मुट्ठी
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- मूठ (mūṭh)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, whence Punjabi مُٹّھی (muṭṭhī), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muštíš (“fist”). Doublet of मुष्टि (muṣṭi), मुश्त (muśt), and मूठ (mūṭh). Cognate to Persian مشت (mošt).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमुट्ठी • (muṭṭhī) f (Urdu spelling مُٹھی)
Declension
editDeclension of मुट्ठी (fem ī-stem)
See also
edit- उंगली (uṅglī)
References
edit- Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “मुट्ठी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
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