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
यतर • (yatará)
- (relative) who or which (of two)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यतरः (yataráḥ) | यतरौ (yataráu) यतरा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
यतरे (yataré) |
| accusative | यतरम् (yatarám) | यतरौ (yataráu) यतरा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
यतरान् (yatarā́n) |
| instrumental | यतरेण (yataréṇa) | यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतरैः (yataráiḥ) यतरेभिः¹ (yatarébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | यतरस्मै (yatarásmai) | यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतरेभ्यः (yatarébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यतरस्मात् (yatarásmāt) | यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतरेभ्यः (yatarébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यतरस्य (yatarásya) | यतरयोः (yataráyoḥ) | यतरेषाम् (yataréṣām) |
| locative | यतरस्मिन् (yatarásmin) | यतरयोः (yataráyoḥ) | यतरेषु (yataréṣu) |
| vocative | यतर (yátara) | यतरौ (yátarau) यतरा¹ (yátarā¹) |
यतरे (yátare) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यतरा (yatarā́) | यतरे (yataré) | यतराः (yatarā́ḥ) |
| accusative | यतराम् (yatarā́m) | यतरे (yataré) | यतराः (yatarā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | यतरया (yataráyā) यतरा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतराभिः (yatarā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | यतरस्यै (yatarásyai) | यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतराभ्यः (yatarā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यतरस्याः (yatarásyāḥ) | यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतराभ्यः (yatarā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यतरस्याः (yatarásyāḥ) | यतरयोः (yataráyoḥ) | यतरासाम् (yatarā́sām) |
| locative | यतरस्याम् (yatarásyām) | यतरयोः (yataráyoḥ) | यतरासु (yatarā́su) |
| vocative | यतरे (yátare) | यतरे (yátare) | यतराः (yátarāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यतरत् (yatarát) | यतरे (yataré) | यतराणि (yatarā́ṇi) यतरा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
| accusative | यतरत् (yatarát) | यतरे (yataré) | यतराणि (yatarā́ṇi) यतरा¹ (yatarā́¹) |
| instrumental | यतरेण (yataréṇa) | यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतरैः (yataráiḥ) यतरेभिः¹ (yatarébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | यतरस्मै (yatarásmai) | यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतरेभ्यः (yatarébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यतरस्मात् (yatarásmāt) | यतराभ्याम् (yatarā́bhyām) | यतरेभ्यः (yatarébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यतरस्य (yatarásya) | यतरयोः (yataráyoḥ) | यतरेषाम् (yataréṣām) |
| locative | यतरस्मिन् (yatarásmin) | यतरयोः (yataráyoḥ) | यतरेषु (yataréṣu) |
| vocative | यतर (yátara) | यतरे (yátare) | यतराणि (yátarāṇi) यतरा¹ (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 (2010–2025), “yatara”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.