اتا

See also: ابا, آپا, أبا, and آٹا

Kyrgyz

Noun

اتا • (ata)

1. Arabic spelling of ата (ata).

Persian

Alternative forms

• آته (āta), آتی (ātay) (regional Dari, especially Hazaragi)
• اته (ata) (regional Dari, especially Logar)

Etymology

From a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.taː], [ʔi.taː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.t̪ʰä], [ʔɔː.t̪ʰäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.t̪ʰɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	atā, itā
Dari reading?	atā
Iranian reading?	atâ
Tajik reading?	ato

Noun

اتا • (atâ)

1. (dialectal) father

   Synonyms: پدر (padar), والد (vâled), بابا (bâbâ)

Inflection

Basic forms of اتا (Classical and Dari Persian)

	singular	plural
bare	اتا، اتای△ (atā́, atā́y△)	اتاها، اتایا△ (atā-hā́, atāy-yā́△)
definitive direct object	اتارا، اتای‌ره△ (atā́ rā, atā́y ra△)	اتاها را، اتایاره△ (atā-hā́ rā, atāy-yā́ ra△)
izāfa	اتای (atā́-yi)	اتاهای، اتایای△ (atā-hā́-yi, atāy-yā́-yi△)
marked indefinite or relative definite	اتایی (atā́-yē)	اتاهایی، اتایایی△ (atā-hā́-yē, atāy-yā́-yē△)

^△ Colloquial Dari.

Possessive forms of اتا (Dari Persian)

	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	اتایم (atā́yam)	اتاهایم، اتایام△ (atā-hā́yam, atāy-yā́-am△)
2nd person singular (“your”)	اتایت (atā́yat)	اتاهایت، اتایات△ (atā-hā́yat, atāy-yā́t△)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	اتایش، اتایْشِی△ (atā́yaš, atā́yšī△)	اتاهایش، اتایاش△ (atā-hā́yaš, atāy-yā́š△)
1st person plural (“our”)	اتایمان، اتایما△ (atā́yimān)	اتاهایمان، اتایامان△ (atā-hā́yimān, atāy-yā́mān△)
2nd person plural (“your”)	اتایتان (atā́yitān)	اتاهایتان، اتایاتان△ (atā-hā́yitān, atāy-yā́tān△)
3rd person plural (“their”)	اتایشان (atā́yišān)	اتاهایشان، اتایاشان△ (atā-hā́yišān, atāy-yā́šān△)

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• اتابک (atâbak)

See also

واژِگانِ لَهْجِه‌هایِ فارْسیِ ایرانی بَرایِ خویشاوَنْدانِ نَسَبی ― vâžegân-e lahje-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabi ― Iranian Persian dialectal kinship term

Family member	Standard Iranian Persian	Tehrani dialect	Abadani dialect	Kashani dialect	Shirazi dialect
mother	مادر (mâdar)	مامان (mâmân)	ننه (nene)		مامو (mâmo)
grandmother	مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg)	مامان‌بزرگ (mâmân-bozorg) مامان‌جون (mâmân-jun) (more childish)	بی‌بی (bi-bi)	ماجون (mâjun)	بی‌بی (bi-bi)
father	پدر (pedar)	بابا (bâbâ)	دده (dede)	بابا (bâbâ)	بابو (bâbo)
grandfather	پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg)	بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg) باباجون (bâbâjun) (more childish)			بو‌بزرگ (bovobozorg) آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg)
sister	خواهر (xâhar)	آبجی (âbji)	دده (dade)	—	آباجی (âbâji)
older sister	خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg)	آق‌‌باجی (âġ-bâji)	—	باجی (bâji)	شاباجی (šâbâji)
brother	برادر (barâdar)	داداش (dâdâš)	کا (kâ)	وردار (vardâr)	کاکو (kâko) داچی (dâčči) (younger brother)
older brother	برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg)	—			آکاکو (âkâko)
maternal aunt (mother's sister)	خاله (xâle)
maternal uncle (mother's brother)	دایی (dâyi)		خالو (xâlu)	—	دئی (do'i) خان‌دوی (xân-doy) (more respectful)
paternal aunt (father's sister)	عمه (amme)
paternal uncle (father's brother)	عمو (amu)		آمو, عامو (âmu)	—	آمو, عامو (âmu)

1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (bozorg) and کلان (kalân) are correct, but the former is more common in Iran.

Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms

Family member	Standard Dari	Kabuli dialect	Hazaragi dialect
mother	مادر (mādar)	ننه (nana)	آبه (āba)
grandmother	مادرکلان (mādar-kalān)	بی‌بی (bī-bī)	آجه (āja), بی‌بی (bī-bī)
father	پدر (padar)	بابا (bābā)	آته (āta)
grandfather	پدرکلان (padar-kalān)	آغا (āġā)	بابا (bābā)
sister	خواهر (xāhar)	خوار (xwār, xār)
older sister	خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān)	—	آغا (āġā), باجی (bājī)
brother	برادر (barādar)	بیادر (biyādar)	برار (birār)
older brother	برادرکلان (barādar-kalān)	لالا (lālā)
maternal aunt (mother's sister)	خاله (xāla)
maternal uncle (mother's brother)	ماما (māmā)		ماما (māmā), تغایی (taġāyī)
paternal aunt (father's sister)	عمه (amma)
paternal uncle (father's brother)	کاکا (kākā)

1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
2. In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be shortened to ـه (-a).
3. In many dialects, all family names ending in ـه (-a) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added, e.g. عمه (amma) -> عمی (ammay) (unrelated to ezafe).

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اتا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اتا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• “اتا”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَتَا (atā), from a Turkic language.

Noun

اتا • (atā) m (Hindi spelling अता)

1. father

Synonyms

• باپ (bāp), پدر (pidar), والد (vālid)

Related terms

• اتابک (atābak)