मातापिता

Hindi

Noun

मातापिता • (mātāpitā) m

  1. Alternative form of माता-पिता (mātā-pitā)

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Sanskritic dvandva compound of माता (mātā, “mother”) +‎ पिता (pitā, “father”).

Noun

मातापिता • (mātāpitā) ?

  1. parents
    • 1422, unknown, कालिकसूरिकथा :
      मातापिता मोकलावी पांच सइं क्षित्रीए अनइ सरस्वती बहिन सहित दीक्षा लीधी।
      mātāpitā mokalāvī pāṃca saïṃ kṣitrīe anaï sarasvatī bahina sahita dīkṣā līdhī.
      (His) parents sent him off; together with five hundred kshatriyas and (his) sister Sarasvati he took diksha.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • mātāpitā (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • মাতাপিতা (Bengali script)
  • මාතාපිතා (Sinhalese script)
  • မာတာပိတာ or မႃတႃပိတႃ (Burmese script)
  • มาตาปิตา (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩣᨲᩣᨷᩥᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມາຕາປິຕາ (Lao script)
  • មាតាបិតា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄂𑄖𑄂𑄛𑄨𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

मातापिता (mātāpitā)

  1. Devanagari script form of mātāpitā, which is nominative/vocative plural of मातापितर् (mātāpitar, “mother and father”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • মাতাপিতা (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬵᬢᬵᬧᬶᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
  • মাতাপিতা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰯𑰢𑰰𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • မာတာပိတာ (Burmese script)
  • માતાપિતા (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਾਤਾਪਿਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦴꦠꦴꦥꦶꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂰𑂣𑂱𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಾತಾಪಿತಾ (Kannada script)
  • មាតាបិតា (Khmer script)
  • ມາຕາປິຕາ (Lao script)
  • മാതാപിതാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘰𑘢𑘱𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠠᢗᢒᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧑𑧂𑧒𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐵𑐥𑐶𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ମାତାପିତା (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢵꢡꢵꢦꢶꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆳𑆥𑆴𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖯𑖢𑖰𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • මාතාපිතා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩛𑩰𑩑𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚭𑚞𑚮𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
  • மாதாபிதா (Tamil script)
  • మాతాపితా (Telugu script)
  • มาตาปิตา (Thai script)
  • མཱ་ཏཱ་པི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒰𑒣𑒱𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨊𑨞𑨁𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Univerbation of माता (mātā) +‎ पिता (pitā).

Phrase

मातापिता • (mātāpitā)

  1. mother and father
    • (Can we date this quote?), Padma Purana, 2.62.72:
      यत्र मातापिता तिष्ठेत्पुत्रस्यापि न संशयः ।
      अन्यानि तत्र तीर्थानि पुण्यानि विविधानि च ॥ ७२ ॥
      yatra mātāpitā tiṣṭhetputrasyāpi na saṃśayaḥ .
      anyāni tatra tīrthāni puṇyāni vividhāni ca . 72 .
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants
  • → Old Gujarati: मातापिता (mātāpitā) (learned)
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