Prakrit edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

masculine: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 m (uṭṭa)
feminine: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 f (uṭṭī)

Inherited from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra). Compare Pali oṭṭha.

Noun edit

𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭam (Devanagari उट्ट)

  1. (Ardhamagadhi) camel

Declension edit

for Maharastri Prakrit:

Maharastri declension of 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁄 (uṭṭo) 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā)
Accusative 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁 (uṭṭaṃ) 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂 (uṭṭe) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā)
Instrumental 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀡 (uṭṭeṇa) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀡𑀁 (uṭṭeṇaṃ) 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀳𑀺 (uṭṭehi) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (uṭṭehiṃ)
Dative 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀅 (uṭṭāa)
Ablative 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀑 (uṭṭāo) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀉 (uṭṭāu) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺 (uṭṭāhi) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (uṭṭāhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀲𑁆𑀲 (uṭṭassa) 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀡 (uṭṭāṇa) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀡𑀁 (uṭṭāṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (uṭṭammi) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂 (uṭṭe) 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀲𑀼 (uṭṭesu) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (uṭṭesuṃ)
Vocative 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā) 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā)

Descendants edit

  • Konkani: ओंटे (oṇṭe)
  • Marathi: उंट (uṇṭa)
  • Dhivehi: އޮށް (oṣ̊)

Further reading edit

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “उट्ट”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 213.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “úṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press