-ता

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t̪ɑː/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit -ता (-tā).

Suffix

-ता • (-tā)

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

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hindi_words_suffixed_with_-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE' title='Category:Hindi words suffixed with -ता'>Hindi words suffixed with -ता</a>

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

-ता • (-tā)

  1. (not productive) Forms masculine agent nouns.
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