-त्वा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬢ᭄ᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
- -ত্ৱা (Assamese script)
- -ত্বা (Bengali script)
- -𑰝𑰿𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- -𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- -𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
- -ત્વા (Gujarati script)
- -ਤੑਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- -ꦠ꧀ꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
- -ត្វា (Khmer script)
- -ತ್ವಾ (Kannada script)
- -ຕ຺ວາ (Lao script)
- -ത്വാ (Malayalam script)
- -𑘝𑘿𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠊ᢐᢦᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠊ᢠᠣᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- -တွာ (Burmese script)
- -𑦽𑧠𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐟𑑂𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
- -ତ୍ଵା (Oriya script)
- -ꢡ꣄ꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆠𑇀𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
- -𑖝𑖿𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
- -ත්වා (Sinhalese script)
- -త్వా (Telugu script)
- -ตฺวา (Thai script)
- -་ཏྭཱ (Tibetan script)
- -𑒞𑓂𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *twaH, from Proto-Indo-European *-tweh₂.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tʋɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t̪ʋɑː/
Suffix
-त्वा • (-tvā)
- conjunctive suffix for verbs
- कृ (kṛ, “do”) + -त्वा (-tvā) → कृत्वा (kṛtvā, “having done”)
- वच् (vac, “say”) + -त्वा (-tvā) → उक्त्वा (uktvā, “having said”)
- त्यज् (tyaj, “abandon”) + -त्वा (-tvā) → त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā, “having abandoned”)
Usage notes
This suffix is called the क्त्वा suffix in Sanskrit.