लोटा

See also: लूट and लाट

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit [Term?]. Compare Punjabi ਲੋੱਟਾ / لوٹّا (loṭṭā), Nepali लोहोटो (lohoṭo), Marathi लोटा (loṭā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /loː.ʈɑː/, [loː.ʈäː]

Noun

लोटा • (loṭā) m (Urdu spelling لوٹا)

  1. a pot, lota; especially a pot used for carrying water
    एक लोटा पानी ― ek loṭā pānī ― a bucketful of water

Declension

Declension of लोटा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct लोटा
loṭā 		लोटे
loṭe
oblique लोटे
loṭe 		लोटों
loṭõ
vocative लोटे
loṭe 		लोटो
loṭo

Descendants

  • → English: lota

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लोटा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लोटा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “लोटा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “लोटा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Hardev Bahri (2013) “लोटा”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
  • “लोटा”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
  • “लोटा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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