तत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তত (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬢ (Balinese script)
• তত (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• တတ (Burmese script)
• તત (Gujarati script)
• ਤਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ತತ (Kannada script)
• តត (Khmer script)
• ຕຕ (Lao script)
• തത (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐟 (Newa script)
• ତତ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖝 (Siddham script)
• තත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚙 (Takri script)
• தத (Tamil script)
• తత (Telugu script)
• ตต (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *tn̥tós (“stretched, extended”), from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τᾰτός (tătós), Latin tentus.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

तत • (tatá) stem

1. extended, stretched
2. spread, diffused, expanded

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ततः (tataḥ)	ततौ (tatau) तता¹ (tatā¹)	तताः (tatāḥ) ततासः¹ (tatāsaḥ¹)
vocative	तत (tata)	ततौ (tatau) तता¹ (tatā¹)	तताः (tatāḥ) ततासः¹ (tatāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ततम् (tatam)	ततौ (tatau) तता¹ (tatā¹)	ततान् (tatān)
instrumental	ततेन (tatena)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततैः (tataiḥ) ततेभिः¹ (tatebhiḥ¹)
dative	तताय (tatāya)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततेभ्यः (tatebhyaḥ)
ablative	ततात् (tatāt)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततेभ्यः (tatebhyaḥ)
genitive	ततस्य (tatasya)	ततयोः (tatayoḥ)	ततानाम् (tatānām)
locative	तते (tate)	ततयोः (tatayoḥ)	ततेषु (tateṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of तता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तता (tatā)	तते (tate)	तताः (tatāḥ)
vocative	तते (tate)	तते (tate)	तताः (tatāḥ)
accusative	तताम् (tatām)	तते (tate)	तताः (tatāḥ)
instrumental	ततया (tatayā) तता¹ (tatā¹)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	तताभिः (tatābhiḥ)
dative	ततायै (tatāyai)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	तताभ्यः (tatābhyaḥ)
ablative	ततायाः (tatāyāḥ) ततायै² (tatāyai²)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	तताभ्यः (tatābhyaḥ)
genitive	ततायाः (tatāyāḥ) ततायै² (tatāyai²)	ततयोः (tatayoḥ)	ततानाम् (tatānām)
locative	ततायाम् (tatāyām)	ततयोः (tatayoḥ)	ततासु (tatāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of तत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ततम् (tatam)	तते (tate)	ततानि (tatāni) तता¹ (tatā¹)
vocative	तत (tata)	तते (tate)	ततानि (tatāni) तता¹ (tatā¹)
accusative	ततम् (tatam)	तते (tate)	ततानि (tatāni) तता¹ (tatā¹)
instrumental	ततेन (tatena)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततैः (tataiḥ) ततेभिः¹ (tatebhiḥ¹)
dative	तताय (tatāya)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततेभ्यः (tatebhyaḥ)
ablative	ततात् (tatāt)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततेभ्यः (tatebhyaḥ)
genitive	ततस्य (tatasya)	ततयोः (tatayoḥ)	ततानाम् (tatānām)
locative	तते (tate)	ततयोः (tatayoḥ)	ततेषु (tateṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀬 (taya)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *tata-, imitative of baby talk. Compare Latin tata, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ).

Noun

तत • (tatá) stem, m

1. (Vedic) a father

   Synonyms: पितृ (pitṛ́), जनक (janaká)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.3:

     कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना।
     नानाधियोवसूयवो अनु घा इव तस्थिमेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव॥

     kārurahaṃ tato bhiṣagupalaprakṣiṇī nanā.
     nānādhiyovasūyavo anu ghā iva tasthimendrāyendo pari srava.

     I am a poet, my father is a physician and my mother lays corn upon the stones.
     Striving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ततः (tataḥ)	ततौ (tatau) तता¹ (tatā¹)	तताः (tatāḥ) ततासः¹ (tatāsaḥ¹)
vocative	तत (tata)	ततौ (tatau) तता¹ (tatā¹)	तताः (tatāḥ) ततासः¹ (tatāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ततम् (tatam)	ततौ (tatau) तता¹ (tatā¹)	ततान् (tatān)
instrumental	ततेन (tatena)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततैः (tataiḥ) ततेभिः¹ (tatebhiḥ¹)
dative	तताय (tatāya)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततेभ्यः (tatebhyaḥ)
ablative	ततात् (tatāt)	तताभ्याम् (tatābhyām)	ततेभ्यः (tatebhyaḥ)
genitive	ततस्य (tatasya)	ततयोः (tatayoḥ)	ततानाम् (tatānām)
locative	तते (tate)	ततयोः (tatayoḥ)	ततेषु (tateṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• ततामह (tatāmaha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 432.