hasta
/ˈhæs.tə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”).
Colloquial
noun
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 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."
- "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."
- "On Mamlūk metalware, inscriptions appear not only in continuous and intersecting bands which may occupy a considerable part of an object, but also in a circular arrangement in which the hastae of the letters point towards the centre."
- "The “stem and leaf” motif covering the area between the long hastae of the letters is delineated by a quick curving stroke with curls, “comma-shaped” leaves and dots, which resemble the sprays on Fatimid lustre-wares (fig.2.). […] The long hastae of the letters on the Ḥamā piece are not emphasised by parallel strokes but seem to belong to less elaborate writing styles, while the curling stem between the alif and lām finds its exact parallel on Fāṭimid lustre-painted vessels, of the 11th-12th century."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: hasta