-त्वा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

-ᬢ᭄ᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
-တွာ (Burmese script)
-त्वा (Devanagari script)
-ਤ੍ਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
-𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
-ꦠ꧀ꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
-𑂞𑂹𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
-ត្វា (Khmer script)
-ຕ຺ວາ (Lao script)
-ത്വാ (Malayalam script)
-ᢠᠣᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
-𑘝𑘿𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
-ᢐᢦ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
-𑦽𑧠𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
-𑐟𑑂𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
-ତ୍ଵା (Odia script)
-ꢡ꣄ꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
-𑆠𑇀𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
-𑖝𑖿𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
-ත්‍වා (Sinhalese script)
-𑩫 𑪙𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
-𑚙𑚶𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
-த்வா (Tamil script)
-ตฺวา (Thai script)
-་ཏྭཱ (Tibetan script)
-𑨙𑩇𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Instrumental of an earlier verbal noun on -तु (-tu) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tus), whence also the infinitival suffix -तुम् (-tum).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tʋɑ́ː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ʋɑː/

Suffix

-त्वा • (-tvā́)

conjunctive suffix for verbs, also called 'gerund' or 'absolutive'
‎कृ (kṛ, “do”) + ‎-त्वा (-tvā) → ‎कृत्वा (kṛtvā, “having done”)

‎वच् (vac, “say”) + ‎-त्वा (-tvā) → ‎उक्त्वा (uktvā, “having said”)

‎त्यज् (tyaj, “abandon”) + ‎-त्वा (-tvā) → ‎त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā, “having abandoned”)

Usage notes

This suffix is called the क्त्वा (ktvā) suffix in Sanskrit.