# हट्ट
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* হট্ট (Assamese script)
* ᬳᬝ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
* হট্ট (Bengali script)
* 𑰮𑰘𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ဟဋ္ဋ (Burmese script)
* હટ્ટ (Gujarati script)
* ਹਟ੍ਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌹𑌟𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦲꦛ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂯𑂗𑂹𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಹಟ್ಟ (Kannada script)
* ហដ្ដ (Khmer script)
* ຫຏ຺ຏ (Lao script)
* ഹട്ട (Malayalam script)
* ᡥᠠᢞᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘮𑘘𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᠾᠠᢌᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧎𑦸𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐴𑐚𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
* ହଟ୍ଟ (Odia script)
* ꢲꢜ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆲𑆛𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖮𑖘𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
* හට‍්ට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪂𑩦 𑪙𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚩𑚔𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
* ஹட்ட (Tamil script)
* హట్ట (Telugu script)
* หฏฺฏ (Thai script)
* ཧ་ཊྚ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒯𑒙𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨱𑨔𑩇𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of uncertain origin.
Probably a borrowing from a non-Indo-Aryan language, though Mayrhofer is skeptical of the specific borrowing being from Middle Kannada ಹಟ್ಟ (haṭṭa, “a (movable) market”). Alternative theories link the word to the root हृ (hṛ, “to take”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɦɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ɦɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɦɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ˈɦɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]

### Noun

हट्ट • (haṭṭa) stem, m
* (cf. अट्ट (aṭṭa)) a market, fair (Pañcat. Vet.)

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 m (haṭṭa), 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 f (haṭṭī)
** Assamese: হাট (hat)
** Middle Bengali: হাট (haṭ)
*** Bengali: হাট (haṭ)
** Chhattisgarhi: हाट (hāṭ)
** Gojri: ہَٹ (haṭ), ہَٹِی (haṭī)
** Gujarati: હાટ (hāṭ)
** Old Hindi: हाट (hāṭa)
*** Braj: हाट (hāṭ)
*** Bundeli: हाट (hāṭ)
*** Hindustani: hāṭ
    Hindi: हाट
    Urdu: ہَاٹ (hāṭ)
** Maithili: hāṭ
    Devanagari script: हाट
    Tirhuta script: 𑒯𑒰𑒙
** Malvi: हाट (hāṭ)
** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: हाट (hāṭ)
    Mahajani script: 𑅱𑅞 (hṭ)
** Old Marathi: hāṭa
    Devanagari script: हाट
    Modi script: 𑘮𑘰𑘘
*** Marathi: हाट (hāṭ)
** Nepali: हाट (hāṭ)
** Odia: ହାଟ (hāṭa)
** Old Punjabi: ਹਟੁ (haṭu /⁠haṭṭu⁠/), ਹਾਟੁ (hāṭu)
*** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਹੱਟ (haṭṭa)
    Shahmukhi script: ہَٹّ (haṭṭ)
** Saraiki: ہَٹّ (haṭṭ), ہَٹّی (haṭṭī)
** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: هَٽُ, هَٽيِ
    Devanagari script: हटु, हटी
    Khudabadi script: 𑋞𑋆𑋣 (haṭu), 𑋞𑋆𑋢 (haṭī)

### References

* ↑ Caldwell, R. (1875). A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages. United Kingdom: Trübner, p. 465
* ↑ International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics: IJDL.. (1994). India: Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala, p. 72

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “हट्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1287, column 1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 572
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “haṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 806