पोत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पोत (pota).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /poːt̪/

Noun

पोत • (pot) m (Urdu spelling پوت‎)

  1. vessel, ship, boat
    वह पोत का मालिक कल गिरफ़्तार किया गया।
    vah pot kā mālik kal giraftār kiyā gayā.
    The owner of that ship was arrested yesterday.

Declension
Declension of पोत (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct पोत
pot		 पोत
pot
oblique पोत
pot		 पोतों
potõ
vocative पोत
pot		 पोतो
poto

Synonyms

References
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “पोत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “पोत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pot̪/

Noun

पोत • (pot) m

  1. (art) texture

Declension
Declension of पोत (pot)
direct
singular		 पोत
pot
direct
plural		 पोत
pot
singular plural
nominative पोत
pot		 पोत
pot
oblique पोता-
potā-		 पोतां-
potāN-
dative पोताला
potālā		 पोतांना
potāNnā
ergative पोताने
potāne		 पोतांनी
potāNni
instrumental पोताशी
potāśi		 पोतांशी
potāNśi
locative पोतात
potāt		 पोतांत
potāNt
vocative पोता
potā		 पोतांनो
potāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of पोत
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject पोताचा
potāċā		 पोताचे
potāce		 पोताची
potāci		 पोताच्या
potāca		 पोताचे, पोताचं
potāce, potāċa		 पोताची
potāci		 पोताच्या
potāca
plural subject पोतांचा
potāNċā		 पोतांचे
potāNce		 पोतांची
potāNci		 पोतांच्या
potāNca		 पोतांचे, पोतांचं
potāNce, potāNċa		 पोतांची
potāNci		 पोतांच्या
potāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “पोत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • पोट्ट (poṭṭa)
  • पोत्थ (pottha)
  • फोत (phota), फोत्त (photta)

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“little; young; offspring”) (compare पुत्र (putra)) and cognate with Lithuanian putýtis (“young animal, (young) bird”). However, variety of forms (with retroflexion and aspiration) indicate a non-Aryan substrate borrowing instead.

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Noun

पोत • (pota) m

  1. the young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc. (see मृगपोतः (mr̥gapōtaḥ, “fawn”), वीरपोतः (vīrapōtaḥ, “a young warrior”))
  2. an elephant ten years old
  3. ship, raft, boat
  4. the young shoot of a plant
  5. the site or foundation of a house
  6. a fetus having no enveloping membrane
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of पोत
Nom. sg. पोतः (potaḥ)
Gen. sg. पोतस्य (potasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पोतः (potaḥ) पोतौ (potau) पोताः (potāḥ)
Vocative पोत (pota) पोतौ (potau) पोताः (potāḥ)
Accusative पोतम् (potam) पोतौ (potau) पोतान् (potān)
Instrumental पोतेन (potena) पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām) पोतैः (potaiḥ)
Dative पोताय (potāya) पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām) पोतेभ्यः (potebhyaḥ)
Ablative पोतात् (potāt) पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām) पोतेभ्यः (potebhyaḥ)
Genitive पोतस्य (potasya) पोतयोः (potayoḥ) पोतानाम् (potānām)
Locative पोते (pote) पोतयोः (potayoḥ) पोतेषु (poteṣu)
Derived terms
  • *पोतल (potala)
    • Assamese: পুলি (puli)
    • Bengali: পোলা (pōla)
  • *पोताल (potāla)
  • *पोतर (potara​)
    • Gujarati: પોરિયું (poriyũ)
    • Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘻𑘨 (pora)
    • Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠠꠤ (fuṛi)
  • पोतधारिन् (potadhārin, “the master of a vessel”)
  • पोतप्लव (potaplava, “mariner, seaman”)
  • पोतभङ्ग (potabhaṅga, “shipwreck”)
  • पोतरक्ष (potarakṣa, “the rudder of a boat or ship”)
Descendants
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀅 (poa)
    • Assamese: পো (pü)
    • Middle Bengali: পোয়া (poa)
    • Bhojpuri: पोइ (pōi)
    • Hindi: पोआ (poā)
    • ⇒ Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀧𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀦 (*ponna) (extension)
    • Maithili: पोआ (pōā)
    • Oriya: ପୋ (po), ପୋଅ (poô), ପୁଅ (puô), ପୁଆ (pua), ପୋଇ (poi)
    • Punjabi: ਪੋਆ (poā)
    • Rohingya: fua
    • Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠀ (fua)
  • Urdu: پوت‎
  • Pali: pota
References
  • Vaman Shivaram Apte (accessed 12-14-2012), “The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

पोत • (pota) m

  1. cloth
Descendants
  • Marathi: पोते (pote)
  • → Classical Persian: فوطه‎ (fūta), فوته‎ (fute)
    • → Arabic: فُوطَة‎ (fūṭa) (likely)
    • → Old Anatolian Turkish: فوطه‎ (fuṭa)
      • Classical Azerbaijani: futə
        • Azerbaijani: fitə
      • Ottoman Turkish: فوطه‎ (futa, fota)
        • Turkish: futa, fıta, fota, foda
        • → Albanian: futë
        • → Aromanian: futã, fotã
        • → Bulgarian: фу́та (fúta), фота (fota)
        • → Georgian: ფუტა (puṭa), ფოტა (poṭa), ფუთა (puta)
        • → Greek: φουτάς (foutás)
        • → Hungarian: futa, fúta, fota
        • → Laz: ჶოტა (foťa)
        • → Macedonian: фута (futa)
        • → Mingrelian: ფოტა (poṭa), ფოტი (poṭi), ⇒ ფოტინე (poṭine)
        • → Old East Slavic: фота (fota), фата (fata)
        • → Polish: fota
        • → Pontic Greek: φοτά (fotá)
        • → Romanian: fotă
        • → Serbo-Croatian: fȕta / фу̏та

References
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “potaḥ²”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 347
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “pota-⁴”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 338
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pōta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 477
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