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
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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
lāta mfn. taken, received, obtained, MW.
lāta lāta See under √ 1. lā.
lāta p. p. Taken, received.
Alternative readings
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