मातृ
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɑːt̪ɾ/, [mäːt̪ɾ]
Noun
मातृ • (mātŕ) f (Urdu spelling ماتر)
- (literary, rare, usually used in compounds) mother
Declension
Derived terms
- मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi, “motherland”)
- मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā, “mother tongue”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মাতৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- মাতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- မာတၖ (Burmese script)
- માતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಾತೃ (Kannada script)
- មាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ມາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- മാതൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ମାତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- මාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
- மாத்ரி (Tamil script)
- మాతృ (Telugu script)
- มาตฺฤ (Thai script)
- མཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /mātā/), Old Armenian մայր (mayr), Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), Old Church Slavonic мати (mati), Latin māter, Old English mōdor (whence English mother).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɑː.tŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɑː.t̪r̩/
Noun
मातृ • (mātṛ́) stem, f
- mother
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.5:
- सस्तु॑ मा॒ता सस्तु॑ पि॒ता सस्तु॒ श्वा सस्तु॑ वि॒श्पतिः॑ ।
स॒सन्तु॒ सर्वे॑ ज्ञा॒तयः॒ सस्त्व॒यम॒भितो॒ जनः॑ ॥- sástu mātā́ sástu pitā́ sástu śvā́ sástu viśpátiḥ.
sasántu sárve jñātáyaḥ sástvayámabhíto jánaḥ. - Let the mother sleep, let the father sleep, let the dog sleep, let the village chief sleep.
Let all the kinsmen and all the people who are round about sleep.
- sástu mātā́ sástu pitā́ sástu śvā́ sástu viśpátiḥ.
- सस्तु॑ मा॒ता सस्तु॑ पि॒ता सस्तु॒ श्वा सस्तु॑ वि॒श्पतिः॑ ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | माता (mātā́) | मातरौ (mātárau) मातरा¹ (mātárā¹) |
मातरः (mātáraḥ) |
| accusative | मातरम् (mātáram) | मातरौ (mātárau) मातरा¹ (mātárā¹) |
मातॄः (mātṝ́ḥ) मातरः (mātaraḥ) |
| instrumental | मात्रा (mātrā́) | मातृभ्याम् (mātṛ́bhyām) | मातृभिः (mātṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मात्रे (mātré) | मातृभ्याम् (mātṛ́bhyām) | मातृभ्यः (mātṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मातुः (mātúḥ) | मातृभ्याम् (mātṛ́bhyām) | मातृभ्यः (mātṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मातुः (mātúḥ) | मात्रोः (mātróḥ) | मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇā́m) |
| locative | मातरि (mātári) | मात्रोः (mātróḥ) | मातृषु (mātṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | मातः (mā́taḥ) | मातरौ (mā́tarau) मातरा¹ (mā́tarā¹) |
मातरः (mā́taraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- the nom. pl. is used also as acc. pl. in the epics
Derived terms
- मातृभूमि (mātṛbhūmi, “motherland”)
- मातृका (mātṛkā)
- मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ)
- मातृभाषा (mātṛbhāṣā)
- मातृप्रेम (mātṛprema)
Descendants
- Assamese: মা (ma), মাঁ (mã), মাই (mai), মাও (maü)
- Bengali: মা (ma), মাঁ (mã)
- → Bengali: মাতা (mata)
- Burmese: မာံ
- → Burmese: မာတီ (mati)
- Dhivehi: މާމް (mām̊)
- → Dhivehi: މަންމަ (man̊ma)
- English: Maa, Mam
- Gujarati: મા (mā), માઁ (mām̐)
- → Gujarati: માતા (mātā)
- Hindi: माँ (mā̃), मां (mā̃), माई (māī)
- → Hindi: माता (mātā)
- Javanese: ꦩꦴꦀ (mām)
- → Javanese: ꦩꦴꦠꦴ (mātā)
- Kannada: ಮಾಁ
- → Kannada: ಮಾತೆ (māte)
- Kashmiri:
- → Kashmiri:
- Khmer: មាំ (mŏəm)
- → Khmer: ម្តាយ (mtaay)
- Malayalam: മാഁ (māഁ)
- → Malayalam: മാതാവ് (mātāvŭ), മാത (māta)
- Odia: ମାଁ (mā̃), ମା (mā), ମାଈ (māi)
- → Odia: ମାତା (mātā)
- Punjabi: ਮਾਁ, ਮਾਂ (mā̃)
- → Punjabi: ਮਾਤਾ (mātā)
- Pali: mātar
- Sinhalese: මාං (māṁ)
- → Sinhalese: මව (mawa)
- Telugu: మాఀ (mām̐)
- → Telugu: మాత (māta)
- Thai: แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ), มำ (mam), มา (maa)
- → Thai: มาตา, มารดา (maan-daa)
- Urdu: ماں (mā̃), مائی (māī)
- → Urdu: ماتا (mātā)
Etymology 2
From the root मा (mā) + -तृ (-tṛ).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɑ́ː.tr̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɑː.t̪r̩/
Noun
मातृ • (mā́tṛ) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | माता (mā́tā) | मातारौ (mā́tārau) मातारा¹ (mā́tārā¹) |
मातारः (mā́tāraḥ) |
| accusative | मातारम् (mā́tāram) | मातारौ (mā́tārau) मातारा¹ (mā́tārā¹) |
मातॄन् (mā́tṝn) |
| instrumental | मात्रा (mā́trā) | मातृभ्याम् (mā́tṛbhyām) | मातृभिः (mā́tṛbhiḥ) |
| dative | मात्रे (mā́tre) | मातृभ्याम् (mā́tṛbhyām) | मातृभ्यः (mā́tṛbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मातुः (mā́tuḥ) | मातृभ्याम् (mā́tṛbhyām) | मातृभ्यः (mā́tṛbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मातुः (mā́tuḥ) | मात्रोः (mā́troḥ) | मातॄणाम् (mā́tṝṇām) |
| locative | मातरि (mā́tari) | मात्रोः (mā́troḥ) | मातृषु (mā́tṛṣu) |
| vocative | मातः (mā́taḥ) | मातारौ (mā́tārau) मातारा¹ (mā́tārā¹) |
मातारः (mā́tāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804, column 2.
- Monier Williams (1899) “मातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 807, column 1.