/ˈhæstə/
OriginWritten form of a reduction of has to.
- colloquial, form-of, indicative, present, singularthird-person singular simple present indicative of hafta: Contraction of has to (“is required to”).
“He hasta visit the doctor.”
- A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song
“A prudent prayer, and a vigorous dance, with many interwoven leaps and twirls and pirouettes, and hastas all around.”
- Ancient-RomeA spear carried by early Roman legionaries.
“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 ”
Formshastas(plural) · hastae(plural)