यातृ

See also: यातु and यति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যাতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• যাতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ယာတၖ (Burmese script)
• યાતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಾತೃ (Kannada script)
• យាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ຍາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• യാതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଯାତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• යාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• யாத்ரி (Tamil script)
• యాతృ (Telugu script)
• ยาตฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཡཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HyáHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyáHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yn̥h₂tēr. Cognate with Latin janitrīcēs, Ancient Greek ἐνάτηρ (enátēr).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

यातृ • (yā́tṛ) stem, f

1. co-sister-in-law, husband’s brother’s wife

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of यातृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	याता (yā́tā)	यातरौ (yā́tarau) यातरा¹ (yā́tarā¹)	यातरः (yā́taraḥ)
vocative	यातः (yā́taḥ)	यातरौ (yā́tarau) यातरा¹ (yā́tarā¹)	यातरः (yā́taraḥ)
accusative	यातरम् (yā́taram)	यातरौ (yā́tarau) यातरा¹ (yā́tarā¹)	यातॄः (yā́tṝḥ)
instrumental	यात्रा (yā́trā)	यातृभ्याम् (yā́tṛbhyām)	यातृभिः (yā́tṛbhiḥ)
dative	यात्रे (yā́tre)	यातृभ्याम् (yā́tṛbhyām)	यातृभ्यः (yā́tṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	यातुः (yā́tuḥ)	यातृभ्याम् (yā́tṛbhyām)	यातृभ्यः (yā́tṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	यातुः (yā́tuḥ)	यात्रोः (yā́troḥ)	यातॄणाम् (yā́tṝṇām)
locative	यातरि (yā́tari)	यात्रोः (yā́troḥ)	यातृषु (yā́tṛṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀉𑀬𑀸 (jāuyā)

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Assamese: জা (za)
  • Bengali: জা (ja)
  • Odia: ଜା (jā)

  Maharastri Prakrit:

  • Konkani: jāv

    Devanagari script: जाव

    Kannada script: ಜಾವ್

    Latin script: zav

  • Marathi: जाऊ (jāū)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 851, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press