अत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • অত্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • অত্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • အတ် (Burmese script)
  • અત્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅತ್ (Kannada script)
  • អត៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອຕ຺ (Lao script)
  • അത് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଅତ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • අත් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
  • அத் (Tamil script)
  • అత్ (Telugu script)
  • อตฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- (“to go”); compare Latin annus (“year”) and Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌹 (ataþni, “year”). In Italic and Germanic, the root shifted to refer to "year" only (as a "going" of time).

Pronunciation

Root

अत् • (at)

  1. to go constantly, walk, run
  2. to obtain

Derived terms
  • अतति (atati)
  • अतत् (atat)
  • अतमान (atamāna)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “अत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 12/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 56
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