As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
going, moving &c. (in, ‘travelling’, as opp. to ava-sita, ‘resting’).
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yāt" is the ablative of "ya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. yāt mfn. (nom. yān, yātī, or yāntī, yāt; for 2. yāt See p. 851, col. 1) going, moving &c. (in RV. i, 32, 15, ‘travelling’, as opp. to ava-sita, ‘resting’).
2. yāt ind. (obs. abl. of 3. ya, cf. tāt; for 1. yāt See p. 849, col. 2) inasmuch as, so far as, as long as, since, RV.; AV. [cf. Gk. ὡς.]
3. yāt (√ 2. yat). See riṇa-yāt.
yāt ind. An interjection, 1 of pleasure; 2 alarm; 3 restlessness.
yāt m. (-yān-yāntī-yāt) Going. E. yā to go, śatṛ aff.
1. ya the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).
2. ya m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), Piṅg.
Alternative readings
More than one analysis survives full verification. That ambiguity is real, so we show every reading rather than pick one silently.
Caveats
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