मात-पिता, माता-पिता māt-pitā, mātā-pitā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Mother and father, parents.
Lord, master, protector.

Usual translation

mother and Father

Origin of the definition

S ماتا माता mātā, s.f. Mother; — an affectionate or respectful term of address to a woman (syn. mā, māʼī); — the small-pox (so named from the goddess Devī; cf. sītalā). mātā-pitā, or mātā-pitr̤i, s.m. Mother and father, parents; — lord, master, protector.

पिता pitā (sanskrit)

Father, procreator, progenitor.