जरितृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

জৰিতৃ (Assamese script)
ᬚᬭᬶᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
জরিতৃ (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰨𑰰𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀭𑀺𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
ဇရိတၖ (Burmese script)
જરિતૃ (Gujarati script)
ਜਰਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦫꦶꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂩𑂱𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
ಜರಿತೃ (Kannada script)
ជរិត្ឫ (Khmer script)
ຊຣິຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
ജരിതൃ (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᡵᡳᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠷᠢᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧈𑧒𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐬𑐶𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
ଜରିତୃ (Odia script)
ꢙꢬꢶꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆫𑆴𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖨𑖰𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
ජරිතෘ (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩼𑩑𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚤𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
ஜரித்ரி (Tamil script)
జరితృ (Telugu script)
ชริตฺฤ (Thai script)
ཛ་རི་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒩𑒱𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨫𑨁𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰarHtā́ (“praiser, eulogizer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷérH-tōr ~ *gʷr̥H-tr-és (“praiser”), from *gʷerH- (“to praise”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬍-𐬘𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬭 (aⁱbī-jar^ətar), 𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌-𐬘𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬭 (aⁱbi-jar^ətar, “praiser; one who welcomes”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ɾi.tŕ̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ɾi.t̪r̩/

Noun

जरितृ • (jaritṛ́) stem, m (root गॄ)

a praiser, singer of hymns
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.2.2:
  वाय॑ उ॒क्थेभि॑र्जरन्ते॒ त्वामच्छा॑ जरि॒तारः॑ ।
  सु॒तसो॑मा अह॒र्विदः॑ ॥
  vā́ya ukthébhirjarante tvā́mácchā jaritā́raḥ.
  sutásomā aharvídaḥ.
  The singers, (who press out Soma and know the right seasons) glorify Thee, Vāyu, with their hymns of praise.
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.54.9:
  स्तु॒त इन्द्रो॑ म॒घवा॒ यद्ध॑ वृ॒त्रा भूरी॒ण्येको॑ अप्र॒तीनि॑ हन्ति ।
  अ॒स्य प्रि॒यो ज॑रि॒ता यस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नकि॑र्दे॒वा वा॒रय॑न्ते॒ न मर्ताः॑ ॥
  stutá índro maghávā yáddha vṛtrā́ bhū́rīṇyéko apratī́ni hanti.
  asyá priyó jaritā́ yásya śármannákirdevā́ vāráyante ná mártāḥ.
  Alone, when Indra Maghavan is lauded, he slayeth many undefeated Vṛtras.
  Him in whose protection is the beloved singer of hymns never do Gods or mortals obstruct or hinder.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of जरितृ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जरिता (jaritā́)	जरितारौ (jaritā́rau) जरितारा¹ (jaritā́rā¹)	जरितारः (jaritā́raḥ)
accusative	जरितारम् (jaritā́ram)	जरितारौ (jaritā́rau) जरितारा¹ (jaritā́rā¹)	जरितॄन् (jaritṝ́n)
instrumental	जरित्रा (jaritrā́)	जरितृभ्याम् (jaritṛ́bhyām)	जरितृभिः (jaritṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	जरित्रे (jaritré)	जरितृभ्याम् (jaritṛ́bhyām)	जरितृभ्यः (jaritṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	जरितुः (jaritúḥ)	जरितृभ्याम् (jaritṛ́bhyām)	जरितृभ्यः (jaritṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	जरितुः (jaritúḥ)	जरित्रोः (jaritróḥ)	जरितॄणाम् (jaritṝṇā́m)
locative	जरितरि (jaritári)	जरित्रोः (jaritróḥ)	जरितृषु (jaritṛ́ṣu)
vocative	जरितः (járitaḥ)	जरितारौ (járitārau) जरितारा¹ (járitārā¹)	जरितारः (járitāraḥ)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “Jaritṛí”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 414, column 2.