# धरित्री
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धरित्री (dharitrī). Doublet of धरती (dhartī).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪ʱə.ɾɪt̪.ɾiː/, [d̪ʱɐ.ɾɪt̪.ɾiː]

### Noun

धरित्री • (dharitrī) f
* earth
    Synonyms: पृथ्वी (pŕthvī), भूमि (bhūmi), धरा (dharā), वसुधा (vasudhā)
** 1951, Hazariprasad Dwivedi, शिरीष के फूल [śirīṣ ke phūl]:जेठ की जलती धूप में, जबकि धरित्री निर्धूम अग्निकुंड बनी हुई थी, शिरीष नीचे से ऊपर तक फूलों से लद गया था।jeṭh kī jaltī dhūp mẽ, jabki dharitrī nirdhūm agnikuṇḍ banī huī thī, śirīṣ nīce se ūpar tak phūlõ se lad gayā thā.In the burning heat of Jyeṣṭha when the earth had become a smokeless fire pit, the siris tree was laden with flowers from bottom to top.

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “धरित्री”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2435

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ধৰিত্ৰী (Assamese script)
* ᬥᬭᬶᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
* ধরিত্রী (Bengali script)
* 𑰠𑰨𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀥𑀭𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ဓရိတြီ (Burmese script)
* ધરિત્રી (Gujarati script)
* ਧਰਿਤ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌧𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦣꦫꦶꦠꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂡𑂩𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಧರಿತ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
* ធរិត្រី (Khmer script)
* ຘຣິຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
* ധരിത്രീ (Malayalam script)
* ᢡᠠᡵᡳᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘠𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠾᠠᠷᠢᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧀𑧈𑧒𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐢𑐬𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଧରିତ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
* ꢤꢬꢶꢡ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆣𑆫𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖠𑖨𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
* ධරිත්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩮𑩼𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚜𑚤𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
* த⁴ரித்ரீ (Tamil script)
* ధరిత్రీ (Telugu script)
* ธริตฺรี (Thai script)
* དྷ་རི་ཏྲཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒡𑒩𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨜𑨫𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root धृ (dhṛ) +‎ -इत्री (-itrī).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dʱɐ́.ɾit.ɾiː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ʱɐ.ɾit̪.ɾiː/

### Noun

धरित्री • (dháritrī) stem, f
* female equivalent of धर्तृ (dhartṛ, “bearer, supporter, holder”)
* the earth
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भूमि
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.22.57:दुर्धर्षस् तेजसेवाग्निर् महेन्द्र इव दुर्जयः । तितिक्षया धरित्रीव द्यौर् इवाभीष्टदो नृणाम् ॥durdharṣas tejasevāgnir mahendra iva durjayaḥ. titikṣayā dharitrīva dyaur ivābhīṣṭado nṛṇām.He is invincible; by brilliance, he was like fire; he is undefeatable like the great Indra; by forbearance, he is like the earth; he is wish-fulfilling like the sky for his people.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

* Apabhramsa: धरित्ती (dharittī)
* → Bengali: ধরিত্রী (dhoritri)
* → Hindi: धरित्री (dharitrī)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “धरित्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 510, column 2.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “धरित्री”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 854
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “dharitrī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dháritrī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 386