तट

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तट (taṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪əʈ/, [t̪ɐʈ]

Noun

तट • (taṭ) m

1. border, brink
2. shore, coast
3. strand, riverside, bank

   पटना गंगा नदी के तट पर बसा है।

   paṭnā gaṅgā nadī ke taṭ par basā hai.

   Patna is located on the bank(s) of river Ganga.

Declension

Declension of तट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तट taṭ	तट taṭ
oblique	तट taṭ	तटों taṭõ
vocative	तट taṭ	तटो taṭo

Synonyms

• (brink, riverside) किनारा (kinārā)
• (brink) कगार (kagār)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তট (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬝ (Balinese script)
• তট (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• တဋ (Burmese script)
• તટ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ತಟ (Kannada script)
• តដ (Khmer script)
• ຕຏ (Lao script)
• തട (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐚 (Newa script)
• ତଟ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖘 (Siddham script)
• තට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚔 (Takri script)
• தட (Tamil script)
• తట (Telugu script)
• ตฏ (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Dravidian, whence Tamil திட்டு (tiṭṭu, “hill, salt bank”) and Kannada ದಡ (daḍa, “bank, shore”). The root तट् (taṭ, “to be raised”) is probably derived from this noun.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ.ʈɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.ʈɐ/

Noun

तट • (taṭa) stem, m (root तट्)

1. a slope, declivity, sloping parts of the body, sides, a shore
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तट (taṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तटः taṭaḥ	तटौ / तटा¹ taṭau / taṭā¹	तटाः / तटासः¹ taṭāḥ / taṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	तट taṭa	तटौ / तटा¹ taṭau / taṭā¹	तटाः / तटासः¹ taṭāḥ / taṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	तटम् taṭam	तटौ / तटा¹ taṭau / taṭā¹	तटान् taṭān
Instrumental	तटेन taṭena	तटाभ्याम् taṭābhyām	तटैः / तटेभिः¹ taṭaiḥ / taṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	तटाय taṭāya	तटाभ्याम् taṭābhyām	तटेभ्यः taṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	तटात् taṭāt	तटाभ्याम् taṭābhyām	तटेभ्यः taṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	तटस्य taṭasya	तटयोः taṭayoḥ	तटानाम् taṭānām
Locative	तटे taṭe	तटयोः taṭayoḥ	तटेषु taṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अतट (ataṭa, “having no shore, precipitous”)
• तटक (taṭaka)
• तटाक (taṭāka)
• तटाकिनी (taṭākinī)
• तटाय (taṭāya)
• तटिनी (taṭinī)
• तट्य (taṭya)

 

Descendants

• Pali: taṭa, taṭī
• Prakrit: 𑀢𑀟 (taḍa), 𑀢𑀟𑀻 (taḍī)
  • Old Hindi: तड़ (taṛ, “side, party, faction”), तड़ा (taṛā, “island”)
• → Hindi: तट (taṭ)

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 499; https://archive.org/details/KurzgefasstesEtymologischesMayrhoferManfred/page/n499/mode/2up