Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गात्र (gātra). Doublet of गात (gāt).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːt̪.ɾᵊ/,

गात्र • (gātra) m (Urdu spelling گَاتْر)

1. (rare, formal) limb, body

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गात्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “गात्र”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Compound of गा (gā, “to move”) +‎ -त्र (-tra, suffix indicating tool or instrument), literally “instrument for movement”.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑ́ːt.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːt̪.ɾɐ/

गात्र • (gā́tra) stem, n

1. "instrument for movement", a limb or a part of the body
2. the body

   Synonyms: तनू (tanū), अङ्ग (aṅga), शरीर (śarīra)

3. the forequarter of an elephant

• Dardic:
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: gatr
    • Prasuni: gōṭ
    • Waigali: gotr
• Pali: gatta
  • → Sinhalese: ගත (gata)
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀢𑁆𑀢 (gatta)
  • Central:
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀕𑀸𑀅 (gāa)
      • Old Awadhi: गात (gāta)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: gāt

      Hindi: गात

      Urdu: گَات (gāt)

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Early Assamese: গাৱ (gawo)
        • Assamese: গা (ga)
        • → Bodo (India): गाव (gao)
      • Bengali: গা (ga), গাও (gaō)
      • Bihari:
        • Bhojpuri: गाटा (gāṭā), गट्टा (gaṭṭā)
        • Maithili: गात (gāt)
      • Kamta: গাও (gaö)
      • Odia: ଗା (gā)
      • Rohingya: gaa
      • Sylheti: ꠉꠣ (ga), ꠉꠔꠞ (gotor)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: गात (gāt)
        • Kumaoni: गात (gāt)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: गात (gāt), गाथ (gāth)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Jaunsari: गात (gāt)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ގައި (gai), ގާ (gā)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀢𑁆𑀢 (gatta)
      • Old Marathi: gāta ("the four pieces forming the framework of a bed")^[1]

        Devanagari script: गात

        Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘝

  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Old Gujarati:
        • Gujarati: ગાત (gāt)
        • Old Marwari: गात (gāt)

• Bengali: গাত্র (gatro)
• Gujarati: ગાત્ર (gātra)
• Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: गात्र (gātra)

  Urdu: گَاتْر (gātra)

• Malayalam: ഗാത്രം (gātraṁ)
• Old Marathi: gātra

  Devanagari script: गात्र

  Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨

  • → Marathi: गात्र (gātra)
• Tamil: காத்திரம் (kāttiram)
• Telugu: గాత్రము (gātramu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “गात्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गात्र”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan