اونٹ

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اونٹ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi اوٹ (ūṭ) (c. 1565) / اونٹ (ū̃ṭ) (c. 1609), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra, camel). Cognate with Punjabi اُوٹھ (ūṭh) / ਊਠ (ūṭha), Saraiki اُٹھ (uṭh) and Sindhi اُٺُ (uṭhu). Also compare Pashto اُوښ (ūx̌) and Persian اُشْتُر (oštor).

Pronunciation

Noun

اُون٘ٹ (ū̃ṭm (Hindi spelling ऊँट)

  1. camel, dromedary
    • 1845, Ahwal-ul-Anbiya, volume 1, page 225:
      ذبح کرنا گائے بکری اونٹ پالو مرغی بط کا درست ہے۔
      zibh karnā gāe bakrī ū̃ṭ pālo murġī bat kā durust hai.
      The slaughter of cow, goat, camel, domestic chicken, duck is permissible.

Declension

Declension of اونٹ
singular plural
direct اونٹ (ūnṭ) اونٹ (ūnṭ)
oblique اونٹ (ūnṭ) اونٹوں (ūnṭō̃)
vocative اونٹ (ūnṭ) اونٹو (ūnṭō)

Descendants

  • English: oont

Adjective

اُون٘ٹ (ū̃ṭ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ऊँट)

  1. (figuratively) tall
  2. (figuratively) fool, foolish

Further reading

  • اونٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • اونٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اونٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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    Platts, John Thompson (1884) “اونٿ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “اُونت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 181
  • John Shakespear (1834) “اونٹ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “úṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 112