तत्व
Hindi
Alternative forms
- तत्त्व (tattva) — usually in Dharmic contexts
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तत्त्व (tattva); likely a misspelling that became more used.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ət̪.ʋᵊ/, [t̪ɐt̪.wᵊ]
Noun
तत्व • (tatva) m
- essence, reality; hidden nature
- (physics, chemistry) chemical element
- Synonym: रासायनिक तत्व (rāsāynik tatva) (less ambiguous)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तत्व tatva |
तत्व tatva |
| oblique | तत्व tatva |
तत्वों tatvõ |
| vocative | तत्व tatva |
तत्वो tatvo |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तत्व”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तत्व”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Alternative forms
- तत्त्व (tattva)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तत्त्व (tattva).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ət̪.ʋə/
- Rhymes: -ə
- Hyphenation: तत्‧व
Noun
तत्व • (tatva) n
- principles (abiding by which one leads their life)
- the essential truth (of the soul)
- (by extension) essence, reality
Declension
| Declension of तत्व (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
तत्व tatva | ||
| direct plural |
तत्वे, तत्वं tatve, tatva | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
तत्व tatva |
तत्वे, तत्वं tatve, tatva | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
तत्वा tatvā |
तत्वां- tatvān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
तत्वाला tatvālā |
तत्वांना tatvānnā | |
| ergative | तत्वाने, तत्वानं tatvāne, tatvāna |
तत्वांनी tatvānnī | |
| instrumental | तत्वाशी tatvāśī |
तत्वांशी tatvānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
तत्वात tatvāt |
तत्वांत tatvāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
तत्वा tatvā |
तत्वांनो tatvānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of तत्व (neut cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
तत्वाचा tatvāċā |
तत्वाचे tatvāċe |
तत्वाची tatvācī |
तत्वाच्या tatvācā |
तत्वाचे, तत्वाचं tatvāċe, tatvāċa |
तत्वाची tatvācī |
तत्वाच्या tatvācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
तत्वांचा tatvānċā |
तत्वांचे tatvānċe |
तत्वांची tatvāñcī |
तत्वांच्या tatvāncā |
तत्वांचे, तत्वांचं tatvānċe, tatvānċa |
तत्वांची tatvāñcī |
तत्वांच्या tatvāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- तत्वज्ञान (tatvadnyān)
- तत्वतः (tatvataḥ)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “तत्व”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तत्व”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press