हत
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হত (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬢ (Balinese script)
- হত (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ဟတ (Burmese script)
- હત (Gujarati script)
- ਹਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಹತ (Kannada script)
- ហត (Khmer script)
- ຫຕ (Lao script)
- ഹത (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐟 (Newa script)
- ହତ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖝 (Siddham script)
- හත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚙 (Takri script)
- ஹத (Tamil script)
- హత (Telugu script)
- หต (Thai script)
- ཧ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐ.tɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦɐ.t̪ɐ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰatás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰatás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-tó-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to kill”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬙𐬋 (jatō), Old Persian 𐎩𐎫 (jatáʰ), Ancient Greek φατός (phatós).
Adjective
हत • (hatá) stem
- struck, beaten, slain, killed.
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.4:
- नाहं तं वे॑द॒ दभ्यं॒ दभ॒त्स यस्ये॒दं दू॒तीरस॑रं परा॒कात्।
न तं गू॑हन्ति स्र॒वतो॑ गभी॒रा ह॒ता इन्द्रे॑ण पणयः शयध्वे॥- nā́háṃ táṃ veda dábhyaṃ dábhatsá yásyedáṃ dūtī́rásaraṃ parākā́t.
ná táṃ gūhanti sraváto gabhīrā́ hatā́ índreṇa paṇayaḥ śayadhve. - I know him safe from harm: but he can punish who sent me hither from afar as envoy.
Him rivers flowing with deep waters bide not. Low will ye be, O Paṇis, slain by Indra.
- nā́háṃ táṃ veda dábhyaṃ dábhatsá yásyedáṃ dūtī́rásaraṃ parākā́t.
- नाहं तं वे॑द॒ दभ्यं॒ दभ॒त्स यस्ये॒दं दू॒तीरस॑रं परा॒कात्।
- injured, wounded, hurt.
- struck off.
- knocked out.
- whirled up, raised.
- (astronomy) touched.
- violated.
- ruined, wretched.
- useless.
- cheated, deceived.
- defective.
- (arithmetic) multiplied
Participle
हत • (hata) past passive participle (root हन्)
- past participle of हन् (han)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | हतः (hatáḥ) | हतौ (hataú) हता¹ (hatā́¹) |
हताः (hatā́ḥ) हतासः¹ (hatā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | हतम् (hatám) | हतौ (hataú) हता¹ (hatā́¹) |
हतान् (hatā́n) |
| instrumental | हतेन (haténa) | हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हतैः (hataíḥ) हतेभिः¹ (hatébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | हताय (hatā́ya) | हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हतेभ्यः (hatébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | हतात् (hatā́t) | हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हतेभ्यः (hatébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | हतस्य (hatásya) | हतयोः (hatáyoḥ) | हतानाम् (hatā́nām) |
| locative | हते (haté) | हतयोः (hatáyoḥ) | हतेषु (hatéṣu) |
| vocative | हत (háta) | हतौ (hátau) हता¹ (hátā¹) |
हताः (hátāḥ) हतासः¹ (hátāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | हता (hatā́) | हते (haté) | हताः (hatā́ḥ) |
| accusative | हताम् (hatā́m) | हते (haté) | हताः (hatā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | हतया (hatáyā) हता¹ (hatā́¹) |
हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हताभिः (hatā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | हतायै (hatā́yai) | हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हताभ्यः (hatā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | हतायाः (hatā́yāḥ) हतायै² (hatā́yai²) |
हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हताभ्यः (hatā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | हतायाः (hatā́yāḥ) हतायै² (hatā́yai²) |
हतयोः (hatáyoḥ) | हतानाम् (hatā́nām) |
| locative | हतायाम् (hatā́yām) | हतयोः (hatáyoḥ) | हतासु (hatā́su) |
| vocative | हते (háte) | हते (háte) | हताः (hátāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | हतम् (hatám) | हते (haté) | हतानि (hatā́ni) हता¹ (hatā́¹) |
| accusative | हतम् (hatám) | हते (haté) | हतानि (hatā́ni) हता¹ (hatā́¹) |
| instrumental | हतेन (haténa) | हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हतैः (hataíḥ) हतेभिः¹ (hatébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | हताय (hatā́ya) | हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हतेभ्यः (hatébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | हतात् (hatā́t) | हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām) | हतेभ्यः (hatébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | हतस्य (hatásya) | हतयोः (hatáyoḥ) | हतानाम् (hatā́nām) |
| locative | हते (haté) | हतयोः (hatáyoḥ) | हतेषु (hatéṣu) |
| vocative | हत (háta) | हते (háte) | हतानि (hátāni) हता¹ (hátā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀳𑀢 (hata)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀅 (haa)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀤 (hada)
- Hindi: हया (hayā)
- ⇒ Hindi: हयना (haynā, “to kill, strike”) (poetic)
- Hindi: हया (hayā)
- Pali: hata
- → Telugu: హతము (hatamu)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
हत • (hatá)
- second-person plural imperative active of हन्ति (hanti, “to strike”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1287.