तात

See also: ताँत

Hindi

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta), from Sanskrit तप्त (taptá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *taptás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *taptás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-tós, from the root *tep- (“to be warm”).

तात • (tāt) (indeclinable)

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk. Compare Latin tata, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ).

तात • (tātá) stem, m

daddy, papa
(in vocative case) a term of affection addressed to a junior or senior, addressed to several persons

Masculine a-stem declension of तात
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तातः (tātáḥ)	तातौ (tātaú) ताता¹ (tātā́¹)	ताताः (tātā́ḥ) तातासः¹ (tātā́saḥ¹)
accusative	तातम् (tātám)	तातौ (tātaú) ताता¹ (tātā́¹)	तातान् (tātā́n)
instrumental	तातेन (tāténa)	ताताभ्याम् (tātā́bhyām)	तातैः (tātaíḥ) तातेभिः¹ (tātébhiḥ¹)
dative	ताताय (tātā́ya)	ताताभ्याम् (tātā́bhyām)	तातेभ्यः (tātébhyaḥ)
ablative	तातात् (tātā́t)	ताताभ्याम् (tātā́bhyām)	तातेभ्यः (tātébhyaḥ)
genitive	तातस्य (tātásya)	तातयोः (tātáyoḥ)	तातानाम् (tātā́nām)
locative	ताते (tāté)	तातयोः (tātáyoḥ)	तातेषु (tātéṣu)
vocative	तात (tā́ta)	तातौ (tā́tau) ताता¹ (tā́tā¹)	ताताः (tā́tāḥ) तातासः¹ (tā́tāsaḥ¹)

Pali: tāta
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Old Gujarati: ताय (tāya)
- Hindi: ताया (tāyā)
- Romani: dad

Monier Williams (1899) “तात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 441/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 616; 641