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खुँटहरा

Bhojpuri

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Prakrit *𑀔𑀼𑀁𑀞 (*khuṃṭha)
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁ol-
    Sanskrit हल (hala)
    Prakrit 𑀳𑀮 (hala)
    Bhojpuri हर (har)
    Bhojpuri खुँटहरा (khũṭahᵊrā)

    From Prakrit *𑀔𑀼𑀁𑀞 (*khuṃṭha, “old, defective”) +‎ हर (har, “plough”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[2]

    Noun

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    खुँटहरा (khũṭahᵊrā) m (Kaithi 𑂎𑂳𑂀𑂗𑂯𑂩𑂰)[3]

    1. an old plough
      Antonym: नौठा (nauṭhā)
      Hypernym: हर (har)

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    1. ^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province‎[1], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 1
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*khuṇṭhahala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 206: “Bi. (Shahabad) khũṭehrā 'plough with small worn block'.”
    3. ^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “खुँटहरा”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary]‎[2] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 96
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