-ता
Hindi
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Prakrit -𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 (-anta) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit -अत् (-at), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. Cognate with Latin -ns, English -ant.
Suffix
edit-ता • (-tā)
- ending of the present habitual participle
Declension
editmasculine | feminine | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | singular | plural | |
direct | -ता -tā |
-ते -te |
-ती -tī |
-तीं -tī̃ |
oblique | -ते -te |
-ते -te |
-ती -tī |
-तीं -tī̃ |
vocative | -ते -te |
-ते -te |
-ती -tī |
-तीं -tī̃ |
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Sanskrit -ता (-tā).
Suffix
edit-ता • (-tā) f
- (productive) Forms feminine abstract nouns.
Derived terms
editSanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- -ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- -တာ (Burmese script)
- -ता (Devanagari script)
- -ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- -ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- -𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- -តា (Khmer script)
- -ຕາ (Lao script)
- -താ (Malayalam script)
- -ᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- -𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- -ᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- -𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- -ତା (Odia script)
- -ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- -𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- -තා (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- -தா (Tamil script)
- -ตา (Thai script)
- -་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- -𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editEtymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Sanskrit -ता (-tā)
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂. Compare Avestan -𐬚𐬁 (-θā), Proto-Germanic *-iþō.
Suffix
edit-ता • (-tā) f
Usage notes
editThe Vedic accent regularly falls on the syllable preceding the suffix.
Declension
editsingular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | -ता (-tā) | -ते (-te) | -ताः (-tāḥ) |
accusative | -ताम् (-tām) | -ते (-te) | -ताः (-tāḥ) |
instrumental | -तया (-tayā) -ता¹ (-tā¹) |
-ताभ्याम् (-tābhyām) | -ताभिः (-tābhiḥ) |
dative | -तायै (-tāyai) | -ताभ्याम् (-tābhyām) | -ताभ्यः (-tābhyaḥ) |
ablative | -तायाः (-tāyāḥ) -तायै² (-tāyai²) |
-ताभ्याम् (-tābhyām) | -ताभ्यः (-tābhyaḥ) |
genitive | -तायाः (-tāyāḥ) -तायै² (-tāyai²) |
-तयोः (-tayoḥ) | -तानाम् (-tānām) |
locative | -तायाम् (-tāyām) | -तयोः (-tayoḥ) | -तासु (-tāsu) |
vocative | -ते (-te) | -ते (-te) | -ताः (-tāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964) Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, section 462, pages 616-620
Etymology 2
editInherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā́, from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr).
Suffix
edit-ता • (-tā) m
- nominative singular of -तृ (-tṛ)
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- Sanskrit feminine suffixes
- Sanskrit ā-stem nouns
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