उमरकोट

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अमरकोट (amarkoṭ)

Etymology

Named after Umar Soomro. Renaming of अमरकोट (amarkoṭ) to उमर (umar) +‎ -कोट (-koṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʊ.məɾ.koːʈ/, [ʊ.mɐɾ.koːʈ]
• Rhymes: -oːʈ
• Hyphenation: उ‧मर‧कोट

Proper noun

उमरकोट • (umarkoṭ) m (Urdu spelling عُمَرکوٹ)

1. Umerkot (a city in Umerkot district, Thar, Sindh, Pakistan)
   • 1985, देवीसिंह मंडावा [devīsĩh maṇḍāvā], राजस्थान के कछवाहा [rājasthān ke kachvāhā, The Kachhwaha of Rajasthan]‎^[1], श्री शार्दुल एज्युकेशन ट्रस्ट [śrī śārdul ejyukeśan ṭrasṭ], page 122:

     जब बादशाह हुमायूँ शेरशाह सूर से हारकर सिन्ध में गया तब उमरकोट के शासक को कहकर जगमाल जी ने उसे वहाँ शरण दिलाई थी। वहीं ई॰ १५४२ अक्टूबर १५ को उमरकोट में अकबर पैदा हुआ था ।

     jab bādśāh humāyū̃ śerśāh sūr se hārkar sindh mẽ gayā tab umarkoṭ ke śāsak ko kahkar jagmāl jī ne use vahā̃ śaraṇ dilāī thī. vahī̃ ī. 1542 akṭūbar 15 ko umarkoṭ mẽ akbar paidā huā thā .

     When Emperor Humayun, after being defeated by Sher Shah Suri, fled to Sindh, Jagmal Ji persuaded the ruler of Umerkot to grant him refuge there. It was there that Akbar was born in 1542 on 15 October.

Declension

Declension of उमरकोट (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	उमरकोट umarkoṭ
oblique	उमरकोट umarkoṭ
vocative	उमरकोट umarkoṭ

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अमरकोट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 288