दातृ

See also: दाँत, दांत, दाता, दूत, दिति, and दत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দাতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• দাতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဒါတၖ (Burmese script)
• દાતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ದಾತೃ (Kannada script)
• ទាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ທາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ദാതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଦାତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• දාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• த³ாத்ரி (Tamil script)
• దాతృ (Telugu script)
• ทาตฺฤ (Thai script)
• དཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dáHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence ददाति (dádāti)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (dātar), Ancient Greek δώτωρ (dṓtōr)/δωτήρ (dōtḗr), Latin dator.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑ́ː.tr̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

दातृ • (dā́tṛ, dātṛ́) stem, m

1. giver, donor, liberal
2. one who gives a daughter (gen.) in marriage
3. a father or brother who gives a daughter or sister in marriage
4. one who offers (his wife)
5. creditor
6. granting, permitting
7. founder

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of दातृ (dā́tṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दाता dā́tā	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dā́tārau / dā́tārā¹	दातारः dā́tāraḥ
Vocative	दातः dā́taḥ	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dā́tārau / dā́tārā¹	दातारः dā́tāraḥ
Accusative	दातारम् dā́tāram	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dā́tārau / dā́tārā¹	दातॄन् dā́tṝn
Instrumental	दात्रा dā́trā	दातृभ्याम् dā́tṛbhyām	दातृभिः dā́tṛbhiḥ
Dative	दात्रे dā́tre	दातृभ्याम् dā́tṛbhyām	दातृभ्यः dā́tṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	दातुः dā́tuḥ	दातृभ्याम् dā́tṛbhyām	दातृभ्यः dā́tṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	दातुः dā́tuḥ	दात्रोः dā́troḥ	दातॄणाम् dā́tṝṇām
Locative	दातरि dā́tari	दात्रोः dā́troḥ	दातृषु dā́tṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of दातृ (dātṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दाता dātā́	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dātā́rau / dātā́rā¹	दातारः dātā́raḥ
Vocative	दातः dā́taḥ	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dā́tārau / dā́tārā¹	दातारः dā́tāraḥ
Accusative	दातारम् dātā́ram	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dātā́rau / dātā́rā¹	दातॄन् dātṝ́n
Instrumental	दात्रा dātrā́	दातृभ्याम् dātṛ́bhyām	दातृभिः dātṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	दात्रे dātré	दातृभ्याम् dātṛ́bhyām	दातृभ्यः dātṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	दातुः dātúḥ	दातृभ्याम् dātṛ́bhyām	दातृभ्यः dātṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	दातुः dātúḥ	दात्रोः dātróḥ	दातॄणाम् dātṝṇā́m
Locative	दातरि dātári	दात्रोः dātróḥ	दातृषु dātṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

From दा (dā, “to cut, mow”) +‎ -तृ (-tṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː.tŕ̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

दातृ • (dātṛ́) stem, m

1. mowing, mower

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of दातृ (dātṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दाता dātā́	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dātā́rau / dātā́rā¹	दातारः dātā́raḥ
Vocative	दातः dā́taḥ	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dā́tārau / dā́tārā¹	दातारः dā́tāraḥ
Accusative	दातारम् dātā́ram	दातारौ / दातारा¹ dātā́rau / dātā́rā¹	दातॄन् dātṝ́n
Instrumental	दात्रा dātrā́	दातृभ्याम् dātṛ́bhyām	दातृभिः dātṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	दात्रे dātré	दातृभ्याम् dātṛ́bhyām	दातृभ्यः dātṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	दातुः dātúḥ	दातृभ्याम् dātṛ́bhyām	दातृभ्यः dātṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	दातुः dātúḥ	दात्रोः dātróḥ	दातॄणाम् dātṝṇā́m
Locative	दातरि dātári	दात्रोः dātróḥ	दातृषु dātṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0474.