पट्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পট্ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
পট্ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ပဋ် (Burmese script)
પટ્ (Gujarati script)
ਪਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಪಟ್ (Kannada script)
បដ៑ (Khmer script)
ປຏ຺ (Lao script)
പട് (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᢞ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᢌ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
ପଟ୍ (Odia script)
ꢦꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
පට් (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
பட் (Tamil script)
పట్ (Telugu script)
ปฏฺ (Thai script)
པ་ཊ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from a t-extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelH- (“to split off, separate”) and thus related to German spalten (“to cleave”) via a sound change from *पृत् (pṛt) to पट् (paṭ).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐʈ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐʈ/

Root

पट् • (paṭ)

to flow
to split, open, burst asunder
to string together, wrap
to speak or shine
to split, burst, cleave, tear, pierce, break, pluck out, remove

Derived terms

पटति (paṭati)
पटयति (paṭayati)
पपाट (papāṭa)
पाटयति (pāṭayati)
पात्यते (pātyate)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 579/1.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 93
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 67