पता

See also: पिता, पोता, and पोती

Hindi

Etymology

Cognate with Punjabi ਪਤਾ (patā).[1] Of uncertain origin, with some theories, all of which involve dubious semantic drift:

Pronunciation

Noun

पता • (patā) m (Urdu spelling پتا)[2][3][4]

  1. address
  2. knowledge, clue
    Synonyms: मालूम (mālūm), ज्ञात (jñāt)

Declension

Declension of पता (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct पता
patā 		पते
pate
oblique पते
pate 		पतों
patõ
vocative पते
pate 		पतो
pato

Derived terms

  • अता-पता (atā-patā, “whereabouts”)
  • पता चलना (patā calnā, “to find out”)
  • पता लगना (patā lagnā, “to find out”)
  • पता लगाना (patā lagānā, “to trace”)
  • पता-ठिकाना (patā-ṭhikānā, “whereabout”)
  • पता-निशान (patā-niśān, “trace, clue”)
  • बेपता (beptā, “undeliverable”)
  • लापता (lāpatā)

Descendants

  • → Bengali: পাত্তা (patta)

References

  1. ^ Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਪਤਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Platts, John T. (1884), “पता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “पता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
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