لوٹا

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. lota, waterpot

References

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

Urdu

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

لُوٹا • (lūṭā) (Hindi spelling लूटा)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

لَوٹا • (lauṭā) (Hindi spelling लौटा)

  1. inflection of لَوٹنَا (lauṭnā, “to return; come back”):
    1. masculine singular perfective participle
    2. masculine singular perfect indicative : returned; came back

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Noun

لوٹا • (loṭā) 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. (politics, chiefly Pakistani politics, derogatory) turncoat; renegade
Declension
    Declension of لوٹا
singular plural
direct لوٹا (loṭā) لوٹے (loṭe)
oblique لوٹے (loṭe) لوٹوں (loṭõ)
vocative لوٹے (loṭe) لوٹو (loṭo)
Descendants
  • → English: lota

References

  • “لوٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lōṭṭa3”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 648
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