ناشتا

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”).

ناشتا • (nâštâ, nâšetâ)

1. hungry

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

ناشتا • (nâštâ, nâšetâ)

1. breakfast

• صبحانه (sobhâne)

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

• ناشْتَہ (nāśta)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَاشْتَا (nāštā).

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

نَاشْتَا • (nāśtā) m (Hindi spelling नाश्ता)

1. breakfast
2. light food

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

• “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.

From Persian ناشتا (nâštâ, nâšetâ).

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

1. breakfast