नाता

See also: नातू, नाती, नाते, नीति, and नेता

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *ज्ञात्र (*jñātra), from जन् (jan, “to beget”, root). Cognate with Punjabi ਨਾਤਾ (nāttā), Sindhi ناتو / नातो, Gujarati નાતો (nāto), Marathi नाते (nāte).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.t̪ɑː/, [näː.t̪äː]

Noun

नाता • (nātā) m

relation, connection
Synonyms: रिश्ता (riśtā), संबंध (sambandh)

Declension

Declension of *नाता* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नाता nātā	नाते nāte
oblique	नाते nāte	नातों nātõ
vocative	नाते nāte	नातो nāto

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नाता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jñātra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press