गायत्री
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
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
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɑː.jɐt.ɾíː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɑː.jɐt̪.ɾiː/
Noun
गा॒य॒त्री • (gāyatrī́) stem, f
- an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables
- any hymn composed in this metre
- the Gayatri Mantra
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गा॒य॒त्री (gāyatrī́) | गा॒य॒त्र्यौ॑ (gāyatryàu) गा॒य॒त्री¹ (gāyatrī́¹) |
गा॒य॒त्र्यः॑ (gāyatryàḥ) गा॒य॒त्रीः¹ (gāyatrī́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | गा॒य॒त्रीम् (gāyatrī́m) | गा॒य॒त्र्यौ॑ (gāyatryàu) गा॒य॒त्री¹ (gāyatrī́¹) |
गा॒य॒त्रीः (gāyatrī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | गा॒य॒त्र्या (gāyatryā́) | गा॒य॒त्रीभ्या॑म् (gāyatrī́bhyām) | गा॒य॒त्रीभिः॑ (gāyatrī́bhiḥ) |
| dative | गा॒य॒त्र्यै (gāyatryái) | गा॒य॒त्रीभ्या॑म् (gāyatrī́bhyām) | गा॒य॒त्रीभ्यः॑ (gāyatrī́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गा॒य॒त्र्याः (gāyatryā́ḥ) गा॒य॒त्र्यै² (gāyatryái²) |
गा॒य॒त्रीभ्या॑म् (gāyatrī́bhyām) | गा॒य॒त्रीभ्यः॑ (gāyatrī́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गा॒य॒त्र्याः (gāyatryā́ḥ) गा॒य॒त्र्यै² (gāyatryái²) |
गा॒य॒त्र्योः (gāyatryóḥ) | गा॒य॒त्रीणा॑म् (gāyatrī́ṇām) |
| locative | गा॒य॒त्र्याम् (gāyatryā́m) | गा॒य॒त्र्योः (gāyatryóḥ) | गा॒य॒त्रीषु॑ (gāyatrī́ṣu) |
| vocative | गाय॑त्रि (gā́yatri) | गाय॑त्र्यौ (gā́yatryau) गाय॑त्री¹ (gā́yatrī¹) |
गाय॑त्र्यः (gā́yatryaḥ) गाय॑त्रीः¹ (gā́yatrīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- गायत्री मन्त्र (gāyatrī mantra)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “गायत्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352, column 3.
- 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