तात

See also: ताँत

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta), from Sanskrit तप्त (taptá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *taptás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *taptás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-tós, from the root *tep- (“to be warm”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːt̪/, [t̪äːt̪]

Adjective

तात • (tāt) (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of तत्ता (tattā); hot

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• तत (tata) (Vedic)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তাত (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
• তাত (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• တာတ (Burmese script)
• તાત (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾತ (Kannada script)
• តាត (Khmer script)
• ຕາຕ (Lao script)
• താത (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
• ତାତ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
• තාත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• தாத (Tamil script)
• తాత (Telugu script)
• ตาต (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk. Compare Latin tata, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

तात • (tātá) stem, m

1. daddy, papa
2. (in vocative case) a term of affection addressed to a junior or senior, addressed to several persons

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तात (tātá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तातः tātáḥ	तातौ / ताता¹ tātaú / tātā́¹	ताताः / तातासः¹ tātā́ḥ / tātā́saḥ¹
Vocative	तात tā́ta	तातौ / ताता¹ tā́tau / tā́tā¹	ताताः / तातासः¹ tā́tāḥ / tā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	तातम् tātám	तातौ / ताता¹ tātaú / tātā́¹	तातान् tātā́n
Instrumental	तातेन tāténa	ताताभ्याम् tātā́bhyām	तातैः / तातेभिः¹ tātaíḥ / tātébhiḥ¹
Dative	ताताय tātā́ya	ताताभ्याम् tātā́bhyām	तातेभ्यः tātébhyaḥ
Ablative	तातात् tātā́t	ताताभ्याम् tātā́bhyām	तातेभ्यः tātébhyaḥ
Genitive	तातस्य tātásya	तातयोः tātáyoḥ	तातानाम् tātā́nām
Locative	ताते tāté	तातयोः tātáyoḥ	तातेषु tātéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• तातगु (tātagu)

Descendants

• Pali: tāta
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Old Gujarati: ताय (tāya)
  • Hindi: ताया (tāyā)
  • Romani: dad

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 441/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 616; 641