હતું

Gujarati

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Marwari हतौ (hatau), Malvi होतो (hoto), Marathi होते (hote), Braj हतौ (hatau).

More information

The verb stem of હોવું (hovũ), હો (ho), has been weakened to હ (ha) (similar to હશે (haśe, “future of હોવું (hovũ)”)).

Verb

હતું • (hatũ)

1. neuter singular past of હોવું (hovũ): was, existed, used as an auxiliary

Further reading

More information

• “હતું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “હતું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “હતી, હતું, હતો”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 3, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 2101