# पोत
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पोत (pota).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /poːt̪/

### Noun

पोत • (pot) m (Urdu spelling پوت)
* vessel, ship, boat
    वह पोत का मालिक कल गिरफ़्तार किया गया।vah pot kā mālik kal giraftār kiyā gayā.The owner of that ship was arrested yesterday.

#### Synonyms

* जहाज़ (jahāz)

#### References

* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “पोत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* Platts, John T. (1884) “पोत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pot̪/

### Noun

पोत • (pot) m
* (art) texture

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पोत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* पोट्ट (poṭṭa)
* पोत्थ (pottha)
* फोत (phota), फोत्त (photta)

### Alternative scripts

* পোত (Assamese script)
* ᬧᭀᬢ (Balinese script)
* পোত (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰺𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁄𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ပေါတ (Burmese script)
* પોત (Gujarati script)
* ਪੋਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍋𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦺꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂷𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೋತ (Kannada script)
* បោត (Khmer script)
* ໂປຕ (Lao script)
* പോത (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠣᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘻𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠣᠸᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧜𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑀𑐟 (Newa script)
* ପୋତ (Odia script)
* ꢦꣂꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆾𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖺𑖝 (Siddham script)
* පොත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩕𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚴𑚙 (Takri script)
* போத (Tamil script)
* పోత (Telugu script)
* โปต (Thai script)
* པོ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒼𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨆𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐw.tɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpoː.t̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dravidian; ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *pōntt-.

#### Noun

पोत • (pota) stem, m
* the young of any animal; a cub, colt, etc.
* ship, raft, boat
* the young shoot of a plant
* the site or foundation of a house

##### Derived terms

* *पोतल (potala)
** Assamese: পুলি (puli)
** Bengali: পোলা (pōla)
* *पोताल (potāla)
** Assamese: পোৱালী (püali)
* *पोतर (potara​)
** Gujarati: પોરિયું (poriyũ)
** Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘻𑘨 (pora)
*** Marathi: पोर (por)
** Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠠꠤ (fuṛi)
* पोतधारिन् (potadhārin, “the master of a vessel”)
* पोतप्लव (potaplava, “mariner, seaman”)
* पोतभङ्ग (potabhaṅga, “shipwreck”)
* पोतरक्ष (potarakṣa, “the rudder of a boat or ship”)

##### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀅 (poa)
** Assamese: পো (pü)
** Middle Bengali: পোয়া (poa)
*** Bengali: পো (pō), পোয়া (pōẇa), পুয়া (puẏa), ফুয়া (phuẏa)
** Bhojpuri: पोइ (pōi)
** Hindi: पोआ (poā)
** ⇒ Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀧𑁄𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀦 (*poanna) (extension)
*** Assamese: পোনা (püna)
*** Bengali: পোনা (pōna)
** Maithili: पोआ (pōā)
** Odia: ପୋ (po), ପୋଅ (poa), ପୁଅ (pua), ପୁଆ (puā), ପୋଇ (poi)
** Punjabi: ਪੋਆ (poā)
** Rohingya: fua
** Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠀ (fua)
* Urdu: پوت (pot)
* Pali: pota

##### References

* Vaman Shivaram Apte (2012 December 14 (last accessed)) “The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎

### Etymology 2

Uncertain.

#### Noun

पोत • (pota) stem, m
* cloth

##### Descendants

* Marathi: पोते (pote)
* → Classical Persian: فوطه (fūta), فوته (fute)
** → Arabic: فُوطَة (fūṭa) (likely)
*** Egyptian Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
*** Moroccan Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
*** South Levantine Arabic: فوطة (fūṭa)
*** → English: fouta
*** → French: fouta, foutah
*** → Portuguese: fota
** → Old Anatolian Turkish: فوطه (fuṭa)
*** Classical Azerbaijani: futə
**** Azerbaijani: fitə
*** Ottoman Turkish: فوطه (futa, fota)
**** Turkish: futa, fıta, fota, foda
**** → Albanian: futë
**** → Aromanian: futã, fotã
**** → Bulgarian: фу́та (fúta), фота (fota)
**** → Georgian: ფუტა (puṭa), ფოტა (poṭa), ფუთა (puta)
**** → Greek: φουτάς (foutás)
**** → Hungarian: futa, fúta, fota
**** → Laz: ჶოტა (foťa)
**** → Macedonian: фута (futa)
**** → Mingrelian: ფოტა (poṭa), ფოტი (poṭi), ⇒ ფოტინე (poṭine)
**** → Old East Slavic: фота (fota), фата (fata)
***** Russian: фата́ (fatá)
***** Ukrainian: фо́та (fóta)
**** → Polish: fota
**** → Pontic Greek: φοτά (fotá)
**** → Romanian: fotă
**** → Serbo-Croatian: fȕta / фу̏та

##### References

* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “potaḥ²”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 347
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “pota-⁴”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 338
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pōta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 477