-त्वा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • -ত্বা (Assamese script)
  • -ᬢ᭄ᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
  • -ত্বা (Bengali script)
  • -𑰝𑰿𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • -𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • -တွာ (Burmese script)
  • -ત્વા (Gujarati script)
  • -ਤੑਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • -𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • -ꦠ꧀ꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
  • -𑂞𑂹𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • -ತ್ವಾ (Kannada script)
  • -ត្វា (Khmer script)
  • -ຕ຺ວາ (Lao script)
  • -ത്വാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠊ᢠᠣᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • -𑘝𑘿𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠊ᢐᢦ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • -𑦽𑧠𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • -𑐟𑑂𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
  • -ତ୍ଵା (Odia script)
  • -ꢡ꣄ꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • -𑆠𑇀𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • -𑖝𑖿𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • -ත්‍වා (Sinhalese script)
  • -𑩫 𑪙𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • -𑚙𑚶𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
  • -த்வா (Tamil script)
  • -త్వా (Telugu script)
  • -ตฺวา (Thai script)
  • -་ཏྭཱ (Tibetan script)
  • -𑒞𑓂𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • -𑨙𑩇𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Instrumental of an earlier verbal noun on -तु (-tu) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tus), whence also the infinitival suffix -तुम् (-tum).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-त्वा • (-tvā́)

  1. conjunctive suffix for verbs, also called 'gerund' or 'absolutive'
    ‎कृ (kṛ, “do”) + ‎-त्वा (-tvā) → ‎कृत्वा (kṛtvā, “having done”)
    ‎वच् (vac, “say”) + ‎-त्वा (-tvā) → ‎उक्त्वा (uktvā, “having said”)
    ‎त्यज् (tyaj, “abandon”) + ‎-त्वा (-tvā) → ‎त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā, “having abandoned”)

Usage notes

This suffix is called the क्त्वा (ktvā) suffix in Sanskrit.

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