ٻوٿ

Sindhi

Alternative forms

• ٻۇٿا (ḇūthā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *बूस्त (būsta). Cognate with Kachchi બૂથ (būth), Kashmiri بُتھ / बुथ (buth), Punjabi بوتھا / ਬੂਥਾ (būthā), and Saraiki ٻُوتھا (ḇūthā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓuː.t̪ʰʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʊ
• Hyphenation: ٻۇ‧ٿُ

Noun

ٻۇٿُ • (ḇūthu) m (Devanagari ॿूथु)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “ٻۇٿُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*būsta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 527