तात

See also: ताँत

Hindi

तात • (tāt) (indeclinable)

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk. Compare Latin tata, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ).

तात • (tātá) stem, m

daddy, papa
(in vocative case) a term of affection addressed to a junior or senior, addressed to several persons

Masculine a-stem declension of तात
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तातः (tātaḥ)	तातौ (tātau) ताता¹ (tātā¹)	ताताः (tātāḥ) तातासः¹ (tātāsaḥ¹)
vocative	तात (tāta)	तातौ (tātau) ताता¹ (tātā¹)	ताताः (tātāḥ) तातासः¹ (tātāsaḥ¹)
accusative	तातम् (tātam)	तातौ (tātau) ताता¹ (tātā¹)	तातान् (tātān)
instrumental	तातेन (tātena)	ताताभ्याम् (tātābhyām)	तातैः (tātaiḥ) तातेभिः¹ (tātebhiḥ¹)
dative	ताताय (tātāya)	ताताभ्याम् (tātābhyām)	तातेभ्यः (tātebhyaḥ)
ablative	तातात् (tātāt)	ताताभ्याम् (tātābhyām)	तातेभ्यः (tātebhyaḥ)
genitive	तातस्य (tātasya)	तातयोः (tātayoḥ)	तातानाम् (tātānām)
locative	ताते (tāte)	तातयोः (tātayoḥ)	तातेषु (tāteṣu)

Pali: tāta
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Old Gujarati: ताय (tāya)
- Hindi: ताया (tāyā)
- Romani: dad

Monier Williams (1899) “तात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 441/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 616; 641