उष्ट्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উষ্ট্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬱ᭄ᬝ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• উষ্ট্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဥၑ္ဋြ (Burmese script)
• ઉષ્ટ્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਉਸ਼੍ਟ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦰ꧀ꦛꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಷ್ಟ್ರ (Kannada script)
• ឧឞ្ដ្រ (Khmer script)
• ອຸຩ຺ຏ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• ഉഷ്ട്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢢᢞᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢔᢌᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐲𑑂𑐚𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଉଷ୍ଟ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢆꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆰𑇀𑆛𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• උෂ‍්ට්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩦 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚶𑚔𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• உஷ்ட்ர (Tamil script)
• ఉష్ట్ర (Telugu script)
• อุษฺฏฺร (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཥྚྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒭𑓂𑒙𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨔𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras; see there for more. Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (uštra), Old English ūr.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /úʂ.ʈɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈuʂ.ʈɾɐ/

Noun

उष्ट्र • (úṣṭra) stem, m

1. camel
2. buffalo
3. a wagon or a cart drawn by either

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उष्ट्र (úṣṭra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उष्ट्रः úṣṭraḥ	उष्ट्रौ / उष्ट्रा¹ úṣṭrau / úṣṭrā¹	उष्ट्राः / उष्ट्रासः¹ úṣṭrāḥ / úṣṭrāsaḥ¹
Vocative	उष्ट्र úṣṭra	उष्ट्रौ / उष्ट्रा¹ úṣṭrau / úṣṭrā¹	उष्ट्राः / उष्ट्रासः¹ úṣṭrāḥ / úṣṭrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	उष्ट्रम् úṣṭram	उष्ट्रौ / उष्ट्रा¹ úṣṭrau / úṣṭrā¹	उष्ट्रान् úṣṭrān
Instrumental	उष्ट्रेण úṣṭreṇa	उष्ट्राभ्याम् úṣṭrābhyām	उष्ट्रैः / उष्ट्रेभिः¹ úṣṭraiḥ / úṣṭrebhiḥ¹
Dative	उष्ट्राय úṣṭrāya	उष्ट्राभ्याम् úṣṭrābhyām	उष्ट्रेभ्यः úṣṭrebhyaḥ
Ablative	उष्ट्रात् úṣṭrāt	उष्ट्राभ्याम् úṣṭrābhyām	उष्ट्रेभ्यः úṣṭrebhyaḥ
Genitive	उष्ट्रस्य úṣṭrasya	उष्ट्रयोः úṣṭrayoḥ	उष्ट्राणाम् úṣṭrāṇām
Locative	उष्ट्रे úṣṭre	उष्ट्रयोः úṣṭrayoḥ	उष्ट्रेषु úṣṭreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उष्ट्रवाहन (úṣṭravāhana, “Lord Hanumat, who rides the camel”)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: uṭṭāhana (“Lord Hanumat”)
    • Hindi: ऊँटान (ū̃ṭān, “Hanuman”)
    • Hindi: ऊँटवान (ū̃ṭ(a)vān, “Lord Hanuman”)
      • Hindi: ऊँटसवार (ū̃ṭsavār, “camel-rider”)

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa)
• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: uṭ
  • Kashmiri: ووٗنٛٹ (vūnṭ)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: އޮށް (oṣ̊)
  • Sinhalese: ඔටුවා (oṭuwā)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: উট (ut)
  • Bengali: উট (uṭ)
  • Chakma: 𑄅𑄑𑄴 (uṭ), 𑄃𑄪𑄑𑄴 (uṭ)
  • Odia: ଓଟ (oṭa)
  • Sylheti: ꠃꠐ (uṭ)
• Pali: oṭṭha (< vṛddhi derivative औष्ट्र (auṣṭra))
  • → Lao: ອູດ (ʼūt)
  • → Burmese: အုတ် (ut)
  • → Khmer: អូដ្ឋ (ʼout) , ឩដ្ឋ (ʼout)
  • → Thai: อูฐ (ùut)
• Prakrit:
  • → Burushaski: [script needed] (ūṭ)
  • → Gondi: ఊటడ్ (ūṭaḍ)
  • → Kannada: ಒಂಟೆ (oṇṭe)
  • → Malayalam: ഒട്ടകം (oṭṭakaṁ)
  • → Malay: unta
    • → Indonesian: unta
  • → Tamil: ஒட்டகம் (oṭṭakam)
  • → Telugu: ఒంటె (oṇṭe)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀞 (uṭṭha)
  • Konkani: ओंटे (oṇṭe)
  • Marathi: उंट (uṇṭa)
  • Dhivehi: އޮށް (oṣ̊)
  • Marathi: उंट (uṇṭa)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa)
  • Gujarati: ઊંટ (ū̃ṭa)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: ऊँट (ū̃ṭ)
      • → English: oont
    • Urdu: اونٹ (ū̃ṭ)
  • Nepali: उँट (ũṭ)
  • Punjabi: ਊਠ (ūṭha) / اوٹھ (ūṭh, ūṭhṭh)
  • Marwari: ओठारू (oṭhārū)
  • Sindhi: اُٺُ / उठु (uṭhu)
• → Bengali: উষ্ট্র (uśṭro)
• → Hindi: उष्ट्र (uṣṭra)

References

• “उष्ट्र॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 94, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “उष्ट्र”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 055
• Monier Williams (1899) “U’shṭra”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 220/3.