सूत

See also: सत्, सेतु, and स्तृ

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from , from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra). Doublet of सूत्र (sūtra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /suːt̪/

Noun

सूत • (sūt) m (Urdu spelling سوت)

1. thread, string
2. cotton

Declension

Declension of सूत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सूत sūt	सूत sūt
oblique	सूत sūt	सूतों sūtõ
vocative	सूत sūt	सूतो sūto

Derived terms

• सूती (sūtī)

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Sanskrit

Etymology 1

Adjective

सूत • (sūta)

1. urged, impelled

Etymology 2

Adjective

सूत • (sūtá)

1. born, engendered
2. one that has, brought forth (young)

Noun

सूत • (sūta) stem, m

1. quicksilver
2. the sun
3. a young quadruped
4. written for सुता (sutā)

Etymology 3

Noun

सूत • (sūta) stem, m

1. charioteer, driver, groom, equerry, master of the horse (especially an attendant on a king who in earlier literature is often mentioned together with the ग्रामणी (grāma-ṇī́); in the epics also a royal herald or bard, whose business was to proclaim the heroic actions of the king and his ancestors, while he drove his chariot to battle, or on state occasions, and who had therefore to know by heart portions of the epic poems and ancient ballads; he is the son of a क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) by a ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) or of a Brahman [accord. to शाश्वत (śāśvata) also of a शूद्र (śūdra)] and a क्षत्रिया (kṣatriyā); the most celebrated sūta was लोमहर्षण (loma-harṣaṇa) who was a pupil of व्यास (vyāsa))
2. carpenter, wheelwright
3. name of a son of विश्वामित्र (viśvāmitra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सूत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1239.