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اتا

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See also: ابا, آپا, أبا, and آٹا

Kyrgyz

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Noun

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اتا (ata)

  1. Arabic spelling of ата (ata).

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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اتا (atâ)

  1. (dialectal) father
    Synonyms: پدر (padar), والد (vâled), بابا (bâbâ)

Inflection

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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

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واژِگانِ لَهْجِه‌هایِ فارْسیِ ایرانی بَرایِ خویشاوَنْدانِ نَسَبیvâžegân-e lahje-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabiIranian 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 () 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 () 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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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اتا (atām (Hindi spelling अता)

  1. father

Synonyms

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