नाथ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাথ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নাথ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နာထ် (Burmese script)
• નાથ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾಥ್ (Kannada script)
• នាថ៑ (Khmer script)
• ນາຖ຺ (Lao script)
• നാഥ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᠲ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନାଥ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නාථ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
• நாத்² (Tamil script)
• నాథ్ (Telugu script)
• นาถฺ (Thai script)
• ནཱ་ཐ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Denominalized root from नाथ (nātha, “refuge; protector”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑːtʰ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑːt̪ʰ/

Root

नाथ् • (nāth)

1. to seek aid, approach with prayers or requests
2. to ask, solicit, beg for (MBh.)
3. to have power, be master, prevail
4. to harass, trouble
5. (ātmanepada only) to bless, wish well, give blessings to someone
6. (causative) to cause a person to ask for anything, i.e. to grant a request
7. to harass, destroy

Inflection

Parasmaipada (active voice):

• Present: नाथति (nāthati)
• Perfect: ननाथ (nanātha)
• Periphrastic future: नाथिता (nāthitā)
• Simple future: नाथिष्यति (nāthiṣyati)
• Imperative: नाथतु (nāthatu) / नाथतात् (nāthatāt)
• Imperfect: अनाथत् (anāthat)
• Benedictive: नाथ्यात् (nāthyāt)
• Optative: नाथेत् (nāthet)
• Aorist: अनाथीत् (anāthīt)
• Conditional: अनाथिष्यत् (anāthiṣyat)

Ātmanepada (middle voice):

• Present: नाथते (nāthate)
• Perfect: ननाथे (nanāthe)
• Periphrastic future: नाथिता (nāthitā)
• Simple future: नाथिष्यते (nāthiṣyate)
• Imperative: नाथताम् (nāthatām)
• Imperfect: अनाथत (anāthata)
• Benedictive: नाथिषीष्ट (nāthiṣīṣṭa)
• Optative: नाथेत (nātheta)
• Aorist: अनाथिष्ट (anāthiṣṭa)
• Conditional: अनाथिष्यत (anāthiṣyata)

Derived terms

• अनाथ (anātha)
• नाथ (nātha)
• नाथित (nāthita)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नाथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 534/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 33-4