नाता

See also: नातू, नाती, नाते, नीति, and नेता

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *ज्ञात्र (*jñātra), from जन् (jan, “to beget”, root). Cognate with Punjabi ਨਾਤਾ (nāttā), Sindhi ناتو (nāto) / नातो, Gujarati નાતો (nāto), Marathi नाते (nāte).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.t̪ɑː/, [näː.t̪äː]

Noun

नाता • (nātā) m (Urdu spelling ناتا)

relation, connection
Synonyms: संबंध (sambandh), रिश्ता (riśtā), ताल्लुक़ (tālluq), राबता (rābtā)

Declension

Declension of *नाता* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नाता nātā	नाते nāte
oblique	नाते nāte	नातों nātõ
vocative	नाते nāte	नातो nāto

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नाता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*jñātra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press