पात्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पात्र (pā́tra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɑːt̪.ɾᵊ/, [päːt̪.ɾᵊ], /pɑː.t̪əɾ/, [päː.t̪ɐɾ]

Noun

पात्र • (pātra) m

1. cup, goblet, glass; container

   कचरा पात्र ― kacrā pātra ― garbage container

2. actor; character (in a work)
3. (in compounds) the worthy recipient

Declension

Declension of पात्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पात्र pātra	पात्र pātra
oblique	पात्र pātra	पात्रों pātrõ
vocative	पात्र pātra	पात्रो pātro

Derived terms

• के पात्र (ke pātra)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पात्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• পাত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• পাত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပါတြ (Burmese script)
• પાત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• បាត្រ (Khmer script)
• ປາຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• പാത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପାତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• පාත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• பாத்ர (Tamil script)
• పాత్ర (Telugu script)
• ปาตฺร (Thai script)
• པཱ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *péh₃-tlo-m (“instrument for drinking”), from *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”), Old Irish ól (“act of drinking”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀳𐀨 (patera).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑ́ːt.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːt̪.ɾɐ/

Noun

पात्र • (pā́tra) stem, n

1. a drinking vessel, goblet, bowl, cup, dish, pot, plate, utensil; any vessel or receptacle
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.44.16:

     इदं त्यत् पात्रम् इन्द्रपानमिन्द्रस्य प्रियममृतमपायि ।
     मत्सद्यथा सौमनसाय देवं व्यस्मद्द्वेषो युयवद्व्यंहः ॥

     idaṃ tyat pātram indrapānamindrasya priyamamṛtamapāyi.
     matsadyathā saumanasāya devaṃ vyasmaddveṣo yuyavadvyaṃhaḥ.

     The cup whence Indra drinks the draught is present: the Amṛta dear to Indra hath been drunken,
     That it may cheer the God to gracious favour, and keep far from us hatred and affliction.

2. an actor or an actor's part or character in a play

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पात्र (pā́tra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पात्रम् pā́tram	पात्रे pā́tre	पात्राणि / पात्रा¹ pā́trāṇi / pā́trā¹
Vocative	पात्र pā́tra	पात्रे pā́tre	पात्राणि / पात्रा¹ pā́trāṇi / pā́trā¹
Accusative	पात्रम् pā́tram	पात्रे pā́tre	पात्राणि / पात्रा¹ pā́trāṇi / pā́trā¹
Instrumental	पात्रेण pā́treṇa	पात्राभ्याम् pā́trābhyām	पात्रैः / पात्रेभिः¹ pā́traiḥ / pā́trebhiḥ¹
Dative	पात्राय pā́trāya	पात्राभ्याम् pā́trābhyām	पात्रेभ्यः pā́trebhyaḥ
Ablative	पात्रात् pā́trāt	पात्राभ्याम् pā́trābhyām	पात्रेभ्यः pā́trebhyaḥ
Genitive	पात्रस्य pā́trasya	पात्रयोः pā́trayoḥ	पात्राणाम् pā́trāṇām
Locative	पात्रे pā́tre	पात्रयोः pā́trayoḥ	पात्रेषु pā́treṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• *pātra-illa
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali: পাতিল (patil)
    • Bhojpuri: पातिल (pātil)
    • Odia: ପାତିଳ (pātiḷa)
• *pātra-illa-ka
  • Central:
    • Hindi: पतीला (patīlā)
  • Western:
    • Gujarati: પાતેલું (pātelũ)
  • Southern
    • Marathi: पातेले (pātele)
• *pātra-ḍa-ka
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: ਪਰਾਤਡ਼ਾ (parātṛā)
    • Sindhi: [script needed] (pāṭroṛo)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: पाथ्र् (pāthr)
• Pali: patta
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢 (patta) (see there for further descendants)

  Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀤 (pāda), 𑀧𑀸𑀬 (pāya)

• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: ਪਰਾਤ (parāt), ਪਾਤਰ (pātar)
  • Sindhi: پاتِرُ (pāṭri)
• → Chinese: 缽／钵 (bō)
• → Hindi: पात्र (pātra)
• → Bengali: পাত্র (patro)
• → Kannada: ಪಾತ್ರ (pātra)
• → Tamil: பாத்திரம் (pāttiram)