-ता

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː/, [t̪äː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa, from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 (-anta) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit -अत् (-at), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. Cognate with Latin -ns, English -ant.

Suffix

-ता • (-tā)

  1. ending of the present habitual participle
Declension
Declension of -ता (ā-stem participle)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct -ता
-tā		 -ते
-te		 -ती
-tī		 -तीं
-tī̃
oblique -ते
-te		 -ते
-te		 -ती
-tī		 -तीं
-tī̃
vocative -ते
-te		 -ते
-te		 -ती
-tī		 -तीं
-tī̃

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit -ता (-tā), from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂.

Suffix

-ता • (-tā) f

  1. (productive) Forms feminine abstract nouns.
    Synonym: -पन (-pan)
    ‎वीर (vīr, “hero”) + ‎-ता (-tā) → ‎वीरता (vīrtā, “heroism”)
Derived terms
Hindi terms suffixed with -ता

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit -ता (-tā́), nominative singular of -तृ (-tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā́, from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr.

Suffix

-ता • (-tā) m

  1. (not productive) Forms masculine agent nouns.

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂. Compare Avestan -𐬚𐬁 (-θā), Proto-Germanic *-iþō.

Suffix

-ता • (-tā) f

  1. Forms feminine abstract nouns, often representing states of being.
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms suffixed with -ता
Descendants
  • → Bengali: -তা (-ta)
  • → Hindi: -ता (-tā)
  • → Malayalam: -ത (-ta)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tā́, from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr).

Suffix

-ता • (-tā) m

  1. nominative singular of -तृ (-tṛ)
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