Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
लूता · noun · feminine
मकड़ी । ऊर्णनाभ · फफोले की तरह की फुंसी जो, कहते हैं, मकड़ो के मूतने से निकलती है । वुक्का । मर्मव्रण · पिपीलिका । च्यूँटी — Śabdasāgara
लूता · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ अल्पा॰ लूती] लकड़ी जिसका एक सिरा जलता हो । लूका । लुआठा — Śabdasāgara
लूता · lūtā · s.f.
A spider — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 967
Cited formation "लूता" is लूत + -आ: लूत means "Lot (a nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "लूता" is लूत + -आ: लूत means "Lot (a nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a spider, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lūtā" is the feminine form of "lūta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "lūtā" is derived from "lū" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.]
lūtā f. a spider, Mn.; Var.; Suśr. &c.
an ant, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
lūtā f. a spider, Mn.; Var.; Suśr. &c.
an ant, L.
a kind of cutaneous disease (said to be produced by the moisture from a spider), Rājat.
lūtā [lū-tak] 1 A spider. 2 An ant Comp. — taṃtuḥ a cobwobcobweb. — markaṭakaḥ 1 an ape. 2 a kind of jasmine.
lūtā f. (-tā) 1 A spider. 2 An ant. 3 Local inflammation produced by the urine of a spider. E. lū to cut, ktan aff.
lūta mfn. = pūrva-vicchinna, TS. (Sch.)
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.]
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