पातृ

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

পাতৃ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
পাতৃ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
ပါတၖ (Burmese script)
પાતૃ (Gujarati script)
ਪਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
ಪಾತೃ (Kannada script)
បាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
ປາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
പാതൃ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
ପାତୃ (Odia script)
ꢦꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
පාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
பாத்ரி (Tamil script)
పాతృ (Telugu script)
ปาตฺฤ (Thai script)
པཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHtŕ̥ (“protector, saviour”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tōr (“protector, guardian”), from *peh₂- (“to protect, guard”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pātar, “protector”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː.tŕ̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

पातृ • (pātṛ́) stem, m

protector, guardian
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.174.10:
  त्वमस्माकमिन्द्र विश्वध स्या अवृकतमो नरां नृ-पाता ।
  स नो विश्वासां स्पृधां सहोदा विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
  tvamasmākamindra viśvadha syā avṛkatamo narāṃ nṛ-pātā.
  sa no viśvāsāṃ spṛdhāṃ sahodā vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum.
  Indra, mayst thou be ours in all occasions, protector of the people, most gentle-hearted,
  Giving us victory over all our rivals. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of पातृ (pātṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पाता pātā́	पातारौ / पातारा¹ pātā́rau / pātā́rā¹	पातारः pātā́raḥ
Vocative	पातः pā́taḥ	पातारौ / पातारा¹ pā́tārau / pā́tārā¹	पातारः pā́tāraḥ
Accusative	पातारम् pātā́ram	पातारौ / पातारा¹ pātā́rau / pātā́rā¹	पातॄन् pātṝ́n
Instrumental	पात्रा pātrā́	पातृभ्याम् pātṛ́bhyām	पातृभिः pātṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	पात्रे pātré	पातृभ्याम् pātṛ́bhyām	पातृभ्यः pātṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	पातुः pātúḥ	पातृभ्याम् pātṛ́bhyām	पातृभ्यः pātṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	पातुः pātúḥ	पात्रोः pātróḥ	पातॄणाम् pātṝṇā́m
Locative	पातरि pātári	पात्रोः pātróḥ	पातृषु pātṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 613.

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