اونٹ

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras
    Sanskrit उष्ट्र (uṣṭra)
    Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa)
    Urdu اُون٘ٹ (ū̃ṭ)

    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.

    Cognates

    Northwestern Indo-Aryan cognates include Punjabi اُوٹھ / ਊਠ (ūṭh), Saraiki اُٹھ (uṭh) and Sindhi اُٺُ (uṭhu). Also compare the Iranian cognates Pashto اُوښ (ūx̌) and Classical Persian اُشْتُر (uštur).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ũːʈ/
    • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
    • Hyphenation: اُون٘ٹ
    • Rhymes: -ũːʈ

    Noun

    اُون٘ٹ • (ū̃ṭ) m (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, [and] duck is permissible.

    Declension

    Declension of اونٹ
    singular plural
    direct اُون٘ٹ (ū̃ṭ) اُون٘ٹ (ū̃ṭ)
    oblique اُون٘ٹ (ū̃ṭ) اُون٘ٹوں (ū̃ṭõ)
    vocative اُون٘ٹ (ū̃ṭ) اُون٘ٹو (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

    Further reading

    More information
    • “اونٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اونٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 84
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “اونٿ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 108
    • 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
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