ऋतु
See also: ऋत
Hindi
Alternative forms
- रितु (ritu)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋतु (ṛtú), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥-tu-, *h₂r̥-ti-, based on *h₂er- (“to fix, put together”).
Noun
ऋतु • (ŕtu) m or f (Urdu spelling رتو)
Declension
Declension of ऋतु | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Direct | ऋतु (ŕtu) | ऋतु (ŕtu) |
Oblique | ऋतु (ŕtu) | ऋतुओं (ŕtuon) |
Vocative | ऋतु (ŕtu) | ऋतुओ (ŕtuo) |
Declension of ऋतु | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Direct | ऋतु (ŕtu) | ऋतुएँ (ŕtuẽ) |
Oblique | ऋतु (ŕtu) | ऋतुओं (ŕtuon) |
Vocative | ऋतु (ŕtu) | ऋतुओ (ŕtuo) |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ऋतु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “ऋतु”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hr̥túṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥túš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥-tús, from *h₂er- (“to fit, fix”). Cognate with Old Armenian արդ (ard), Latin artus.
Noun
ऋतु • (ṛtú) m
- any settled point of time, fixed time, time appointed for any action (especially for sacrifices and other regular worship), right or fit time
- an epoch, period (especially a division or part of the year), season (the number of the divisions of the year is in ancient times, three, five, six, seven, twelve, thirteen, and twenty-four; in later time six seasons are enumerated, namely वसन्त (vasanta, “spring”), ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “the hot season”), वर्षा (varṣā, “the rainy season”), शरद् (śarad, “autumn”), हेमन्त (hemanta, “winter”) and शिशिर (śiśira, “the cool season”); the seasons are not unfrequently personified, addressed in mantras, and worshipped by libations)
- symbolical expression for the number six
- the menstrual discharge (in women), the time after the courses (favourable for procreation; according to Bhāvaprakāśa sixteen days after their appearance)
- sexual union at the above time
- fixed order, order, rule
- light, splendour
- a particular mineral
- name of a rishi
- name of the twelfth manu
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of ऋतु (ṛtú) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ऋतुः ṛtúḥ |
ऋतू ṛtū́ |
ऋतवः ṛtávaḥ |
Vocative | ऋतो ṛ́to |
ऋतू ṛ́tū |
ऋतवः ṛ́tavaḥ |
Accusative | ऋतुम् ṛtúm |
ऋतू ṛtū́ |
ऋतून् ṛtū́n |
Instrumental | ऋतुना / ऋत्वा¹ ṛtúnā / ṛtvā̀¹ |
ऋतुभ्याम् ṛtúbhyām |
ऋतुभिः ṛtúbhiḥ |
Dative | ऋतवे / ऋत्वे² ṛtáve / ṛtvè² |
ऋतुभ्याम् ṛtúbhyām |
ऋतुभ्यः ṛtúbhyaḥ |
Ablative | ऋतोः / ऋत्वः² ṛtóḥ / ṛtvàḥ² |
ऋतुभ्याम् ṛtúbhyām |
ऋतुभ्यः ṛtúbhyaḥ |
Genitive | ऋतोः / ऋत्वः² ṛtóḥ / ṛtvàḥ² |
ऋत्वोः ṛtvóḥ |
ऋतूनाम् ṛtūnā́m |
Locative | ऋतौ ṛtaú |
ऋत्वोः ṛtvóḥ |
ऋतुषु ṛtúṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ऋतु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0224.
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