जास्त

Marathi

Alternative forms

• ज्यास्त (jyāsta), जास्ती (jāstī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زیادتی (ziyâdati), from Arabic زِيَادَةِ (ziyādati). Related to जादा (jādā). Compare Gujarati જાસ્તી (jāstī), Kannada ಜಾಸ್ತಿ (jāsti), dialectal Punjabi ਜਾਸਤੀ (jāstī), Bengali জাস্তি (jasti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑas.t̪ə/

Adjective

जास्त • (jāsta)

1. more, excessive

Adverb

जास्त • (jāsta)

1. more, excessively

Usage notes

• जास्त (jāsta), अधिक (adhik) and कमी (kamī) are used to explicitly indicate the comparative degree of adjectives.^[1]

  जास्त हुशार ― jāsta huśār ― smarter, more intelligent

  अधिक हुशार ― adhik huśār ― smarter, more intelligent

  कमी हुशार ― kamī huśār ― less smart, less intelligent

• सर्वात (जास्त) is one way to indicate the superlative degree of adjectives. ^[1]

  सर्वात (जास्त) हुशार ― sarvāt (jāsta) huśār ― smartest, most intelligent

Derived terms

• जास्तीत जास्त (jāstīt jāsta, “maximum”)

References

1. Dhongde, Ramesh Vaman, Wali, Kashi (2009) Marathi, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co., page 57

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “जास्त”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जास्त”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जास्त”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).