धात्री
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধাত্ৰী (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬵᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
- ধাত্রী (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰯𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဓာတြီ (Burmese script)
- ધાત્રી (Gujarati script)
- ਧਾਤ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦴꦠꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂰𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಧಾತ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
- ធាត្រី (Khmer script)
- ຘາຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
- ധാത്രീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧑𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଧାତ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢵꢡ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆳𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖯𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ධාත්රී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩛𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚭𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
- த⁴ாத்ரீ (Tamil script)
- ధాత్రీ (Telugu script)
- ธาตฺรี (Thai script)
- དྷཱ་ཏྲཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒰𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨊𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁trih₂ (“wet nurse”). Compare Ancient Greek τῐ́τθη (tĭ́tthē) and Classical Persian دَایَه (dāya).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱɑːt.ɾiː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɑːt̪.ɾiː/
Noun
धात्री • (dhātrī) stem, f (root धे)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | धात्री (dhātrī) | धात्र्यौ (dhātryau) धात्री¹ (dhātrī¹) |
धात्र्यः (dhātryaḥ) धात्रीः¹ (dhātrīḥ¹) |
| accusative | धात्रीम् (dhātrīm) | धात्र्यौ (dhātryau) धात्री¹ (dhātrī¹) |
धात्रीः (dhātrīḥ) |
| instrumental | धात्र्या (dhātryā) | धात्रीभ्याम् (dhātrībhyām) | धात्रीभिः (dhātrībhiḥ) |
| dative | धात्र्यै (dhātryai) | धात्रीभ्याम् (dhātrībhyām) | धात्रीभ्यः (dhātrībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | धात्र्याः (dhātryāḥ) धात्र्यै² (dhātryai²) |
धात्रीभ्याम् (dhātrībhyām) | धात्रीभ्यः (dhātrībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | धात्र्याः (dhātryāḥ) धात्र्यै² (dhātryai²) |
धात्र्योः (dhātryoḥ) | धात्रीणाम् (dhātrīṇām) |
| locative | धात्र्याम् (dhātryām) | धात्र्योः (dhātryoḥ) | धात्रीषु (dhātrīṣu) |
| vocative | धात्रि (dhātri) | धात्र्यौ (dhātryau) धात्री¹ (dhātrī¹) |
धात्र्यः (dhātryaḥ) धात्रीः¹ (dhātrīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Pali: धाती (dhātī)
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀥𑀸𑀢𑀺 (dhāti)
- Prakrit: धत्ती (dhattī), धाई (dhāī), धावी (dhāvī) (see there for further descendants)
- → Assamese: ধাত্ৰী (dhatri)
- → Bengali: ধাত্রী (dhatri)
- → Kannada: ಧಾತ್ರಿ (dhātri)
- → Khmer: ធាត្រី (thiətrəy)
- → Malayalam: ധാത്രി (dhātri)
- → Odia: ଧାତ୍ରୀ (dhātri)
- → Tamil: தாத்திரி (tāttiri)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “धात्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 514, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhātrī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 387