ज्ञातृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জ্ঞাতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬚ᭄ᬜᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• জ্ঞাতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဇ္ဉာတၖ (Burmese script)
• જ્ઞાતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਜ੍ਞਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦘꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಜ್ಞಾತೃ (Kannada script)
• ជ្ញាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ຊ຺ຎາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ജ്ഞാതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠽᡛᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଜ୍ଞାତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢙ꣄ꢛꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• ඥාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஜ்ஞாத்ரி (Tamil script)
• జ్ఞాతృ (Telugu script)
• ชฺญาตฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཛྙཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ज्ञा (jñā) +‎ -तृ (-tṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː.tr̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɲɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

ज्ञातृ • (jñātṛ) stem, m or f by sense (root ज्ञा)

1. one who knows or understands, a knower
   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Chāndogya Upaniṣad
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Kaṭha Upaniṣad
2. an acquaintance, (hence) a surety
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
3. a witness
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ज्ञाता jñātā	ज्ञातारौ / ज्ञातारा¹ jñātārau / jñātārā¹	ज्ञातारः jñātāraḥ
Vocative	ज्ञातः jñātaḥ	ज्ञातारौ / ज्ञातारा¹ jñātārau / jñātārā¹	ज्ञातारः jñātāraḥ
Accusative	ज्ञातारम् jñātāram	ज्ञातारौ / ज्ञातारा¹ jñātārau / jñātārā¹	ज्ञातॄन् jñātṝn
Instrumental	ज्ञात्रा jñātrā	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभिः jñātṛbhiḥ
Dative	ज्ञात्रे jñātre	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभ्यः jñātṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	ज्ञातुः jñātuḥ	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभ्यः jñātṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	ज्ञातुः jñātuḥ	ज्ञात्रोः jñātroḥ	ज्ञातॄणाम् jñātṝṇām
Locative	ज्ञातरि jñātari	ज्ञात्रोः jñātroḥ	ज्ञातृषु jñātṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ज्ञाता jñātā	ज्ञातारौ / ज्ञातारा¹ jñātārau / jñātārā¹	ज्ञातारः jñātāraḥ
Vocative	ज्ञातः jñātaḥ	ज्ञातारौ / ज्ञातारा¹ jñātārau / jñātārā¹	ज्ञातारः jñātāraḥ
Accusative	ज्ञातारम् jñātāram	ज्ञातारौ / ज्ञातारा¹ jñātārau / jñātārā¹	ज्ञातॄः jñātṝḥ
Instrumental	ज्ञात्रा jñātrā	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभिः jñātṛbhiḥ
Dative	ज्ञात्रे jñātre	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभ्यः jñātṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	ज्ञातुः jñātuḥ	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभ्यः jñātṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	ज्ञातुः jñātuḥ	ज्ञात्रोः jñātroḥ	ज्ञातॄणाम् jñātṝṇām
Locative	ज्ञातरि jñātari	ज्ञात्रोः jñātroḥ	ज्ञातृषु jñātṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter ṛ-stem declension of ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ज्ञातृ jñātṛ	ज्ञातृणी jñātṛṇī	ज्ञातॄणि jñātṝṇi
Vocative	ज्ञातृ / ज्ञातः jñātṛ / jñātaḥ	ज्ञातृणी jñātṛṇī	ज्ञातॄणि jñātṝṇi
Accusative	ज्ञातृ jñātṛ	ज्ञातृणी jñātṛṇī	ज्ञातॄणि jñātṝṇi
Instrumental	ज्ञातृणा jñātṛṇā	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभिः jñātṛbhiḥ
Dative	ज्ञातृणे jñātṛṇe	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभ्यः jñātṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	ज्ञातृणः jñātṛṇaḥ	ज्ञातृभ्याम् jñātṛbhyām	ज्ञातृभ्यः jñātṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	ज्ञातृणः jñātṛṇaḥ	ज्ञातृणोः jñātṛṇoḥ	ज्ञातॄणाम् jñātṝṇām
Locative	ज्ञातृणि jñātṛṇi	ज्ञातृणोः jñātṛṇoḥ	ज्ञातृषु jñātṛṣu

Descendants

• → Hindi: ज्ञाता (jñātā) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ज्ञातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 426.