नवता
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- নৱতা (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬯᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- নবতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰪𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀯𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- နဝတာ (Burmese script)
- નવતા (Gujarati script)
- ਨਵਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌵𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦮꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂫𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ನವತಾ (Kannada script)
- នវតា (Khmer script)
- ນວຕາ (Lao script)
- നവതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᠸᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘪𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠸᠠᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧊𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐰𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ନଵତା (Odia script)
- ꢥꢮꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆮𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖪𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- නවතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩾𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚦𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- நவதா (Tamil script)
- నవతా (Telugu script)
- นวตา (Thai script)
- ན་ཝ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒫𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨭𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *newéteh₂ (“newness, novelty, freshness”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 (niujiþa) and more distantly with Latin novitās and Ancient Greek νεότης (neótēs). By surface analysis, नव (nava) + ता (tā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐ.ʋɐ.tɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐ.ʋɐ.t̪ɑː/
Noun
नवता • (navatā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नवता (navatā) | नवते (navate) | नवताः (navatāḥ) |
| accusative | नवताम् (navatām) | नवते (navate) | नवताः (navatāḥ) |
| instrumental | नवतया (navatayā) नवता¹ (navatā¹) |
नवताभ्याम् (navatābhyām) | नवताभिः (navatābhiḥ) |
| dative | नवतायै (navatāyai) | नवताभ्याम् (navatābhyām) | नवताभ्यः (navatābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नवतायाः (navatāyāḥ) नवतायै² (navatāyai²) |
नवताभ्याम् (navatābhyām) | नवताभ्यः (navatābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नवतायाः (navatāyāḥ) नवतायै² (navatāyai²) |
नवतयोः (navatayoḥ) | नवतानाम् (navatānām) |
| locative | नवतायाम् (navatāyām) | नवतयोः (navatayoḥ) | नवतासु (navatāsu) |
| vocative | नवते (navate) | नवते (navate) | नवताः (navatāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नवता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 530.