मातृ

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

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́tr-, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

मातृ • (mātŕ) f (Urdu spelling ماتر)

1. (literary, rare) mother

Synonyms

• मां (mā̃)
• माता (mātā)
• मादर (mādar)

Derived terms

• मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi, “motherland”)
• मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (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): /mɑ́ː.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.t̪r̩/

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

Noun

मातृ • (mā́tṛ, mātṛ́) stem, f

1. mother

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ (mā́tṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	माता mā́tā	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹	मातरः mā́taraḥ
Vocative	मातः mā́taḥ	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹	मातरः mā́taraḥ
Accusative	मातरम् mā́taram	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹	मातॄः mā́tṝḥ
Instrumental	मात्रा mā́trā	मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām	मातृभिः mā́tṛbhiḥ
Dative	मात्रे mā́tre	मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām	मातृभ्यः mā́tṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	मातुः mā́tuḥ	मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām	मातृभ्यः mā́tṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	मातुः mā́tuḥ	मात्रोः mā́troḥ	मातॄणाम् mā́tṝṇām
Locative	मातरि mā́tari	मात्रोः mā́troḥ	मातृषु mā́tṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ (mātṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	माता mātā́	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mātárau / mātárā¹	मातरः mātáraḥ
Vocative	मातः mā́taḥ	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹	मातरः mā́taraḥ
Accusative	मातरम् mātáram	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mātárau / mātárā¹	मातॄः mātṝ́ḥ
Instrumental	मात्रा mātrā́	मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām	मातृभिः mātṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	मात्रे mātré	मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām	मातृभ्यः mātṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	मातुः mātúḥ	मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām	मातृभ्यः mātṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	मातुः mātúḥ	मात्रोः mātróḥ	मातॄणाम् mātṝṇā́m
Locative	मातरि mātári	मात्रोः mātróḥ	मातृषु mātṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मातृभूमि (mātṛbhūmi, “motherland”)

Descendants

• Assamese: মা (ma)
• Bengali: মা (ma)
• → Bengali: মাতা (mata)
• Gujarati: મા (mā)
• Hindi: मां (mā̃)
• → Hindi: माता (mātā)
• Punjabi: ਮਾਂ (mā̃)
• → Punjabi: ਮਾਤਾ (mātā)
• Pali: mātā
• → Telugu: మాత (māta)
• Urdu: ماں (mā̃)
• → Urdu: ماتا (mātā)