ओतु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ওতু (Assamese script)
• ᬑᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
• ওতু (Bengali script)
• 𑰌𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀑𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဩတု (Burmese script)
• ઓતુ (Gujarati script)
• ਓਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌓𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦎꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂋𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಓತು (Kannada script)
• ឱតុ (Khmer script)
• ໂອຕຸ (Lao script)
• ഓതു (Malayalam script)
• ᠣᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘌𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠣᠸᠠᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦬𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐌𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଓତୁ (Odia script)
• ꢐꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆏𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖌𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ඔතු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩕𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚈𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஓது (Tamil script)
• ఓతు (Telugu script)
• โอตุ (Thai script)
• ཨོ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒍𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨆𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háwtuṣ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éw-tu-s, from *weh₁y- (“to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́w.tu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.t̪u/

Noun

ओतु • (ótu) stem, m

1. the yarn of a web
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.9.2:

     नाहं तन्तुं न वि जानाम्य्ओतुं न यं वयन्ति समरेऽतमानाः।

     nāhaṃ tantuṃ na vi jānāmyotuṃ na yaṃ vayanti samareʼtamānāḥ.

     I know not either warp or woof, I know not the web they weave when moving to the contest.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of ओतु (ótu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ओतुः ótuḥ	ओतू ótū	ओतवः ótavaḥ
Vocative	ओतो óto	ओतू ótū	ओतवः ótavaḥ
Accusative	ओतुम् ótum	ओतू ótū	ओतून् ótūn
Instrumental	ओतुना / ओत्वा¹ ótunā / ótvā¹	ओतुभ्याम् ótubhyām	ओतुभिः ótubhiḥ
Dative	ओतवे / ओत्वे¹ ótave / ótve¹	ओतुभ्याम् ótubhyām	ओतुभ्यः ótubhyaḥ
Ablative	ओतोः / ओत्वः¹ ótoḥ / ótvaḥ¹	ओतुभ्याम् ótubhyām	ओतुभ्यः ótubhyaḥ
Genitive	ओतोः / ओत्वः¹ ótoḥ / ótvaḥ¹	ओत्वोः ótvoḥ	ओतूनाम् ótūnām
Locative	ओतौ ótau	ओत्वोः ótvoḥ	ओतुषु ótuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ओतु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 235.