நாஸ்தா (nāstā), நாஷ்தா (nāṣtā)

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], 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