योक्त्र

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

যোক্ত্ৰ (Assamese script)
ᬬᭀᬓ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
যোক্ত্র (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰺𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ယောက္တြ (Burmese script)
યોક્ત્ર (Gujarati script)
ਯੋਕ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌯𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦪꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
𑂨𑂷𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಯೋಕ್ತ್ರ (Kannada script)
យោក្ត្រ (Khmer script)
ໂຍກ຺ຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
യോക്ത്ര (Malayalam script)
ᠶᠣᡬᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘧𑘻𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᢉᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧇𑧜𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑑀𑐎𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
ଯୋକ୍ତ୍ର (Odia script)
ꢫꣂꢒ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆾𑆑𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖺𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
යොක‍්ත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
𑩻𑩕𑩜 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚣𑚴𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
யோக்த்ர (Tamil script)
యోక్త్ర (Telugu script)
โยกฺตฺร (Thai script)
ཡོ་ཀྟྲ (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒼𑒏𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨪𑨆𑨋𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwktram (“thong”), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-tro-m, from *yewg- (“to yoke”) + *-trom (suffix denoting a tool or an instrument for an action). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬑𐬆𐬜𐬭𐬀 (yaoxəδra, “yoke-strap, thong”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́wk.tɾɐ/,
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjoːk.t̪ɾɐ/,

Noun

योक्त्र • (yóktra) stem, n

any instrument for tying or fastening; a rope, thong, halter
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.33.2:
  स त्वं न॑ इन्द्र धियसा॒नो अ॒र्कैर् हरी॑णां वृष॒न् योक्त्र॑म् अश्रेः ।
  या इ॒त्था म॑घव॒न्न् अनु॒ जोषं॒ वक्षो॑ अ॒भि प्रार्यः स॑क्षि॒ जना॑न् ॥
  sá tváṃ na indra dhiyasānó arkaír hárīṇāṃ vṛṣan yóktram aśreḥ.
  yā́ itthā́ maghavann ánu jóṣaṃ vákṣo abhí prā́ryáḥ sakṣi jánān.
  So, made attentive by our hymns, O manly Indra, you fastened the strap of the reins on your horses,
  Which, Maghavan, at your will you drive herr. With these subdue for us the men who hate us.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of योक्त्र (yóktra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	योक्त्रम् yóktram	योक्त्रे yóktre	योक्त्राणि / योक्त्रा¹ yóktrāṇi / yóktrā¹
Vocative	योक्त्र yóktra	योक्त्रे yóktre	योक्त्राणि / योक्त्रा¹ yóktrāṇi / yóktrā¹
Accusative	योक्त्रम् yóktram	योक्त्रे yóktre	योक्त्राणि / योक्त्रा¹ yóktrāṇi / yóktrā¹
Instrumental	योक्त्रेण yóktreṇa	योक्त्राभ्याम् yóktrābhyām	योक्त्रैः / योक्त्रेभिः¹ yóktraiḥ / yóktrebhiḥ¹
Dative	योक्त्राय yóktrāya	योक्त्राभ्याम् yóktrābhyām	योक्त्रेभ्यः yóktrebhyaḥ
Ablative	योक्त्रात् yóktrāt	योक्त्राभ्याम् yóktrābhyām	योक्त्रेभ्यः yóktrebhyaḥ
Genitive	योक्त्रस्य yóktrasya	योक्त्रयोः yóktrayoḥ	योक्त्राणाम् yóktrāṇām
Locative	योक्त्रे yóktre	योक्त्रयोः yóktrayoḥ	योक्त्रेषु yóktreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: yotta
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (jotta)
- Hindi: जोत (jot)
→ Tamil: யோத்திரம் (yōttiram) (semi-learned)
→ Telugu: యోక్త్రము (yōktramu) (semi-learned) యోత్రము (yōtramu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “योक्त्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 854.

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