𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢

Prakrit

Etymology

From *𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhŏṭṭa, “Tibetan”) +‎ 𑀅𑀁𑀢 (aṃta, “end”). The first term is probably from Tibetan བོད (bod) while the second is from Sanskrit अन्त (anta).

Proper noun

𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta) m

1. Tibet

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁄 (bhŏṭṭaṃto)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸 (bhŏṭṭaṃtā)
Accusative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀁 (bhŏṭṭaṃtaṃ)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁂 (bhŏṭṭaṃte) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸 (bhŏṭṭaṃtā)
Instrumental	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀡 (bhŏṭṭaṃteṇa) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀡𑀁 (bhŏṭṭaṃteṇaṃ)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀳𑀺 (bhŏṭṭaṃtehi) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (bhŏṭṭaṃtehiṃ)
Dative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀅 (bhŏṭṭaṃtāa)	—
Ablative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀑 (bhŏṭṭaṃtāo) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀉 (bhŏṭṭaṃtāu) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸 (bhŏṭṭaṃtā) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺 (bhŏṭṭaṃtāhi) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (bhŏṭṭaṃtāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 (bhŏṭṭaṃtassa)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀡 (bhŏṭṭaṃtāṇa) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀡𑀁 (bhŏṭṭaṃtāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (bhŏṭṭaṃtammi) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁂 (bhŏṭṭaṃte)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀼 (bhŏṭṭaṃtesu) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (bhŏṭṭaṃtesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸 (bhŏṭṭaṃtā)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢𑀸 (bhŏṭṭaṃtā)

Descendants

• Assamese: ভোটান্ত (bhütanto)
• Doteli: भुटान (bhuṭān)
• Nepali: भुटान (bhuṭān)
  • → Assamese: ভূটান (bhutan)
  • → Bengali: ভুটান (bhuṭan)
  • → Dzongkha: བོདཤ་ཐཱན (bodsh thān)
  • → French: Bhoutan, Boutan, Boutan (obsolete)
    • → Breton: Bhoutan
    • → English: Bhutan (see there for further descendants)
    • → Khmer: ប៊ូតង់ (buutɑng)
    • → Lao: ບູຕັງ (bū tang)
  • → Hindi: भूटान (bhūṭān) (or from English)
    • → Marathi: भूतान (bhūtān)
    • → Odia: ଭୁଟାନ (bhuṭanô)
    • → Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱴᱟᱱ (bhuṭan)
  • Sylheti: ꠜꠥꠐꠣꠘ (búṭan)
• → Sanskrit: भोटान्त (bhoṭānta) (calque)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bhauṭṭānta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 549