اتا

See also: ابا, آپا, أبا, and آٹا

Kyrgyz

Noun

اتا • (ata)

1. Arabic spelling of ата (ata).

Persian

Alternative forms

• آته (āta), آتی (ātay) (regional Dari, especially Hazaragi)
• اته (āta) (regional Dari, especially Logar)

Etymology

From a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.tɑː], [ʔi.tɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.t̪ʰä], [ʔɔː.t̪ʰäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.t̪ʰɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.t̪ʰɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	atā, itā
Dari reading?	atā
Iranian reading?	atâ
Tajik reading?	ato

Noun

اتا • (atâ)

1. (dialectal) father

   Synonyms: پدر (padar), والد (vâled), بابا (bâbâ)

Inflection

Basic forms of اتا (Classical and Dari Persian)

	singular	plural
bare	اتا، اتای△ (atā́, atā́y△)	اتاها، اتایا△ (atā-hā́, atāy-yā́△)
definitive direct object	اتارا، اتای‌ره△ (atā́ rā, atā́y ra△)	اتاها را، اتایاره△ (atā-hā́ rā, atāy-yā́ ra△)
izāfa	اتای (atā́-yi)	اتاهای، اتایای△ (atā-hā́-yi, atāy-yā́-yi△)
marked indefinite or relative definite	اتایی (atā́-yē)	اتاهایی، اتایایی△ (atā-hā́-yē, atāy-yā́-yē△)

^△ Colloquial Dari.

Possessive forms of اتا (Dari Persian)

	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	اتایم (atā́yam)	اتاهایم، اتایام△ (atā-hā́yam, atāy-yā́-am△)
2nd person singular (“your”)	اتایت (atā́yat)	اتاهایت، اتایات△ (atā-hā́yat, atāy-yā́t△)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	اتایش، اتایْشِی△ (atā́yaš, atā́yšī△)	اتاهایش، اتایاش△ (atā-hā́yaš, atāy-yā́š△)
1st person plural (“our”)	اتایمان، اتایما△ (atā́yimān)	اتاهایمان، اتایامان△ (atā-hā́yimān, atāy-yā́mān△)
2nd person plural (“your”)	اتایتان (atā́yitān)	اتاهایتان، اتایاتان△ (atā-hā́yitān, atāy-yā́tān△)
3rd person plural (“their”)	اتایشان (atā́yišān)	اتاهایشان، اتایاشان△ (atā-hā́yišān, atāy-yā́šān△)

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• اتابک (atâbak)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اتا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اتا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• “اتا”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَتَا (atā), from a Turkic language.

Noun

اتا • (atā) m (Hindi spelling अता)

1. father

Synonyms

• باپ (bāp), پدر (pidar), والد (vālid)

Related terms

• اتابک (atābak)