सोता

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /soː.t̪ɑː/, [s̪oː.t̪äː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sotta), from Sanskrit *स्रोत्र (srotra), from स्रू (srū, “to flow”).

Noun

सोता • (sotā) m (Urdu spelling سوتا‎)

fountain
Synonyms: फ़व्वारा (favvārā), फुहारा (phuhārā)
spring
उस सोते का पानी नहाने के लिए ज़्यादा ठंडा है।
us sote kā pānī nahāne ke lie zyādā ṭhaṇḍā hai.
The water in that spring is too cold for bathing in.

Synonym: झरना (jharnā)

Declension

Declension of सोता (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सोता sotā	सोते sote
oblique	सोते sote	सोतों sotõ
vocative	सोते sote	सोतो soto

Related terms

सोत (sot, “stream, channel, spring”)
सोती (sotī, “rill, rivulet, pond formed by overflow from a river”)

Verb

सोता • (sotā)

inflection of सोना (sonā):
1. masculine singular habitual participle
2. masculine singular contrafactual

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सोता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “srōtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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