क्षत्र

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ক্ষত্ৰ (Assamese script)
ᬓ᭄ᬱᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
ক্ষত্র (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
က္ၑတြ (Burmese script)
ક્ષત્ર (Gujarati script)
ਕ੍ਸ਼ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಕ್ಷತ್ರ (Kannada script)
ក្ឞត្រ (Khmer script)
ກ຺ຩຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
ക്ഷത്ര (Malayalam script)
ᡬᢢᠠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
ᢉᢔᠠᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
କ୍ଷତ୍ର (Odia script)
ꢒ꣄ꢰꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
ක්‍ෂත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
க்ஷத்ர (Tamil script)
క్షత్ర (Telugu script)
กฺษตฺร (Thai script)
ཀྵ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣatrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to obtain”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra, “kingdom”), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça-, “kingdom, realm”), whence Persian (šahr), and Old Armenian աշխարհ (ašxarh).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐt.ɾɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂɐt̪.ɾɐ/

Noun

क्षत्र • (kṣatrá) stem, n

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of क्षत्र (kṣatrá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	क्षत्रम् kṣatrám	क्षत्रे kṣatré	क्षत्राणि / क्षत्रा¹ kṣatrā́ṇi / kṣatrā́¹
Vocative	क्षत्र kṣátra	क्षत्रे kṣátre	क्षत्राणि / क्षत्रा¹ kṣátrāṇi / kṣátrā¹
Accusative	क्षत्रम् kṣatrám	क्षत्रे kṣatré	क्षत्राणि / क्षत्रा¹ kṣatrā́ṇi / kṣatrā́¹
Instrumental	क्षत्रेण kṣatréṇa	क्षत्राभ्याम् kṣatrā́bhyām	क्षत्रैः / क्षत्रेभिः¹ kṣatraíḥ / kṣatrébhiḥ¹
Dative	क्षत्राय kṣatrā́ya	क्षत्राभ्याम् kṣatrā́bhyām	क्षत्रेभ्यः kṣatrébhyaḥ
Ablative	क्षत्रात् kṣatrā́t	क्षत्राभ्याम् kṣatrā́bhyām	क्षत्रेभ्यः kṣatrébhyaḥ
Genitive	क्षत्रस्य kṣatrásya	क्षत्रयोः kṣatráyoḥ	क्षत्राणाम् kṣatrā́ṇām
Locative	क्षत्रे kṣatré	क्षत्रयोः kṣatráyoḥ	क्षत्रेषु kṣatréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya)

Descendants

Assamese: খাত (khat), খাতা (khata)
Bengali: খাতা (khata)
Gujarati: ખાતું (khātũ)
Hindi: खाता (khātā)
Marathi: खाते (khāte)
Old Marathi: 𑘬𑘰𑘝𑘹 (ṣāte)
Odia: ଖାତା (khātā)
Punjabi: ਖੱਤਾ (khattā)
Pali: khatta
Urdu: کھاتا (khātā), کَھاتَہ (khāta)
- → Punjabi: کھاتا (khātā)
→ Telugu: క్షాత్రము (kṣātramu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “क्षत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0325/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 421

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