प्रातर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰাতৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬢᬃ (Balinese script)
• প্রাতর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰝𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀢𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပြာတရ် (Burmese script)
• પ્રાતર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਾਤਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦴꦠꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂞𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಾತರ್ (Kannada script)
• ប្រាតរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣາຕຣ຺ (Lao script)
• പ്രാതര് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘝𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢐᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦽𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐟𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରାତର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢡꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆠𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖝𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රාතර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩫𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚙𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்ராதர் (Tamil script)
• ప్రాతర్ (Telugu script)
• ปฺราตรฺ (Thai script)
• པྲཱ་ཏ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒞𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨙𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *proh₁-tér, from *proh₁- (“early; morning”), from *pro-. Cognate with Ancient Greek πρωΐ (prōḯ, “early in the day”), Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”) (whence German Frühe (“morning”)). Also distantly related to Old Armenian երախայրիք (eraxayrikʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.tɐ́ɾ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɑː.t̪ɐɾ/

Adverb

प्रातर् • (prātár)

1. early in the morning, at daybreak, at dawn
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.41.1:

     प्रातर्अग्निं प्रातर्इन्द्रं हवामहे प्रातर्मित्रावरुणा प्रातर्अश्विना ।
     प्रातर्भगं पूषणं ब्रह्मणस्पतिं प्रातः सोममुत रुद्रं हुवेम ॥

     prātaragniṃ prātarindraṃ havāmahe prātarmitrāvaruṇā prātaraśvinā.
     prātarbhagaṃ pūṣaṇaṃ brahmaṇaspatiṃ prātaḥ somamuta rudraṃ huvema.

     Agni at dawn, and Indra we invoke at dawn, and Varuṇa and Mitra, and the Aśvins twain.
     Bhaga at dawn, Pūṣan, and Brahmaṇaspati, Soma at dawn, Rudra we will invoke at dawn.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. next morning, tomorrow

Derived terms

• प्रातःकाल (prātaḥkāla)

Descendants

• Niya Prakrit: 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨟 (prata)
• Pali: pātar (“early in the morning”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रातर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 706/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 188