बटु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- বটু (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬝᬸ (Balinese script)
- বটু (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰘𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀝𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဗဋု (Burmese script)
- બટુ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਟੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌟𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦛꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂗𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಬಟು (Kannada script)
- ពដុ (Khmer script)
- ພຏຸ (Lao script)
- ബടു (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠠᢞᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘘𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᢌᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑦸𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐚𑐸 (Newa script)
- ବଟୁ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢜꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆛𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖘𑖲 (Siddham script)
- බටු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩦𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚔𑚰 (Takri script)
- ப³டு (Tamil script)
- బటు (Telugu script)
- พฏุ (Thai script)
- བ་ཊུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒙𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨔𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Unclear.[1] Possibly borrowed from Munda, though this is highly speculative, especially considering the lack of proposed cognates if so. A much less likely suggestion relates this to बाल (bālá, “boy”), via a supposed intermediate *बल्तु (*baltu).[2] The medial -ल्त- (-lta-) to -ट- (-ṭa-) shift is an example of Fortunatov's law.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bɐ.ʈu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bɐ.ʈu/
Noun
बटु • (baṭu) stem, m
- a boy, lad, fellow, stripling, youth (esp. a young Brahman, but also contemptuously applied to adult persons)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बटुः (baṭuḥ) | बटू (baṭū) | बटवः (baṭavaḥ) |
| accusative | बटुम् (baṭum) | बटू (baṭū) | बटून् (baṭūn) |
| instrumental | बटुना (baṭunā) बट्वा¹ (baṭvā¹) |
बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām) | बटुभिः (baṭubhiḥ) |
| dative | बटवे (baṭave) बट्वे¹ (baṭve¹) |
बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām) | बटुभ्यः (baṭubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बटोः (baṭoḥ) बट्वः¹ (baṭvaḥ¹) |
बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām) | बटुभ्यः (baṭubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बटोः (baṭoḥ) बट्वः¹ (baṭvaḥ¹) |
बट्वोः (baṭvoḥ) | बटूनाम् (baṭūnām) |
| locative | बटौ (baṭau) | बट्वोः (baṭvoḥ) | बटुषु (baṭuṣu) |
| vocative | बटो (baṭo) | बटू (baṭū) | बटवः (baṭavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Odia: ବଟୁ (baṭu)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “baṭu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 352
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “baṭuḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 402
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “बटु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 719, column 2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “baṭu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 514