पोत

See also: पत्ता, पता, पती, पात, पिता, पुती, पूत, पोती, and पोते

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पोत (pota).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /poːt̪/

Noun

पोत • (pot) m (Urdu spelling پوت)

1. vessel, ship, boat

   वह पोत का मालिक कल गिरफ़्तार किया गया।

   vah pot kā mālik kal giraftār kiyā gayā.

   The owner of that ship was arrested yesterday.

Declension

Declension of पोत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पोत pot	पोत pot
oblique	पोत pot	पोतों potõ
vocative	पोत pot	पोतो poto

Synonyms

• जहाज़ (jahāz)

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “पोत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पोत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pot̪/

Noun

पोत • (pot) m

1. (art) texture

Declension

Declension of पोत (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	पोत pot
direct plural	पोत pot
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	पोत pot		पोत pot
oblique सामान्यरूप	पोता potā		पोतां- potān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	पोताला potālā		पोतांना potānnā
ergative	पोताने, पोतानं potāne, potāna		पोतांनी potānnī
instrumental	पोताशी potāśī		पोतांशी potānśī
locative सप्तमी	पोतात potāt		पोतांत potāt
vocative संबोधन	पोता potā		पोतांनो potānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of पोत (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	पोताचा potāċā	पोताचे potāċe	पोताची potācī	पोताच्या potācā	पोताचे, पोताचं potāċe, potāċa	पोताची potācī	पोताच्या potācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	पोतांचा potānċā	पोतांचे potānċe	पोतांची potāñcī	पोतांच्या potāncā	पोतांचे, पोतांचं potānċe, potānċa	पोतांची potāñcī	पोतांच्या potāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पोत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• पोट्ट (poṭṭa)
• पोत्थ (pottha)
• फोत (phota), फोत्त (photta)

Etymology 1

Variety of forms (with retroflexion and aspiration) indicate a non-Aryan substrate borrowing.

Noun

पोत • (pota) stem, m

1. the young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc. (see मृगपोतः (mr̥gapōtaḥ, “fawn”), वीरपोतः (vīrapōtaḥ, “a young warrior”))
2. an elephant ten years old
3. ship, raft, boat
4. the young shoot of a plant
5. the site or foundation of a house
6. a fetus having no enveloping membrane

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पोत
Nom. sg.	पोतः (potaḥ)
Gen. sg.	पोतस्य (potasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पोतः (potaḥ)	पोतौ (potau)	पोताः (potāḥ)
Vocative	पोत (pota)	पोतौ (potau)	पोताः (potāḥ)
Accusative	पोतम् (potam)	पोतौ (potau)	पोतान् (potān)
Instrumental	पोतेन (potena)	पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām)	पोतैः (potaiḥ)
Dative	पोताय (potāya)	पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām)	पोतेभ्यः (potebhyaḥ)
Ablative	पोतात् (potāt)	पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām)	पोतेभ्यः (potebhyaḥ)
Genitive	पोतस्य (potasya)	पोतयोः (potayoḥ)	पोतानाम् (potānām)
Locative	पोते (pote)	पोतयोः (potayoḥ)	पोतेषु (poteṣu)

Derived terms

• *पोतल (potala)
  • Assamese: পুলি (puli)
  • Bengali: পোলা (pōla)
• *पोताल (potāla)
  • Assamese: পোৱালী (püali)
• *पोतर (potara​)
  • Gujarati: પોરિયું (poriyũ)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘻𑘨 (pora)
    • Marathi: पोर (por)
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠠꠤ (fuṛi)

• पोतधारिन् (potadhārin, “the master of a vessel”)
• पोतप्लव (potaplava, “mariner, seaman”)
• पोतभङ्ग (potabhaṅga, “shipwreck”)
• पोतरक्ष (potarakṣa, “the rudder of a boat or ship”)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀅 (poa)
  • Assamese: পো (pü)
  • Middle Bengali: পোয়া (poa)
    • Bengali: পো (pō), পোয়া (pōẇa), পুয়া (puẏa), ফুয়া (phuẏa)
  • Bhojpuri: पोइ (pōi)
  • Hindi: पोआ (poā)
  • ⇒ Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀧𑁄𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀦 (*poanna) (extension)
    • Assamese: পোনা (püna)
    • Bengali: পোনা (pōna)
  • Maithili: पोआ (pōā)
  • Odia: ପୋ (po), ପୋଅ (poô), ପୁଅ (puô), ପୁଆ (pua), ପୋଇ (poi)
  • Punjabi: ਪੋਆ (poā)
  • Rohingya: fua
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠀ (fua)
• Urdu: پوت (pot)
• Pali: pota

References

• Vaman Shivaram Apte (2012 December 14 (last accessed)) “The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

पोत • (pota) stem, m

1. cloth

Descendants

• Marathi: पोते (pote)
• → Classical Persian: فوطه (fūta), فوته (fute)
  • → Arabic: فُوطَة (fūṭa) (likely)
    • Egyptian Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
    • Moroccan Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
    • South Levantine Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
    • → English: fouta
    • → French: fouta, foutah
    • → Portuguese: fota
  • → Old Anatolian Turkish: فوطه (fuṭa)
    • Classical Azerbaijani: futə
      • Azerbaijani: fitə
    • Ottoman Turkish: فوطه (futa, fota)
      • Turkish: futa, fıta, fota, foda
      • → Albanian: futë
      • → Aromanian: futã, fotã
      • → Bulgarian: фу́та (fúta), фота (fota)
      • → Georgian: ფუტა (puṭa), ფოტა (poṭa), ფუთა (puta)
      • → Greek: φουτάς (foutás)
      • → Hungarian: futa, fúta, fota
      • → Laz: ჶოტა (foťa)
      • → Macedonian: фута (futa)
      • → Mingrelian: ფოტა (poṭa), ფოტი (poṭi), ⇒ ფოტინე (poṭine)
      • → Old East Slavic: фота (fota), фата (fata)
        • Russian: фата́ (fatá)
        • Ukrainian: фо́та (fóta)
      • → Polish: fota
      • → Pontic Greek: φοτά (fotá)
      • → Romanian: fotă
      • → Serbo-Croatian: fȕta / фу̏та

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “potaḥ²”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 347
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “pota-⁴”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 338
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pōta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 477