पात्र
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पात्र (pā́tra).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɑːt̪.ɾᵊ/, [päːt̪.ɾᵊ], /pɑː.t̪əɾ/, [päː.t̪ɐɾ]
Noun
पात्र • (pātra) m
- cup, goblet, glass; container
- कचरा पात्र ― kacrā pātra ― garbage container
- actor; character (in a work)
- (in compounds) the worthy recipient
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | पात्र pātra |
पात्र pātra |
| oblique | पात्र pātra |
पात्रों pātrõ |
| vocative | पात्र pātra |
पात्रो pātro |
Derived terms
- के पात्र (ke pātra)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पात्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- পাত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬵᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- পাত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ပါတြ (Burmese script)
- પાત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਪਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦴꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂰𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಾತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- បាត្រ (Khmer script)
- ປາຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- പാത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᢗᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ପାତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢦꢵꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆳𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- පාත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩛𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚭𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- பாத்ர (Tamil script)
- పాత్ర (Telugu script)
- ปาตฺร (Thai script)
- པཱ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒰𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨊𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *péh₃-tlo-m (“instrument for drinking”), from *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”), Old Irish ól (“act of drinking”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳𐀨 (patera).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɑ́ːt.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɑːt̪.ɾɐ/
Noun
पात्र • (pā́tra) stem, n
- a drinking vessel, goblet, bowl, cup, dish, pot, plate, utensil; any vessel or receptacle
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.44.16:
- इदं त्यत् पात्रम् इन्द्रपानमिन्द्रस्य प्रियममृतमपायि ।
मत्सद्यथा सौमनसाय देवं व्यस्मद्द्वेषो युयवद्व्यंहः ॥- idaṃ tyat pātram indrapānamindrasya priyamamṛtamapāyi.
matsadyathā saumanasāya devaṃ vyasmaddveṣo yuyavadvyaṃhaḥ. - The cup whence Indra drinks the draught is present: the Amṛta dear to Indra hath been drunken,
That it may cheer the God to gracious favour, and keep far from us hatred and affliction.
- idaṃ tyat pātram indrapānamindrasya priyamamṛtamapāyi.
- इदं त्यत् पात्रम् इन्द्रपानमिन्द्रस्य प्रियममृतमपायि ।
- an actor or an actor's part or character in a play
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पात्रम् (pā́tram) | पात्रे (pā́tre) | पात्राणि (pā́trāṇi) पात्रा¹ (pā́trā¹) |
| accusative | पात्रम् (pā́tram) | पात्रे (pā́tre) | पात्राणि (pā́trāṇi) पात्रा¹ (pā́trā¹) |
| instrumental | पात्रेण (pā́treṇa) | पात्राभ्याम् (pā́trābhyām) | पात्रैः (pā́traiḥ) पात्रेभिः¹ (pā́trebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | पात्राय (pā́trāya) | पात्राभ्याम् (pā́trābhyām) | पात्रेभ्यः (pā́trebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पात्रात् (pā́trāt) | पात्राभ्याम् (pā́trābhyām) | पात्रेभ्यः (pā́trebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पात्रस्य (pā́trasya) | पात्रयोः (pā́trayoḥ) | पात्राणाम् (pā́trāṇām) |
| locative | पात्रे (pā́tre) | पात्रयोः (pā́trayoḥ) | पात्रेषु (pā́treṣu) |
| vocative | पात्र (pā́tra) | पात्रे (pā́tre) | पात्राणि (pā́trāṇi) पात्रा¹ (pā́trā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- *pātra-illa
- Eastern:
- Bengali: পাতিল (patil)
- Bhojpuri: पातिल (pātil)
- Odia: ପାତିଳ (pātiḷa)
- Eastern:
- *pātra-illa-ka
- Central:
- Hindi: पतीला (patīlā)
- Western:
- Gujarati: પાતેલું (pātelũ)
- Southern
- Marathi: पातेले (pātele)
- Central:
- *pātra-ḍa-ka
- Northwestern:
- Punjabi: ਪਰਾਤਡ਼ਾ (parātṛā)
- Sindhi: [script needed] (pāṭroṛo)
- Northwestern:
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: पाथ्र् (pāthr)
- Pali: patta
- Prakrit: 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢 (patta) (see there for further descendants)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀤 (pāda), 𑀧𑀸𑀬 (pāya)
- Northwestern:
- Punjabi: ਪਰਾਤ (parāt), ਪਾਤਰ (pātar)
- Sindhi: پاتِرُ (pāṭri)
- → Chinese: 缽 / 钵 (bō)
- → Hindi: पात्र (pātra)
- → Bengali: পাত্র (patro)
- → Kannada: ಪಾತ್ರ (pātra)
- → Old Javanese: pātra
- → Tamil: பாத்திரம் (pāttiram)