Sanskrit

Noun

हस्त • ‎(hásta) m

1. the hand
2. an elephant's trunk
3. the forearm (a measure of length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger)
4. the position of the hand
5. handwriting
6. (astronomy) the 11th (13th) lunar asterism (represented by a hand and containing five stars, identified by some with part of the constellation Corvus)
7. a species of tree
8. (prosody) an anapest
9. quantity, abundance, mass (ifc. after words signifying 'hair')

Descendants

• Assamese: হাত
• Bengali: হাত ‎(hat)
• Dhivehi: އަތްތިލަ
• Gujarati: હાથ ‎(hāth)
• Hindi: हाथ ‎(hāth)
• Kashmiri: अथु
• Khmer: ហត្ថ ‎(hâtthâ)
• Konkani: हाथु
• Marathi: हात ‎(hāt)
• Nepali: हात ‎(hāta)
• Oriya: ହାତ
• Punjabi: ਹਸਤ
• Rohingya: hát
• Romani: vast
• Sindhi: हथ
• Sinhalese: අත ‎(ata)
• Telugu: హస్తము ‎(hastamu)

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 1294