कुस्ती

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کشتی (kuštī). Compare Gujarati કુસ્તી (kustī), Hindi कुश्ती (kuśtī), Kannada ಕುಸ್ತಿ (kusti), Punjabi ਕੁਸ਼ਤੀ (kuśtī) / کُشتی (kuśtī), Bengali কুস্তি (kusti).

Noun

कुस्ती • (kustī) f

  1. wrestling

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “कुस्ती”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कुस्ती”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कुस्ती,_कुस्त”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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