धर्तृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধৰ্তৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬃᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• ধর্তৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰨𑰿𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀭𑁆𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဓရ်္တၖ (Burmese script)
• ધર્તૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਧਰ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦂꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂩𑂹𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಧರ್ತೃ (Kannada script)
• ធត៌្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ຘຣ຺ຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ധര്തൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠᡵᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘨𑘿𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᠷᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧈𑧠𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐬𑑂𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଧର୍ତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢬ꣄ꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆫𑇀𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖨𑖿𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• ධර්‍තෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩼 𑪙𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚤𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• த⁴ர்த்ரி (Tamil script)
• ధర్తృ (Telugu script)
• ธรฺตฺฤ (Thai script)
• དྷ་རྟྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒩𑓂𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨫𑩇𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From धृ (dhṛ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

धर्तृ • (dhartṛ́) stem, m

1. bearer, supporter
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.41.5:

     यो ध॒र्ता भुव॑नानां॒ य उ॒स्राणा॑मपी॒च्या॒३॒॑ वेद॒ नामा॑नि॒ गुह्या॑।
     स क॒विः काव्या॑ पु॒रु रू॒पं द्यौरि॑व पुष्यति॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे॥

     yó dhartā́ bhúvanānāṃ yá usrā́ṇāmapīcyā̀ véda nā́māni gúhyā.
     sá kavíḥ kā́vyā purú rūpáṃ dyaúriva puṣyati nábhantāmanyaké same.

     He who is the sustainer of the worlds, who knows the hidden and secret names of the (solar) rays, he is the sage who cherishes the acts of sages, as the heaven cherishes numerous forms; may all our adversaries perish.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of धर्तृ (dhartṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धर्ता dhartā́	धर्तारौ / धर्तारा¹ dhartā́rau / dhartā́rā¹	धर्तारः dhartā́raḥ
Vocative	धर्तः dhártaḥ	धर्तारौ / धर्तारा¹ dhártārau / dhártārā¹	धर्तारः dhártāraḥ
Accusative	धर्तारम् dhartā́ram	धर्तारौ / धर्तारा¹ dhartā́rau / dhartā́rā¹	धर्तॄन् dhartṝ́n
Instrumental	धर्त्रा dhartrā́	धर्तृभ्याम् dhartṛ́bhyām	धर्तृभिः dhartṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	धर्त्रे dhartré	धर्तृभ्याम् dhartṛ́bhyām	धर्तृभ्यः dhartṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	धर्तुः dhartúḥ	धर्तृभ्याम् dhartṛ́bhyām	धर्तृभ्यः dhartṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	धर्तुः dhartúḥ	धर्त्रोः dhartróḥ	धर्तॄणाम् dhartṝṇā́m
Locative	धर्तरि dhartári	धर्त्रोः dhartróḥ	धर्तृषु dhartṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic