لوٹا

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀮𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*loṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loː.ʈaː/

Noun

لوٹَا (loṭā) m (Devanagari लोटा, Multani 𑊣𑊐)

1. lota, waterpot

References

• “لوٹا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 273, column 2
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lōṭṭa³”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 648

Urdu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /luː.ʈɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: لُو‧ٹَا

Verb

لُوٹا • (lūṭā) (Hindi spelling लूटा)

1. inflection of لُوٹْنَا (lūṭnā, “to loot”):
   1. masculine singular perfective participle
   2. masculine singular perfect indicative : looted

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɔː.ʈɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: لَو‧ٹَا

Verb

لَوٹا • (lauṭā) (Hindi spelling लौटा)

1. inflection of لَوٹنَا (lauṭnā, “to return; come back”):
   1. masculine singular perfective participle
   2. masculine singular perfect indicative : returned; came back

Etymology 3

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀮𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*loṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Punjabi لوٹّا (loṭṭā) / ਲੋੱਟਾ (loṭṭā), Nepali लोहोटो (lohoṭo), Marathi लोटा (loṭā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /loː.ʈɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: لو‧ٹَا

Noun

لوٹا • (loṭā) m (Hindi spelling लोटा)

1. lota, pot (used to hold water, especially for istinja)

   ایک لوٹَا پَانِی ― aik loṭā pānī ― a bucketful of water

2. (politics, chiefly Pakistani politics, derogatory) turncoat; renegade

Declension

Declension of لوٹا
	singular	plural
direct	لوٹا (loṭā)	لوٹے (loṭe)
oblique	لوٹے (loṭe)	لوٹوں (loṭõ)
vocative	لوٹے (loṭe)	لوٹو (loṭo)

Descendants

• → English: lota

References

• “لوٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لوٹا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 551
• “لوٹا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lōṭṭa³”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 648