ज्ञातृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জ্ঞাতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬚ᭄ᬜᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• জ্ঞাতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဇ္ဉာတၖ (Burmese script)
• જ્ઞાતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਜ੍ਞਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦘꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಜ್ಞಾತೃ (Kannada script)
• ជ្ញាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ຊ຺ຎາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ജ്ഞാതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠽᡛᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଜ୍ଞାତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢙ꣄ꢛꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• ඥාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஜ்ஞாத்ரி (Tamil script)
• జ్ఞాతృ (Telugu script)
• ชฺญาตฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཛྙཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ज्ञा (jñā) +‎ -तृ (-tṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

ज्ञातृ • (jñātṛ) stem, m or f by sense (root ज्ञा)

1. one who knows or understands, a knower
   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Chāndogya Upaniṣad
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Kaṭha Upaniṣad
2. an acquaintance, (hence) a surety
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
3. a witness
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of ज्ञातृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज्ञाता (jñātā)	ज्ञातारौ (jñātārau) ज्ञातारा¹ (jñātārā¹)	ज्ञातारः (jñātāraḥ)
vocative	ज्ञातः (jñātaḥ)	ज्ञातारौ (jñātārau) ज्ञातारा¹ (jñātārā¹)	ज्ञातारः (jñātāraḥ)
accusative	ज्ञातारम् (jñātāram)	ज्ञातारौ (jñātārau) ज्ञातारा¹ (jñātārā¹)	ज्ञातॄन् (jñātṝn)
instrumental	ज्ञात्रा (jñātrā)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभिः (jñātṛbhiḥ)
dative	ज्ञात्रे (jñātre)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभ्यः (jñātṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	ज्ञातुः (jñātuḥ)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभ्यः (jñātṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	ज्ञातुः (jñātuḥ)	ज्ञात्रोः (jñātroḥ)	ज्ञातॄणाम् (jñātṝṇām)
locative	ज्ञातरि (jñātari)	ज्ञात्रोः (jñātroḥ)	ज्ञातृषु (jñātṛṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of ज्ञातृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज्ञाता (jñātā)	ज्ञातारौ (jñātārau) ज्ञातारा¹ (jñātārā¹)	ज्ञातारः (jñātāraḥ)
vocative	ज्ञातः (jñātaḥ)	ज्ञातारौ (jñātārau) ज्ञातारा¹ (jñātārā¹)	ज्ञातारः (jñātāraḥ)
accusative	ज्ञातारम् (jñātāram)	ज्ञातारौ (jñātārau) ज्ञातारा¹ (jñātārā¹)	ज्ञातॄः (jñātṝḥ)
instrumental	ज्ञात्रा (jñātrā)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभिः (jñātṛbhiḥ)
dative	ज्ञात्रे (jñātre)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभ्यः (jñātṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	ज्ञातुः (jñātuḥ)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभ्यः (jñātṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	ज्ञातुः (jñātuḥ)	ज्ञात्रोः (jñātroḥ)	ज्ञातॄणाम् (jñātṝṇām)
locative	ज्ञातरि (jñātari)	ज्ञात्रोः (jñātroḥ)	ज्ञातृषु (jñātṛṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Neuter ṛ-stem declension of ज्ञातृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ)	ज्ञातृणी (jñātṛṇī)	ज्ञातॄणि (jñātṝṇi)
vocative	ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ) ज्ञातः (jñātaḥ)	ज्ञातृणी (jñātṛṇī)	ज्ञातॄणि (jñātṝṇi)
accusative	ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ)	ज्ञातृणी (jñātṛṇī)	ज्ञातॄणि (jñātṝṇi)
instrumental	ज्ञातृणा (jñātṛṇā)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभिः (jñātṛbhiḥ)
dative	ज्ञातृणे (jñātṛṇe)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभ्यः (jñātṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	ज्ञातृणः (jñātṛṇaḥ)	ज्ञातृभ्याम् (jñātṛbhyām)	ज्ञातृभ्यः (jñātṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	ज्ञातृणः (jñātṛṇaḥ)	ज्ञातृणोः (jñātṛṇoḥ)	ज्ञातॄणाम् (jñātṝṇām)
locative	ज्ञातृणि (jñātṛṇi)	ज्ञातृणोः (jñātṛṇoḥ)	ज्ञातृषु (jñātṛṣu)

Descendants

• → Hindi: ज्ञाता (jñātā) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ज्ञातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426.