सोता
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /soː.t̪ɑː/, [soː.t̪äː]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sotta), from Sanskrit *स्रोत्र (*srotra), from स्रु (sru, “to flow”). Cognate with Bengali Bengali সোত (śōt)
Noun
सोता • (sotā) m (Urdu spelling سوتا)
- fountain
- Synonyms: फ़व्वारा (favvārā), फुहारा (phuhārā)
- spring
- Synonym: झरना (jharnā)
- उस सोते का पानी नहाने के लिए ज़्यादा ठंडा है।
- us sote kā pānī nahāne ke lie zyādā ṭhaṇḍā hai.
- The water in that spring is too cold for bathing in.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सोता sotā |
सोते sote |
| oblique | सोते sote |
सोतों sotõ |
| vocative | सोते sote |
सोतो soto |
Related terms
- सोत (sot, “stream, channel, spring”)
- सोती (sotī, “rill, rivulet, pond formed by overflow from a river”)
Etymology 2
Verb
सोता • (sotā)
- inflection of सोना (sonā):
- masculine singular habitual participle
- masculine singular contrafactual
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सोता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “srōtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press