गात्र

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गात्र (gātra). Doublet of गात (gāt).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːt̪.ɾᵊ/, [ɡäːt̪.ɾᵊ]

Noun

गात्र • (gātra) m (Urdu spelling گَاتْر)

1. (rare, formal) limb, body

Declension

Declension of गात्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गात्र gātra	गात्र gātra
oblique	गात्र gātra	गात्रों gātrõ
vocative	गात्र gātra	गात्रो gātro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गात्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “गात्र”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গাত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬵᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• গাত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰯𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဂါတြ (Burmese script)
• ગાત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਗਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦴꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂰𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಾತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• គាត្រ (Khmer script)
• ຄາຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• ഗാത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢗᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧑𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଗାତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢔꢵꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆳𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖯𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ගාත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩛𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚭𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• க³ாத்ர (Tamil script)
• గాత్ర (Telugu script)
• คาตฺร (Thai script)
• གཱ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒰𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨊𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of गा (gā, “to move”) +‎ -त्र (-tra, suffix indicating tool or instrument), literally “instrument for movement”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑ́ːt.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːt̪.ɾɐ/

Noun

गात्र • (gā́tra) stem, n

1. "instrument for movement", a limb or a part of the body
2. the body

   Synonyms: तनू (tanū), अङ्ग (aṅga), शरीर (śarīra)

3. the forequarter of an elephant

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of गात्र (gā́tra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गात्रम् gā́tram	गात्रे gā́tre	गात्राणि / गात्रा¹ gā́trāṇi / gā́trā¹
Vocative	गात्र gā́tra	गात्रे gā́tre	गात्राणि / गात्रा¹ gā́trāṇi / gā́trā¹
Accusative	गात्रम् gā́tram	गात्रे gā́tre	गात्राणि / गात्रा¹ gā́trāṇi / gā́trā¹
Instrumental	गात्रेण gā́treṇa	गात्राभ्याम् gā́trābhyām	गात्रैः / गात्रेभिः¹ gā́traiḥ / gā́trebhiḥ¹
Dative	गात्राय gā́trāya	गात्राभ्याम् gā́trābhyām	गात्रेभ्यः gā́trebhyaḥ
Ablative	गात्रात् gā́trāt	गात्राभ्याम् gā́trābhyām	गात्रेभ्यः gā́trebhyaḥ
Genitive	गात्रस्य gā́trasya	गात्रयोः gā́trayoḥ	गात्राणाम् gā́trāṇām
Locative	गात्रे gā́tre	गात्रयोः gā́trayoḥ	गात्रेषु gā́treṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: gatr
    • Prasuni: gōṭ
    • Waigali: gotr
• Pali: gatta
  • → Sinhalese: ගත (gata)
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀢𑁆𑀢 (gatta)
  • Central:
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀕𑀸𑀅 (gāa)
      • Old Awadhi: गात (gāt)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: gāt

      Hindi: गात

      Urdu: گَات (gāt)

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Early Assamese: গাৱ (gawo)
        • Assamese: গা (ga)
        • → Bodo (India): गाव (gao)
      • Bengali: গা (ga), গাও (gaō)
      • Bihari:
        • Bhojpuri: गाटा (gāṭā), गट्टा (gaṭṭā)
        • Maithili: गात (gāt)
      • Kamta: গাও (gaö)
      • Odia: ଗା (ga)
      • Rohingya: gaa
      • Sylheti: ꠉꠣ (ga)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: गात (gāt)
        • Kumaoni: गात (gāt)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: गात (gāt), गाथ (gāth)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Jaunsari: गात (gāt)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ގައި (gai), ގާ (gā)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀢𑁆𑀢 (gatta)
      • Old Marathi: gāta (“the four pieces forming the framework of a bed”)

        Devanagari script: गात

        Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘝

  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Old Gujarati:
        • Gujarati: ગાત (gāt)
        • Old Marwari: गात (gāt)

Borrowed terms

• Bengali: গাত্র (gatro)
• Gujarati: ગાત્ર (gātra)
• Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: गात्र (gātra)

  Urdu: گَاتْر (gātra)

• Malayalam: ഗാത്രം (gātraṁ)
• Old Marathi: gātra

  Devanagari script: गात्र

  Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘨

  • → Marathi: गात्र (gātra)
• Tamil: காத்திரம் (kāttiram)
• Telugu: గాత్రము (gātramu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “गात्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गात्र”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan