अत्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အတ် (Burmese script)
- અત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅತ್ (Kannada script)
- អត៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຕ຺ (Lao script)
- അത് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- அத் (Tamil script)
- అత్ (Telugu script)
- อตฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-
Sanskrit अत् (at)
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- (“to go”); compare Latin annus (“year”) and Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌹 (ataþni, “year”). In Italic and Germanic, the root shifted to refer to "year" only (as a "going" of time).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐt/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐt̪/
Root
अत् • (at)
- to go constantly, walk, run
- to obtain
Derived terms
- अतति (atati)
- अतत् (atat)
- अतमान (atamāna)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 12/1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 56