आत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

আত্ (Assamese script)
ᬆᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
আত্ (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အာတ် (Burmese script)
આત્ (Gujarati script)
ਆਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಆತ್ (Kannada script)
អាត៑ (Khmer script)
ອາຕ຺ (Lao script)
ആത് (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଆତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢃꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
ආත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
ஆத் (Tamil script)
ఆత్ (Telugu script)
อาตฺ (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Old ablative of the pronominal base अ (a). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éy. Compare Avestan 𐬁𐬀𐬝 (āat̰, “so, then”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ːt/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːt̪/

Particle

आत् • (ā́t)

so, then, afterwards
also, then

Usage notes

Sometimes used to put emphasis on interrogative pronouns.

References

Monier Williams (1899), “आत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 134, column 1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 163
Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 185-6: “*e-ád; ved. aád, ā́d”