पता

See also: पिता, पोता, and पोती

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit पत्तिअ (pattia), from Sanskrit प्रत्याययति (pratyāyayati, “convinces”) and/or Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya, “belief, trust”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pə.t̪ɑː/, [pɐ.t̪äː]

Noun

पता • (patā) m (Urdu spelling پتا)

1. address
2. knowledge, clue

   Synonyms: मालूम (mālūm), ज्ञात (jñāt)

   पता करना ― patā karnā ― to find out

   पता लगना ― patā lagnā ― to come to know

Declension

Declension of पता (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पता patā	पते pate
oblique	पते pate	पतों patõ
vocative	पते pate	पतो pato

Descendants

• → Bengali: পাত্তা (patta)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “पता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pratyaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Mahan Kosh: ਪਤਾ
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press