मातृ

See also: मातें, मौत, मृत, मति, मत, माता, मूत, and मिति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑːt̪ɾ/, [mäːt̪ɾ]

Noun

मातृ • (mātŕ) f (Urdu spelling ماتر‎)

1. (literary, rare, usually used in compounds) mother

   Synonyms: माँ (mā̃), माता (mātā), मादर (mādar)

   Coordinate term: पितृ (pitŕ)

Derived terms

• मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi, “motherland”)
• मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬫᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• মাতৃ (Assamese script)
• মাতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• માતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਤ੍ਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦩꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• មាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ಮಾತೃ (Kannada script)
• ມາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• മാതൃ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• မာတၖ (Burmese script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ମାତୃ (Oriya script)
• ꢪꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• මාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• మాతృ (Telugu script)
• มาตฺฤ (Thai script)
• མཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑ́ː.tr̩/, /mɑː.tŕ̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.t̪r̩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (mātar), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /mātā/), Old Armenian մայր (mayr), Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr), Old Church Slavonic мати (mati), Latin māter, Old English mōdor (whence English mother).

Noun

मातृ or मातृ • (mā́tṛ or mātṛ́) f

1. mother
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.55.1:

     सस्तु माता सस्तु पिता सस्तु श्वा सस्तु विश्पतिः ।
     ससन्तु सर्वे ज्ञातयः सस्त्वयमभितो जनः ॥

     sastu mātā sastu pitā sastu śvā sastu viśpatiḥ .
     sasantu sarve jñātayaḥ sastvayamabhito janaḥ .

     May the mother sleep, may the father sleep, may the dog and the village chief sleep.
     Let all the kinsmen and all the people who are round about sleep.

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ (mā́tṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	माता mā́tā	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹	मातरः mā́taraḥ
Vocative	मातः mā́taḥ	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹	मातरः mā́taraḥ
Accusative	मातरम् mā́taram	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹	मातॄः mā́tṝḥ
Instrumental	मात्रा mā́trā	मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām	मातृभिः mā́tṛbhiḥ
Dative	मात्रे mā́tre	मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām	मातृभ्यः mā́tṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	मातुः mā́tuḥ	मातृभ्याम् mā́tṛbhyām	मातृभ्यः mā́tṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	मातुः mā́tuḥ	मात्रोः mā́troḥ	मातॄणाम् mā́tṝṇām
Locative	मातरि mā́tari	मात्रोः mā́troḥ	मातृषु mā́tṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ (mātṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	माता mātā́	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mātárau / mātárā¹	मातरः mātáraḥ
Vocative	मातः mā́taḥ	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mā́tarau / mā́tarā¹	मातरः mā́taraḥ
Accusative	मातरम् mātáram	मातरौ / मातरा¹ mātárau / mātárā¹	मातॄः mātṝ́ḥ
Instrumental	मात्रा mātrā́	मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām	मातृभिः mātṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	मात्रे mātré	मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām	मातृभ्यः mātṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	मातुः mātúḥ	मातृभ्याम् mātṛ́bhyām	मातृभ्यः mātṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	मातुः mātúḥ	मात्रोः mātróḥ	मातॄणाम् mātṝṇā́m
Locative	मातरि mātári	मात्रोः mātróḥ	मातृषु mātṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मातृभूमि (mātṛbhūmi, “motherland”)
• मातृका (mātṛkā)
• मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ)

Descendants

• Assamese: মা (ma)
• Bengali: মা (ma)
• → Bengali: মাতা (mata)
• Gujarati: મા (mā)
• Hindi: माँ (mā̃)
• → Hindi: माता (mātā)
• Punjabi: ਮਾਂ (mā̃)
• → Punjabi: ਮਾਤਾ (mātā)
• Pali: mātar
• → Telugu: మాత (māta)
• Urdu: ماں‎
• → Urdu: ماتا‎

Etymology 2

From the root मा (mā) +‎ -तृ (-tṛ).

Noun

मातृ • (mātṛ) m

1. one who measures
2. one who knows

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of मातृ (mātṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	माता mātā	मातारौ / मातारा¹ mātārau / mātārā¹	मातारः mātāraḥ
Vocative	मातः mātaḥ	मातारौ / मातारा¹ mātārau / mātārā¹	मातारः mātāraḥ
Accusative	मातारम् mātāram	मातारौ / मातारा¹ mātārau / mātārā¹	मातॄन् mātṝn
Instrumental	मात्रा mātrā	मातृभ्याम् mātṛbhyām	मातृभिः mātṛbhiḥ
Dative	मात्रे mātre	मातृभ्याम् mātṛbhyām	मातृभ्यः mātṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	मातुः mātuḥ	मातृभ्याम् mātṛbhyām	मातृभ्यः mātṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	मातुः mātuḥ	मात्रोः mātroḥ	मातॄणाम् mātṝṇām
Locative	मातरि mātari	मात्रोः mātroḥ	मातृषु mātṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899), “मातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 807, column 1.