Hasta
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhæs.tə/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hasta is a verb meaning (colloquial) third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”).
Meaning
(colloquial) third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”).
More Meanings
- (colloquial) goodbye
- (Indian classical dance) A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song
- A spear carried by early Roman legionaries.
Example Sentences
He hasta visit the doctor.
A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around.
In the 12th century in Persia and later in Anatolia a new style of monumental kufic becomes the rule, with the tall hastae of the letters plaited.
In Table I the hastae of n and m are regularly vertical and of the same height, while in II a and II b they vary in height and are often out of the perpendicular.
Word Forms
- hastas
- hastae
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include until, upto, mudra, ahata, jati, kolattam.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.