बटु
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[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]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
[edit]Possibly borrowed from Munda. A much less likely suggestion relates this to बाल (bāla, “boy”), via a supposed intermediate *बल्तु (baltu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]बटु • (baṭu) stem, m
- a boy, lad, fellow, stripling, youth (esp. a young Brahman, but also contemptuously applied to adult persons)
Declension
[edit]| Masculine u-stem declension of बटु (baṭu) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 / बट्वा¹ baṭunā / baṭvā¹ |
बटुभ्याम् baṭubhyām |
बटुभिः baṭubhiḥ |
| Dative | बटवे / बट्वे¹ baṭave / baṭve¹ |
बटुभ्याम् baṭubhyām |
बटुभ्यः baṭubhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बटोः / बट्वः¹ baṭoḥ / baṭvaḥ¹ |
बटुभ्याम् baṭubhyām |
बटुभ्यः baṭubhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बटोः / बट्वः¹ baṭoḥ / baṭvaḥ¹ |
बट्वोः baṭvoḥ |
बटूनाम् baṭūnām |
| Locative | बटौ baṭau |
बट्वोः baṭvoḥ |
बटुषु baṭuṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Odia: ବଟୁ (baṭu)
References
[edit]- 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[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 352
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen[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