विमातृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিমাতৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬫᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- বিমাতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိမာတၖ (Burmese script)
- વિમાતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਮਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦩꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂧𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಮಾತೃ (Kannada script)
- វិមាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ວິມາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- വിമാതൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଵିମାତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢪꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- විමාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚢𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
- விமாத்ரி (Tamil script)
- విమాతృ (Telugu script)
- วิมาตฺฤ (Thai script)
- ཝི་མཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From वि- (vi-) + मातृ (mā́tṛ, mātṛ́, “mother”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.mɑː.tr̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋi.mɑː.t̪r̩/
Noun
विमातृ • (vimātṛ) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | विमाता (vimātā) | विमातरौ (vimātarau) विमातरा¹ (vimātarā¹) |
विमातरः (vimātaraḥ) |
| accusative | विमातरम् (vimātaram) | विमातरौ (vimātarau) विमातरा¹ (vimātarā¹) |
विमातॄः (vimātṝḥ) |
| instrumental | विमात्रा (vimātrā) | विमातृभ्याम् (vimātṛbhyām) | विमातृभिः (vimātṛbhiḥ) |
| dative | विमात्रे (vimātre) | विमातृभ्याम् (vimātṛbhyām) | विमातृभ्यः (vimātṛbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | विमातुः (vimātuḥ) | विमातृभ्याम् (vimātṛbhyām) | विमातृभ्यः (vimātṛbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | विमातुः (vimātuḥ) | विमात्रोः (vimātroḥ) | विमातॄणाम् (vimātṝṇām) |
| locative | विमातरि (vimātari) | विमात्रोः (vimātroḥ) | विमातृषु (vimātṛṣu) |
| vocative | विमातः (vimātaḥ) | विमातरौ (vimātarau) विमातरा¹ (vimātarā¹) |
विमातरः (vimātaraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- विमातृज m (vimātṛja, “a stepmother's son”)
Descendants
- → Hindi: विमाता (vimātā) (learned)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “विमातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 951, column 3.