सूत

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sutta), from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-European *súh₁trom, from *syuh₁- (“to sew”). Doublet of सूत्र (sūtra). Cognate with Marathi सूत (sūt), Konkani सूत (sūt), Assamese সূত (xut), and Thai สูตร (sùut).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /suːt̪/

सूत • (sūt) m (Urdu spelling سوت)

1. thread, string
2. cotton

• सूती (sūtī)

सूत • (sūt) n (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)

1. thread, yarn

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘝 (suta), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sutta), from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra). Related to सुतळी (sutḷī) with the Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) extension. Doublet of सूत्र (sūtra).

• IPA^(key): /sut̪/, [suːt̪]

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सूत • (sūt) n

1. thread, fibre

   Synonyms: दोरा (dorā), धागा (dhāgā)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सूत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 161
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सूत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 865
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सूत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūˊtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 781

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /suː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪uː.t̪ɐ/

सूत • (sūta)

1. urged, impelled

सूत • (sūtá)

1. born, engendered
2. one that has, brought forth (young)

सूत • (sūta) stem, m

1. quicksilver
2. the sun
3. a young quadruped
4. written for सुता (sutā)

सूत • (sūta) stem, m

1. charioteer, driver, groom, equerry, master of the horse (especially an attendant on a king who in earlier literature is often mentioned together with the ग्रामणी (grāma-ṇī́); in the epics also a royal herald or bard, whose business was to proclaim the heroic actions of the king and his ancestors, while he drove his chariot to battle, or on state occasions, and who had therefore to know by heart portions of the epic poems and ancient ballads; he is the son of a क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) by a ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) or of a Brahman [accord. to शाश्वत (śāśvata) also of a शूद्र (śūdra)] and a क्षत्रिया (kṣatriyā); the most celebrated sūta was लोमहर्षण (loma-harṣaṇa) who was a pupil of व्यास (vyāsa))
2. carpenter, wheelwright
3. name of a son of विश्वामित्र (viśvāmitra)

• Monier Williams (1899) “सूत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1239.