नप्तृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নপ্তৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬧ᭄ᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- নপ্তৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- နပ္တၖ (Burmese script)
- નપ્તૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਪ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌪𑍍𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦥ꧀ꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂣𑂹𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ನಪ್ತೃ (Kannada script)
- នប្ត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ນປ຺ຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- നപ്തൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᢒᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᢒᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ନପ୍ତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢦ꣄ꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- නප්තෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚞𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
- நப்த்ரி (Tamil script)
- నప్తృ (Telugu script)
- นปฺตฺฤ (Thai script)
- ན་པྟྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
From नपा॑त् (nápāt). Influenced by other kinship terms ending in -तृ (-tṛ); compare मातृ (mātṛ), पितृ (pitṛ), भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), दुहितृ (duhitṛ), etc.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐ́p.tr̩/, [nɐ́p̚.tr̩]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐp.t̪r̩/, [n̪ɐp̚.t̪r̩]
Noun
नप्तृ॑ • (náptṛ) stem, m (feminine नप्त्री)
- grandson (son's son or daughter's son)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नप्ता (náptā) | नप्तारौ (náptārau) नप्तारा¹ (náptārā¹) |
नप्तारः (náptāraḥ) |
| accusative | नप्तारम् (náptāram) | नप्तारौ (náptārau) नप्तारा¹ (náptārā¹) |
नप्तॄन् (náptṝn) |
| instrumental | नप्त्रा (náptrā) | नप्तृभ्याम् (náptṛbhyām) | नप्तृभिः (náptṛbhiḥ) |
| dative | नप्त्रे (náptre) | नप्तृभ्याम् (náptṛbhyām) | नप्तृभ्यः (náptṛbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नप्तुः (náptuḥ) | नप्तृभ्याम् (náptṛbhyām) | नप्तृभ्यः (náptṛbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नप्तुः (náptuḥ) | नप्त्रोः (náptroḥ) | नप्तॄणाम् (náptṝṇām) |
| locative | नप्तरि (náptari) | नप्त्रोः (náptroḥ) | नप्तृषु (náptṛṣu) |
| vocative | नप्तः (náptaḥ) | नप्तारौ (náptārau) नप्तारा¹ (náptārā¹) |
नप्तारः (náptāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀅 (ṇattua) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नप्तृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 527.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “नप्तृ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 877