पौत्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Vṛddhi derivative of पु॒त्र (putrá).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    पौत्र॑ • (páutra) stemm

    1. a son's son, grandson

    Descendants

    • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀢 (pota /⁠potta⁠/), 𑀧𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀭 (potra)
      • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (potta)
      • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
        • Punjabi: (potrā, potrī, potā, potī)
          Gurmukhi script: ਪੋਤ੍ਰਾ, ਪੋਤ੍ਰੀ, ਪੋਤਾ, ਪੋਤੀ, ਪੋਤਰਾ (potrā), ਪੋਤਰੀ (potrī)
          Shahmukhi script: پوترا, پوتری, پوتا, پوتی
        • Punjabi: (dialectal) (poṭ, poṭrī)
          Gurmukhi script: ਪੋਟ, ਪੋਟ੍ਰੀ
          Shahmukhi script: پوٹ, پوٹری
        • Sindhi: پوٽو (poṭo), پوٽي (poṭe)
    • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀢𑀓 (potaka /⁠pottaka⁠/)
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀧𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢-𑀕 (*potta-ga)
    • Gujarati: પૌત્ર (pautra)
    • Hindi: पौत्र (pautra)
    • Bengali: পৌত্র (pōutro)
    • Odia: ପୌତ୍ର (pautra)
    • Telugu: పౌత్రుడు (pautruḍu)

    References

    • पौ॑त्र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 329, column 1.
    • Monier Williams (1899), “पौत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 651, column 1.