As a Hindi name
पोत · noun · masculine
पशु पक्षी आदि का छोटा बच्चा · छोटा पौधा · वह गर्भस्थ पिंड जिसपर झिल्ली न चढी़ हो — Śabdasāgara
पोत · noun · feminine
माला या गुरिया का दाना · काँच की गुरिया का दाना । यह अनेक रंगों का होता है और कोदों के दाने के बराबर होता है । निम्न वर्ग की स्त्रियाँ इसे तागे में गूँथकर गले में पहनती हैं । इसे लोग छडी़ और नैच आदि पर भी लपेटते हैं । उससे सोनार गहनों को भी साफ करते हैं — Śabdasāgara
पोत · pota · s.m.
The young of any animal; a young elephant ten years old; a young plant or tree; the young shoot of a plant — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 276
पोत · pot · s.m.
Glass beads, beads — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 276
पोत · masculine
vessel, ship, boat
Cited formation "पोत" is पो + -त: पो means "The dawn ( = poh, q.v.)", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "पोत" is पोना + -त: पोना means "To string (pearls)", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पोत — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पोत (pota).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pota m. (hardly fr. √ pū; but cf. Uṇ. iii, 86) a young animal or plant (mostly ifc., e.g. mṛga-p˚ ‘a y˚ deer’, cūta-p˚ ‘a y˚ mango tree’), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a fetus which has no enveloping membrane, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a young animal or plant (mostly ifc., e.g. mṛga-p˚ ‘a y˚ deer’, cūta-p˚ ‘a y˚ mango tree’), &c.
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pota m. (hardly fr. √ pū; but cf. Uṇ. iii, 86) a young animal or plant (mostly ifc., e.g. mṛga-p˚ ‘a y˚ deer’, cūta-p˚ ‘a y˚ mango tree’), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a fetus which has no enveloping membrane, L.
cloth, a garment, L.
the foundation of a house, L. (cf. poṭa)
pota m. n. a vessel, ship, boat, MBh.; Hariv.; Var.; Kāv.
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