भट्ठी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (whence Punjabi ਭੱਠ (bhaṭṭha, “furnace”)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀝𑁆𑀞 (bhaṭṭha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit भ्रष्ट्र (bhraṣṭra). By surface analysis, भट्ठा (bhaṭṭhā) + -ई (-ī).
Declension
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भट्ठी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 757
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhráṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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