اونٹ
Urdu
editAlternative forms
edit- אוּנְתּ (ūnṭ) — Judeo-Urdu
Etymology
editInherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra, “camel”).[1] First attested in c. 1565 as Middle Hindi اوٿ (avṭ /ūṭ/) and later as اونٿ (avnṭ /ū̃ṭ/) in c. 1609.[2]
Cognates
Pronunciation
editNoun
editاُون٘ٹ • (ū̃ṭ) m (Hindi spelling ऊँट)
- camel, dromedary
- 1845, Ahwal-ul-Anbiya, volume 1, page 225:
- ذبح کرنا گائے بکری اونٹ پالو مرغی بط کا درست ہے۔
- zibh karnā gāe bakrī ū̃ṭ pālo murġī bat kā durust hai.
- The slaughter of cow, goat, camel, domestic chicken, [and] duck is permissible.
Declension
editDeclension of اونٹ | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | اونٹ (ū̃ṭ) | اونٹ (ū̃ṭ) |
oblique | اونٹ (ū̃ṭ) | اونٹوں (ū̃ṭō̃) |
vocative | اونٹ (ū̃ṭ) | اونٹو (ū̃ṭō) |
Descendants
edit- → English: oont
Adjective
editاُون٘ٹ • (ū̃ṭ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ऊँट)
References
editFurther reading
editMore information
- “اونٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اونٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 84
- Platts, John Thompson (1884) “اونٿ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 108
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “اُونت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 181
- John Shakespear (1834) “اونٹ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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