हत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হত (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬢ (Balinese script)
• হত (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဟတ (Burmese script)
• હત (Gujarati script)
• ਹਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಹತ (Kannada script)
• ហត (Khmer script)
• ຫຕ (Lao script)
• ഹത (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐟 (Newa script)
• ହତ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖝 (Siddham script)
• හත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஹத (Tamil script)
• హత (Telugu script)
• หต (Thai script)
• ཧ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.t̪ɐ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰatás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰatás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-tó-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to kill”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬙𐬋 (jatō), Old Persian 𐎩𐎫 (jatáʰ), Ancient Greek φατός (phatós).

Adjective

हत • (hatá) stem

1. struck, beaten, slain, killed.
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.4:

     नाहं तं वे॑द॒ दभ्यं॒ दभ॒त्स यस्ये॒दं दू॒तीरस॑रं परा॒कात्।
     न तं गू॑हन्ति स्र॒वतो॑ गभी॒रा ह॒ता इन्द्रे॑ण पणयः शयध्वे॥

     nā́háṃ táṃ veda dábhyaṃ dábhatsá yásyedáṃ dūtī́rásaraṃ parākā́t.
     ná táṃ gūhanti sraváto gabhīrā́ hatā́ índreṇa paṇayaḥ śayadhve.

     I know him safe from harm: but he can punish who sent me hither from afar as envoy.
     Him rivers flowing with deep waters bide not. Low will ye be, O Paṇis, slain by Indra.

2. injured, wounded, hurt.
3. struck off.
4. knocked out.
5. whirled up, raised.
6. (astronomy) touched.
7. violated.
8. ruined, wretched.
9. useless.
10. cheated, deceived.
11. defective.
12. (arithmetic) multiplied

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हत (hatá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हतः hatáḥ	हतौ / हता¹ hataú / hatā́¹	हताः / हतासः¹ hatā́ḥ / hatā́saḥ¹
Vocative	हत háta	हतौ / हता¹ hátau / hátā¹	हताः / हतासः¹ hátāḥ / hátāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हतम् hatám	हतौ / हता¹ hataú / hatā́¹	हतान् hatā́n
Instrumental	हतेन haténa	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हतैः / हतेभिः¹ hataíḥ / hatébhiḥ¹
Dative	हताय hatā́ya	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हतेभ्यः hatébhyaḥ
Ablative	हतात् hatā́t	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हतेभ्यः hatébhyaḥ
Genitive	हतस्य hatásya	हतयोः hatáyoḥ	हतानाम् hatā́nām
Locative	हते haté	हतयोः hatáyoḥ	हतेषु hatéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of हता (hatā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हता hatā́	हते haté	हताः hatā́ḥ
Vocative	हते háte	हते háte	हताः hátāḥ
Accusative	हताम् hatā́m	हते haté	हताः hatā́ḥ
Instrumental	हतया / हता¹ hatáyā / hatā́¹	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हताभिः hatā́bhiḥ
Dative	हतायै hatā́yai	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हताभ्यः hatā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	हतायाः / हतायै² hatā́yāḥ / hatā́yai²	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हताभ्यः hatā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	हतायाः / हतायै² hatā́yāḥ / hatā́yai²	हतयोः hatáyoḥ	हतानाम् hatā́nām
Locative	हतायाम् hatā́yām	हतयोः hatáyoḥ	हतासु hatā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of हत (hatá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हतम् hatám	हते haté	हतानि / हता¹ hatā́ni / hatā́¹
Vocative	हत háta	हते háte	हतानि / हता¹ hátāni / hátā¹
Accusative	हतम् hatám	हते haté	हतानि / हता¹ hatā́ni / hatā́¹
Instrumental	हतेन haténa	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हतैः / हतेभिः¹ hataíḥ / hatébhiḥ¹
Dative	हताय hatā́ya	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हतेभ्यः hatébhyaḥ
Ablative	हतात् hatā́t	हताभ्याम् hatā́bhyām	हतेभ्यः hatébhyaḥ
Genitive	हतस्य hatásya	हतयोः hatáyoḥ	हतानाम् hatā́nām
Locative	हते haté	हतयोः hatáyoḥ	हतेषु hatéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀳𑀢 (hata)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀅 (haa)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀤 (hada)
    • Hindi: हया (hayā)
      • ⇒ Hindi: हयना (haynā, “to kill, strike”) (poetic)
• Pali: hata
• → Telugu: హతము (hatamu)

Etymology 2

See lemma.

Verb form

हत • (hatá)

1. second-person plural imperative active of हन्ति (hanti, “to strike”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1287.