mātar

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • मातर् (Devanagari script)
  • মাতর্ (Bengali script)
  • මාතර් (Sinhalese script)
  • မာတရ် (Burmese script)
  • มาตรฺ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩣᨲᩁ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
  • មាតរ៑ (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā. Compare Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ).

Noun

mātar f

  1. mother

Declension
Declension table of "mātu" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)mātāmātaro
Accusative (second)mātaraṃmātaro
Instrumental (third)mātarāmātūhi or mātūbhi
Dative (fourth)mātu or mātuyā or mātāyamātūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)mātarāmātūhi or mātūbhi
Genitive (sixth)mātu or mātuyā or mātāyamātūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)mātarimātūsu
Vocative (calling)mātā or mātamātaro

Descendants
  • → Burmese: မာတာ (mata)

References
  • mātar in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)
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