لوٹا

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

• IPA^(key): /loː.ʈaː/

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

1. earthen waterpot (used on Persian wells)

• “لوٹا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language (in English), 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

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

لُوٹا • (lūṭā) (Hindi spelling लूटा)

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

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

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

لوٹا • (transliteration needed) 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. (Pakistani politics) turncoat; renegade

• → English: lota

• “لوٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (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 Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*lōṭṭa³”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 648