विमातृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬶᬫᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- ৱিমাতৃ (Assamese script)
- বিমাতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- વિમાતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ꦮꦶꦩꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- ವಿಮಾತೃ (Kannada script)
- ဝိမာတၖ (Burmese script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଵିମାତୃ (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢶꢪꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- విమాతృ (Telugu script)
- ཝིམཱཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From वि- (vi-) + मातृ (mā́tṛ, mātṛ́, “mother”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.mɑː.t̪r̩/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ʋiˈmɑː.t̪r̩/
Noun
विमातृ • (vimātṛ) f
- a stepmother
Declension
| Feminine ṛ-stem declension of विमातृ (vimātṛ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विमाता vimātā | विमातरौ / विमातरा¹ vimātarau / vimātarā¹ | विमातरः vimātaraḥ |
| Vocative | विमातः vimātaḥ | विमातरौ / विमातरा¹ vimātarau / vimātarā¹ | विमातरः vimātaraḥ |
| Accusative | विमातरम् vimātaram | विमातरौ / विमातरा¹ vimātarau / vimātarā¹ | विमातॄः vimātṝḥ |
| Instrumental | विमात्रा vimātrā | विमातृभ्याम् vimātṛbhyām | विमातृभिः vimātṛbhiḥ |
| Dative | विमात्रे vimātre | विमातृभ्याम् vimātṛbhyām | विमातृभ्यः vimātṛbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | विमातुः vimātuḥ | विमातृभ्याम् vimātṛbhyām | विमातृभ्यः vimātṛbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | विमातुः vimātuḥ | विमात्रोः vimātroḥ | विमातॄणाम् vimātṝṇām |
| Locative | विमातरि vimātari | विमात्रोः vimātroḥ | विमातृषु vimātṛṣu |
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Descendants
- → Hindi: विमाता (vimātā) (learned)
Derived terms
- विमातृज m (vimātṛja, “a stepmother's son”)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) , “विमातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 951, column 3.