اونٹ

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اونٹ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi اونٿ (avnṭ /⁠ūṭ⁠⁠/) (c. 1609) / اوٿ (avṭ /⁠ūṭ⁠⁠/) (c. 1565),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra, camel),[2] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras.

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 (ū̃ṭ) اونٹ (ū̃ṭ)
oblique اونٹ (ū̃ṭ) اونٹوں (ū̃ṭõ)
vocative اونٹ (ū̃ṭ) اونٹو (ū̃ṭo)

Descendants

  • English: oont

Adjective

اُون٘ٹ (ū̃ṭ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ऊँट)

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

References

  1. ^ اونٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “úṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 112

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