मातृका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মাতৃকা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬢᬺᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• মাতৃকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မာတၖကာ (Burmese script)
• માતૃકા (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਤ੍ਰਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦠꦽꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑃂𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾತೃಕಾ (Kannada script)
• មាត្ឫកា (Khmer script)
• ມາຕ຺ຣິກາ (Lao script)
• മാതൃകാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମାତୃକା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢡꢺꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මාතෘකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩙𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• மாத்ரிகா (Tamil script)
• మాతృకా (Telugu script)
• มาตฺฤกา (Thai script)
• མཱ་ཏྲྀ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.tr̩.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.t̪r̩.kɑː/

Noun

मातृका • (mātṛkā) stem, ?

1. mother
2. nurse
3. grandmother

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मातृका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मातृक”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]