As a Hindi name

दाता · noun · masculine

वह जो दान दे । दानशील · देनेवाला · वह जो कज दे । उत्तमर्ण (को॰) — Śabdasāgara

दाता · masculine

giver, bestower

Platts (p. 499) also records: Giving, bestowing, imparting; liberal, generous

Cited formation "दाता" is दात + -आ: दात means "Bountifulness, liberality", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago

Cited formation "दाता" is दात + -आ: दात means "Bountifulness, liberality", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago

a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दाता — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Sanskrit दाता (dātā), nominative singular of दातृ (dātṛ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record