जठर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জঠৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬞᬭ (Balinese script)
• জঠর (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰙𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀞𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဇဌရ (Burmese script)
• જઠર (Gujarati script)
• ਜਠਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌠𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦜꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂘𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಠರ (Kannada script)
• ជឋរ (Khmer script)
• ຊຐຣ (Lao script)
• ജഠര (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᡱᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘙𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢍᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑦹𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐛𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଜଠର (Odia script)
• ꢙꢝꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆜𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖙𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ජඨර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩧𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚕𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஜட²ர (Tamil script)
• జఠర (Telugu script)
• ชฐร (Thai script)
• ཛ་ཋ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒚𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨕𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́r̥tʰáram, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥-th₂-ero-, from *ǵelt- (“belly”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kelþaz.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʈʰɐ́.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʈʰɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

जठर • (jaṭhára) stem, n or m

1. stomach, belly, abdomen, bowels
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.40.5:

     दधिष्वा जठरे सुतं सोममिन्द्र वरेण्यम् ।
     तव द्युक्षास इन्दवः ॥

     dadhiṣvā jaṭhare sutaṃ somamindra vareṇyam.
     tava dyukṣāsa indavaḥ.

     Take the juice within thy belly, Indra, Soma the most excellent: Thine are the drops celestial.

2. the womb
3. the interior of anything

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of जठर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जठरम् (jaṭháram)	जठरे (jaṭháre)	जठराणि (jaṭhárāṇi) जठरा¹ (jaṭhárā¹)
vocative	जठर (jáṭhara)	जठरे (jáṭhare)	जठराणि (jáṭharāṇi) जठरा¹ (jáṭharā¹)
accusative	जठरम् (jaṭháram)	जठरे (jaṭháre)	जठराणि (jaṭhárāṇi) जठरा¹ (jaṭhárā¹)
instrumental	जठरेण (jaṭháreṇa)	जठराभ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām)	जठरैः (jaṭháraiḥ) जठरेभिः¹ (jaṭhárebhiḥ¹)
dative	जठराय (jaṭhárāya)	जठराभ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām)	जठरेभ्यः (jaṭhárebhyaḥ)
ablative	जठरात् (jaṭhárāt)	जठराभ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām)	जठरेभ्यः (jaṭhárebhyaḥ)
genitive	जठरस्य (jaṭhárasya)	जठरयोः (jaṭhárayoḥ)	जठराणाम् (jaṭhárāṇām)
locative	जठरे (jaṭháre)	जठरयोः (jaṭhárayoḥ)	जठरेषु (jaṭháreṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀠𑀭 (jaḍhara), 𑀚𑀠𑀮 (jaḍhala)
• Pali: jaṭhara

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जठर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 469.