रेत्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰেত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬾᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• রেত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰸𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ရေတြ (Burmese script)
• રેત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਰੇਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂵𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ರೇತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• រេត្រ (Khmer script)
• ເຣຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• രേത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡝᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘹𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠧᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧚𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐾𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ରେତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢬꢾꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆼𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖸𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• රෙත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩔𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚲𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• ரேத்ர (Tamil script)
• రేత్ర (Telugu script)
• เรตฺร (Thai script)
• རེ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒹𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨄𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Per Kuiper, borrowed from Munda. Turner rejects this, and suggests *रे (*re, “sand”) +‎ -त्र (-tra), the root of which has also given Sanskrit रेणु (reṇú, “dust, particle”), रेवट (revaṭa, “dust, whirlwind”), Prakrit रेवलिआ (revaliā, “dust devil”), and Hindi रेव f (rev, “sand”), रेह (reh, “fuller's earth”), and is from Indo-Iranian, whence Classical Persian ریگ (rēg, “sand”), Baluchi ریک (rēk).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾeːt̪.ɾɐ/

Noun

रेत्र • (retra) stem, n (Later Sanskrit, lexicographic)

1. semen virile
2. quicksilver
3. nectar, ambrosia
4. perfumed or aromatic powder

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of रेत्र

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रेत्रम् (retram)	रेत्रे (retre)	रेत्राणि (retrāṇi)
accusative	रेत्रम् (retram)	रेत्रे (retre)	रेत्राणि (retrāṇi)
instrumental	रेत्रेण (retreṇa)	रेत्राभ्याम् (retrābhyām)	रेत्रैः (retraiḥ)
dative	रेत्राय (retrāya)	रेत्राभ्याम् (retrābhyām)	रेत्रेभ्यः (retrebhyaḥ)
ablative	रेत्रात् (retrāt)	रेत्राभ्याम् (retrābhyām)	रेत्रेभ्यः (retrebhyaḥ)
genitive	रेत्रस्य (retrasya)	रेत्रयोः (retrayoḥ)	रेत्राणाम् (retrāṇām)
locative	रेत्रे (retre)	रेत्रयोः (retrayoḥ)	रेत्रेषु (retreṣu)
vocative	रेत्र (retra)	रेत्रे (retre)	रेत्राणि (retrāṇi)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: रेत (ret), रेती (retī)
    • Urdu: ریت (ret), ریتی (retī)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Assamese: ৰেতি (reti)
  • Bengali: রেত (ret)
  • Odia: ରେତ (reta)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Kumaoni: रेत (ret), रेतो (reto)
  • Nepali: रेति (reti)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਰੇਤ (ret), ਰੇਤੀ (retī), ਰੇਤਰ (retar)

    Shahmukhi script: ریت (ret), ریتی (retī), ریتر (retar)

  • Sindhi: ريٽُ (reṭu)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: रेती (retī)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: રેત (ret), રેતી (retī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “रेत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 887, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “rētra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 626