ناستک

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नास्तिक (nāstika).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑːs.t̪ɪk/

Noun

ناسْتِک • (nāstik) m (Hindi spelling नास्तिक)

1. atheist, non-believer

   Synonyms: دَہْرِیَہ (dahriya), مُلْحِد (mulhid)

   Antonyms: وِشْواسِی (viśvāsī), آسْتھاوان (āsthāvān), مومِن (momin), آسْتِک (āstik)

Declension

Declension of ناستک
	singular	plural
direct	ناسْتِک (nāstik)	ناسْتِک (nāstik)
oblique	ناسْتِک (nāstik)	ناسْتِکوں (nāstikõ)
vocative	ناسْتِک (nāstik)	ناسْتِکو (nāstiko)

Adjective

ناسْتِک • (nāstik) (Hindi spelling नास्तिक)

1. atheist; atheistic

Related terms

• ناستکتا (nāstiktā)

Further reading

• “ناستک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.