लूत lūta
girl / boy / neuter 2 syllables SLP1 lUta

As a Hindi name

लूत · noun · masculine

यहूदियों के एक पुराने पैगंबर का नाम — Śabdasāgara

लूत · noun · feminine

मकड़ी । ऊर्णनाभ — Śabdasāgara

लूत · masculine

Lot (a nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran)

Cited formation "लूत" is लू + -त: लू means "A hot wind ( = lūh, 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 "लूत" is लूना + -त: लूना means "(f. -ī), Cut, &c. ( = lūna or lūn, 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

a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Classical Persian لُوط (lūt), from Arabic لُوط (lūṭ), from Biblical Hebrew לוֹט (lot).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

a spider, &c.

Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "lūta" is the vocative of "lūtā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M3 · meaning shifts "lūtā" is derived from "lū" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.

the base — लू

1. lū cl. 9. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxxi, 13) lunāti, lunīte (Ved. also lunoti pf. lulāva, Kathās.; 2. sg. lulavitha, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 196, Sch.; 2. pl. luluvidhve or ˚viḍhve, ib. viii, 3, 79, Sch.; aor. alāvīt, alaviṣṭa Gr.; fut. lavitā, laviṣyati, ˚te, ib.; inf. lavitum, ib.; ind.p. lūtvā, ib.; -lāvam, Kāv.), to cut, sever, divide, pluck, reap, gather, TBr. &c. &c.; to cut off, destroy, annihilate, Kāv.; Rājat. : Pass. lūyate (aor. alāvi), to be cut Gr.: Caus. lāvayati (aor. alīlavat, ˚vata), to cause to cut Gr.: Desid. of Caus. lilāvayiṣati, ib. : Desid. lulūṣati, ˚te, ib. : Intens. lolūyate, loloti, ib. : Desid. of Intens. lolūyiṣate (ind.p. ˚yam), ib.

lū [cf. Gk. λύω; Lat. so-luo, solvo; Goth. fra-liusan; Germ. vir-lisosan, ver-lieren; Angl.Sax. for-leósan; Eng. lose.]

your form — लूत

lūtā f. a spider, Mn.; Var.; Suśr. &c.

an ant, L.

Related forms

Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · लूत

lūta mfn. = pūrva-vicchinna, TS. (Sch.)

Monier-Williams (1899) · लूता (linked stem)

lūtā f. a spider, Mn.; Var.; Suśr. &c.

Monier-Williams (1899) · लूता (linked stem)

an ant, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · लू (linked stem)

1. lū cl. 9. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxxi, 13) lunāti, lunīte (Ved. also lunoti pf. lulāva, Kathās.; 2. sg. lulavitha, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 196, Sch.; 2. pl. luluvidhve or ˚viḍhve, ib. viii, 3, 79, Sch.; aor. alāvīt, alaviṣṭa Gr.; fut. lavitā, laviṣyati, ˚te, ib.; inf. lavitum, ib.; ind.p. lūtvā, ib.; -lāvam, Kāv.), to cut, sever, divide, pluck, reap, gather, TBr. &c. &c.; to cut off, destroy, annihilate, Kāv.; Rājat. : Pass. lūyate (aor. alāvi), to be cut Gr.: Caus. lāvayati (aor. alīlavat, ˚vata), to cause to cut Gr.: Desid. of Caus. lilāvayiṣati, ib. : Desid. lulūṣati, ˚te, ib. : Intens. lolūyate, loloti, ib. : Desid. of Intens. lolūyiṣate (ind.p. ˚yam), ib.

Monier-Williams (1899) · लू (linked stem)

lū [cf. Gk. λύω; Lat. so-luo, solvo; Goth. fra-liusan; Germ. vir-lisosan, ver-lieren; Angl.Sax. for-leósan; Eng. lose.]

Alternative readings

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