-ता
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː/, [t̪äː]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit -𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 (-anta) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit -अत् (-at), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. Cognate with Latin -ns, English -ant.
Suffix
-ता • (-tā)
- ending of the present habitual participle
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| direct | -ता -tā |
-ते -te |
-ती -tī |
-तीं -tī̃ |
| oblique | -ते -te |
-ते -te |
-ती -tī |
-तीं -tī̃ |
| vocative | -ते -te |
-ते -te |
-ती -tī |
-तीं -tī̃ |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit -ता (-tā).
Suffix
-ता • (-tā) f
Derived terms
Hindi terms suffixed with -ता
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- -တာ (Burmese script)
- -ता (Devanagari script)
- -ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- -ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- -𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- -តា (Khmer script)
- -ຕາ (Lao script)
- -താ (Malayalam script)
- -ᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- -𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- -ᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- -𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- -ତା (Odia script)
- -ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- -𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- -තා (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- -தா (Tamil script)
- -ตา (Thai script)
- -་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- -𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː/
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Sanskrit -ता (-tā)
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂. Compare Avestan -𐬚𐬁 (-θā), Proto-Germanic *-iþō.
Suffix
-ता • (-tā) f
Usage notes
The Vedic accent regularly falls on the syllable preceding the suffix.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ता (-tā) | -ते (-te) | -ताः (-tāḥ) |
| accusative | -ताम् (-tām) | -ते (-te) | -ताः (-tāḥ) |
| instrumental | -तया (-tayā) -ता¹ (-tā¹) |
-ताभ्याम् (-tābhyām) | -ताभिः (-tābhiḥ) |
| dative | -तायै (-tāyai) | -ताभ्याम् (-tābhyām) | -ताभ्यः (-tābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -तायाः (-tāyāḥ) -तायै² (-tāyai²) |
-ताभ्याम् (-tābhyām) | -ताभ्यः (-tābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -तायाः (-tāyāḥ) -तायै² (-tāyai²) |
-तयोः (-tayoḥ) | -तानाम् (-tānām) |
| locative | -तायाम् (-tāyām) | -तयोः (-tayoḥ) | -तासु (-tāsu) |
| vocative | -ते (-te) | -ते (-te) | -ताः (-tāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
Related terms
- -ताति (-tāti)
- -तात् (-tāt)
Descendants
Further reading
- Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964) Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, section 462, pages 616-620
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā́, from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr).
Suffix
-ता • (-tā) m
- nominative singular of -तृ (-tṛ)