पत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပတ် (Burmese script)
• પત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪತ್ (Kannada script)
• បត៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຕ຺ (Lao script)
• പത് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• பத் (Tamil script)
• పత్ (Telugu script)
• ปตฺ (Thai script)
• པ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐt̪/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Sanskrit पत् (pat)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *patH-, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out, fly”).

Root

पत् • (pat)

1. to fly
2. to fall

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पत् (0 c, 8 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पत् (15 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• पतति (pátati, Present)
• पतयति (patáyati, Present)
• पतिष्यति (patiṣyáti, Future)
• पतिता (patitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अपप्तत् (ápaptat, Aorist)
• पपात (papā́ta, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• अपाति (ápāti, Passive Aorist)
• पातयति (pātáyati, Causative)
• अपीपतत् (ápīpatat, Causative Aorist)
• पात्यते (pātyate, Passive of Causative)
• पिपतिषति (pipatiṣati, Desiderative)
• पित्सति (pitsati, Desiderative)
• पापतीति (pā́patīti, Intensive)
• पनीपत्यते (panīpatyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• पतित (patitá, Past Participle)
• पतितुम् (pátitum, Infinitive)
• पतित्वा (patitvā́, Gerund)
• पत्य (pátya, Gerund)
• पातम् (pā́tam, Gerund)
• पतनीय (patanīya, Gerundive)
• पतितव्य (patitavya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• पतङ्ग (pataṅgá)
• पतन (pátana)
• पतर (patará)
• पतरु (patáru)
• पतापत (patāpata)
• पतिष्ठ (pátiṣṭha)
• पतीयस् (pátīyas)
• पत्त्र (páttra)
• पत्मन् (pátman)
• पत्वन् (pátvan)
• पात (pāta)
• पातिन् (pātin)
• पातुक (pā́tuka)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अच्छापत् (acchāpat)
• अतिपत् (atipat)
• अनुपत् (anupat)
• अभिपत् (abhipat)
• अवपत् (avapat)
• आपत् (āpat)
• उत्पत् (utpat)
• उपपत् (upapat)
• निपत् (nipat)
• निष्पत् (niṣpat)
• परापत् (parāpat)
• परिपत् (paripat)
• प्रतिपत् (pratipat)
• प्रपत् (prapat)
• विपत् (vipat)
• सम्पत् (sampat)

Etymology 2

Denominal of पति (páti, “lord”).

Root

पत् • (pat)

1. to rule

Derived terms

• पत्यते (pátyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 580, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 94
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pat”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 71-72
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 371-2