Brahui

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan or Northwestern Iranian. Cognate with Sindhi گهُتَ (ghuta, stab, poke), Baluchi [script needed] (gut).

Noun

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غُت (ġut)

  1. prick
  2. mental prick

References

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “ghut”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 125