रेत्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰেত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬾᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- রেত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰸𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ရေတြ (Burmese script)
- રેત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਰੇਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦺꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂵𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ರೇತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- រេត្រ (Khmer script)
- ເຣຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- രേത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᡝᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘹𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠧᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧚𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐾𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ରେତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢬꢾꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆼𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖸𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- රෙත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩔𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚲𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- ரேத்ர (Tamil script)
- రేత్ర (Telugu script)
- เรตฺร (Thai script)
- རེ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒹𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨄𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Per Kuiper, borrowed from Munda. Turner rejects this, and suggests *रे (*re, “sand”) + -त्र (-tra), the root of which has also given Sanskrit रेणु (reṇú, “dust, particle”), रेवट (revaṭa, “dust, whirlwind”), Prakrit रेवलिआ (revaliā, “dust devil”), and Hindi रेव f (rev, “sand”), रेह (reh, “fuller's earth”), and is from Indo-Iranian, whence Classical Persian ریگ (rēg, “sand”), Baluchi ریک (rēk).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾeːt̪.ɾɐ/
Noun
रेत्र • (retra) stem, n (Later Sanskrit, lexicographic)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रेत्रम् (retram) | रेत्रे (retre) | रेत्राणि (retrāṇi) |
| accusative | रेत्रम् (retram) | रेत्रे (retre) | रेत्राणि (retrāṇi) |
| instrumental | रेत्रेण (retreṇa) | रेत्राभ्याम् (retrābhyām) | रेत्रैः (retraiḥ) |
| dative | रेत्राय (retrāya) | रेत्राभ्याम् (retrābhyām) | रेत्रेभ्यः (retrebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रेत्रात् (retrāt) | रेत्राभ्याम् (retrābhyām) | रेत्रेभ्यः (retrebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रेत्रस्य (retrasya) | रेत्रयोः (retrayoḥ) | रेत्राणाम् (retrāṇām) |
| locative | रेत्रे (retre) | रेत्रयोः (retrayoḥ) | रेत्रेषु (retreṣu) |
| vocative | रेत्र (retra) | रेत्रे (retre) | रेत्राणि (retrāṇi) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “रेत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 887, column 3.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “rētra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 626