भर्तृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভৰ্তৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬃᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- ভর্তৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰨𑰿𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀭𑁆𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ဘရ်္တၖ (Burmese script)
- ભર્તૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਭਰ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦂꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂩𑂹𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಭರ್ತೃ (Kannada script)
- ភត៌្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ຠຣ຺ຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ഭര്തൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᠠᡵᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘨𑘿𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᠷᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧈𑧠𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐬𑑂𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଭର୍ତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢬ꣄ꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆫𑇀𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖨𑖿𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- භර්තෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩼 𑪙𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚤𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
- ப⁴ர்த்ரி (Tamil script)
- భర్తృ (Telugu script)
- ภรฺตฺฤ (Thai script)
- བྷ་རྟྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒩𑓂𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨫𑩇𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰártā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰártā (see below).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɐ́ɾ.tr̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱɐɾ.t̪r̩/
Noun
भर्तृ • (bhártṛ) stem, m (root भृ)
- husband
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.58.7:
- प्रथिष्ट यामन्पृथिवी चिदेषां भर्तेव गर्भं स्वमिच्छवो धुः ।
वातान्ह्यश्वान्धुर्यायुयुज्रे वर्षं स्वेदं चक्रिरे रुद्रियासः ॥- prathiṣṭa yāmanpṛthivī cideṣāṃ bharteva garbhaṃ svamicchavo dhuḥ.
vātānhyaśvāndhuryāyuyujre varṣaṃ svedaṃ cakrire rudriyāsaḥ. - Even Earth hath spread herself wide at their coming, and they as husbands have with power impregned her.
They to the pole have yoked the winds for coursers: their sweat have they made rain, these Sons of Rudra.
- prathiṣṭa yāmanpṛthivī cideṣāṃ bharteva garbhaṃ svamicchavo dhuḥ.
- प्रथिष्ट यामन्पृथिवी चिदेषां भर्तेव गर्भं स्वमिच्छवो धुः ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भर्ता (bhártā) | भर्तारौ (bhártārau) भर्तारा¹ (bhártārā¹) |
भर्तारः (bhártāraḥ) |
| accusative | भर्तारम् (bhártāram) | भर्तारौ (bhártārau) भर्तारा¹ (bhártārā¹) |
भर्तॄन् (bhártṝn) |
| instrumental | भर्त्रा (bhártrā) | भर्तृभ्याम् (bhártṛbhyām) | भर्तृभिः (bhártṛbhiḥ) |
| dative | भर्त्रे (bhártre) | भर्तृभ्याम् (bhártṛbhyām) | भर्तृभ्यः (bhártṛbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | भर्तुः (bhártuḥ) | भर्तृभ्याम् (bhártṛbhyām) | भर्तृभ्यः (bhártṛbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | भर्तुः (bhártuḥ) | भर्त्रोः (bhártroḥ) | भर्तॄणाम् (bhártṝṇām) |
| locative | भर्तरि (bhártari) | भर्त्रोः (bhártroḥ) | भर्तृषु (bhártṛṣu) |
| vocative | भर्तः (bhártaḥ) | भर्तारौ (bhártārau) भर्तारा¹ (bhártārā¹) |
भर्तारः (bhártāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Kalasha: berú
- Old Gujarati: भरतार (bharatāra)
- Gujarati: ભરતાર (bhartār)
- Hindi: भतार (bhatār)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: ভতাৰ (bhotar)
- Kamta: ভাতাৰ (bhatar)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼 (bhattu)
- Old Marathi: 𑘥𑘨𑘿𑘝𑘰𑘨 (bhartāra), 𑘥𑘰𑘝𑘰𑘨 (bhātāra)
- Pali: bhattar
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਭੱਤਾਰ (bhattār) (uncommon, poetic)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼 (bhattu)
- Sindhi: ڀَتَارُ / भतारु
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰartā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰartā́, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Cognate with Latin fertor.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɐɾ.tŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱɐɾ.t̪r̩/
Noun
भर्तृ • (bhartṛ́) stem, m (root भृ)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भर्ता (bhartā́) | भर्तारौ (bhartā́rau) भर्तारा¹ (bhartā́rā¹) |
भर्तारः (bhartā́raḥ) |
| accusative | भर्तारम् (bhartā́ram) | भर्तारौ (bhartā́rau) भर्तारा¹ (bhartā́rā¹) |
भर्तॄन् (bhartṝ́n) |
| instrumental | भर्त्रा (bhartrā́) | भर्तृभ्याम् (bhartṛ́bhyām) | भर्तृभिः (bhartṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | भर्त्रे (bhartré) | भर्तृभ्याम् (bhartṛ́bhyām) | भर्तृभ्यः (bhartṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | भर्तुः (bhartúḥ) | भर्तृभ्याम् (bhartṛ́bhyām) | भर्तृभ्यः (bhartṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | भर्तुः (bhartúḥ) | भर्त्रोः (bhartróḥ) | भर्तॄणाम् (bhartṝṇā́m) |
| locative | भर्तरि (bhartári) | भर्त्रोः (bhartróḥ) | भर्तृषु (bhartṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | भर्तः (bhártaḥ) | भर्तारौ (bhártārau) भर्तारा¹ (bhártārā¹) |
भर्तारः (bhártāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “भर्तृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 748.