As a Hindi name
ओतु · noun · masculine
ताना · बिड़ाल । मार्जार — Śabdasāgara
ओतु · noun · feminine
बिल्ली — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a cat Comm. on
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Dictionary citations
1. otu m. (√ ve), the woof or cross-threads of a web, RV. vi, 9, 2; AV. xiv, 2, 51; TS. vi; Kauś.
otu n. N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.
2. otu m. f. (√ av, Uṇ. i, 70), a cat Comm. on Pāṇ. vi, 1, 94.
otu m. (-tuḥ) A cat. E. ava to go, &c. and tu Uṇādi affix, the radical is changed to o.
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