पिता

पिता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of पितृ (pitŕ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɪ.t̪ɑː/, [pɪ.t̪äː]

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Noun

पिता • (pitā) m (Urdu spelling پتا‎)

1. father

Declension

Declension of पिता (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पिता pitā	पिता pitā
oblique	पिता pitā	पिताओं pitāõ
vocative	पिता pitā	पिताओ pitāo

Related terms

• पितृ (pitŕ)

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Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pit̪ä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: पिता

Noun

पिता • (pitā) m

1. father

   Synonyms: बुवा (buwā), बुबा (bubā), बाबा (bābā), बा (bā), बाबु (bābu)

Declension

Declension of पिता
	Singular	Plural
nominative	पिता [pit̪ä]	पिताहरू [pit̪ä̤ːɾu]
accusative	पितालाई [pit̪äläi]	पिताहरूलाई [pit̪ä̤ːɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	पिताले [pit̪äle]	पिताहरूले [pit̪ä̤ːɾule]
dative	पितालाई [pit̪äläi]	पिताहरूलाई [pit̪ä̤ːɾuläi]
ablative	पिताबाट [pit̪äbäʈʌ]	पिताहरूबाट [pit̪ä̤ːɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	पिताको [pit̪äko]	पिताहरूको [pit̪ä̤ːɾuko]
locative	पितामा [pit̪ämä]	पिताहरूमा [pit̪ä̤ːɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Related terms

• पितृ (pitr̥)

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “पिता”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• pitā (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• পিতা (Bengali script)
• පිතා (Sinhalese script)
• ပိတာ or ပိတႃ (Burmese script)
• ปิตา (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥᨲᩣ or ᨸᩥᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິຕາ (Lao script)
• បិតា (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄨𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

पिता (pitā)

1. Devanagari script form of pitā, which is nominative singular of पितर् (pitar, “father”)

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬧᬶᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• পিতা (Assamese script)
• পিতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• પિતા (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦥꦶꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• បិតា (Khmer script)
• ಪಿತಾ (Kannada script)
• ᨷᩥᨲᩣ or ᨸᩥᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິຕາ (Lao script)
• പിതാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᢈᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᢒᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ပိတာ (Burmese script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପିତା (Oriya script)
• ꢦꢶꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• පිතා (Sinhalese script)
• పితా (Telugu script)
• ปิตา (Thai script)
• པི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.tɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.t̪ɑː/

Noun

पिता • (pitā́) m

1. nominative singular of पितृ (pitṛ, “father”)