पठ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পঠ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬞ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পঠ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰙𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀞𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပဌ် (Burmese script)
• પઠ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਠ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌠𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦜ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂘𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಠ್ (Kannada script)
• បឋ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຐ຺ (Lao script)
• പഠ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡱ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘙𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢍ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑦹𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐛𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପଠ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢝ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆜𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖙𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පඨ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩧 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚕𑚶 (Takri script)
• பட்² (Tamil script)
• పఠ్ (Telugu script)
• ปฐฺ (Thai script)
• པ་ཋ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒚𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨕𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From पठति (paṭhati, “reads”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐʈʰ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐʈʰ/

Root

पठ् • (paṭh)

1. to read or repeat aloud, recite, rehearse
2. to repeat or pronounce the name of a god, to invoke
3. to read or repeat or recite to oneself, to peruse, study
4. to teach, cite, quote, mention, express, declare
5. to learn from

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• पठ॑ति (páṭhati, present)
• प॒ठि॒ष्यति॑ (paṭhiṣyáti, future)
• प॒ठि॒ता (paṭhitā́, periphrastic future)
• अप॑ठीत् (ápaṭhīt, aorist)
• अपा॑ठीत् (ápāṭhīt, aorist)
• प॒पाठ॑ (papā́ṭha, perfect)

Secondary forms

• प॒ठ्यते॑ (paṭhyáte, present passive)
• अपा॑ठि (ápāṭhi, aorist passive)
• पा॒ठय॑ति (pāṭháyati, causative)
• अपी॑पठत् (ápīpaṭhat, causative aorist)
• पिपठिषति (pipaṭhiṣati, desiderative)
• पापठीति (pāpaṭhīti, intensive)
• पापठ्यते (pāpaṭhyate, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• प॒ठि॒त (paṭhitá, past passive participle)
• प॒ठि॒त्वा (paṭhitvā́, gerund)

Derived nominal forms

• पठक (paṭhaka)
• पठन (paṭhana)
• पठिति (paṭhiti)
• पाठ (pāṭha)
• पाठक (pāṭhaka)
• पाठिन् (pāṭhin)
• पाठ्य (pāṭhya)
• पाठन (pāṭhana)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पठ् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पठ् (3 c, 0 e)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पठ् (3 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “पठ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 580/1.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 93

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “paṭaurá- - páḍbiśa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 68
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 193
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “páṭhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press