गायत्री
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- গায়ত্ৰী (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬵᬬᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
- গায়ত্রী (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰯𑰧𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀸𑀬𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဂါယတြီ (Burmese script)
- ગાયત્રી (Gujarati script)
- ਗਾਯਤ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦴꦪꦠꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂰𑂨𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಾಯತ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
- គាយត្រី (Khmer script)
- ຄາຍຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
- ഗായത്രീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘰𑘧𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧑𑧇𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐵𑐫𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଗାଯତ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢵꢫꢡ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆳𑆪𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖯𑖧𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ගායත්රී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩛𑩻𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚭𑚣𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
- க³ாயத்ரீ (Tamil script)
- గాయత్రీ (Telugu script)
- คายตฺรี (Thai script)
- གཱ་ཡ་ཏྲཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒰𑒨𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨊𑨪𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From the root गै (gai, “to sing”), from *geH- (“to sing, cry”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
गायत्री • (gāyatrī́) stem, f
- an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables
- any hymn composed in this metre
Declension edit
| Feminine ī-stem declension of गायत्री (gāyatrī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गायत्री gāyatrī |
गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹ |
गायत्र्यः / गायत्रीः¹ gāyatryaḥ / gāyatrīḥ¹ |
| Vocative | गायत्रि gāyatri |
गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹ |
गायत्र्यः / गायत्रीः¹ gāyatryaḥ / gāyatrīḥ¹ |
| Accusative | गायत्रीम् gāyatrīm |
गायत्र्यौ / गायत्री¹ gāyatryau / gāyatrī¹ |
गायत्रीः gāyatrīḥ |
| Instrumental | गायत्र्या gāyatryā |
गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām |
गायत्रीभिः gāyatrībhiḥ |
| Dative | गायत्र्यै gāyatryai |
गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām |
गायत्रीभ्यः gāyatrībhyaḥ |
| Ablative | गायत्र्याः / गायत्र्यै² gāyatryāḥ / gāyatryai² |
गायत्रीभ्याम् gāyatrībhyām |
गायत्रीभ्यः gāyatrībhyaḥ |
| Genitive | गायत्र्याः / गायत्र्यै² gāyatryāḥ / gāyatryai² |
गायत्र्योः gāyatryoḥ |
गायत्रीणाम् gāyatrīṇām |
| Locative | गायत्र्याम् gāyatryām |
गायत्र्योः gāyatryoḥ |
गायत्रीषु gāyatrīṣu |
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “गायत्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0352.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गायत्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गायत्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016