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aasta

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːstɑ/

“aasta” is an Estonian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a year (a solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun: between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference)
  2. a year (a period of about 12 months, starting at any moment)
  3. the best (something) of a calendar year
  4. a year of one's lifetime; years old
  5. aging, elderly

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aigasta-aika, from *aigasta (“from time”), and *aika (“time”), possibly borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time, eternity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéws (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, age”), or from earlier *ajeka and borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ajuka- (“time, eternity”); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more. Cognate with…

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