عطا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَطَاء (ʕaṭāʔ).

Noun

عطا • (atâ)

giving
gift

Descendants

Turkish: atâ

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عطا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1305

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَطَاء (ʕaṭāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈtaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	atā
Dari reading^?	atā
Iranian reading^?	atâ
Tajik reading^?	ato

Noun

عطا • (atâ) (plural عطاها, or اعطیه (a'tiye))

act of giving
Synonym: دادن (dâdan)
gift, present
Synonyms: هدیه (hadye), موهبت (mowhebat), بخشش (baxšeš)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 76:
  هر لحظه دارد ابروی شوخت کرشمه‌ای
  شرمنده‌ام بسی ز عطاهای بیمرش
  har lahza dārad abrū-yi šōxat kirišma'ē
  šarmanda'am basē zi atāhā-yi bēmaraš
  Her mischievous eyebrows bear a flirtatious glance at every moment;
  I am much abash from her limitless gifts.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عطا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic عَطَاء (ʕaṭāʔ).

Noun

عَطا • ('atā) ? (Hindi spelling अता)

giving^[1]

References

^ Platts, John T. (1884) “عطا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.