जरितृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জৰিতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬭᬶᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• জরিতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰨𑰰𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀭𑀺𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဇရိတၖ (Burmese script)
• જરિતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਰਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦫꦶꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂩𑂱𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಜರಿತೃ (Kannada script)
• ជរិត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ຊຣິຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ജരിതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᡵᡳᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠷᠢᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧈𑧒𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐬𑐶𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଜରିତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢬꢶꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆫𑆴𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖨𑖰𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• ජරිතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩼𑩑𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚤𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஜரித்ரி (Tamil script)
• జరితృ (Telugu script)
• ชริตฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཛ་རི་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒩𑒱𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨫𑨁𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰarHtā́ (“praiser, eulogizer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷérH-tōr ~ *gʷr̥H-tr-és (“praiser”), from *gʷerH- (“to praise”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬍-𐬘𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬭 (aⁱbī-jar^ətar), 𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌-𐬘𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬭 (aⁱbi-jar^ətar, “praiser; one who welcomes”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ɾí.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐˈɾi.t̪r̩/

Noun

जरितृ • (jaritṛ́) stem, m

1. a praiser, singer of hymns
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.02.02:

     वाय॑ उ॒क्थेभि॑र्जरन्ते॒ त्वामच्छा॑ जरि॒तारः॑ ।
     सु॒तसो॑मा अह॒र्विदः॑ ॥

     vā́ya ukthébhirjarante tvā́mácchā jaritā́raḥ.
     sutásomā aharvídaḥ.

     The singers, (who press out Soma and know the right seasons) glorify Thee, Vāyu, with their hymns of praise.

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.54.09:

     स्तु॒त इन्द्रो॑ म॒घवा॒ यद्ध॑ वृ॒त्रा भूरी॒ण्येको॑ अप्र॒तीनि॑ हन्ति ।
     अ॒स्य प्रि॒यो ज॑रि॒ता यस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नकि॑र्दे॒वा वा॒रय॑न्ते॒ न मर्ताः॑ ॥

     stutá índro maghávā yáddha vṛtrā́ bhū́rīṇyéko apratī́ni hanti.
     asyá priyó jaritā́ yásya śármannákirdevā́ vāráyante ná mártāḥ.

     Alone, when Indra Maghavan is lauded, he slayeth many undefeated Vṛtras.
     Him in whose protection is the beloved singer of hymns never do Gods or mortals obstruct or hinder.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of जरितृ (jaritṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जरिता jaritā́	जरितारौ / जरितारा¹ jaritā́rau / jaritā́rā¹	जरितारः jaritā́raḥ
Vocative	जरितः járitaḥ	जरितारौ / जरितारा¹ járitārau / járitārā¹	जरितारः járitāraḥ
Accusative	जरितारम् jaritā́ram	जरितारौ / जरितारा¹ jaritā́rau / jaritā́rā¹	जरितॄन् jaritṝ́n
Instrumental	जरित्रा jaritrā́	जरितृभ्याम् jaritṛ́bhyām	जरितृभिः jaritṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	जरित्रे jaritré	जरितृभ्याम् jaritṛ́bhyām	जरितृभ्यः jaritṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	जरितुः jaritúḥ	जरितृभ्याम् jaritṛ́bhyām	जरितृभ्यः jaritṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	जरितुः jaritúḥ	जरित्रोः jaritróḥ	जरितॄणाम् jaritṝṇā́m
Locative	जरितरि jaritári	जरित्रोः jaritróḥ	जरितृषु jaritṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जरितृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 414.