तट

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तट (taṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪əʈ/, [t̪ɐʈ]

Noun

तट • (taṭ) m

1. border, brink
2. shore, coast
3. strand, riverside, bank

   पटना गंगा नदी के तट पर बसा है।

   paṭnā gaṅgā nadī ke taṭ par basā hai.

   Patna is located on the bank(s) of river Ganga.

Declension

Declension of तट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तट taṭ	तट taṭ
oblique	तट taṭ	तटों taṭõ
vocative	तट taṭ	तटो taṭo

Synonyms

• (brink, riverside) किनारा (kinārā)
• (brink) कगार (kagār)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তট (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬝ (Balinese script)
• তট (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• တဋ (Burmese script)
• તટ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ತಟ (Kannada script)
• តដ (Khmer script)
• ຕຏ (Lao script)
• തട (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐚 (Newa script)
• ତଟ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖘 (Siddham script)
• තට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚔 (Takri script)
• தட (Tamil script)
• తట (Telugu script)
• ตฏ (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Dravidian, whence Tamil திட்டு (tiṭṭu, “hill, salt bank”) and Kannada ದಡ (daḍa, “bank, shore”). The root तट् (taṭ, “to be raised”) is probably derived from this noun.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐ.ʈɐ/

Noun

तट • (taṭa) stem, m (root तट्)

1. a slope, declivity, sloping parts of the body, sides, a shore
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तट

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तटः (taṭaḥ)	तटौ (taṭau) तटा¹ (taṭā¹)	तटाः (taṭāḥ) तटासः¹ (taṭāsaḥ¹)
accusative	तटम् (taṭam)	तटौ (taṭau) तटा¹ (taṭā¹)	तटान् (taṭān)
instrumental	तटेन (taṭena)	तटाभ्याम् (taṭābhyām)	तटैः (taṭaiḥ) तटेभिः¹ (taṭebhiḥ¹)
dative	तटाय (taṭāya)	तटाभ्याम् (taṭābhyām)	तटेभ्यः (taṭebhyaḥ)
ablative	तटात् (taṭāt)	तटाभ्याम् (taṭābhyām)	तटेभ्यः (taṭebhyaḥ)
genitive	तटस्य (taṭasya)	तटयोः (taṭayoḥ)	तटानाम् (taṭānām)
locative	तटे (taṭe)	तटयोः (taṭayoḥ)	तटेषु (taṭeṣu)
vocative	तट (taṭa)	तटौ (taṭau) तटा¹ (taṭā¹)	तटाः (taṭāḥ) तटासः¹ (taṭāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अतट (ataṭa, “having no shore, precipitous”)
• तटक (taṭaka)
• तटाक (taṭāka)
• तटाकिनी (taṭākinī)
• तटाय (taṭāya)
• तटिनी (taṭinī)
• तट्य (taṭya)

Descendants

• Pali: taṭa, taṭī
• Prakrit: 𑀢𑀟 (taḍa), 𑀢𑀟𑀻 (taḍī)
  • Old Hindi: तड़ (taṛ, “side, party, faction”), तड़ा (taṛā, “island”)
• → Hindi: तट (taṭ)
• → Old Javanese: taṭa

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 499; https://archive.org/details/KurzgefasstesEtymologischesMayrhoferManfred/page/n499/mode/2up