हत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হত (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬢ (Balinese script)
• হত (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဟတ (Burmese script)
• હત (Gujarati script)
• ਹਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಹತ (Kannada script)
• ហត (Khmer script)
• ຫຕ (Lao script)
• ഹത (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐟 (Newa script)
• ହତ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖝 (Siddham script)
• හත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஹத (Tamil script)
• హత (Telugu script)
• หต (Thai script)
• ཧ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰatás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰatás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-tó-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to kill”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬙𐬋 (jatō), Old Persian 𐎩𐎫 (jatáʰ), Ancient Greek φατός (phatós).

Adjective

हत • (hatá) stem

1. struck, beaten, slain, killed.
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.4:

     नाहं तं वे॑द॒ दभ्यं॒ दभ॒त्स यस्ये॒दं दू॒तीरस॑रं परा॒कात्।
     न तं गू॑हन्ति स्र॒वतो॑ गभी॒रा ह॒ता इन्द्रे॑ण पणयः शयध्वे॥

     nā́háṃ táṃ veda dábhyaṃ dábhatsá yásyedáṃ dūtī́rásaraṃ parākā́t.
     ná táṃ gūhanti sraváto gabhīrā́ hatā́ índreṇa paṇayaḥ śayadhve.

     I know him safe from harm: but he can punish who sent me hither from afar as envoy.
     Him rivers flowing with deep waters bide not. Low will ye be, O Paṇis, slain by Indra.

2. injured, wounded, hurt.
3. struck off.
4. knocked out.
5. whirled up, raised.
6. (astronomy) touched.
7. violated.
8. ruined, wretched.
9. useless.
10. cheated, deceived.
11. defective.
12. (arithmetic) multiplied

Participle

हत • (hata) past passive participle (root हन्)

1. past participle of हन् (han)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हतः (hatáḥ)	हतौ (hataú) हता¹ (hatā́¹)	हताः (hatā́ḥ) हतासः¹ (hatā́saḥ¹)
vocative	हत (háta)	हतौ (hátau) हता¹ (hátā¹)	हताः (hátāḥ) हतासः¹ (hátāsaḥ¹)
accusative	हतम् (hatám)	हतौ (hataú) हता¹ (hatā́¹)	हतान् (hatā́n)
instrumental	हतेन (haténa)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हतैः (hataíḥ) हतेभिः¹ (hatébhiḥ¹)
dative	हताय (hatā́ya)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हतेभ्यः (hatébhyaḥ)
ablative	हतात् (hatā́t)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हतेभ्यः (hatébhyaḥ)
genitive	हतस्य (hatásya)	हतयोः (hatáyoḥ)	हतानाम् (hatā́nām)
locative	हते (haté)	हतयोः (hatáyoḥ)	हतेषु (hatéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of हता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हता (hatā́)	हते (haté)	हताः (hatā́ḥ)
vocative	हते (háte)	हते (háte)	हताः (hátāḥ)
accusative	हताम् (hatā́m)	हते (haté)	हताः (hatā́ḥ)
instrumental	हतया (hatáyā) हता¹ (hatā́¹)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हताभिः (hatā́bhiḥ)
dative	हतायै (hatā́yai)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हताभ्यः (hatā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	हतायाः (hatā́yāḥ) हतायै² (hatā́yai²)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हताभ्यः (hatā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	हतायाः (hatā́yāḥ) हतायै² (hatā́yai²)	हतयोः (hatáyoḥ)	हतानाम् (hatā́nām)
locative	हतायाम् (hatā́yām)	हतयोः (hatáyoḥ)	हतासु (hatā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of हत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हतम् (hatám)	हते (haté)	हतानि (hatā́ni) हता¹ (hatā́¹)
vocative	हत (háta)	हते (háte)	हतानि (hátāni) हता¹ (hátā¹)
accusative	हतम् (hatám)	हते (haté)	हतानि (hatā́ni) हता¹ (hatā́¹)
instrumental	हतेन (haténa)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हतैः (hataíḥ) हतेभिः¹ (hatébhiḥ¹)
dative	हताय (hatā́ya)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हतेभ्यः (hatébhyaḥ)
ablative	हतात् (hatā́t)	हताभ्याम् (hatā́bhyām)	हतेभ्यः (hatébhyaḥ)
genitive	हतस्य (hatásya)	हतयोः (hatáyoḥ)	हतानाम् (hatā́nām)
locative	हते (haté)	हतयोः (hatáyoḥ)	हतेषु (hatéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀳𑀢 (hata)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀅 (haa)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀤 (hada)
    • Hindi: हया (hayā)
      • ⇒ Hindi: हयना (haynā, “to kill, strike”) (poetic)
• Pali: hata
• → Telugu: హతము (hatamu)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

हत • (hatá)

1. second-person plural imperative active of हन्ति (hanti, “to strike”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1287.