अत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အတ် (Burmese script)
• અત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅತ್ (Kannada script)
• អត៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຕ຺ (Lao script)
• അത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• அத் (Tamil script)
• అత్ (Telugu script)
• อตฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- (“to go”); compare Latin annus (“year”) and Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌹 (ataþni, “year”). In Italic and Germanic, the root shifted to refer to "year" only (as a "going" of time).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐt̪/

Root

अत् • (at)

1. to go constantly, walk, run
2. to obtain

Derived terms

• अतति (atati)
• अतत् (atat)
• अतमान (atamāna)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 12/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 56