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): /oː.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

	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 (ótunā) ओत्वा¹ (ótvā¹)	ओतुभ्याम् (ótubhyām)	ओतुभिः (ótubhiḥ)
dative	ओतवे (ótave) ओत्वे¹ (ótve¹)	ओतुभ्याम् (ótubhyām)	ओतुभ्यः (ótubhyaḥ)
ablative	ओतोः (ótoḥ) ओत्वः¹ (ótvaḥ¹)	ओतुभ्याम् (ótubhyām)	ओतुभ्यः (ótubhyaḥ)
genitive	ओतोः (ótoḥ) ओत्वः¹ (ótvaḥ¹)	ओत्वोः (ótvoḥ)	ओतूनाम् (ótūnām)
locative	ओतौ (ótau)	ओत्वोः (ótvoḥ)	ओतुषु (ótuṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

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