नप्तृ

See also: नपात् and निपात

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নপ্তৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬧ᭄ᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• নপ্তৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• နပ္တၖ (Burmese script)
• નપ્તૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਪ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌪𑍍𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦥ꧀ꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂣𑂹𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ನಪ್ತೃ (Kannada script)
• នប្ត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ນປ຺ຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• നപ്തൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᢒᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢒᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ନପ୍ତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢦ꣄ꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• නප‍්තෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚞𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• நப்த்ரி (Tamil script)
• నప్తృ (Telugu script)
• นปฺตฺฤ (Thai script)
• ན་པྟྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *népōts

Proto-Indo-Iranian *nápāts

Sanskrit नपा॑त् (nápāt)

Sanskrit नप्तृ॑ (náptṛ)

From नपा॑त् (nápāt). Influenced by other kinship terms ending in -तृ (-tṛ); compare मातृ (mātṛ), पितृ (pitṛ), भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), दुहितृ (duhitṛ), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́p.tr̩/, [nɐ́p̚.tr̩]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐp.t̪r̩/, [n̪ɐp̚.t̪r̩]

Noun

नप्तृ॑ • (náptṛ) stem, m (feminine नप्त्री)

1. grandson (son's son or daughter's son)

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of नप्तृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नप्ता (náptā)	नप्तारौ (náptārau) नप्तारा¹ (náptārā¹)	नप्तारः (náptāraḥ)
vocative	नप्तः (náptaḥ)	नप्तारौ (náptārau) नप्तारा¹ (náptārā¹)	नप्तारः (náptāraḥ)
accusative	नप्तारम् (náptāram)	नप्तारौ (náptārau) नप्तारा¹ (náptārā¹)	नप्तॄन् (náptṝn)
instrumental	नप्त्रा (náptrā)	नप्तृभ्याम् (náptṛbhyām)	नप्तृभिः (náptṛbhiḥ)
dative	नप्त्रे (náptre)	नप्तृभ्याम् (náptṛbhyām)	नप्तृभ्यः (náptṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	नप्तुः (náptuḥ)	नप्तृभ्याम् (náptṛbhyām)	नप्तृभ्यः (náptṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	नप्तुः (náptuḥ)	नप्त्रोः (náptroḥ)	नप्तॄणाम् (náptṝṇām)
locative	नप्तरि (náptari)	नप्त्रोः (náptroḥ)	नप्तृषु (náptṛṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀅 (ṇattua) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नप्तृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 527.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “नप्तृ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 877