पत्

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Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *patH-, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to spread out, fly).

    Root

    पत् (pat)

    1. to fly
    2. to fall
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    Etymology 2

    Denominal of पति (páti, lord).

    Root

    पत् (pat)

    1. to rule
    Derived terms

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “पत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 580, column 3.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 94
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pat”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 71-72
    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 371-2