आता

Verb

आता • (ātā)

1. masculine singular imperfect adjectival of आना (ānā)

Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀢 (atta), from Sanskrit अत्र (atra).

Adverb

आता (ātā) (Latin script ata, Kannada script ಆತಾ)

1. now

Alternative forms

• अतां (atā̃)
• अत्तां (attā̃) (emphatic)
• आतां (ātā̃)

Etymology

From Old Marathi आतां (ātāṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀢 (atta), from Sanskrit अत्र (atra). Cognate to Kalasha atrá.

Adverb

आता • (ātā)

1. now

References

• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “आतां”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “आतां”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “átra (228)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énHteh₂ (“door jamb”). Cognate with Latin antae, Old Norse ǫnd, Avestan 𐬄𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬁‎ (ąiθiiā, “door post”), Old Armenian (դր-)անդի ((dr-)andi, “porch”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.t̪ɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.t̪ɑː/

Noun

आता • (ā́tā) f

1. the frame of a door
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.5.5

     उद्आतैर्जिहते बृहद्द्वारो देवीर्हिरण्ययीः।
     पवमानेन सुष्टुताः॥

     udātairjihate bṛhaddvāro devīrhiraṇyayīḥ.
     pavamānena suṣṭutāḥ.

     The golden, the Celestial Doors are lifted with their frames on high,
     By Pavamana glorified.

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 134