यत्र

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyátra, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyótro. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬁 (yaθrā), Younger Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (yaθra). Equivalent to (ya), the base of यद् (yad, where, relative) +‎ -त्र (-tra).

Pronunciation

Adverb

यत्र • (yátra)

  1. wherever, whither, in which place
  2. on which occasion, in which case

Descendants

  • Pali: yatra

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “यत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 841, column 2.
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 614