पात्र

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पात्र (pā́tra).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɑːt̪.ɾᵊ/, , /pɑː.t̪əɾ/,

Noun

पात्र • (pātra) m

  1. cup, goblet, glass; container
    कचरा पात्र ― kacrā pātra ― garbage container
  2. actor; character (in a work)
  3. (in compounds) the worthy recipient

Declension

Declension of पात्र (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct पात्र
pātra 		पात्र
pātra
oblique पात्र
pātra 		पात्रों
pātrõ
vocative पात्र
pātra 		पात्रो
pātro

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *péh₃-tlo-m (“instrument for drinking”), from *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”), Old Irish ól (“act of drinking”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳𐀨 (patera).

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    Noun

    पात्र • (pā́tra) stem, n

    1. a drinking vessel, goblet, bowl, cup, dish, pot, plate, utensil; any vessel or receptacle
      • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.44.16:
        इदं त्यत् पात्रम् इन्द्रपानमिन्द्रस्य प्रियममृतमपायि ।
        मत्सद्यथा सौमनसाय देवं व्यस्मद्द्वेषो युयवद्व्यंहः ॥
        idaṃ tyat pātram indrapānamindrasya priyamamṛtamapāyi.
        matsadyathā saumanasāya devaṃ vyasmaddveṣo yuyavadvyaṃhaḥ.
        The cup whence Indra drinks the draught is present: the Amṛta dear to Indra hath been drunken,
        That it may cheer the God to gracious favour, and keep far from us hatred and affliction.
    2. an actor or an actor's part or character in a play

    Declension

    Neuter a-stem declension of पात्र (pā́tra)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative पात्रम्
    pā́tram     		पात्रे
    pā́tre     		पात्राणि / पात्रा¹
    pā́trāṇi / pā́trā¹
    Vocative पात्र
    pā́tra     		पात्रे
    pā́tre     		पात्राणि / पात्रा¹
    pā́trāṇi / pā́trā¹
    Accusative पात्रम्
    pā́tram     		पात्रे
    pā́tre     		पात्राणि / पात्रा¹
    pā́trāṇi / pā́trā¹
    Instrumental पात्रेण
    pā́treṇa     		पात्राभ्याम्
    pā́trābhyām     		पात्रैः / पात्रेभिः¹
    pā́traiḥ / pā́trebhiḥ¹
    Dative पात्राय
    pā́trāya     		पात्राभ्याम्
    pā́trābhyām     		पात्रेभ्यः
    pā́trebhyaḥ
    Ablative पात्रात्
    pā́trāt     		पात्राभ्याम्
    pā́trābhyām     		पात्रेभ्यः
    pā́trebhyaḥ
    Genitive पात्रस्य
    pā́trasya     		पात्रयोः
    pā́trayoḥ     		पात्राणाम्
    pā́trāṇām
    Locative पात्रे
    pā́tre     		पात्रयोः
    pā́trayoḥ     		पात्रेषु
    pā́treṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

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