"भर्त्री" meaning in Sanskrit

See भर्त्री in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʱɐɾ.tɾíː/ [Vedic], /bʱɐɾ.t̪ɾiː/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰartríH (“mother, female bearer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-tríh₂, feminine of *bʰer-tōr (“bearer”), from *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬍 (bar^əθrī, “mother”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*bʰartríH|t=mother, female bearer}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰartríH (“mother, female bearer”), {{inh|sa|ine-pro||*bʰer-tríh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-tríh₂, {{cog|ae|𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬍||mother}} Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬍 (bar^əθrī, “mother”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f|tr=bhartrī́}} भर्त्री • (bhartrī́) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|bhartrī́}} Forms: bhartrī́ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], भर्त्री [nominative, singular], भर्त्र्यौ [dual, nominative], भर्त्री1 [dual, nominative], भर्त्र्यः [nominative, plural], भर्त्रीः1 [nominative, plural], भर्त्रीम् [accusative, singular], भर्त्र्यौ [accusative, dual], भर्त्री1 [accusative, dual], भर्त्रीः [accusative, plural], भर्त्र्या [instrumental, singular], भर्त्रीभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], भर्त्रीभिः [instrumental, plural], भर्त्र्यै [dative, singular], भर्त्रीभ्याम् [dative, dual], भर्त्रीभ्यः [dative, plural], भर्त्र्याः [ablative, singular], भर्त्र्यै2 [ablative, singular], भर्त्रीभ्याम् [ablative, dual], भर्त्रीभ्यः [ablative, plural], भर्त्र्याः [genitive, singular], भर्त्र्यै2 [genitive, singular], भर्त्र्योः [dual, genitive], भर्त्रीणाम् [genitive, plural], भर्त्र्याम् [locative, singular], भर्त्र्योः [dual, locative], भर्त्रीषु [locative, plural], भर्त्रि [singular, vocative], भर्त्र्यौ [dual, vocative], भर्त्री1 [dual, vocative], भर्त्र्यः [plural, vocative], भर्त्रीः1 [plural, vocative]
  1. a mother, a nourisher
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        "1": "sa",
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      "name": "inh"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "भर्त्रीम्",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "भर्त्रीभ्याम्",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
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    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्रीभिः",
      "roman": "bhartrī́bhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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      "form": "भर्त्र्यै",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "भर्त्र्यै2",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "भर्त्र्योः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "भर्त्र्याम्",
      "roman": "bhartryā́m",
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        "locative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "भर्त्र्योः",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्रीषु",
      "roman": "bhartrī́ṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "भर्त्रि",
      "roman": "bhártri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्र्यौ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "भर्त्री1",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "g": "f",
        "tr": "bhartrī́"
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      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bhartrī́"
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      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
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  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "As nursing mother of mankind, thou takest all upon thy lap.",
          "ref": "c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 5.5.2",
          "text": "यस्त्वा पिबति जीवति त्रायसे पुरुषं त्वम् ।\nभर्त्री हि शश्वतामसि जनानां च न्यञ्चनी ॥\nyastvā pibati jīvati trāyase puruṣaṃ tvam.\nbhartrī hi śaśvatāmasi janānāṃ ca nyañcanī.\n(O Silācī medicine): Whoever drinketh thee hath life: thou savest and protectest man."
        }
      ],
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        "a mother, a nourisher"
      ],
      "id": "en-भर्त्री-sa-noun-OLv3Ze~~",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "nourisher",
          "nourisher"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bʱɐɾ.tɾíː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʱɐɾ.t̪ɾiː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "भर्त्री"
}
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      "form": "भर्त्रीम्",
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    {
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        "plural"
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      "form": "भर्त्र्यै",
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "roman": "bhartrī́bhyām",
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        "dual"
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    {
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "भर्त्र्योः",
      "roman": "bhartryóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्रीणाम्",
      "roman": "bhartrī́ṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "भर्त्र्याम्",
      "roman": "bhartryā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्र्योः",
      "roman": "bhartryóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्रीषु",
      "roman": "bhartrī́ṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्रि",
      "roman": "bhártri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्र्यौ",
      "roman": "bhártryau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भर्त्री1",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "bhartrī́"
      },
      "expansion": "भर्त्री • (bhartrī́) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bhartrī́"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations",
        "Sanskrit ī-stem nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "As nursing mother of mankind, thou takest all upon thy lap.",
          "ref": "c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 5.5.2",
          "text": "यस्त्वा पिबति जीवति त्रायसे पुरुषं त्वम् ।\nभर्त्री हि शश्वतामसि जनानां च न्यञ्चनी ॥\nyastvā pibati jīvati trāyase puruṣaṃ tvam.\nbhartrī hi śaśvatāmasi janānāṃ ca nyañcanī.\n(O Silācī medicine): Whoever drinketh thee hath life: thou savest and protectest man."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mother, a nourisher"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "nourisher",
          "nourisher"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʱɐɾ.tɾíː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʱɐɾ.t̪ɾiː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "भर्त्री"
}

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