𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀞 (uṭṭha)

Etymology

masculine: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 m (uṭṭa)
feminine: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 f (uṭṭī)

Inherited from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra). Compare Pali oṭṭha.

Noun

𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa) m (Devanagari उट्ट)

1. (Ardhamāgadhī) camel

Declension

for Maharastri Prakrit:

Maharastri declension of 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁄 (uṭṭo)	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā)
Accusative	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁 (uṭṭaṃ)	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂 (uṭṭe) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā)
Instrumental	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀡 (uṭṭeṇa) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀡𑀁 (uṭṭeṇaṃ)	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀳𑀺 (uṭṭehi) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (uṭṭehiṃ)
Dative	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀅 (uṭṭāa)	—
Ablative	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀑 (uṭṭāo) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀉 (uṭṭāu) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺 (uṭṭāhi) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (uṭṭāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀲𑁆𑀲 (uṭṭassa)	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀡 (uṭṭāṇa) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀡𑀁 (uṭṭāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (uṭṭammi) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂 (uṭṭe)	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀲𑀼 (uṭṭesu) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (uṭṭesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa) or 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā)	𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (uṭṭā)

Descendants

• Konkani: ओंटे (oṇṭe)
• Marathi: उंट (uṇṭa)
• Dhivehi: އޮށް (oṣ̊)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “उट्ट”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 213
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “úṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press