लता

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লতা (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• লতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• လတာ (Burmese script)
• લતા (Gujarati script)
• ਲਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಲತಾ (Kannada script)
• លតា (Khmer script)
• ລຕາ (Lao script)
• ലതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଲତା (Odia script)
• ꢭꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ලතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• லதா (Tamil script)
• లతా (Telugu script)
• ลตา (Thai script)
• ལ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ln̥téh₂, zero-grade variant of *lentéh₂ (“linden, lime(-wood)”); if so, cognate with Proto-Germanic *lindō (“linden”) (whence English linden), Proto-Balto-Slavic *lentā́ˀ (Lithuanian lentà (“(linden) board”), Russian лут (lut, “(linden) bast”)) and Albanian lëndë (“wood, material”), as well as perhaps Latin lentus (“pliable; slow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.tɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.t̪ɑː/

Noun

लता • (latā) stem, f

1. a creeper (any creeping or winding plant or twining tendril); liana Mn. MBh. &c.
2. musk-creeper L.
3. a slender woman, any woman Naish. Tantras.
4. the thong or lash of a whip; whip Pañcat. Suṡr.
5. a string of pearls VarBṛS.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of लता (latā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लता latā	लते late	लताः latāḥ
Vocative	लते late	लते late	लताः latāḥ
Accusative	लताम् latām	लते late	लताः latāḥ
Instrumental	लतया / लता¹ latayā / latā¹	लताभ्याम् latābhyām	लताभिः latābhiḥ
Dative	लतायै latāyai	लताभ्याम् latābhyām	लताभ्यः latābhyaḥ
Ablative	लतायाः / लतायै² latāyāḥ / latāyai²	लताभ्याम् latābhyām	लताभ्यः latābhyaḥ
Genitive	लतायाः / लतायै² latāyāḥ / latāyai²	लतयोः latayoḥ	लतानाम् latānām
Locative	लतायाम् latāyām	लतयोः latayoḥ	लतासु latāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Assamese: লেৱা (lewa)
• Bengali: লতি (loti)
• → Khmer: លតា (lea’daa)
• → Tamil: லதை (latai)
• → Telugu: లత (lata)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0895/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 436-437
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 88