Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː/, [t̪äː]

Etymology 1

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Inherited 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

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-ता (-tā)

  1. ending of the present habitual participle
Declension
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Declension of -ता (ā-stem participle)
masculine 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

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    Borrowed from Sanskrit -ता (-tā).

    Suffix

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    -ता (-tāf

    1. (productive) Forms feminine abstract nouns.
      Synonym: -पन (-pan)
      वीर (vīr, hero) + ‎-ता (-tā) → ‎वीरता (vīrtā, heroism)
    Derived terms
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    Sanskrit

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂. Compare Avestan -𐬚𐬁 (-θā), Proto-Germanic *-iþō.

      Suffix

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      -ता (-tāf

      1. Forms feminine abstract nouns, often representing states of being.
        Synonym: -त्व n (-tvá)
        पुरुष (púruṣa, human being) + ‎-ता (-tā) → ‎पुरुषता (puruṣátā, human nature)
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      The Vedic accent regularly falls on the syllable preceding the suffix.

      Declension
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      Feminine ā-stem declension of -ता
      singular 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
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      Descendants
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      • Bengali: -তা (-ta)
      • Hindi: -ता (-tā)
      • Malayalam: -ത (-ta)

      Further reading

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      • 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

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      Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā́, from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr).

      Suffix

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      -ता (-tām

      1. nominative singular of -तृ (-tṛ)