नट्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

নট্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
নট্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နဋ် (Burmese script)
નટ્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನಟ್ (Kannada script)
នដ៑ (Khmer script)
ນຏ຺ (Lao script)
നട് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠᢞ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢌ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
ନଟ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
නට් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
நட் (Tamil script)
నట్ (Telugu script)
นฏฺ (Thai script)
ན་ཊ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Created on the basis of नट (naṭa, “dancer”) (or a similar form), a sanskritization of Pali नट (naṭa), Prakrit 𑀡𑀟 (ṇaḍa), from Sanskrit नृतु (nṛtu, “dancer”), from नृत् (nṛt, “to dance”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐʈ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐʈ/

Root

नट् • (naṭ)

to dance, play
to hurt or injure

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नट् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नट् (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

नटति (náṭati) (Present)

Secondary Forms

नाटयति (nāṭáyati) (Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

नट (naṭa)
नटन (naṭana)
नटनीय (naṭanīya)
नाट (nāṭa)
नाटक (nāṭaka)
नाटिन् (nāṭin)
नाटयितव्य (nāṭayitavya)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 525/2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 87

Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 282