पातृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পাতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• পাতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ပါတၖ (Burmese script)
• પાતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾತೃ (Kannada script)
• បាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ປາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• പാതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ପାତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• පාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• பாத்ரி (Tamil script)
• పాతృ (Telugu script)
• ปาตฺฤ (Thai script)
• པཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHtŕ̥ (“protector, saviour”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-tōr (“protector, guardian”), from *peh₂- (“to protect, guard”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (pātar, “protector”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː.tŕ̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

पातृ • (pātṛ́) stem, m

1. protector, guardian
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.174.10:

     त्वमस्माकमिन्द्र विश्वध स्या अवृकतमो नरां नृ-पाता ।
     स नो विश्वासां स्पृधां सहोदा विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

     tvamasmākamindra viśvadha syā avṛkatamo narāṃ nṛ-pātā.
     sa no viśvāsāṃ spṛdhāṃ sahodā vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum.

     Indra, mayst thou be ours in all occasions, protector of the people, most gentle-hearted,
     Giving us victory over all our rivals. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of पातृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पाता (pātā́)	पातारौ (pātā́rau) पातारा¹ (pātā́rā¹)	पातारः (pātā́raḥ)
vocative	पातः (pā́taḥ)	पातारौ (pā́tārau) पातारा¹ (pā́tārā¹)	पातारः (pā́tāraḥ)
accusative	पातारम् (pātā́ram)	पातारौ (pātā́rau) पातारा¹ (pātā́rā¹)	पातॄन् (pātṝ́n)
instrumental	पात्रा (pātrā́)	पातृभ्याम् (pātṛ́bhyām)	पातृभिः (pātṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	पात्रे (pātré)	पातृभ्याम् (pātṛ́bhyām)	पातृभ्यः (pātṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	पातुः (pātúḥ)	पातृभ्याम् (pātṛ́bhyām)	पातृभ्यः (pātṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	पातुः (pātúḥ)	पात्रोः (pātróḥ)	पातॄणाम् (pātṝṇā́m)
locative	पातरि (pātári)	पात्रोः (pātróḥ)	पातृषु (pātṛ́ṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 613.