# गात्र
## Hindi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɡɑːt̪.ɾᵊ/, [ɡäːt̪.ɾᵊ]

### Noun

गात्र • (gātra) m (Urdu spelling گَاتْر)
* (rare, formal) limb, body

#### Declension
### 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

* 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: /ɡɑ́ːt.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɡɑːt̪.ɾɐ/

### Noun

गात्र • (gā́tra) stem, n
* "instrument for movement", a limb or a part of the body
* the body
    Synonyms: तनू (tanū), अङ्ग (aṅga), शरीर (śarīra)
* the forequarter of an elephant

#### 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 (gāta)
*** 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 (gā)
**** Rohingya: gaa
**** Sylheti: ꠉꠣ (ga), ꠉꠔꠞ (gotor)
** 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)

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gāˊtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

### 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