सोता

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /soː.t̪ɑː/, [soː.t̪äː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sotta), from Sanskrit *स्रोत्र (srotra), from स्रू (srū, “to flow”). Cognate with Bengali Bengali সোত (śōt)

Noun

सोता • (sotā) m (Urdu spelling سوتا)

1. fountain

   Synonyms: फ़व्वारा (favvārā), फुहारा (phuhārā)

2. spring

   Synonym: झरना (jharnā)

   उस सोते का पानी नहाने के लिए ज़्यादा ठंडा है।

   us sote kā pānī nahāne ke lie zyādā ṭhaṇḍā hai.

   The water in that spring is too cold for bathing in.

Declension

Declension of सोता (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सोता sotā	सोते sote
oblique	सोते sote	सोतों sotõ
vocative	सोते sote	सोतो soto

Related terms

• सोत (sot, “stream, channel, spring”)
• सोती (sotī, “rill, rivulet, pond formed by overflow from a river”)

Etymology 2

Verb

सोता • (sotā)

1. inflection of सोना (sonā):
   1. masculine singular habitual participle
   2. masculine singular contrafactual

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सोता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “srōtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press