# पुत्र
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुत्र (putrá).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pʊt̪.ɾᵊ/

### Noun

पुत्र • (putra) m (feminine पुत्री, Urdu spelling پتر)
* (chiefly in compounds) a son, child

#### Synonyms

* बेटा (beṭā)
* लड़का (laṛkā)

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “पुत्र”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुत्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পুত্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬸᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* পুত্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰲𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ပုတြ (Burmese script)
* પુત્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਪੁਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦸꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂳𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಪುತ್ರ (Kannada script)
* បុត្រ (Khmer script)
* ປຸຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* പുത്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘳𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠤᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧔𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐸𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ପୁତ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢦꢸꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆶𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖲𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* පුත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚰𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* புத்ர (Tamil script)
* పుత్ర (Telugu script)
* ปุตฺร (Thai script)
* པུ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒳𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“small, little, few”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puθra), Old Persian 𐎱𐎢𐏂 (p-u-ç /⁠puça⁠/, “son”), Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs, “child, son”), Latin puer (“boy”), Old English fēaw (whence English few).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /put.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /put̪.ɾɐ/

### Noun

पुत्र • (putrá) stem, m
* a son, child
    Synonyms: सूनु (sūnú), जात (jātá)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.18.5:ते हि पु॒त्रासो॒ अदि॑तेर्वि॒दुर्द्वेषां॑सि॒ योत॑वे। अं॒होश्चि॑दुरु॒चक्र॑योऽने॒हसः॑॥té hí putrā́so áditervidúrdvéṣāṃsi yótave. aṃhóścidurucákrayoʼnehásaḥ.For well these Sons of Aditi know to keep enmities aloof, Unrivalled, giving ample room, they save from woe.
* a species of small venomous animal
* (astrology) name of the fifth house

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* पुत्री (putrī) (see there for further descendants)
* पुत्रक (putraka)
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀅 (puttaa)
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: पुता (putā)
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘝𑘰 (putā)
** → Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: पुत्रक (putraka)
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘎 (putraka)
* पौत्र (pautra) (vṛddhi derivative) (see there for further descendants)
* सत्पुत्र (satputra)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀭 (putra), 𑀧𑀼𑀢 (puta)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Assamese: পুত (put)
*** Bengali: পুত (put)
*** Rohingya: fut
*** Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠔ (fut)
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (putta)
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: ਪੁੱਤ (putta), ਪੁੱਤਰ (puttar)
*** Hindustani: pūt
    Hindi: पूत
    Urdu: پُوت
*** Konkani: pūt
    Devanagari script: पूत
    Kannada script: ಪೂತ್
    Latin script: put
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: पुत (puta), पूत (pūta)
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘝 (puta)
*** Konkani: पूत (pūt)
*** Marathi: पूत (pūt)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Punjabi: ਪੁੱਤ (putta), ਪੁੱਤਰ (puttar)
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (putta)
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: ਪੁੱਤ (putta), ਪੁੱਤਰ (puttar)
*** Hindustani: pūt
    Hindi: पूत
    Urdu: پُوت
*** Konkani: pūt
    Devanagari script: पूत
    Kannada script: ಪೂತ್
    Latin script: put
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: पुत (puta), पूत (pūta)
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘝 (puta)
*** Hindustani: pūt
    Hindi: पूत
    Urdu: پُوت (pūt)
* Dardic:
** Kalasha: putr
** Kashmiri: پۆتھٕر (pothụr, “son”)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ފުތް (fut̊)
* Pali: putta
* → Hindi: पुत्र (putra)
* → Bengali: পুত্র (putro)
* → Kannada: ಪುತ್ರ (putra)
* → Khmer: បុត្រា (botriə)
* → Lü: ᦢᦳᧆ (ḃud)
* → Malay: putera, putra
** Indonesian: putra, putera
* → Malayalam: പുത്രൻ (putraṉ)
* → Marathi: पुत्र (putra)
* → Old Javanese: putra
** Javanese: ꦥꦸꦠꦿ (putra)
* → Sinhalese: පුතා (putā)
* → Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠔ꠆ꠞꠣ (futra)
* → Tamil: புத்திரன் (puttiraṉ)
* → Telugu: పుత్రుడు (putruḍu)
* → Thai: บุตร (bùt)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पुत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 632, column 3.

## Saraiki
### Alternative forms

* पुत्तर (puttar), पुत्तुर (puttur)

### Noun

पुत्र (putra) m (Multani 𑊛𑊂𑊖𑊢)
* Devanagari script form of پُتْر (“son”)

### References

* ↑ राणा प्रताप सिंह गन्नौरी [Rana Pratap Singh Ganauri] (2004) “पुत्र”, in मुलतानी-हिन्दी शब्दकोश (multānī-hindī śabdakoś) [Multani-Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), 1st edition, Panipat: शुचि साहित्य सदन (śuci sāhitya sadan), →OCLC, page 230, column 1.