# पत्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পত্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
* পত্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပတ် (Burmese script)
* પત્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪತ್ (Kannada script)
* បត៑ (Khmer script)
* ປຕ຺ (Lao script)
* പത് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପତ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
* පත් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
* பத் (Tamil script)
* పత్ (Telugu script)
* ปตฺ (Thai script)
* པ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐt/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɐt̪/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Root

पत् • (pat)
* to fly
* to fall

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* पतति (pátati, Present)
* पतयति (patáyati, Present)
* पतिष्यति (patiṣyáti, Future)
* पतिता (patitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अपप्तत् (ápaptat, Aorist)
* पपात (papā́ta, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* अपाति (ápāti, Passive Aorist)
* पातयति (pātáyati, Causative)
* अपीपतत् (ápīpatat, Causative Aorist)
* पात्यते (pātyate, Passive of Causative)
* पिपतिषति (pipatiṣati, Desiderative)
* पित्सति (pitsati, Desiderative)
* पापतीति (pā́patīti, Intensive)
* पनीपत्यते (panīpatyate, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* पतित (patitá, Past Participle)
* पतितुम् (pátitum, Infinitive)
* पतित्वा (patitvā́, Gerund)
* पत्य (pátya, Gerund)
* पातम् (pā́tam, Gerund)
* पतनीय (patanīya, Gerundive)
* पतितव्य (patitavya, Gerundive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* पतङ्ग (pataṅgá)
* पतन (pátana)
* पतर (patará)
* पतरु (patáru)
* पतापत (patāpata)
* पतिष्ठ (pátiṣṭha)
* पतीयस् (pátīyas)
* पत्त्र (páttra)
* पत्मन् (pátman)
* पत्वन् (pátvan)
* पात (pāta)
* पातिन् (pātin)
* पातुक (pā́tuka)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अच्छापत् (acchāpat)
* अतिपत् (atipat)
* अनुपत् (anupat)
* अभिपत् (abhipat)
* अवपत् (avapat)
* आपत् (āpat)
* उत्पत् (utpat)
* उपपत् (upapat)
* निपत् (nipat)
* निष्पत् (niṣpat)
* परापत् (parāpat)
* परिपत् (paripat)
* प्रतिपत् (pratipat)
* प्रपत् (prapat)
* विपत् (vipat)
* सम्पत् (sampat)

### Etymology 2

Denominal of पति (páti, “lord”).

#### Root

पत् • (pat)
* to rule

##### Derived terms

* पत्यते (pátyate)

### 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