هستم

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Háhmi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi, from *h₁es- (to be). Can be analyzed as هست (hast, there is, there are) + ـم (-am, am).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [häs.t̪ʰǽm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäs.t̪ʰǽm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäs.t̪ʰǽm]

Readings
Classical reading? hastam
Dari reading? hastam
Iranian reading? hastam
Tajik reading? hastam

Verb

Dari هستم
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳастам

هستم • (hastam)

  1. first-person singular present of بودن (budan, to be); am
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