اتا

See also: ابا, آپا, أبا, and آٹا

Kyrgyz

Noun

اتا • (ata)

1. Arabic spelling of ата (ata).

Persian

Alternative forms

• آته (āta), آتی (ātay) (regional Dari, especially Hazaragi)
• اته (āta) (regional Dari, especially Logar)

Etymology

From a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.tɑː], [ʔi.tɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.t̪ʰä], [ʔɔː.t̪ʰäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.t̪ʰɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	atā, itā
Dari reading?	atā
Iranian reading?	atâ
Tajik reading?	ato

Noun

اتا • (atâ)

1. (dialectal) father

   Synonyms: پدر (padar), والد (vâled), بابا (bâbâ)

Inflection

Basic forms of اتا (atā) (Classical and Dari Persian)
	singular	plural
bare	اتا (atā́) اتای △ (atā́y)	اتاها (atā-hā́) اتایا △ (atāy-yā́)
definitive direct object	اتارا (atā́ rā) اتای‌ره △ (atā́y ra)	اتاها را (atā-hā́ rā) اتایاره △ (atāy-yā́ ra)
izāfa	اتای (atā́-yi)	اتاهای (atā-hā́-yi) اتایای △ (atāy-yā́-yi)
marked indefinite / relative definite	اتایی (atā́-yē)	اتاهایی (atā-hā́-yē) اتایایی △ (atāy-yā́-yē)
△ Colloquial Dari.

Possessive forms of اتا (atā)
	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	اتایم (atā́yam)	اتاهایم (atā-hā́yam) اتایام △ (atāy-yā́-am)
2nd person singular (“your”)	اتایت (atā́yat)	اتاهایت (atā-hā́yat) اتایات △ (atāy-yā́t)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	اتایش (atā́yaš) اتایْشِی △ (atā́yšī)	اتاهایش (atā-hā́yaš) اتایاش △ (atāy-yā́š)
1st plural (“our”)	اتایمان (atā́yimān)	اتاهایمان (atā-hā́yimān) اتایامان △ (atāy-yā́mān)
2nd plural (“your”)	اتایتان (atā́yitān)	اتاهایتان (atā-hā́yitān) اتایاتان △ (atāy-yā́tān)
3rd plural (“their”)	اتایشان (atā́yišān)	اتاهایشان (atā-hā́yišān) اتایاشان △ (atāy-yā́šān)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• اتابک (atâbak)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اتا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اتا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• “اتا”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَتَا (atā), from a Turkic language.

Noun

اتا • (atā) m (Hindi spelling अता)

1. father

Synonyms

• باپ (bāp), پدر (pidar), والد (vālid)

Related terms

• اتابک (atābak)