ऊँट
Hindi
Alternative forms
- ऊंट (ūṇṭ)
Etymology
Inherited from Old HindiCategory:Hindi terms inherited from Old Hindi#ऊँटCategory:Hindi terms derived from Old Hindi#ऊँट ऊंट (ūṃṭa), from ऊट (ūṭa) with spontaneous nasalizationCategory:Hindi terms derived from Prakrit with spontaneous nasalization, from Sauraseni PrakritCategory:Hindi terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit#ऊँटCategory:Hindi terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit#ऊँट उट्ट (uṭṭa), from SanskritCategory:Hindi terms inherited from Sanskrit#ऊँटCategory:Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit#ऊँट उष्ट्र (uṣṭra, “camel”), from Proto-Indo-IranianCategory:Hindi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian#ऊँटCategory:Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#ऊँट *úštras (“camel, buffalo”). Doublet of उष्ट्र (uṣṭra)Category:Hindi doublets#ऊँट. Cognate with Marathi उंट (uṇṭa) and Nepali उँट (ũṭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ऊँट • (ū̃ṭ) m (Urdu spelling اونٹ)Category:Hindi lemmas#ऊँटCategory:Hindi nouns#ऊँटCategory:Hindi entries with incorrect language header#ऊँटCategory:Hindi masculine nouns#ऊँटCategory:Pages with entries#ऊँटCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ऊँट
- camel; dromedary
- (chessCategory:hi:Chess#ऊँट) bishop
- तुमने मेरा ऊँट काट लिया! ― tumne merā ū̃ṭ kāṭ liyā! ― You got my bishop!Category:Hindi terms with usage examples#ऊँट
Declension
Descendants
- → English: oont
See also
| Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text) | |||||
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| राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh) |
रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī) |
हाथी (hāthī) गज (gaj) रथ (rath) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux) |
ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl) |
घोड़ा (ghoṛā) अश्व (aśva) |
प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī) |
References
- Winand M. Callewaert; Swapna Sharma (2009), Dictionary of Bhakti, volume 1, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 204.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ऊँट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press