पथ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पथ (pathá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Assamese পথ (poth), Sylheti ꠙꠕ (fotó), Bengali পথ (poth), Gujarati પથ (path), Konkani पथ (path), Marathi पथ (path), Odia ପଥ (pôthô), Punjabi ਪਥ (path).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pət̪ʰ/,

Noun

पथ • (path) m (Urdu spelling پتھ)

1. path, course, road
2. way, route

Declension

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “पथ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit पथ (patha). Cognate with Assamese পথ (poth), Bengali পথ (poth), Gujarati પથ (path), Hindi पथ (path), Marathi पथ (path), Odia ପଥ (pôthô), Punjabi ਪਥ (path).

Noun

पथ • (path) ? (Latin script poth, Kannada script ಪಥ್)

1. way, road, path

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पथ (pathá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Assamese পথ (poth), Bengali পথ (poth), Hindi पथ (path), Konkani पथ (path), Odia ପଥ (pôthô), Punjabi ਪਥ (path).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pət̪ʰ/

Noun

पथ • (path) m

1. road
2. path
3. way

Declension

Synonyms

• Synonyms: मार्ग (mārga), रस्ता (rastā), वाट (vāṭ)

References

• Maxine Berntsen (2012 March 7 (last accessed)) “A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

पथ m

1. Devanagari script form of patha

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“path”). Cognate with English find and path (an Iranian borrowing).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.tʰɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

Noun

पथ • (pathá) stem, m

1. way, road, path, course, route
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.2:

     प्र ते॑ऽरद॒द्वरु॑णो॒ यात॑वे प॒थः सिन्धो॒ यद्वाजाँ॑ अ॒भ्यद्र॑व॒स्त्वम्।
     भूम्या॒ अधि॑ प्र॒वता॑ यासि॒ सानु॑ना॒ यदे॑षा॒मग्रं॒ जग॑तामिर॒ज्यसि॑॥

     prá teʼradadváruṇo yā́tave patháḥ síndho yádvā́jām̐ abhyádravastvám.
     bhū́myā ádhi pravátā yāsi sā́nunā yádeṣāmágraṃ jágatāmirajyási.

     For your course, Sindhu, Varuṇa tore open a path, since you hastened towards food; you go by alofty road down upon the earth, by which road you reign in the sight of all worlds.

Declension

Derived terms

• अर्धपथ (ardhápatha)

Descendants

• Assamese: পথ (poth)
• Bengali: পথ (poth)
• Gujarati: પથ (path)
• Hindi: पथ (path)
• → Kannada: ಪಥ (patha)
• Konkani: पथ (path)
• → Malayalam: പഥം (pathaṁ)
• Marathi: पथ (path)
• Nepali: पथ (path)
• Odia: ପଥ (pôthô)
• Pali: patha
• Punjabi: ਪਥ (path)
• → Tamil: பாதை (pātai)
• → Telugu: పథము (pathamu)
• Urdu: پتھ (path)

References

• “Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2012 March 7 (last accessed)