पोत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पोत (pota).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /poːt̪/

Noun

पोत • (pot) m (Urdu spelling پوت‎)

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

जहाज़ (jahāz)

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.

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“little; young; offspring”) (compare पुत्र (putra)). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian putýtis (“young animal, (young) bird”).

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Noun

पोत • (pota) m

the young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc. (see मृगपोतः (mr̥gapōtaḥ, “fawn”), वीरपोतः (vīrapōtaḥ, “a young warrior”))
an elephant ten years old
ship, raft, boat
the young shoot of a plant
the site or foundation of a house
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)

Related terms

पोतधारिन् (potadhārin, “the master of a vessel”)
पोतप्लव (potaplava, “mariner, seaman”)
पोतभङ्ग (potabhaṅga, “shipwreck”)
पोतरक्ष (potarakṣa, “the rudder of a boat or ship”)

Descendants

Bengali: পোলা (pola)
Assamese: পো (pü), পোৱালী (püali), পোনা (püna), পুলি (puli)
Urdu: پوت‎
Marathi: पोर (por)
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

cloth

Descendants

Marathi: पोते (pote)
→ Classical Persian: فوطه‎ (fūta), فوته‎
- → Arabic: فُوطَة‎ (fūṭa) (likely)
  - Egyptian Arabic: فوطة‎ (fūṭa)
  - Moroccan Arabic: فوطة‎ (fūṭa)
  - South Levantine Arabic: فوطة‎ (fūṭa)
  - → English: fouta
  - → French: fouta, foutah
  - → Portuguese: fota
- → 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)
      - Russian: фата́ (fatá)
      - Ukrainian: фо́та (fóta)
    - → 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), “pōta²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 477