سوتا

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /soː.t̪ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: سو‧تا

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sotta), from Sanskrit *स्रोत्र (srotra), from स्रू (srū, “to flow”).

Noun

سوتا • (sotā) m (Hindi spelling सोता)

1. fountain
2. spring

Declension

Declension of سوتا
	singular	plural
direct	سوتا (sotā)	سوتے (sote)
oblique	سوتے (sote)	سوتوں (sotõ)
vocative	سوتے (sote)	سوتو (soto)

Etymology 2

From سونا (sonā, “to sleep”).

Verb

سوتا • (sotā)

1. inflection of سونا (sonā, “to sleep”):
   1. masculine singular habitual participle
   2. masculine singular contrafactual

Noun

سوتا • (sotā) m (Hindi spelling सोता)

1. (uncommon) sleep, dream.

Declension

Declension of سوتا
	singular	plural
direct	سوتا (sotā)	سوتے (sote)
oblique	سوتے (sote)	سوتوں (sotõ)
vocative	سوتے (sote)	سوتو (soto)

Further reading

• “سوتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سوتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سوتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “srōtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press