दातृ

See also: दत्, दात, दाता, दाते, दांत, दांतो, दांतों, दाँत, दाँती, दाँतो, दाँतों, दुत, दूत, दिति, दीति, देता, देती, देतीं, देते, दैत, दोत, दौत, and दंत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দাতৃ (Assamese script)
ᬤᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
দাতৃ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
ဒါတၖ (Burmese script)
દાતૃ (Gujarati script)
ਦਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
ದಾತೃ (Kannada script)
ទាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
ທາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
ദാതൃ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
ᢑᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
ଦାତୃ (Odia script)
ꢣꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
දාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
த³ாத்ரி (Tamil script)
దాతృ (Telugu script)
ทาตฺฤ (Thai script)
དཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dáHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tōr (“giver, donor”), from *deh₃- (“to give”) (whence ददाति (dádāti)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (dātar), Ancient Greek δώτωρ (dṓtōr)/δωτήρ (dōtḗr), Latin dator.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑ́ː.tr̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

दातृ॑, दा॒तृ • (dā́tṛ, dātṛ́) stem, m

giver, donor, liberal
one who gives a daughter (gen.) in marriage
a father or brother who gives a daughter or sister in marriage
one who offers (his wife)
creditor
granting, permitting
founder

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of दातृ॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दाता॑ (dā́tā)	दाता॑रौ (dā́tārau) दाता॑रा¹ (dā́tārā¹)	दाता॑रः (dā́tāraḥ)
accusative	दाता॑रम् (dā́tāram)	दाता॑रौ (dā́tārau) दाता॑रा¹ (dā́tārā¹)	दातॄ॑न् (dā́tṝn)
instrumental	दात्रा॑ (dā́trā)	दातृ॑भ्याम् (dā́tṛbhyām)	दातृ॑भिः (dā́tṛbhiḥ)
dative	दात्रे॑ (dā́tre)	दातृ॑भ्याम् (dā́tṛbhyām)	दातृ॑भ्यः (dā́tṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	दातुः॑ (dā́tuḥ)	दातृ॑भ्याम् (dā́tṛbhyām)	दातृ॑भ्यः (dā́tṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	दातुः॑ (dā́tuḥ)	दात्रोः॑ (dā́troḥ)	दातॄ॑णाम् (dā́tṝṇām)
locative	दात॑रि (dā́tari)	दात्रोः॑ (dā́troḥ)	दातृ॑षु (dā́tṛṣu)
vocative	दातः॑ (dā́taḥ)	दाता॑रौ (dā́tārau) दाता॑रा¹ (dā́tārā¹)	दाता॑रः (dā́tāraḥ)

¹Vedic

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of दा॒तृ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दा॒ता (dātā́)	दा॒तारौ॑ (dātā́rau) दा॒तारा॑¹ (dātā́rā¹)	दा॒तारः॑ (dātā́raḥ)
accusative	दा॒तार॑म् (dātā́ram)	दा॒तारौ॑ (dātā́rau) दा॒तारा॑¹ (dātā́rā¹)	दा॒तॄः (dātṝ́ḥ)
instrumental	दा॒त्रा (dātrā́)	दा॒तृभ्या॑म् (dātṛ́bhyām)	दा॒तृभिः॑ (dātṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	दा॒त्रे (dātré)	दा॒तृभ्या॑म् (dātṛ́bhyām)	दा॒तृभ्यः॑ (dātṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	दा॒तुः (dātúḥ)	दा॒तृभ्या॑म् (dātṛ́bhyām)	दा॒तृभ्यः॑ (dātṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	दा॒तुः (dātúḥ)	दा॒त्रोः (dātróḥ)	दा॒तॄ॒णाम् (dātṝṇā́m)
locative	दा॒तरि॑ (dātári)	दा॒त्रोः (dātróḥ)	दा॒तृषु॑ (dātṛ́ṣu)
vocative	दातः॑ (dā́taḥ)	दाता॑रौ (dā́tārau) दाता॑रा¹ (dā́tārā¹)	दाता॑रः (dā́tāraḥ)

¹Vedic

Etymology 2

From दा (dā, “to cut, mow”) +‎ -तृ (-tṛ).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː.tŕ̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

दा॒तृ • (dātṛ́) stem, m

mowing, mower

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of दा॒तृ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दा॒ता (dātā́)	दा॒तारौ॑ (dātā́rau) दा॒तारा॑¹ (dātā́rā¹)	दा॒तारः॑ (dātā́raḥ)
accusative	दा॒तार॑म् (dātā́ram)	दा॒तारौ॑ (dātā́rau) दा॒तारा॑¹ (dātā́rā¹)	दा॒तॄन् (dātṝ́n)
instrumental	दा॒त्रा (dātrā́)	दा॒तृभ्या॑म् (dātṛ́bhyām)	दा॒तृभिः॑ (dātṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	दा॒त्रे (dātré)	दा॒तृभ्या॑म् (dātṛ́bhyām)	दा॒तृभ्यः॑ (dātṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	दा॒तुः (dātúḥ)	दा॒तृभ्या॑म् (dātṛ́bhyām)	दा॒तृभ्यः॑ (dātṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	दा॒तुः (dātúḥ)	दा॒त्रोः (dātróḥ)	दा॒तॄ॒णाम् (dātṝṇā́m)
locative	दा॒तरि॑ (dātári)	दा॒त्रोः (dātróḥ)	दा॒तृषु॑ (dātṛ́ṣu)
vocative	दातः॑ (dā́taḥ)	दाता॑रौ (dā́tārau) दाता॑रा¹ (dā́tārā¹)	दाता॑रः (dā́tāraḥ)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “दातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0474.