तत्त्व
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तत्त्व (tattva).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ət̪.t̪ʋᵊ/, [t̪ɐt̪̚.t̪wᵊ]
Noun
तत्त्व • (tattva) m
- element, component, part
- substance, essence
- (chemistry) element
- (historical) the five basic elements
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तत्त्व tattva |
तत्त्व tattva |
| oblique | तत्त्व tattva |
तत्त्वों tattvõ |
| vocative | तत्त्व tattva |
तत्त्वो tattvo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তত্ত্ব (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬢ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
- তত্ত্ব (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰝𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- တတ္တွ (Burmese script)
- તત્ત્વ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਤ੍ਤ੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦠ꧀ꦠ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ತತ್ತ್ವ (Kannada script)
- តត្ត្វ (Khmer script)
- ຕຕ຺ຕ຺ວ (Lao script)
- തത്ത്വ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᢠᢠᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘝𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢐᢐᢦ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦽𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐟𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
- ତତ୍ତ୍ଵ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢡ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆠𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖝𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
- තත්ත්ව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩫 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚙𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
- தத்த்வ (Tamil script)
- తత్త్వ (Telugu script)
- ตตฺตฺว (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཏྟྭ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒞𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨙𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From तद् (tad) + -त्व (-tva).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐt.tʋɐ/, [tɐt̚.tʋɐ]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐt̪.t̪ʋɐ/, [t̪ɐt̪̚.t̪ʋɐ]
Noun
तत्त्व • (tattva) stem, n
- true or real state, truth, reality
- (philosophy) tattva, a true principle, element (25 in number in the Samkhya school)
- in Vedanta philosophy analysed as तत् त्वम् (tat tvam), one of the Mahāvākyas
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | तत्त्वम् (tattvam) | तत्त्वे (tattve) | तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) तत्त्वा¹ (tattvā¹) |
| accusative | तत्त्वम् (tattvam) | तत्त्वे (tattve) | तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) तत्त्वा¹ (tattvā¹) |
| instrumental | तत्त्वेन (tattvena) | तत्त्वाभ्याम् (tattvābhyām) | तत्त्वैः (tattvaiḥ) तत्त्वेभिः¹ (tattvebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | तत्त्वाय (tattvāya) | तत्त्वाभ्याम् (tattvābhyām) | तत्त्वेभ्यः (tattvebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तत्त्वात् (tattvāt) | तत्त्वाभ्याम् (tattvābhyām) | तत्त्वेभ्यः (tattvebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तत्त्वस्य (tattvasya) | तत्त्वयोः (tattvayoḥ) | तत्त्वानाम् (tattvānām) |
| locative | तत्त्वे (tattve) | तत्त्वयोः (tattvayoḥ) | तत्त्वेषु (tattveṣu) |
| vocative | तत्त्व (tattva) | तत्त्वे (tattve) | तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) तत्त्वा¹ (tattvā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “तत्त्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 432, column 3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तत्त्व”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press