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pitari
pitar
masc loc sg of pitar (noun)
- pitar (masc): father
- pitari (masc): in father; towards father
- pitari (masc): when father; at the time father; lit. in father
Built from
- pit- — root · father
The root is ancient and near-universal across Indo-European languages (PIE *ph₂tér-). The p- reflects the laryngeal *ph₂ of the proto-language, retained in Sanskrit and Pali as simple p-.
- -ar — stem · (masculine a-stem nominative)
The -ar ending marks the nominative singular of masculine a-stem nouns; this is the citation form (pitar 'father').
- -i — ending · locative singular
The locative -i ending (for a-stems) indicates location ('in', 'at') or direction ('towards'); here 'in/towards father' or temporal 'when father'.
Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tér- (the father); cognates: Sanskrit pitṛ, Greek patḗr, Latin pater, English father, German Vater. The -ar stem is the original nominative form; locative pitari shows the thematic suffix -i characteristic of masculine a-stems in locational case.