जठर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जठर (jaṭhara).

Pronunciation

Noun

जठर • (jaṭharm[1][2][3]

  1. stomach, belly, abdomen

Declension

Declension of जठर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जठर
jaṭhar
जठर
jaṭhar
oblique जठर
jaṭhar
जठरों
jaṭharõ
vocative जठर
jaṭhar
जठरो
jaṭharo

References

  1. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “जठर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जठर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “जठर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 377

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

जठर n

  1. Devanagari script form of jaṭhara (belly)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́r̥tʰáram, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥-th₂-ero-, from *ǵelt- (belly). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kelþaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ज॒ठर॑ • (jaṭhára) stemn or m

  1. stomach, belly, abdomen, bowels
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.40.5:
      द॒धि॒ष्वा ज॒ठरे॑ सु॒तं सोम॑मिन्द्र॒ वरे॑ण्यम् ।
      तव॑ द्यु॒क्षास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
      dadhiṣvā́ jaṭháre sutáṃ sómamindra váreṇyam.
      táva dyukṣā́sa índavaḥ.
      Take the most excellent Soma juice within your belly O Indra:
      These celestial drops [of Soma] are yours
  2. the womb
  3. the interior of anything

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of ज॒ठर॑
singular dual plural
nominative ज॒ठर॑म् (jaṭháram) ज॒ठरे॑ (jaṭháre) ज॒ठरा॑णि (jaṭhárāṇi)
ज॒ठरा॑¹ (jaṭhárā¹)
accusative ज॒ठर॑म् (jaṭháram) ज॒ठरे॑ (jaṭháre) ज॒ठरा॑णि (jaṭhárāṇi)
ज॒ठरा॑¹ (jaṭhárā¹)
instrumental ज॒ठरे॑ण (jaṭháreṇa) ज॒ठरा॑भ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām) ज॒ठरैः॑ (jaṭháraiḥ)
ज॒ठरे॑भिः¹ (jaṭhárebhiḥ¹)
dative ज॒ठरा॑य (jaṭhárāya) ज॒ठरा॑भ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām) ज॒ठरे॑भ्यः (jaṭhárebhyaḥ)
ablative ज॒ठरा॑त् (jaṭhárāt) ज॒ठरा॑भ्याम् (jaṭhárābhyām) ज॒ठरे॑भ्यः (jaṭhárebhyaḥ)
genitive ज॒ठर॑स्य (jaṭhárasya) ज॒ठर॑योः (jaṭhárayoḥ) ज॒ठरा॑णाम् (jaṭhárāṇām)
locative ज॒ठरे॑ (jaṭháre) ज॒ठर॑योः (jaṭhárayoḥ) ज॒ठरे॑षु (jaṭháreṣu)
vocative जठ॑र (jáṭhara) जठ॑रे (jáṭhare) जठ॑राणि (jáṭharāṇi)
जठ॑रा¹ (jáṭharā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Prakrit: 𑀚𑀠𑀭 (jaḍhara), 𑀚𑀠𑀮 (jaḍhala)
  • Pali: jaṭhara
  • Bengali: জঠর (joṭhor)
  • Hindi: जठर (jaṭhar)
  • Kannada: ಜಠರ (jaṭhara)

References