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

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]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 644-5
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