ਗਾਤਰਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit गात्रक (gātraka, “body; cover”).

Noun

ਗਾਤਰਾ • (gātrā) m (Shahmukhi spelling گاترا)

1. swordbelt, sash, baldric
2. inner bar of yoke

Declension

Declension of ਗਾਤਰਾ
dir. sg.	ਗਾਤਰਾ (gātrā)
dir. pl.	ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre)
	singular	plural
direct	ਗਾਤਰਾ (gātrā)	ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre)
oblique	ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre)	ਗਾਤਰਿਆਂ (gātriā̃)
vocative	ਗਾਤਰਿਆ (gātriā)	ਗਾਤਰਿਓ (gātrio)
ablative	ਗਾਤਰਿਓਂ (gātriõ)	—
locative	ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre)	—
instrumental	ਗਾਤਰੇ (gātre)	—

Further reading

• “ਗਾਤਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਗਾਤਰਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gātraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press