मुट्ठी
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- मूठ (mūṭh)
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Noun edit
मुट्ठी • (muṭṭhī) f (Urdu spelling مُٹھی)
Declension edit
Declension of मुट्ठी (fem ī-stem)
See also edit
- उंगली (uṅglī)
References edit
- Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “मुट्ठी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]