पातृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পাতৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- পাতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ပါတၖ (Burmese script)
- પાતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಾತೃ (Kannada script)
- បាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ປາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- പാതൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ପାତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- පාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
- பாத்ரி (Tamil script)
- పాతృ (Telugu script)
- ปาตฺฤ (Thai script)
- པཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHtŕ̥ (“protector, saviour”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tōr (“protector, guardian”), from *peh₂- (“to protect, guard”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pātar, “protector”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɑː.tŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɑː.t̪r̩/
Noun
पातृ • (pātṛ́) stem, m
- protector, guardian
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.174.10:
- त्वम् अ॒स्माक॑म् इन्द्र वि॒श्वध॑ स्या अवृ॒कत॑मो न॒रां नृ॑पा॒ता ।
स नो॒ विश्वा॑सां स्पृ॒धां स॑हो॒दा वि॒द्यामे॒षं वृ॒जनं॑ जी॒रदा॑नुम् ॥- tvám asmā́kam indra viśvádha syā avṛkátamo narā́ṃ nṛpātā́.
sá no víśvāsāṃ spṛdhā́ṃ sahodā́ vidyā́meṣáṃ vṛjánaṃ jīrádānum. - Indra, mayst thou be ours in all occasions, protector of the people, most gentle-hearted,
Giving us victory over all our rivals. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.
- tvám asmā́kam indra viśvádha syā avṛkátamo narā́ṃ nṛpātā́.
- त्वम् अ॒स्माक॑म् इन्द्र वि॒श्वध॑ स्या अवृ॒कत॑मो न॒रां नृ॑पा॒ता ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पाता (pātā́) | पातारौ (pātā́rau) पातारा¹ (pātā́rā¹) |
पातारः (pātā́raḥ) |
| accusative | पातारम् (pātā́ram) | पातारौ (pātā́rau) पातारा¹ (pātā́rā¹) |
पातॄन् (pātṝ́n) |
| instrumental | पात्रा (pātrā́) | पातृभ्याम् (pātṛ́bhyām) | पातृभिः (pātṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | पात्रे (pātré) | पातृभ्याम् (pātṛ́bhyām) | पातृभ्यः (pātṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पातुः (pātúḥ) | पातृभ्याम् (pātṛ́bhyām) | पातृभ्यः (pātṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पातुः (pātúḥ) | पात्रोः (pātróḥ) | पातॄणाम् (pātṝṇā́m) |
| locative | पातरि (pātári) | पात्रोः (pātróḥ) | पातृषु (pātṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | पातः (pā́taḥ) | पातारौ (pā́tārau) पातारा¹ (pā́tārā¹) |
पातारः (pā́tāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 613.