ऊँट

Hindi

ऊँट

Alternative forms

• ऊंट (ūṇṭ)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi ऊंट (ūṃṭa), from ऊट (ūṭa) with spontaneous nasalization, from Sauraseni Prakrit उट्ट (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (uṣṭra, “camel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras (“camel, buffalo”). Doublet of उष्ट्र (uṣṭra). Cognate with Marathi उंट (uṇṭa) and Nepali उँट (ũṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ũːʈ/

Noun

ऊँट • (ū̃ṭ) m (Urdu spelling اونٹ)

1. camel; dromedary
2. (chess) bishop

   तुमने मेरा ऊँट काट लिया! ― tumne merā ū̃ṭ kāṭ liyā! ― You got my bishop!

Declension

Declension of ऊँट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ऊँट ū̃ṭ	ऊँट ū̃ṭ
oblique	ऊँट ū̃ṭ	ऊँटों ū̃ṭõ
vocative	ऊँट ū̃ṭ	ऊँटो ū̃ṭo

Descendants

• → English: oont

See also

Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text)
राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh)	रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī)	हाथी (hāthī) गज (gaj) रथ (rath) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux)	ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl)	घोड़ा (ghoṛā) अश्व (aśva)	प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī)

References

• Winand M. Callewaert; Swapna Sharma (2009), Dictionary of Bhakti, volume 1, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 204.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ऊँट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press