गोत्र

Sanskrit

Etymology

From गो (go)

Noun

गोत्र • (gotra) stem, n

1. (√ त्रै) protection or shelter for cows, cow-pen, cow-shed, stable for cattle, stable (in general), hurdle, enclosure RV. (once m. viii, 50, 10)
2. ‘family enclosed by the hurdle’, family, race, lineage, kin ChUp. ṠāṅkhṠr. Kauṡ. &c. (a polysyllabic fem. in ई shortens this vowel before गोत्र in comp. [e.g. ब्राह्मणिगोत्रा, ‘a Brahman woman only by descent or name’ Kāṡ.] Pāṇ. 6-3, 43 ff.)
3. the family name ĀṡvGṛ. MBh. xiii, 548 VarBṛS.
4. name (in general) Ṡak. vi, 5 Ragh. &c.
5. (in Gr.) the grandson and his descendants if no older offspring of the same ancestor than this grandson lives (if the son lives the grandson is called युवन्) Pāṇ. 2-4, 63 ; iv, 1, 89 ff. and 162 ff. ; 2, 111 and 3, 80 and 126
6. an affix used for forming a patr. L.
7. a tribe, subdivision (in the Brahman caste 49 गोत्रs are reckoned and supposed to be sprung from and named after celebrated teachers, as शाण्डिल्य, कश्यप, गौतम, भरद्-वाज, &c.) W.
8. a genus, class, species W.
9. a multitude L.
10. increase L.
11. possession L.
12. a forest L.
13. a field L.
14. an umbrella or parasol L.
15. knowledge of probabilities L.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of गोत्र (gotrá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गोत्रम् gotrám	गोत्रे gotré	गोत्राणि / गोत्रा¹ gotrā́ṇi / gotrā́¹
Vocative	गोत्र gótra	गोत्रे gótre	गोत्राणि / गोत्रा¹ gótrāṇi / gótrā¹
Accusative	गोत्रम् gotrám	गोत्रे gotré	गोत्राणि / गोत्रा¹ gotrā́ṇi / gotrā́¹
Instrumental	गोत्रेण gotréṇa	गोत्राभ्याम् gotrā́bhyām	गोत्रैः / गोत्रेभिः¹ gotraíḥ / gotrébhiḥ¹
Dative	गोत्राय gotrā́ya	गोत्राभ्याम् gotrā́bhyām	गोत्रेभ्यः gotrébhyaḥ
Ablative	गोत्रात् gotrā́t	गोत्राभ्याम् gotrā́bhyām	गोत्रेभ्यः gotrébhyaḥ
Genitive	गोत्रस्य gotrásya	गोत्रयोः gotráyoḥ	गोत्राणाम् gotrā́ṇām
Locative	गोत्रे gotré	गोत्रयोः gotráyoḥ	गोत्रेषु gotréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

गोत्र • (gotra) stem, m

1. a mountain (a meaning probably derived fr. -भिद्) BhP. ii, iii, vi
2. a cloud (cf. -भिद्) Naigh. i, 10
3. a road L.

Descendants

• Khmer: គោត្រ (kootrɔɔ)
• Telugu: గోత్రము (gōtramu)
• Thai: โคตร (kôot)