बटु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বটু (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬝᬸ (Balinese script)
• বটু (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰘𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀝𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဗဋု (Burmese script)
• બટુ (Gujarati script)
• ਬਟੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌟𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦛꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂗𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಬಟು (Kannada script)
• ពដុ (Khmer script)
• ພຏຸ (Lao script)
• ബടു (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠᢞᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘘𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᢌᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑦸𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐚𑐸 (Newa script)
• ବଟୁ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢜꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆛𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖘𑖲 (Siddham script)
• බටු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩦𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚔𑚰 (Takri script)
• ப³டு (Tamil script)
• బటు (Telugu script)
• พฏุ (Thai script)
• བ་ཊུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒙𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨔𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Munda. A much less likely suggestion relates this to बाल (bāla, “boy”), via a supposed intermediate *बल्तु (baltu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ʈu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ʈu/

Noun

बटु • (baṭu) stem, m

1. a boy, lad, fellow, stripling, youth (esp. a young Brahman, but also contemptuously applied to adult persons)

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of बटु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बटुः (baṭuḥ)	बटू (baṭū)	बटवः (baṭavaḥ)
vocative	बटो (baṭo)	बटू (baṭū)	बटवः (baṭavaḥ)
accusative	बटुम् (baṭum)	बटू (baṭū)	बटून् (baṭūn)
instrumental	बटुना (baṭunā) बट्वा¹ (baṭvā¹)	बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām)	बटुभिः (baṭubhiḥ)
dative	बटवे (baṭave) बट्वे¹ (baṭve¹)	बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām)	बटुभ्यः (baṭubhyaḥ)
ablative	बटोः (baṭoḥ) बट्वः¹ (baṭvaḥ¹)	बटुभ्याम् (baṭubhyām)	बटुभ्यः (baṭubhyaḥ)
genitive	बटोः (baṭoḥ) बट्वः¹ (baṭvaḥ¹)	बट्वोः (baṭvoḥ)	बटूनाम् (baṭūnām)
locative	बटौ (baṭau)	बट्वोः (baṭvoḥ)	बटुषु (baṭuṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Odia: ବଟୁ (baṭu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बटु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 719/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 352
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 402
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “baṭu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press