उष्ट्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

উষ্ট্ৰ (Assamese script)
ᬉᬱ᭄ᬝ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
উষ্ট্র (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ဥၑ္ဋြ (Burmese script)
ઉષ્ટ્ર (Gujarati script)
ਉਸ਼੍ਟ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦰ꧀ꦛꦿ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಉಷ್ಟ್ರ (Kannada script)
ឧឞ្ដ្រ (Khmer script)
ອຸຩ຺ຏ຺ຣ (Lao script)
ഉഷ്ട്ര (Malayalam script)
ᡠᢢᢞᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠤᢔᢌᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐲𑑂𑐚𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
ଉଷ୍ଟ୍ର (Odia script)
ꢆꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆰𑇀𑆛𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
උෂ‍්ට්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩦 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚶𑚔𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
உஷ்ட்ர (Tamil script)
ఉష్ట్ర (Telugu script)
อุษฺฏฺร (Thai script)
ཨུ་ཥྚྲ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒭𑓂𑒙𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨔𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras. See there for more. Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra), Old English ūr.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /úʂ.ʈɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /uʂ.ʈɾɐ/

Noun

उष्ट्र • (úṣṭra) stem, m

camel
buffalo
a wagon or a cart drawn by either

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उष्ट्र
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उष्ट्रः (úṣṭraḥ)	उष्ट्रौ (úṣṭrau) उष्ट्रा¹ (úṣṭrā¹)	उष्ट्राः (úṣṭrāḥ) उष्ट्रासः¹ (úṣṭrāsaḥ¹)
accusative	उष्ट्रम् (úṣṭram)	उष्ट्रौ (úṣṭrau) उष्ट्रा¹ (úṣṭrā¹)	उष्ट्रान् (úṣṭrān)
instrumental	उष्ट्रेण (úṣṭreṇa)	उष्ट्राभ्याम् (úṣṭrābhyām)	उष्ट्रैः (úṣṭraiḥ) उष्ट्रेभिः¹ (úṣṭrebhiḥ¹)
dative	उष्ट्राय (úṣṭrāya)	उष्ट्राभ्याम् (úṣṭrābhyām)	उष्ट्रेभ्यः (úṣṭrebhyaḥ)
ablative	उष्ट्रात् (úṣṭrāt)	उष्ट्राभ्याम् (úṣṭrābhyām)	उष्ट्रेभ्यः (úṣṭrebhyaḥ)
genitive	उष्ट्रस्य (úṣṭrasya)	उष्ट्रयोः (úṣṭrayoḥ)	उष्ट्राणाम् (úṣṭrāṇām)
locative	उष्ट्रे (úṣṭre)	उष्ट्रयोः (úṣṭrayoḥ)	उष्ट्रेषु (úṣṭreṣu)
vocative	उष्ट्र (úṣṭra)	उष्ट्रौ (úṣṭrau) उष्ट्रा¹ (úṣṭrā¹)	उष्ट्राः (úṣṭrāḥ) उष्ट्रासः¹ (úṣṭrāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

उष्ट्रवाहन (úṣṭravāhana, “Lord Hanumat, who rides the camel”)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: uṭṭāhana (“Lord Hanumat”)
  - Hindi: ऊँटान (ū̃ṭān, “Hanuman”)
  - Hindi: ऊँटवान (ū̃ṭ(a)vān, “Lord Hanuman”)
    - Hindi: ऊँटसवार (ū̃ṭsavār, “camel-rider”)

Descendants

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa)
Dardic:
- Kalasha: uṭ
- Kashmiri: ووٗنٛٹ (vūnṭ)
Helu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: އޮށް (oṣ̊)
- Sinhalese: ඔටුවා (oṭuwā)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: উট (ut)
- Bengali: উট (uṭ)
- Chakma: 𑄅𑄑𑄴 (uṭ), 𑄃𑄪𑄑𑄴 (uṭ)
- Odia: ଓଟ (oṭa)
- Sylheti: ꠃꠐ (uṭ)
Pali: oṭṭha (< vṛddhi derivative औष्ट्र (auṣṭra))
- → Lao: ອູດ (ʼūt)
- → Burmese: အုတ် (ut)
- → Khmer: អូដ្ឋ (ʼout) , ឩដ្ឋ (ʼout)
- → Thai: อูฐ (ùut)
Prakrit:
- → Burushaski: [script needed] (ūṭ)
- → Gondi: ఊటడ్ (ūṭaḍ)
- → Kannada: ಒಂಟೆ (oṇṭe)
- → Malayalam: ഒട്ടകം (oṭṭakaṁ)
- → Malay: unta
  - → Indonesian: unta
- → Tamil: ஒட்டகம் (oṭṭakam)
- → Telugu: ఒంటె (oṇṭe)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀞 (uṭṭha)
- Konkani: ओंटे (oṇṭe)
- Marathi: उंट (uṇṭa)
- Dhivehi: އޮށް (oṣ̊)
- Marathi: उंट (uṇṭa)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa)
- Gujarati: ઊંટ (ū̃ṭa)
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: ऊँट (ū̃ṭ)
    - → English: oont
  - Urdu: اونٹ (ū̃ṭ)
- Nepali: उँट (ũṭ)
- Punjabi: ਊਠ (ūṭha) / اوٹھ (ūṭh, ūṭhṭh)
- Marwari: ओठारू (oṭhārū)
- Sindhi: اُٺُ / उठु (uṭhu)
→ Bengali: উষ্ট্র (uśṭro)
→ Hindi: उष्ट्र (uṣṭra)

References

“उष्ट्र॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 94, column 2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “उष्ट्र”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 055
Monier Williams (1899) “U’shṭra”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220/3.