इयत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• इयन्त् (iyant)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ইয়ত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬬᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ইয়ত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰧𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀬𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဣယတ် (Burmese script)
• ઇયત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਯਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌯𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦪꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂨𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಇಯತ್ (Kannada script)
• ឥយត៑ (Khmer script)
• ອິຍຕ຺ (Lao script)
• ഇയത് (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᠶᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘧𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑧇𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐫𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଇଯତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢫꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆪𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖧𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඉයත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩻𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚣𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• இயத் (Tamil script)
• ఇయత్ (Telugu script)
• อิยตฺ (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཡ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒨𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨪𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From इ (i), from Proto-Indo-European *éy. Monier-Williams connects this form with Latin -iēs, -iēns, with both possibly being from Proto-Indo-European *h₁í-onts. See also अयम् (ayám).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /í.jɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈi.jɐt̪/

Adjective

इयत् • (íyat) stem

1. so large, only so large
2. so much, only so much
3. of such extent

Declension

Masculine at-stem declension of इयत् (íyat)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इयान् íyān	इयन्तौ / इयन्ता¹ íyantau / íyantā¹	इयन्तः íyantaḥ
Vocative	इयन् íyan	इयन्तौ / इयन्ता¹ íyantau / íyantā¹	इयन्तः íyantaḥ
Accusative	इयन्तम् íyantam	इयन्तौ / इयन्ता¹ íyantau / íyantā¹	इयतः íyataḥ
Instrumental	इयता íyatā	इयद्भ्याम् íyadbhyām	इयद्भिः íyadbhiḥ
Dative	इयते íyate	इयद्भ्याम् íyadbhyām	इयद्भ्यः íyadbhyaḥ
Ablative	इयतः íyataḥ	इयद्भ्याम् íyadbhyām	इयद्भ्यः íyadbhyaḥ
Genitive	इयतः íyataḥ	इयतोः íyatoḥ	इयताम् íyatām
Locative	इयति íyati	इयतोः íyatoḥ	इयत्सु íyatsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of इयती (íyatī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इयती íyatī	इयत्यौ / इयती¹ íyatyau / íyatī¹	इयत्यः / इयतीः¹ íyatyaḥ / íyatīḥ¹
Vocative	इयति íyati	इयत्यौ / इयती¹ íyatyau / íyatī¹	इयत्यः / इयतीः¹ íyatyaḥ / íyatīḥ¹
Accusative	इयतीम् íyatīm	इयत्यौ / इयती¹ íyatyau / íyatī¹	इयतीः íyatīḥ
Instrumental	इयत्या íyatyā	इयतीभ्याम् íyatībhyām	इयतीभिः íyatībhiḥ
Dative	इयत्यै íyatyai	इयतीभ्याम् íyatībhyām	इयतीभ्यः íyatībhyaḥ
Ablative	इयत्याः / इयत्यै² íyatyāḥ / íyatyai²	इयतीभ्याम् íyatībhyām	इयतीभ्यः íyatībhyaḥ
Genitive	इयत्याः / इयत्यै² íyatyāḥ / íyatyai²	इयत्योः íyatyoḥ	इयतीनाम् íyatīnām
Locative	इयत्याम् íyatyām	इयत्योः íyatyoḥ	इयतीषु íyatīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter at-stem declension of इयत् (íyat)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इयत् íyat	इयती íyatī	इयन्ति íyanti
Vocative	इयत् íyat	इयती íyatī	इयन्ति íyanti
Accusative	इयत् íyat	इयती íyatī	इयन्ति íyanti
Instrumental	इयता íyatā	इयद्भ्याम् íyadbhyām	इयद्भिः íyadbhiḥ
Dative	इयते íyate	इयद्भ्याम् íyadbhyām	इयद्भ्यः íyadbhyaḥ
Ablative	इयतः íyataḥ	इयद्भ्याम् íyadbhyām	इयद्भ्यः íyadbhyaḥ
Genitive	इयतः íyataḥ	इयतोः íyatoḥ	इयताम् íyatām
Locative	इयति íyati	इयतोः íyatoḥ	इयत्सु íyatsu

Derived terms

• इयत्तक (iyattaká, “so small”) (see there for further descendants)
• इयत्त्व (iyattva, “the state of being of such extent”)
• इयत्ता (iyattā, “the state of being of such extent”)

Related terms

• कियत् (kiyat, “how much?”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इयत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 168/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 194
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “iyattaká-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press