ता

See also: ता़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تا (tā), from Middle Persian [script needed] (OD /⁠tā⁠/, “until, so that”), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎠𐎫𐎠 (y-a-t-a /⁠yātā⁠/). Doublet of यथा (yathā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː/, [t̪äː]

Preposition

ता • (tā) (Urdu spelling تا)

1. (rare, poetic) until

   Synonym: तक (tak)

   ता-क़यामत ― tā-qayāmat ― until Doomsday, until eternity

Derived terms

• ताकि (tāki, “so that”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta]

Noun

ता • (tā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐟𑐵)

1. bridge

Alternative forms

• तां (tāṃ)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• tā (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• তা (Bengali script)
• තා (Sinhalese script)
• တာ or တႃ (Burmese script)
• ตา (Thai script)
• ᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕາ (Lao script)
• តា (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ता (tā)

1. (demonstrative) Devanagari script form of tā, which is feminine nominative/accusative plural of त (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

ता f

1. Devanagari script form of tā (“she”)

Declension

Declension table of "ता" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	सा (sā)	ता (tā)
Accusative (second)	तं (taṃ)	ता (tā)
Instrumental (third)	ताय (tāya)	ताहि (tāhi) or ताभि (tābhi)
Dative (fourth)	ताय (tāya) or तस्सा (tassā) or तिस्सा (tissā) or तिस्साय (tissāya)	तासं (tāsaṃ) or तासानं (tāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ताय (tāya)	ताहि (tāhi) or ताभि (tābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ताय (tāya) or तस्सा (tassā) or तिस्सा (tissā) or तिस्साय (tissāya)	तासं (tāsaṃ) or तासानं (tāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ताय (tāya) or तायं (tāyaṃ) or तिस्सं (tissaṃ)	तासु (tāsu)