मातृ
See also: मातें, मौत, मृत, मति, मत, माता, मूत, and मिति
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːt̪ɾ/, [mäːt̪ɾ]
Noun
मातृ • (mātŕ) f (Urdu spelling ماتر)
- (literary, rare, usually used in compounds) mother
- Synonyms: माँ (mā̃), माता (mātā), मादर (mādar)
- Coordinate term: पितृ (pitŕ)
Derived terms
- मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi, “motherland”)
- मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- মাতৃ (Assamese script)
- মাতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- માતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਤ੍ਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- មាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ಮಾತೃ (Kannada script)
- ມາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- മാതൃ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- မာတၖ (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ମାତୃ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- මාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
- మాతృ (Telugu script)
- มาตฺฤ (Thai script)
- མཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɑ́ː.tr̩/, /mɑː.tŕ̩/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.t̪r̩/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /mātā/), Old Armenian մայր (mayr), Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), Old Church Slavonic мати (mati), Latin māter, Old English mōdor (whence English mother).
Noun
मातृ • (mā́tṛ or mātṛ́) f
- mother
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.1:
- सस्तु माता सस्तु पिता सस्तु श्वा सस्तु विश्पतिः ।
ससन्तु सर्वे ज्ञातयः सस्त्वयमभितो जनः ॥- sastu mātā sastu pitā sastu śvā sastu viśpatiḥ .
sasantu sarve jñātayaḥ sastvayamabhito janaḥ . - May the mother sleep, may the father sleep, may the dog and the village chief sleep.
Let all the kinsmen and all the people who are round about sleep.
- sastu mātā sastu pitā sastu śvā sastu viśpatiḥ .
- सस्तु माता सस्तु पिता सस्तु श्वा सस्तु विश्पतिः ।
Declension
| Feminine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ (mā́tṛ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | माता mā́tā | मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹ | मातरः mā́taraḥ |
| Vocative | मातः mā́taḥ | मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹ | मातरः mā́taraḥ |
| Accusative | मातरम् mā́taram | मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹ | मातॄः mā́tṝḥ |
| Instrumental | मात्रा mā́trā | मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām | मातृभिः mā́tṛbhiḥ |
| Dative | मात्रे mā́tre | मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām | मातृभ्यः mā́tṛbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मातुः mā́tuḥ | मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām | मातृभ्यः mā́tṛbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मातुः mā́tuḥ | मात्रोः mā́troḥ | मातॄणाम् mā́tṝṇām |
| Locative | मातरि mā́tari | मात्रोः mā́troḥ | मातृषु mā́tṛṣu |
| Notes |
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| Feminine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ (mātṛ́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | माता mātā́ | मातरौ / मातरा¹ mātárau / mātárā¹ | मातरः mātáraḥ |
| Vocative | मातः mā́taḥ | मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹ | मातरः mā́taraḥ |
| Accusative | मातरम् mātáram | मातरौ / मातरा¹ mātárau / mātárā¹ | मातॄः mātṝ́ḥ |
| Instrumental | मात्रा mātrā́ | मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām | मातृभिः mātṛ́bhiḥ |
| Dative | मात्रे mātré | मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām | मातृभ्यः mātṛ́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मातुः mātúḥ | मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām | मातृभ्यः mātṛ́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मातुः mātúḥ | मात्रोः mātróḥ | मातॄणाम् mātṝṇā́m |
| Locative | मातरि mātári | मात्रोः mātróḥ | मातृषु mātṛ́ṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- मातृभूमि (mātṛbhūmi, “motherland”)
- मातृका (mātṛkā)
- मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ)
Descendants
- Assamese: মা (ma)
- Bengali: মা (ma)
- → Bengali: মাতা (mata)
- Gujarati: મા (mā)
- Hindi: माँ (mā̃)
- → Hindi: माता (mātā)
- Punjabi: ਮਾਂ (mā̃)
- → Punjabi: ਮਾਤਾ (mātā)
- Pali: mātar
- → Telugu: మాత (māta)
- Urdu: ماں
- → Urdu: ماتا
Etymology 2
From the root मा (mā) + -तृ (-tṛ).
Noun
मातृ • (mātṛ) m
- one who measures
- one who knows
Declension
| Masculine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ (mātṛ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | माता mātā | मातारौ / मातारा¹ mātārau / mātārā¹ | मातारः mātāraḥ |
| Vocative | मातः mātaḥ | मातारौ / मातारा¹ mātārau / mātārā¹ | मातारः mātāraḥ |
| Accusative | मातारम् mātāram | मातारौ / मातारा¹ mātārau / mātārā¹ | मातॄन् mātṝn |
| Instrumental | मात्रा mātrā | मातृभ्याम् mātṛbhyām | मातृभिः mātṛbhiḥ |
| Dative | मात्रे mātre | मातृभ्याम् mātṛbhyām | मातृभ्यः mātṛbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मातुः mātuḥ | मातृभ्याम् mātṛbhyām | मातृभ्यः mātṛbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मातुः mātuḥ | मात्रोः mātroḥ | मातॄणाम् mātṝṇām |
| Locative | मातरि mātari | मात्रोः mātroḥ | मातृषु mātṛṣu |
| Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 804, column 2.
- Monier Williams (1899), “मातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 807, column 1.