नपात्

See also: नप्तृ and निपात

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নপাত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬧᬵᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নপাত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀧𑀸𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နပါတ် (Burmese script)
• નપાત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਪਾਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦥꦴꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂣𑂰𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನಪಾತ್ (Kannada script)
• នបាត៑ (Khmer script)
• ນປາຕ຺ (Lao script)
• നപാത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢒᠠᢗᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐥𑐵𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନପାତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢦꢵꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆥𑆳𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නපාත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩰𑩛𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚞𑚭𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• நபாத் (Tamil script)
• నపాత్ (Telugu script)
• นปาตฺ (Thai script)
• ན་པཱ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒣𑒰𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨞𑨊𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *népōts

Proto-Indo-Iranian *nápāts

Sanskrit नपा॑त्

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nápāts, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬁𐬝 (napāt̰), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (n-p-a /⁠napā⁠/), Latin nepōs, Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós), Old English nefa (whence English neve).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́.pɑːt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.pɑːt̪/

Noun

नपा॑त् • (nápāt) stem, m (feminine नप्ती)

1. descendant, offspring, son
2. grandson (in later language restricted to this sense)
3. name of one of the Vishvedevas
4. path of the gods (?)

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of नपा॑त्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नपा॑त् (nápāt)	नपा॑तौ (nápātau) नपा॑ता¹ (nápātā¹)	नपा॑तः (nápātaḥ)
accusative	नपा॑तम् (nápātam)	नपा॑तौ (nápātau) नपा॑ता¹ (nápātā¹)	नपा॑तः (nápātaḥ)
instrumental	नपा॑ता (nápātā)	नपा॑द्भ्याम् (nápādbhyām)	नपा॑द्भिः (nápādbhiḥ)
dative	नपा॑ते (nápāte)	नपा॑द्भ्याम् (nápādbhyām)	नपा॑द्भ्यः (nápādbhyaḥ)
ablative	नपा॑तः (nápātaḥ)	नपा॑द्भ्याम् (nápādbhyām)	नपा॑द्भ्यः (nápādbhyaḥ)
genitive	नपा॑तः (nápātaḥ)	नपा॑तोः (nápātoḥ)	नपा॑ताम् (nápātām)
locative	नपा॑ति (nápāti)	नपा॑तोः (nápātoḥ)	नपा॑त्सु (nápātsu)
vocative	नपा॑त् (nápāt)	नपा॑तौ (nápātau) नपा॑ता¹ (nápātā¹)	नपा॑तः (nápātaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

नपा॑त् • (nápāt) stem, f

1. granddaughter (?)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “नपात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 527/2.