ਗਾਤਰਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit गात्रक (gātraka, body; cover).

Noun

ਗਾਤਰਾ • (gātrām (Shahmukhi spelling گاترا)

  1. swordbelt, sash, baldric
  2. inner bar of yoke

Declension

Declension of ਗਾਤਰਾ
singular plural
direct ਗਾਤਰਾ (gātrā) ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre)
oblique ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre) ਗਾਤਰਿਆਂ (gātriā̃)
vocative ਗਾਤਰਿਆ (gātriā) ਗਾਤਰਿਓ (gātrio)
ablative ਗਾਤਰਿਓਂ (gātriõ)
locative ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre)
instrumental ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre)

Further reading

  • ਗਾਤਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਗਾਤਰਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gātraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press