तावत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• तावन्त् (tāvant)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তাৱত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬯᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তাবত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တာဝတ် (Burmese script)
• તાવત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਵਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦮꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾವತ್ (Kannada script)
• តាវត៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕາວຕ຺ (Lao script)
• താവത് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐰𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତାଵତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢮꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆮𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තාවත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩾𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• தாவத் (Tamil script)
• తావత్ (Telugu script)
• ตาวตฺ (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་ཝ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒫𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨭𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂wot. Compare Ancient Greek τῆος (têos) / τέως (téōs, “so long”), Latin tantus (“so much, so great”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.ʋɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.ʋɐt̪/

Adverb

तावत् • (tāvat)

1. so great, so large, so much, so far, so many (RV. &c)
2. just a little (Kir.)
3. (algebra) an unknown quantity
4. (indeclinable)
   1. so much, so greatly, to such an extent, in such a number (RV. AV.)
   2. meanwhile
   3. now, at once
   4. not yet (MBh.)
   5. very well, alright (Hcar.)
   6. indeed, truly
   7. already
   8. really

Descendants

• Pali: tāva

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “Tā́vat”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 445/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 644-5