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 fall

Derived terms

• पतति (patati)
• पतन (patana)
• पतित (patita)
• पात (pāta)
• पातयति (pātayati)

 

Etymology 2

Denominal of पति (pati, “lord”).

Root

पत् • (pat)

1. to rule

Derived terms

• पत्यते (patyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 580/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 94
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 71-72