लता
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লতা (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- লতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- လတာ (Burmese script)
- લતા (Gujarati script)
- ਲਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಲತಾ (Kannada script)
- លតា (Khmer script)
- ລຕາ (Lao script)
- ലതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଲତା (Odia script)
- ꢭꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ලතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- லதா (Tamil script)
- లతా (Telugu script)
- ลตา (Thai script)
- ལ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ln̥téh₂, zero-grade variant of *lentéh₂ (“linden, lime(-wood)”); if so, cognate with Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden”) (whence English linden), Proto-Balto-Slavic *lentā́ˀ (Lithuanian lentà (“(linden) board”), Russian лут (lut, “(linden) bast”)) and Albanian lëndë (“wood, material”), as well as perhaps Latin lentus (“pliable; slow”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /lɐ.tɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪ɐ.t̪ɑː/
Noun
लता • (latā) stem, f
- a creeper (any creeping or winding plant or twining tendril); liana Mn. MBh. &c.
- musk-creeper L.
- a slender woman, any woman Naish. Tantras.
- the thong or lash of a whip; whip Pañcat. Suṡr.
- a string of pearls VarBṛS.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | लता (latā) | लते (late) | लताः (latāḥ) |
| accusative | लताम् (latām) | लते (late) | लताः (latāḥ) |
| instrumental | लतया (latayā) लता¹ (latā¹) |
लताभ्याम् (latābhyām) | लताभिः (latābhiḥ) |
| dative | लतायै (latāyai) | लताभ्याम् (latābhyām) | लताभ्यः (latābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | लतायाः (latāyāḥ) लतायै² (latāyai²) |
लताभ्याम् (latābhyām) | लताभ्यः (latābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | लतायाः (latāyāḥ) लतायै² (latāyai²) |
लतयोः (latayoḥ) | लतानाम् (latānām) |
| locative | लतायाम् (latāyām) | लतयोः (latayoḥ) | लतासु (latāsu) |
| vocative | लते (late) | लते (late) | लताः (latāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Assamese: লেৱা (lewa)
- Bengali: লতি (loti)
- → Khmer: លតា (lea’daa)
- → Tamil: லதை (latai)
- → Telugu: లత (lata)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0895/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 436-437
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 88