मातृ

See also: मातें, मौत, मृत, मति, मत, माता, मूत, and मिति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑːt̪ɾ/, [mäːt̪ɾ]

Noun

मातृ • (mātŕ) f (Urdu spelling ماتر)

1. (literary, rare, usually used in compounds) mother

   Synonyms: माँ (mā̃), माता (mātā), मैया (maiyā), मादर (mādar)

   Coordinate term: पितृ (pitŕ)

Derived terms

• मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi, “motherland”)
• मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā, “mother tongue”)
• मातृत्व (mātŕtva, “maternity, motherhood”)
• मातृहत्या (mātŕhatyā, “matricide”)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मातृ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3879
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मातृ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 589

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মাতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• মাতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• မာတၖ (Burmese script)
• માતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾತೃ (Kannada script)
• មាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ມາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• മാതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ମାତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• මාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• மாத்ரி (Tamil script)
• మాతృ (Telugu script)
• มาตฺฤ (Thai script)
• མཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/), Old Armenian մայր (mayr), Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), Old Church Slavonic мати (mati), Latin māter, Old English mōdor (whence English mother).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.tŕ̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

मा॒तृ • (mātṛ́) stem, f

1. mother
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.5:

     सस्तु॑ मा॒ता सस्तु॑ पि॒ता सस्तु॒ श्वा सस्तु॑ वि॒श्पतिः॑ ।
     स॒सन्तु॒ सर्वे॑ ज्ञा॒तयः॒ सस्त्व॒यम॒भितो॒ जनः॑ ॥

     sástu mātā́ sástu pitā́ sástu śvā́ sástu viśpátiḥ.
     sasántu sárve jñātáyaḥ sástvayámabhíto jánaḥ.

     Let the mother sleep, let the father sleep, let the dog sleep, let the village chief sleep.
     Let all the kinsmen and all the people who are round about sleep.

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of मा॒तृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मा॒ता (mātā́)	मा॒तरौ॑ (mātárau) मा॒तरा॑¹ (mātárā¹)	मा॒तरः॑ (mātáraḥ)
accusative	मा॒तर॑म् (mātáram)	मा॒तरौ॑ (mātárau) मा॒तरा॑¹ (mātárā¹)	मा॒तॄः (mātṝ́ḥ) मा॒तॄन्¹ (mātṝ́n¹) मा॒तरः॑² (mātáraḥ²)
instrumental	मा॒त्रा (mātrā́)	मा॒तृभ्या॑म् (mātṛ́bhyām)	मा॒तृभिः॑ (mātṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	मा॒त्रे (mātré)	मा॒तृभ्या॑म् (mātṛ́bhyām)	मा॒तृभ्यः॑ (mātṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	मा॒तुः (mātúḥ)	मा॒तृभ्या॑म् (mātṛ́bhyām)	मा॒तृभ्यः॑ (mātṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	मा॒तुः (mātúḥ)	मा॒त्रोः (mātróḥ)	मा॒तॄ॒णाम् (mātṝṇā́m)
locative	मा॒तरि॑ (mātári)	मा॒त्रोः (mātróḥ)	मा॒तृषु॑ (mātṛ́ṣu)
vocative	मातः॑ (mā́taḥ)	मात॑रौ (mā́tarau) मात॑रा¹ (mā́tarā¹)	मात॑रः (mā́taraḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Epic

Derived terms

• मातापितृ (mātāpitṛ)
• मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ)
• मातुःस्वसृ (mātuḥsvasṛ)
• मा॒तु॒र्भ्रा॒त्र (māturbhrātrá)
• मातृक (mātṛka)
• मातृका (mātṛkā)
• मातृप्रेम (mātṛprema)
• मातृभाषा (mātṛbhāṣā)
• मातृभूमि (mātṛbhūmi)
• मातृष्वसेय (mātṛṣvaseya)
• मातृष्वसेयी (mātṛṣvaseyī)
• मातृष्वस्रीय (mātṛṣvasrīya)

Descendants

• Assamese: মা (ma), মাঁ (mã), মাই (mai), মাও (maü)
• Bengali: মা (ma), মাঁ (mã)
• → Bengali: মাতা (mata)
• Burmese: မာံ
• → Burmese: မာတီ (mati)
• Dhivehi: މާމް (mām̊)
• → Dhivehi: މަންމަ (man̊ma)
• Gujarati: મા (mā), માઁ (mām̐)
• → Gujarati: માતા (mātā)
• Hindi: माँ (mā̃), मां (mā̃), माई (māī)
• → Hindi: माता (mātā)
• Javanese: ꦩꦴꦀ (mām)
• → Javanese: ꦩꦴꦠꦴ (mātā)
• Kannada: ಮಾಁ
• → Kannada: ಮಾತೆ (māte)
• Kashmiri:
  • Sharada script: 𑆩𑆳𑆀 (mām̐)
  • Devanagari script: माँ (mām̐)
  • Arabic script: ماں
• → Kashmiri:
  • Sharada script: 𑆩𑆾𑆘 (moja), 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆳 (mātā)
  • Devanagari script: मोज (mōj), माता (mātā)
  • Arabic script: ماتا (mātā), موج (mōj)
• Khmer: មាំ (mŏəm)
• → Khmer: ម្តាយ (mtaay)
• Malayalam: മാഁ (māഁ)
• → Malayalam: മാതാവ് (mātāvŭ), മാത (māta)
• Odia: ମାଁ (mā̃), ମା (mā), ମାଈ (māi)
• → Odia: ମାତା (mātā)
• Punjabi: ਮਾਂ (mā̃), ਮਾਉਂ (māũ), ਮਾਉ (māu)
• → Punjabi: ਮਾਤਾ (mātā)
• Pali: mātar
• Sinhalese: මාං (māṁ)
• → Sinhalese: මව (mawa)
• Telugu: మాఀ (mām̐)
• → Telugu: మాత (māta)
• Thai: แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ), มำ (mam), มา (maa)
• → Thai: มาตา, มารดา (maan-daa)
• Urdu: ماں (mā̃), مائی (māī)
• → Urdu: ماتا (mātā)

Etymology 2

From the root मा (mā) +‎ -तृ (-tṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑ́ː.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

मातृ॑ • (mā́tṛ) stem, m

1. one who measures
2. one who knows

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	माता॑ (mā́tā)	माता॑रौ (mā́tārau) माता॑रा¹ (mā́tārā¹)	माता॑रः (mā́tāraḥ)
accusative	माता॑रम् (mā́tāram)	माता॑रौ (mā́tārau) माता॑रा¹ (mā́tārā¹)	मातॄ॑न् (mā́tṝn)
instrumental	मात्रा॑ (mā́trā)	मातृ॑भ्याम् (mā́tṛbhyām)	मातृ॑भिः (mā́tṛbhiḥ)
dative	मात्रे॑ (mā́tre)	मातृ॑भ्याम् (mā́tṛbhyām)	मातृ॑भ्यः (mā́tṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	मातुः॑ (mā́tuḥ)	मातृ॑भ्याम् (mā́tṛbhyām)	मातृ॑भ्यः (mā́tṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	मातुः॑ (mā́tuḥ)	मात्रोः॑ (mā́troḥ)	मातॄ॑णाम् (mā́tṝṇām)
locative	मात॑रि (mā́tari)	मात्रोः॑ (mā́troḥ)	मातृ॑षु (mā́tṛṣu)
vocative	मातः॑ (mā́taḥ)	माता॑रौ (mā́tārau) माता॑रा¹ (mā́tārā¹)	माता॑रः (mā́tāraḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “मातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899), “मातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 807, column 1.