ओतु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ওতু (Assamese script)
ᬑᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
ওতু (Bengali script)
𑰌𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀑𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ဩတု (Burmese script)
ઓતુ (Gujarati script)
ਓਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌓𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦎꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂋𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಓತು (Kannada script)
ឱតុ (Khmer script)
ໂອຕຸ (Lao script)
ഓതു (Malayalam script)
ᠣᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘌𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠣᠸᠠᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦬𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐌𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
ଓତୁ (Odia script)
ꢐꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆏𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖌𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
ඔතු (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩕𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚈𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
ஓது (Tamil script)
ఓతు (Telugu script)
โอตุ (Thai script)
ཨོ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
𑒍𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨆𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háwtuṣ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éw-tu-s, from *weh₁y- (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́w.tu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /oː.t̪u/

Noun

ओतु॑ • (ótu) stem, m

the yarn of a web
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.9.2:
  नाहं तन्तुं न वि जानाम्य्ओतुं न यं वयन्ति समरेऽतमानाः।
  nāhaṃ tantuṃ na vi jānāmyotuṃ na yaṃ vayanti samareʼtamānāḥ.
  I know not either warp or woof, I know not the web they weave when moving to the contest.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of ओतु॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ओतुः॑ (ótuḥ)	ओतू॑ (ótū)	ओत॑वः (ótavaḥ)
accusative	ओतु॑म् (ótum)	ओतू॑ (ótū)	ओतू॑न् (ótūn)
instrumental	ओतु॑ना (ótunā) ओत्वा॑¹ (ótvā¹)	ओतु॑भ्याम् (ótubhyām)	ओतु॑भिः (ótubhiḥ)
dative	ओत॑वे (ótave) ओत्वे॑¹ (ótve¹)	ओतु॑भ्याम् (ótubhyām)	ओतु॑भ्यः (ótubhyaḥ)
ablative	ओतोः॑ (ótoḥ) ओत्वः॑¹ (ótvaḥ¹)	ओतु॑भ्याम् (ótubhyām)	ओतु॑भ्यः (ótubhyaḥ)
genitive	ओतोः॑ (ótoḥ) ओत्वः॑¹ (ótvaḥ¹)	ओत्वोः॑ (ótvoḥ)	ओतू॑नाम् (ótūnām)
locative	ओतौ॑ (ótau)	ओत्वोः॑ (ótvoḥ)	ओतु॑षु (ótuṣu)
vocative	ओतो॑ (óto)	ओतू॑ (ótū)	ओत॑वः (ótavaḥ)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “ओतु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 235.