मुट्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • मोट् (moṭ)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Telugu మొట్టు (moṭṭu, to rap with the knuckles). Perhaps also related to मुण्ट् (muṇṭ, to crush, grind), मूट (mūṭa, a basket or bundle), and Tamil முடை (muṭai, to plait, braid)

Pronunciation

Root

मुट् • (muṭ)

  1. to crush, grind, break

Derived terms

  • मुटति (muṭati)
  • मोटति (moṭati)
  • मोटयति (moṭayati)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मुट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 821/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 123
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 419
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muṭáti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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