यातृ

See also: यातु and यति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HyáHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyáHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yn̥h₂tēr. Cognate with Latin janitrīcēs, Ancient Greek ἐνάτηρ (enátēr).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑ́ː.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

यातृ • (yā́tṛ) stem, f

1. co-sister-in-law, husband’s brother’s wife

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of यातृ (yā́tṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	याता yā́tā	यातरौ / यातरा¹ yā́tarau / yā́tarā¹	यातरः yā́taraḥ
Vocative	यातः yā́taḥ	यातरौ / यातरा¹ yā́tarau / yā́tarā¹	यातरः yā́taraḥ
Accusative	यातरम् yā́taram	यातरौ / यातरा¹ yā́tarau / yā́tarā¹	यातॄः yā́tṝḥ
Instrumental	यात्रा yā́trā	यातृभ्याम् yā́tṛbhyām	यातृभिः yā́tṛbhiḥ
Dative	यात्रे yā́tre	यातृभ्याम् yā́tṛbhyām	यातृभ्यः yā́tṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	यातुः yā́tuḥ	यातृभ्याम् yā́tṛbhyām	यातृभ्यः yā́tṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	यातुः yā́tuḥ	यात्रोः yā́troḥ	यातॄणाम् yā́tṝṇām
Locative	यातरि yā́tari	यात्रोः yā́troḥ	यातृषु yā́tṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Konkani: जाव (zāv)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 849.