# पत्त्र
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* पत्र (pátra)

### Alternative scripts

* পত্ত্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬢ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* পত্ত্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰝𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ပတ္တြ (Burmese script)
* પત્ત્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਪਤ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦠ꧀ꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಪತ್ತ್ರ (Kannada script)
* បត្ត្រ (Khmer script)
* ປຕ຺ຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* പത്ത്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᢠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘝𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢐᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦽𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐟𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ପତ୍ତ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢦꢡ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆠𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖝𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* පත‍්ත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩫 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚙𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* பத்த்ர (Tamil script)
* పత్త్ర (Telugu script)
* ปตฺตฺร (Thai script)
* པ་ཏྟྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒞𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨙𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root पत् (pat, “to fly, soar, fall down”) +‎ -त्र (-tra).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐ́t.tɾɐ/, [pɐ́t̚.tɾɐ]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɐt̪.t̪ɾɐ/, [pɐt̪̚.t̪ɾɐ]

### Noun

पत्त्र • (páttra) stem, n
* leaf of a particular fragrant plant, or a particular plant with fragrant leaves
* leaf of a manuscript, leaf for writing on
* paper, or leaf of paper
* page of a book
* letter
* document
* the wing of a bird, pinion, feather
* blade of a sword or knife

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* पत्त्रिका (pattrikā)
* पत्त्रल (pattrala)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Burushaski: paλ
** Kashmiri: پٔتھر (pạthr)
** Torwali: pāṣ
* Pali: patta, pattī, pattikā
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢 (patta), 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀬 (pattaya)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Awadhi: पाता (pātā), पाती (pātī)
**** Gujarati: પાત્રું (pātrũ), પાતું (pātũ), પાત્રી (pātrī), પાતી (pātī)
**** Hindustani: pāt, pattā, pattī
***** Devanagari script: पात, पत्ता, पत्ती
***** Arabic script: پَات (pāt), پَتَّا (pattā), پَتِّی (pattī)
**** Romani: patri, patrin
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: পাত (pat), পাত (pat)
**** Bengali: পাতা (pata)
**** Bihari: पात (pāt), पाता (pātā), पत्ता (pattā)
***** Bhojpuri: पात (pāt), पतई (pataī)
***** Maithili: पात (pāt), पत्ता (pattā)
**** Kamta: পাত (pat)
**** Odia: ପତ୍ର (patra), ପାତ (pāta), ପତା (patā), ପାତିଆ (pātiā)
**** Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠔꠣ (fata)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: पात (pāt)
***** Kumaoni: पात (pāt), पातो (pāto), पाती (pātī)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: पत्र (patra), पात (pāt), पातो (pāto), पाति (pāti)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: पट्ळ (paṭḷ), पट्ळोँ (paṭḷõ)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ފަތް (fat̊)
**** Sinhalese: පත (pata)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: पत्र (patra), पत्रा (patrā), पत्ता (pattā)
** Western:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi: pattā
    Gurmukhi script: ਪੱਤਾ (pattā)
    Shahmukhi script: پَتَّا (pattā)
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi: paṭru
    Arabic script: پِٽرُ
    Devanagari script: पट्रु
***** Jadgali: [script needed] (pāc)
Borrowed terms
* → Bengali: পত্র (potro)
* → Bengali: পত্তর (pottor) (semi-learned)
* → Hindi: पत्र (patra)
* → Kannada: ಪತ್ರ (patra)
* → Marathi: पत्र (patra)
* → Nepali: पत्र (patra)
* → Old Javanese: pattra
** > Javanese: ꦥꦠꦿ (patra) (inherited)
*** → Indonesian: patra
* → Old Javanese: patra
* → Tamil: பத்திரி (pattiri), பத்திரம் (pattiram)
* → Telugu: పత్రము (patramu), పత్రం (patraṁ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पत्त्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 581, column 2.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pattra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 437
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “825-826”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 825-826