तत

From Proto-Indo-European *tn̥tós (“stretched, extended”), from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τᾰτός (tatós), Latin tentus.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.t̪ɐ/

तत • (tatá) stem

1. extended, stretched
2. spread, diffused, expanded

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀬 (taya)

From Proto-Indo-European *tata-, imitative of baby talk. Compare Latin tata, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ).

तत • (tatá) stem, m

1. (Vedic) a father

   Synonyms: पितृ (pitṛ́), जनक (janaká)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.3:

     कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना।
     नानाधियोवसूयवो अनु घा इव तस्थिमेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव॥

     kārurahaṃ tato bhiṣagupalaprakṣiṇī nanā.
     nānādhiyovasūyavo anu ghā iva tasthimendrāyendo pari srava.

     I am a poet, my father is a physician and my mother lays corn upon the stones.
     Striving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

• ततामह (tatāmaha)

• Monier Williams (1899) “तत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 432.