पथ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पथ (pathá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Assamese পথ (poth), Sylheti ꠙꠕ (fotó), Bengali পথ (poth), Gujarati પથ (path), Konkani पथ (path), Marathi पथ (path), Odia ପଥ (patha), Punjabi ਪਥ (path).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pət̪ʰ/, [pɐt̪ʰ]

Noun

पथ • (path) m (Urdu spelling پتھ)

path, course, road
way, route

Declension

Declension of पथ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पथ path	पथ path
oblique	पथ path	पथों pathõ
vocative	पथ path	पथो patho

References

Platts, John T. (1884) “पथ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit पथ (patha). Cognate with Assamese পথ (poth), Bengali পথ (poth), Gujarati પથ (path), Hindi पथ (path), Marathi पथ (path), Odia ପଥ (patha), Punjabi ਪਥ (path).

Noun

पथ • (path) ? (Latin script poth, Kannada script ಪಥ್)

way, road, path

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पथ (pathá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Assamese পথ (poth), Bengali পথ (poth), Hindi पथ (path), Konkani पथ (path), Odia ପଥ (patha), Punjabi ਪਥ (path).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pət̪ʰ/

Noun

पथ • (path) m

Declension

Declension of पथ (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	पथ path
direct plural	पथ path
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	पथ path	पथ path
oblique सामान्यरूप	पथा pathā	पथां- pathān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	पथाला pathālā	पथांना pathānnā
ergative	पथाने, पथानं pathāne, pathāna	पथांनी pathānnī
instrumental	पथाशी pathāśī	पथांशी pathānśī
locative सप्तमी	पथात pathāt	पथांत pathāt
vocative संबोधन	पथा pathā	पथांनो pathānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of पथ (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	पथाचा pathāċā	पथाचे pathāċe	पथाची pathācī	पथाच्या pathācā	पथाचे, पथाचं pathāċe, pathāċa	पथाची pathācī	पथाच्या pathācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	पथांचा pathānċā	पथांचे pathānċe	पथांची pathāñcī	पथांच्या pathāncā	पथांचे, पथांचं pathānċe, pathānċa	पथांची pathāñcī	पथांच्या pathāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Synonyms

Synonyms: मार्ग (mārga), रस्ता (rastā), वाट (vāṭ)

References

Maxine Berntsen (2012 March 7 (last accessed)) “A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

patha (Latin script)
𑀧𑀣 (Brahmi script)
পথ (Bengali script)
පථ (Sinhalese script)
ပထ (Burmese script)
ปถ or ปะถะ (Thai script)
ᨷᨳ (Tai Tham script)
ປຖ or ປະຖະ (Lao script)
បថ (Khmer script)
𑄛𑄗 (Chakma script)

Noun

पथ m

Devanagari script form of patha

Declension

Declension table of "पथ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	पथो (patho)	पथा (pathā)
Accusative (second)	पथं (pathaṃ)	पथे (pathe)
Instrumental (third)	पथेन (pathena)	पथेहि (pathehi) or पथेभि (pathebhi)
Dative (fourth)	पथस्स (pathassa) or पथाय (pathāya) or पथत्थं (pathatthaṃ)	पथानं (pathānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	पथस्मा (pathasmā) or पथम्हा (pathamhā) or पथा (pathā)	पथेहि (pathehi) or पथेभि (pathebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	पथस्स (pathassa)	पथानं (pathānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	पथस्मिं (pathasmiṃ) or पथम्हि (pathamhi) or पथे (pathe)	पथेसु (pathesu)
Vocative (calling)	पथ (patha)	पथा (pathā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

পথ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬣ (Balinese script)
পথ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀣 (Brahmi script)
ပထ (Burmese script)
પથ (Gujarati script)
ਪਥ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌥 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦡ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂟 (Kaithi script)
ಪಥ (Kannada script)
បថ (Khmer script)
ປຖ (Lao script)
പഥ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘞 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐠 (Newa script)
ପଥ (Odia script)
ꢦꢢ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆡 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖞 (Siddham script)
පථ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩬 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚚 (Takri script)
பத² (Tamil script)
పథ (Telugu script)
ปถ (Thai script)
པ་ཐ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *patʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“path”). Cognate with English find and path (an Iranian borrowing).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.tʰɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

Noun

पथ • (pathá) stem, m

way, road, path, course, route
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.2:
  प्र ते॑ऽरद॒द्वरु॑णो॒ यात॑वे प॒थः सिन्धो॒ यद्वाजाँ॑ अ॒भ्यद्र॑व॒स्त्वम्।
  भूम्या॒ अधि॑ प्र॒वता॑ यासि॒ सानु॑ना॒ यदे॑षा॒मग्रं॒ जग॑तामिर॒ज्यसि॑॥
  prá teʼradadváruṇo yā́tave patháḥ síndho yádvā́jām̐ abhyádravastvám.
  bhū́myā ádhi pravátā yāsi sā́nunā yádeṣāmágraṃ jágatāmirajyási.
  For your course, Sindhu, Varuṇa tore open a path, since you hastened towards food; you go by alofty road down upon the earth, by which road you reign in the sight of all worlds.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पथ (patha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पथः pathaḥ	पथौ / पथा¹ pathau / pathā¹	पथाः / पथासः¹ pathāḥ / pathāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पथ patha	पथौ / पथा¹ pathau / pathā¹	पथाः / पथासः¹ pathāḥ / pathāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पथम् patham	पथौ / पथा¹ pathau / pathā¹	पथान् pathān
Instrumental	पथेन pathena	पथाभ्याम् pathābhyām	पथैः / पथेभिः¹ pathaiḥ / pathebhiḥ¹
Dative	पथाय pathāya	पथाभ्याम् pathābhyām	पथेभ्यः pathebhyaḥ
Ablative	पथात् pathāt	पथाभ्याम् pathābhyām	पथेभ्यः pathebhyaḥ
Genitive	पथस्य pathasya	पथयोः pathayoḥ	पथानाम् pathānām
Locative	पथे pathe	पथयोः pathayoḥ	पथेषु patheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

अर्धपथ (ardhápatha)

Descendants

Assamese: পথ (poth)
Bengali: পথ (poth)
Gujarati: પથ (path)
Hindi: पथ (path)
→ Kannada: ಪಥ (patha)
Konkani: पथ (path)
→ Malayalam: പഥം (pathaṁ)
Marathi: पथ (path)
Nepali: पथ (path)
Odia: ପଥ (patha)
Pali: patha
Punjabi: ਪਥ (path)
→ Tamil: பாதை (pātai)
→ Telugu: పథము (pathamu)
Urdu: پتھ (path)

References

“Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2], 2012 March 7 (last accessed)