बटु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Munda This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognates?. A much less likely suggestion relates this to बाल (bāla, boy), via a supposed intermediate *बल्तु (*baltu).

Pronunciation

Noun

बटु • (baṭu) stemm

  1. a boy, lad, fellow, stripling, youth (esp. a young Brahman, but also contemptuously applied to adult persons)

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of बटु
singular dual plural
nominative बटुः (baṭuḥ) बटू (baṭū) बटवः (baṭavaḥ)
accusative बटुम् (baṭum) बटू (baṭū) बटून् (baṭūn)
instrumental बटुना (baṭunā)
बट्वा¹ (baṭvā¹)
बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām) बटुभिः (baṭubhiḥ)
dative बटवे (baṭave)
बट्वे¹ (baṭve¹)
बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām) बटुभ्यः (baṭubhyaḥ)
ablative बटोः (baṭoḥ)
बट्वः¹ (baṭvaḥ¹)
बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām) बटुभ्यः (baṭubhyaḥ)
genitive बटोः (baṭoḥ)
बट्वः¹ (baṭvaḥ¹)
बट्वोः (baṭvoḥ) बटूनाम् (baṭūnām)
locative बटौ (baṭau) बट्वोः (baṭvoḥ) बटुषु (baṭuṣu)
vocative बटो (baṭo) बटू (baṭū) बटवः (baṭavaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Odia: ବଟୁ (baṭu)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “बटु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 719/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 352
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 402
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “baṭu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press