लात lāta
girl / boy / neuter 2 syllables SLP1 lAta

As a Hindi name

लात

स्त्री॰ स्त्री॰ [देशो लता, लत्तिया ?] · पैर । पाँव । पद · पैर से किया हुआ आघात या वार । पदाघात । पादप्रहार — Śabdasāgara

लात · adj

गृहीत । प्राप्त — Śabdasāgara

लात · lāt · s.f.

A kick — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 944

लात · feminine

kick, blow given from the foot; leg

Cited formation "लात" is ला- + त: त means "the sixteenth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix ला- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(4) — cited from the extracted rule table

Cited formation "लात" is ला + -त: ला means "contrac. of lākshā, q.v", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago

Cited formation "लात" is लाना + -त: लाना means "to bring", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table

a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Inherited from Prakrit लत्ता (lattā). Related to लताड़ना (latāṛnā). Cognate with Maithili लात (lāt) / 𑒪𑒰𑒞 (lāta), Punjabi ਲੱਤ (latta) / لَتّ (latt), Sindhi لَتَ (lata) / लत, Gujarati લાત (lāt), Marathi लाथ (lāth), Bengali লাথি (lathi), Assamese লাথ (lath).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

taken, received, obtained

Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)

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Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · लात

lāta mfn. taken, received, obtained, MW.

Monier-Williams (1899) · लात

lāta lāta See under √ 1. lā.

Apte (1890) · लात

lāta p. p. Taken, received.

Alternative readings

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