غٹ
Brahui
editEtymology
editUncertain. Perhaps cognate with Kurukh [script needed] (goṭṭā), Kumarbhag Paharia [script needed] (goṭ). Compare also the Indo-Aryan terms Rajbanshi गोटै (goṭai, “all”), Kamta गोटेला (goṭelā, “all”), Kochila Tharu गोट्टे (goṭṭe, “all”), which are usually traced to Prakrit *𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*gŏṭṭa, “something round”).[1]
Determiner
editغُٹّ (ġuṭṭ)
Adverb
editغُٹّ (ġuṭṭ)
- altogether, wholly
- دَا ہِیتَک غُٹّ دْروغ او
- dā hītak ġuṭṭ droġ o
- These words are simply lies.
References
edit- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*gōṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
edit- Bray, Denys (1934) “ghuṭṭ”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 126