गायत्री

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

গায়ত্ৰী (Assamese script)
ᬕᬵᬬᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
গায়ত্রী (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰯𑰧𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀸𑀬𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဂါယတြီ (Burmese script)
ગાયત્રી (Gujarati script)
ਗਾਯਤ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦴꦪꦠꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂰𑂨𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಗಾಯತ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
គាយត្រី (Khmer script)
ຄາຍຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
ഗായത്രീ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘰𑘧𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠺᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧑𑧇𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐵𑐫𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
ଗାଯତ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
ꢔꢵꢫꢡ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆳𑆪𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖯𑖧𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
ගායත්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩛𑩻𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚭𑚣𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
க³ாயத்ரீ (Tamil script)
గాయత్రీ (Telugu script)
คายตฺรี (Thai script)
གཱ་ཡ་ཏྲཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒰𑒨𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨊𑨪𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root गै (gai, “to sing”), from *geH- (“to sing, cry”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.jɐt.ɾíː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈjɐt̪.ɾiː/

Noun

गायत्री • (gāyatrī́) stem, f

an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables
any hymn composed in this metre

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of गायत्री (gāyatrī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गायत्री gāyatrī	गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹	गायत्र्यः / गायत्रीः¹ gāyatryaḥ / gāyatrīḥ¹
Vocative	गायत्रि gāyatri	गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹	गायत्र्यः / गायत्रीः¹ gāyatryaḥ / gāyatrīḥ¹
Accusative	गायत्रीम् gāyatrīm	गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹	गायत्रीः gāyatrīḥ
Instrumental	गायत्र्या gāyatryā	गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām	गायत्रीभिः gāyatrībhiḥ
Dative	गायत्र्यै gāyatryai	गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām	गायत्रीभ्यः gāyatrībhyaḥ
Ablative	गायत्र्याः / गायत्र्यै² gāyatryāḥ / gāyatryai²	गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām	गायत्रीभ्यः gāyatrībhyaḥ
Genitive	गायत्र्याः / गायत्र्यै² gāyatryāḥ / gāyatryai²	गायत्र्योः gāyatryoḥ	गायत्रीणाम् gāyatrīṇām
Locative	गायत्र्याम् gāyatryām	गायत्र्योः gāyatryoḥ	गायत्रीषु gāyatrīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

गायत्री मन्त्र (gāyatrī mantra)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “गायत्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0352.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गायत्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गायत्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016