धरित्री

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धरित्री (dharitrī). Doublet of धरती (dhartī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱə.ɾɪt̪.ɾiː/, [d̪ʱɐ.ɾɪt̪.ɾiː]

Noun

धरित्री • (dharitrī) f

earth
Synonyms: पृथ्वी (pŕthvī), भूमि (bhūmi), धरा (dharā), वसुधा (vasudhā)
- 1951, Hazariprasad Dwivedi, शिरीष के फूल [śirīṣ ke phūl]:
  जेठ की जलती धूप में, जबकि धरित्री निर्धूम अग्निकुंड बनी हुई थी, शिरीष नीचे से ऊपर तक फूलों से लद गया था।
  jeṭh kī jaltī dhūp mẽ, jabki dharitrī nirdhūm agnikuṇḍ banī huī thī, śirīṣ nīce se ūpar tak phūlõ se lad gayā thā.
  In the burning heat of Jyeṣṭha when the earth had become a smokeless fire pit, the siris tree was laden with flowers from bottom to top.

Declension

Declension of *धरित्री* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	धरित्री dharitrī	धरित्रियाँ dharitriyā̃
oblique	धरित्री dharitrī	धरित्रियों dharitriyõ
vocative	धरित्री dharitrī	धरित्रियो dharitriyo

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “धरित्री”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2435

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ধৰিত্ৰী (Assamese script)
ᬥᬭᬶᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
ধরিত্রী (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰨𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑀭𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဓရိတြီ (Burmese script)
ધરિત્રી (Gujarati script)
ਧਰਿਤ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌧𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦣꦫꦶꦠꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂡𑂩𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಧರಿತ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
ធរិត្រី (Khmer script)
ຘຣິຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
ധരിത്രീ (Malayalam script)
ᢡᠠᡵᡳᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘠𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠠᠷᠢᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧀𑧈𑧒𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑐬𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
ଧରିତ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
ꢤꢬꢶꢡ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑆫𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖨𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
ධරිත්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
𑩮𑩼𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚜𑚤𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
த⁴ரித்ரீ (Tamil script)
ధరిత్రీ (Telugu script)
ธริตฺรี (Thai script)
དྷ་རི་ཏྲཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑒩𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨜𑨫𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root धृ (dhṛ) +‎ -इत्री (-itrī).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ́.ɾit.ɾiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɐ.ɾit̪.ɾiː/

Noun

धरित्री • (dháritrī) stem, f

female equivalent of धर्तृ (dhartṛ, “bearer, supporter, holder”)
the earth
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भूमि
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.22.57:
  दुर्धर्षस् तेजसेवाग्निर् महेन्द्र इव दुर्जयः ।
  तितिक्षया धरित्रीव द्यौर् इवाभीष्टदो नृणाम् ॥
  durdharṣas tejasevāgnir mahendra iva durjayaḥ.
  titikṣayā dharitrīva dyaur ivābhīṣṭado nṛṇām.
  He is invincible; by brilliance, he was like fire; he is undefeatable like the great Indra; by forbearance, he is like the earth; he is wish-fulfilling like the sky for his people.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of धरित्री
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धरित्री (dháritrī)	धरित्र्यौ (dháritryau) धरित्री¹ (dháritrī¹)	धरित्र्यः (dháritryaḥ) धरित्रीः¹ (dháritrīḥ¹)
accusative	धरित्रीम् (dháritrīm)	धरित्र्यौ (dháritryau) धरित्री¹ (dháritrī¹)	धरित्रीः (dháritrīḥ)
instrumental	धरित्र्या (dháritryā)	धरित्रीभ्याम् (dháritrībhyām)	धरित्रीभिः (dháritrībhiḥ)
dative	धरित्र्यै (dháritryai)	धरित्रीभ्याम् (dháritrībhyām)	धरित्रीभ्यः (dháritrībhyaḥ)
ablative	धरित्र्याः (dháritryāḥ) धरित्र्यै² (dháritryai²)	धरित्रीभ्याम् (dháritrībhyām)	धरित्रीभ्यः (dháritrībhyaḥ)
genitive	धरित्र्याः (dháritryāḥ) धरित्र्यै² (dháritryai²)	धरित्र्योः (dháritryoḥ)	धरित्रीणाम् (dháritrīṇām)
locative	धरित्र्याम् (dháritryām)	धरित्र्योः (dháritryoḥ)	धरित्रीषु (dháritrīṣu)
vocative	धरित्रि (dháritri)	धरित्र्यौ (dháritryau) धरित्री¹ (dháritrī¹)	धरित्र्यः (dháritryaḥ) धरित्रीः¹ (dháritrīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Apabhramsa: धरित्ती (dharittī)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Eastern Hindi:
    - Old Awadhi: धरती (dharatī)
  - Western Hindi:
    - Hindustani: dhartī
      Hindi: धरती
      Urdu: دَھرْتی
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Punjabi: ਧਰਤ (dharat), ਧਰਤੀ (dhartī)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Marathi: धरती (dhartī)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: ધરતી (dhartī)
→ Bengali: ধরিত্রী (dhoritri)
→ Hindi: धरित्री (dharitrī)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “धरित्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 510, column 2.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “धरित्री”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 854
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “dharitrī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dháritrī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 386