तात

See also: ताँत

Sanskrit

Onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk. Compare Latin tata, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ).

तात • (tātá) stem, m

daddy, papa
(in vocative case) a term of affection addressed to a junior or senior, addressed to several persons

Masculine a-stem declension of तात (tātá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तातः tātáḥ	तातौ / ताता¹ tātaú / tātā́¹	ताताः / तातासः¹ tātā́ḥ / tātā́saḥ¹
Vocative	तात tā́ta	तातौ / ताता¹ tā́tau / tā́tā¹	ताताः / तातासः¹ tā́tāḥ / tā́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	तातम् tātám	तातौ / ताता¹ tātaú / tātā́¹	तातान् tātā́n
Instrumental	तातेन tāténa	ताताभ्याम् tātā́bhyām	तातैः / तातेभिः¹ tātaíḥ / tātébhiḥ¹
Dative	ताताय tātā́ya	ताताभ्याम् tātā́bhyām	तातेभ्यः tātébhyaḥ
Ablative	तातात् tātā́t	ताताभ्याम् tātā́bhyām	तातेभ्यः tātébhyaḥ
Genitive	तातस्य tātásya	तातयोः tātáyoḥ	तातानाम् tātā́nām
Locative	ताते tāté	तातयोः tātáyoḥ	तातेषु tātéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Pali: tāta
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Old Gujarati: ताय (tāya)
- Hindi: ताया (tāyā)
- Romani: dad

Monier Williams (1899) “तात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 441/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 616; 641