पोत

Hindi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit पोत (pota)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /poːt̪/

Noun

पोत • (pot) m (Urdu spelling پوت)

1. vessel, ship, boat

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   वह पोत का मालिक कल गिरफ़्तार किया गया।

   vah pot kā mālik kal giraftār kiyā gayā.

   The owner of that ship was arrested yesterday.

Synonyms

• जहाज़ (jahāz)

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “पोत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पोत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Sanskrit

Noun

पोत • (pota) stem, m

1. The young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc. (see मृगपोतः (mr̥gapōtaḥ, “fawn”), वीरपोतः (vīrapōtaḥ, “a young warrior”))
2. An elephant ten years old.
3. ship, raft, boat
4. garment, cloth
5. the young shoot of a plant
6. the site or foundation of a house
7. a fetus having no enveloping membrane

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पोत
Nom. sg.	पोतः (potaḥ)
Gen. sg.	पोतस्य (potasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पोतः (potaḥ)	पोतौ (potau)	पोताः (potāḥ)
Vocative	पोत (pota)	पोतौ (potau)	पोताः (potāḥ)
Accusative	पोतम् (potam)	पोतौ (potau)	पोतान् (potān)
Instrumental	पोतेन (potena)	पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām)	पोतैः (potaiḥ)
Dative	पोताय (potāya)	पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām)	पोतेभ्यः (potebhyaḥ)
Ablative	पोतात् (potāt)	पोताभ्याम् (potābhyām)	पोतेभ्यः (potebhyaḥ)
Genitive	पोतस्य (potasya)	पोतयोः (potayoḥ)	पोतानाम् (potānām)
Locative	पोते (pote)	पोतयोः (potayoḥ)	पोतेषु (poteṣu)

Related terms

• पोतधारिन् (potadhārin, “the master of a vessel”)
• पोतप्लव (potaplava, “mariner, seaman”)
• पोतभङ्ग (potabhaṅga, “shipwreck”)
• पोतरक्ष (potarakṣa, “the rudder of a boat or ship”)

Descendants

• Assamese: পো (pü), পোৱালী (püali), পোনা (püna), পুলি (puli)
• Urdu: پوت (pot)
• Marathi: पोर (por)