तावत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• तावच् (tāvac), तावज् (tāvaj), तावद् (tāvad), तावन् (tāvan) — combining forms

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তাৱত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬯᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তাবত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တာဝတ် (Burmese script)
• તાવત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਵਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦮꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾವತ್ (Kannada script)
• តាវត៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕາວຕ຺ (Lao script)
• താവത് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐰𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତାଵତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢮꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆮𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තාවත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩾𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• தாவத் (Tamil script)
• తావత్ (Telugu script)
• ตาวตฺ (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་ཝ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒫𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨭𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂wot. Compare Ancient Greek τῆος (têos), τέως (téōs, “so long”), Latin tantus (“so much; so great”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑ́ː.ʋɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ʋɐt̪/

Adverb

ताव॑त् • (tā́vat)

1. so great; so large; so much; so far; so many (RV. &c)
2. just a little (Kir.)
3. (algebra) an unknown quantity
4. (indeclinable)
   1. so much; so greatly; to such an extent; in such a number (RV. AV.)
   2. meanwhile
   3. now; at once
   4. not yet (MBh.)
   5. very well; alright (Hcar.)
   6. indeed; truly
   7. already
   8. really

Derived terms

• तावच्छत (tāvacchata)
• ता॒व॒च्छस् (tāvacchás)
• ताव॑ज्ज्योक् (tā́vajjyok)
• ताव॑ता (tā́vatā)
• ताव॑ति (tā́vati)
• तावतिक (tāvatika)
• तावतिथ (tāvatitha)
• तावत्क (tāvatka)
• तावत्कालम् (tāvatkālam)
• तावत्कृत्वस् (tāvatkṛtvas)
• ताव॑त्तात् (tā́vattāt)
• ताव॑त्तावत् (tā́vattāvat)
• ताव॑त्प्रिय (tā́vatpriya)
• तावत्फल (tāvatphala)
• तावत्सूत्र (tāvatsūtra)
• तावद्गुण (tāvadguṇa)
• तावद्गुणित (tāvadguṇita)
• तावद्द्वयस (tāvaddvayasa)
• तावद्धा (tāvaddhā)
• तावद्वर्ष (tāvadvarṣa)
• तावद्विध (tāvadvidha)
• ताव॑द्वीर्यवत् (tā́vadvīryavat)
• तावद्व्यक्त (tāvadvyakta)
• तावन्त (tāvanta)
• ता॒व॒न्मा॒त्र (tāvanmātrá)
• तावन्मात्रे (tāvanmātre)
• ताव॑न्मान (tā́vanmāna)
• याव॑त्तावत् (yā́vattāvat)
• या॒व॒द्ताव॑त् (yāvadtā́vat)

Related terms

• अस्मद्वत् (asmadvat)
• इतिवत् (itivat)
• ईव॑त् (ī́vat)
• ए॒ताव॑त् (etā́vat)
• कीव॑त् (kī́vat)
• तद् (tád)
• त्वाव॑त् (tvā́vat)
• माव॑त् (mā́vat)
• याव॑त् (yā́vat)

Descendants

• Pali: tāva

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “Tā́vat”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 445, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “tā́vant-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 644