ऋतु

See also: ऋत

Hindi

Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋतु (ṛtú), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥-tu-, *h₂r̥-ti-, based on *h₂er- (“to fix, put together”).

ऋतु • (ŕtu) m or f (Urdu spelling رتو‎)

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.

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.

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

Masculine u-stem declension of ऋतु (ṛtú)
	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	¹Vedic ²Less common

Monier Williams (1899), “ऋतु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0224.

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