जठर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जठर (jaṭhara).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ʈʰəɾ/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʈʰɐɾ]

Noun

जठर • (jaṭharm[1][2][3]

  1. stomach, belly, abdomen

Declension

Declension of जठर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जठर
jaṭhar
जठर
jaṭhar
oblique जठर
jaṭhar
जठरों
jaṭharõ
vocative जठर
jaṭhar
जठरो
jaṭharo

References

  1. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जठर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जठर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “जठर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 377

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

जठर n

  1. Devanagari script form of jaṭhara (belly)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́r̥tʰáram, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥-th₂-ero-, from *ǵelt- (belly). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kelþaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

जठर • (jaṭhára) stemn or m

  1. stomach, belly, abdomen, bowels
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.40.5:
      द॒धि॒ष्वा ज॒ठरे॑ सु॒तं सोम॑मिन्द्र॒ वरे॑ण्यम् ।
      तव॑ द्यु॒क्षास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
      dadhiṣvā́ jaṭháre sutáṃ sómamindra váreṇyam.
      táva dyukṣā́sa índavaḥ.
      Take the most excellent Soma juice within your belly O Indra:
      These celestial drops [of Soma] are yours
  2. the womb
  3. the interior of anything

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of जठर
singular dual plural
nominative जठरम् (jaṭháram) जठरे (jaṭháre) जठराणि (jaṭhárāṇi)
जठरा¹ (jaṭhárā¹)
accusative जठरम् (jaṭháram) जठरे (jaṭháre) जठराणि (jaṭhárāṇi)
जठरा¹ (jaṭhárā¹)
instrumental जठरेण (jaṭháreṇa) जठराभ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām) जठरैः (jaṭháraiḥ)
जठरेभिः¹ (jaṭhárebhiḥ¹)
dative जठराय (jaṭhárāya) जठराभ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām) जठरेभ्यः (jaṭhárebhyaḥ)
ablative जठरात् (jaṭhárāt) जठराभ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām) जठरेभ्यः (jaṭhárebhyaḥ)
genitive जठरस्य (jaṭhárasya) जठरयोः (jaṭhárayoḥ) जठराणाम् (jaṭhárāṇām)
locative जठरे (jaṭháre) जठरयोः (jaṭhárayoḥ) जठरेषु (jaṭháreṣu)
vocative जठर (jáṭhara) जठरे (jáṭhare) जठराणि (jáṭharāṇi)
जठरा¹ (jáṭharā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Prakrit: 𑀚𑀠𑀭 (jaḍhara), 𑀚𑀠𑀮 (jaḍhala)
  • Pali: jaṭhara
  • Bengali: জঠর (joṭhor)
  • Hindi: जठर (jaṭhar)
  • Kannada: ಜಠರ (jaṭhara)

References