Nepali

Adverb

अस्ति • ‎(asti)

1. the day before yesterday
2. last (with days of the week)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- ‎(“to be”).

Verb

अस्ति • ‎(ásti) ‎(class 2 present, root अस्)

1. to be
2. to live
3. to exist, be present
4. to take place, happen
5. to abide, dwell, stay
6. to belong to (+ genitive or dative)
7. to fall to the share of. happen to any one (+ genitive)
8. to be equal to (+ dative)
9. to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dative)
10. to become
11. to be (i.e. used as copula, but not only with adjective, but also with adverb)

Conjugation

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 122