तडित्

See also: तड़ित

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• तलित् (talit)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তডিত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬟᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তডিত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰚𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀟𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တဍိတ် (Burmese script)
• તડિત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਡਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌡𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦝꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂙𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತಡಿತ್ (Kannada script)
• តឌិត៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕຑິຕ຺ (Lao script)
• തഡിത് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡷᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘚𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢎᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦺𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐜𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତଡିତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢞꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆝𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖚𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තඩිත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩨𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚖𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• தடி³த் (Tamil script)
• తడిత్ (Telugu script)
• ตฑิตฺ (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཌི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒛𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨖𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from तड् (taḍ, “to strike”) and compared to ताड (tāḍa, “a blow”). Alternative theories derive the word from an unattested *तृदित् (tṛdit), from तृद् (tṛd, “to pierce; to split”).

The meaning of "lightning" cannot be assumed for its appearances in the Rigveda; the "lightning" meaning may have risen from a misinterpretation of its Vedic usage.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ.ɖít/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.ɖit̪/

Noun

तडित् • (taḍít) stem, f

1. "stroke"
2. lightning

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:तडित्

Declension

Feminine it-stem declension of तडित् (taḍit)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तडित् taḍit	तडितौ / तडिता¹ taḍitau / taḍitā¹	तडितः taḍitaḥ
Vocative	तडित् taḍit	तडितौ / तडिता¹ taḍitau / taḍitā¹	तडितः taḍitaḥ
Accusative	तडितम् taḍitam	तडितौ / तडिता¹ taḍitau / taḍitā¹	तडितः taḍitaḥ
Instrumental	तडिता taḍitā	तडिद्भ्याम् taḍidbhyām	तडिद्भिः taḍidbhiḥ
Dative	तडिते taḍite	तडिद्भ्याम् taḍidbhyām	तडिद्भ्यः taḍidbhyaḥ
Ablative	तडितः taḍitaḥ	तडिद्भ्याम् taḍidbhyām	तडिद्भ्यः taḍidbhyaḥ
Genitive	तडितः taḍitaḥ	तडितोः taḍitoḥ	तडिताम् taḍitām
Locative	तडिति taḍiti	तडितोः taḍitoḥ	तडित्सु taḍitsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri:

    Arabic script: ترَٛٹھ

    Devanagari script: त्रठ (traṭh)

• Prakrit: 𑀢𑀟𑀺𑀆 (taḍiā)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: तड़ित (taṛit)

  Urdu: تَڑِت (taṛit)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “तडित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 432/1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तडित्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 615-6
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “taḍít”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press