سوتا
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /soː.t̪ɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: سو‧تا
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sotta), from Sanskrit *स्रोत्र (*srotra), from स्रु (sru, “to flow”).
Noun
سوتا • (sotā) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سوتا (sotā) | سوتے (sote) |
| oblique | سوتے (sote) | سوتوں (sotõ) |
| vocative | سوتے (sote) | سوتو (soto) |
Etymology 2
Verb
سوتا • (sotā)
- inflection of سونا (sonā, “to sleep”):
- masculine singular habitual participle
- masculine singular contrafactual
Noun
سوتا • (sotā) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سوتا (sotā) | سوتے (sote) |
| oblique | سوتے (sote) | سوتوں (sotõ) |
| vocative | سوتے (sote) | سوتو (soto) |
Further reading
- “سوتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سوتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سوتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “srōtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press