धात्री

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁trih₂ (“wet nurse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

धात्री • (dhātrī) stem, f (root धे)

  1. nurse, wet nurse, fostermother

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of धात्री (dhātrī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative धात्री
dhātrī 		धात्र्यौ / धात्री¹
dhātryau / dhātrī¹ 		धात्र्यः / धात्रीः¹
dhātryaḥ / dhātrīḥ¹
Vocative धात्रि
dhātri 		धात्र्यौ / धात्री¹
dhātryau / dhātrī¹ 		धात्र्यः / धात्रीः¹
dhātryaḥ / dhātrīḥ¹
Accusative धात्रीम्
dhātrīm 		धात्र्यौ / धात्री¹
dhātryau / dhātrī¹ 		धात्रीः
dhātrīḥ
Instrumental धात्र्या
dhātryā 		धात्रीभ्याम्
dhātrībhyām 		धात्रीभिः
dhātrībhiḥ
Dative धात्र्यै
dhātryai 		धात्रीभ्याम्
dhātrībhyām 		धात्रीभ्यः
dhātrībhyaḥ
Ablative धात्र्याः / धात्र्यै²
dhātryāḥ / dhātryai² 		धात्रीभ्याम्
dhātrībhyām 		धात्रीभ्यः
dhātrībhyaḥ
Genitive धात्र्याः / धात्र्यै²
dhātryāḥ / dhātryai² 		धात्र्योः
dhātryoḥ 		धात्रीणाम्
dhātrīṇām
Locative धात्र्याम्
dhātryām 		धात्र्योः
dhātryoḥ 		धात्रीषु
dhātrīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Borrowed terms

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “धात्री”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhātrī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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