यतर
See also: यत्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যতৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬢᬭ (Balinese script)
- যতর (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰝𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ယတရ (Burmese script)
- યતર (Gujarati script)
- ਯਤਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌤𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦠꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂞𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಯತರ (Kannada script)
- យតរ (Khmer script)
- ຍຕຣ (Lao script)
- യതര (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᢠᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘝𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦽𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐟𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଯତର (Odia script)
- ꢫꢡꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆠𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖝𑖨 (Siddham script)
- යතර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩫𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚙𑚤 (Takri script)
- யதர (Tamil script)
- యతర (Telugu script)
- ยตร (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཏ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒞𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨙𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyatarás, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyo-tero-s. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬙𐬁𐬭𐬀 (yatāra), Cretan Ancient Greek ὄτερος (óteros). 'Comparative' of यद् (yád).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɐ.tɐ.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /jɐ.t̪ɐ.ɾɐ/
Pronoun
य॒त॒र • (yatará)
- (relative) who or which (of two)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | य॒त॒रः (yataráḥ) | य॒त॒रौ (yataráu) य॒त॒रा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
य॒त॒रे (yataré) |
| accusative | य॒त॒रम् (yatarám) | य॒त॒रौ (yataráu) य॒त॒रा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
य॒त॒रान् (yatarā́n) |
| instrumental | य॒त॒रेण॑ (yataréṇa) | य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒रैः (yataráiḥ) य॒त॒रेभिः॑¹ (yatarébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | य॒त॒रस्मै॑ (yatarásmai) | य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒रेभ्यः॑ (yatarébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | य॒त॒रस्मा॑त् (yatarásmāt) | य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒रेभ्यः॑ (yatarébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | य॒त॒रस्य॑ (yatarásya) | य॒त॒रयोः॑ (yataráyoḥ) | य॒त॒रेषा॑म् (yataréṣām) |
| locative | य॒त॒रस्मि॑न् (yatarásmin) | य॒त॒रयोः॑ (yataráyoḥ) | य॒त॒रेषु॑ (yataréṣu) |
| vocative | यत॑र (yátara) | यत॑रौ (yátarau) यत॑रा¹ (yátarā¹) |
यत॑रे (yátare) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | य॒त॒रा (yatarā́) | य॒त॒रे (yataré) | य॒त॒राः (yatarā́ḥ) |
| accusative | य॒त॒राम् (yatarā́m) | य॒त॒रे (yataré) | य॒त॒राः (yatarā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | य॒त॒रया॑ (yataráyā) य॒त॒रा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒राभिः॑ (yatarā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | य॒त॒रस्यै॑ (yatarásyai) | य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒राभ्यः॑ (yatarā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | य॒त॒रस्याः॑ (yatarásyāḥ) | य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒राभ्यः॑ (yatarā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | य॒त॒रस्याः॑ (yatarásyāḥ) | य॒त॒रयोः॑ (yataráyoḥ) | य॒त॒रासा॑म् (yatarā́sām) |
| locative | य॒त॒रस्या॑म् (yatarásyām) | य॒त॒रयोः॑ (yataráyoḥ) | य॒त॒रासु॑ (yatarā́su) |
| vocative | यत॑रे (yátare) | यत॑रे (yátare) | यत॑राः (yátarāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | य॒त॒रत् (yatarát) | य॒त॒रे (yataré) | य॒त॒राणि॑ (yatarā́ṇi) य॒त॒रा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
| accusative | य॒त॒रत् (yatarát) | य॒त॒रे (yataré) | य॒त॒राणि॑ (yatarā́ṇi) य॒त॒रा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
| instrumental | य॒त॒रेण॑ (yataréṇa) | य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒रैः (yataráiḥ) य॒त॒रेभिः॑¹ (yatarébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | य॒त॒रस्मै॑ (yatarásmai) | य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒रेभ्यः॑ (yatarébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | य॒त॒रस्मा॑त् (yatarásmāt) | य॒त॒राभ्या॑म् (yatarā́bhyām) | य॒त॒रेभ्यः॑ (yatarébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | य॒त॒रस्य॑ (yatarásya) | य॒त॒रयोः॑ (yataráyoḥ) | य॒त॒रेषा॑म् (yataréṣām) |
| locative | य॒त॒रस्मि॑न् (yatarásmin) | य॒त॒रयोः॑ (yataráyoḥ) | य॒त॒रेषु॑ (yataréṣu) |
| vocative | यत॑र (yátara) | यत॑रे (yátare) | यत॑राणि (yátarāṇi) यत॑रा¹ (yátarā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- यतरत्र (yatarátra, “in which of the two places”)
- यतरथा (yataráthā, “in which of the two ways”)
See also
- Appendix:Sanskrit correlatives
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यतर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 838, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “yatará-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 395-6
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “yatará-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 613
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “yatara”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.