जरितृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

জৰিতৃ (Assamese script)
ᬚᬭᬶᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
জরিতৃ (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰨𑰰𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀭𑀺𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
ဇရိတၖ (Burmese script)
જરિતૃ (Gujarati script)
ਜਰਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦫꦶꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂩𑂱𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
ಜರಿತೃ (Kannada script)
ជរិត្ឫ (Khmer script)
ຊຣິຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
ജരിതൃ (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᡵᡳᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠷᠢᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧈𑧒𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐬𑐶𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
ଜରିତୃ (Odia script)
ꢙꢬꢶꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆫𑆴𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖨𑖰𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
ජරිතෘ (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩼𑩑𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚤𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
ஜரித்ரி (Tamil script)
జరితృ (Telugu script)
ชริตฺฤ (Thai script)
ཛ་རི་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒩𑒱𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨫𑨁𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰarHtā́ (“praiser, eulogizer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷérH-tōr ~ *gʷr̥H-tr-és (“praiser”), from *gʷerH- (“to praise”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬍-𐬘𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬭 (aⁱbī-jar^ətar), 𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌-𐬘𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬭 (aⁱbi-jar^ətar, “praiser; one who welcomes”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ɾi.tŕ̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ɾi.t̪r̩/

Noun

ज॒रि॒तृ • (jaritṛ́) stem, m (root गॄ)

a praiser, singer of hymns
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.2.2:
  वाय॑ उ॒क्थेभि॑र् जरन्ते॒
  त्वाम् अच्छा॑ जरि॒तारः॑ ।
  सु॒तसो॑मा अह॒र्विदः॑ ॥
  vā́ya ukthébhir jarante
  tvā́m ácchā jaritā́raḥ.
  sutásomā aharvídaḥ.
  The singers, (who press out Soma and know the right seasons) glorify Thee, Vāyu, with their hymns of praise.
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.17.19:
  स्तु॒त इन्द्रो॑ म॒घवा॒ यद् ध॑ वृ॒त्रा भूरी॒ण्य् एको॑ अप्र॒तीनि॑ हन्ति ।
  अ॒स्य प्रि॒यो ज॑रि॒ता यस्य॒ शर्म॒न् नकि॑र् दे॒वा वा॒रय॑न्ते॒ न मर्ताः॑ ॥
  stutá índro maghávā yád dha vṛtrā́ bhū́rīṇy éko apratī́ni hanti.
  asyá priyó jaritā́ yásya śárman nákir devā́ vāráyante ná mártāḥ.
  Alone, when Indra Maghavan is lauded, he slayeth many undefeated Vṛtras.
  Him in whose protection is the beloved singer of hymns never do Gods or mortals obstruct or hinder.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of ज॒रि॒तृ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज॒रि॒ता (jaritā́)	ज॒रि॒तारौ॑ (jaritā́rau) ज॒रि॒तारा॑¹ (jaritā́rā¹)	ज॒रि॒तारः॑ (jaritā́raḥ)
accusative	ज॒रि॒तार॑म् (jaritā́ram)	ज॒रि॒तारौ॑ (jaritā́rau) ज॒रि॒तारा॑¹ (jaritā́rā¹)	ज॒रि॒तॄन् (jaritṝ́n)
instrumental	ज॒रि॒त्रा (jaritrā́)	ज॒रि॒तृभ्या॑म् (jaritṛ́bhyām)	ज॒रि॒तृभिः॑ (jaritṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	ज॒रि॒त्रे (jaritré)	ज॒रि॒तृभ्या॑म् (jaritṛ́bhyām)	ज॒रि॒तृभ्यः॑ (jaritṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	ज॒रि॒तुः (jaritúḥ)	ज॒रि॒तृभ्या॑म् (jaritṛ́bhyām)	ज॒रि॒तृभ्यः॑ (jaritṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	ज॒रि॒तुः (jaritúḥ)	ज॒रि॒त्रोः (jaritróḥ)	ज॒रि॒तॄ॒णाम् (jaritṝṇā́m)
locative	ज॒रि॒तरि॑ (jaritári)	ज॒रि॒त्रोः (jaritróḥ)	ज॒रि॒तृषु॑ (jaritṛ́ṣu)
vocative	जरि॑तः (járitaḥ)	जरि॑तारौ (járitārau) जरि॑तारा¹ (járitārā¹)	जरि॑तारः (járitāraḥ)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “Jaritṛí”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 414, column 2.