प्रातर्

प्रातर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬢᬃ (Balinese script)
• প্ৰাতৰ্ (Assamese script)
• প্রাতর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰝𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀢𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• પ્રાતર્ (Gujarati script)
• ꦥꦿꦴꦠꦂ (Javanese script)
• ಪ್ರಾತರ್ (Kannada script)
• ပြာတရ္ (Burmese script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐟𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରାତର୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢡꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆠𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖝𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ప్రాతర్ (Telugu script)
• པྲཱཏར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒞𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *proh₁-tér, from *proh₁- (“early; morning”), from *pro-. Cognate with Ancient Greek πρωΐ (prōḯ, “early in the day”), Proto-Germanic *frōwaz (whence German Frühe (“morning”)). Also distantly related to Old Armenian երախայրիք (eraxayrikʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.t̪ɐ́ɾ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɑː.t̪ɐɾ/

Adverb

प्रातर् • (prātár)

1. early in the morning, at daybreak, at dawn
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.41.1:

     प्रातर्अग्निं प्रातर्इन्द्रं हवामहे प्रातर्मित्रावरुणा प्रातर्अश्विना ।
     प्रातर्भगं पूषणं ब्रह्मणस्पतिं प्रातः सोममुत रुद्रं हुवेम ॥

     prātaragniṃ prātarindraṃ havāmahe prātarmitrāvaruṇā prātaraśvinā .
     prātarbhagaṃ pūṣaṇaṃ brahmaṇaspatiṃ prātaḥ somamuta rudraṃ huvema .

     Agni at dawn, and Indra we invoke at dawn, and Varuṇa and Mitra, and the Aśvins twain.
     Bhaga at dawn, Pūṣan, and Brahmaṇaspati, Soma at dawn, Rudra we will invoke at dawn.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. next morning, tomorrow

Descendants

• Pali: pātar (“early in the morning”)

Derived terms

• प्रातःकाल (prātaḥkāla)