मुट्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • मोट् (moṭ)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬫᬸᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • মুট্ (Assamese script)
  • মুট্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰲𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌮𑍁𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • મુટ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮੁਟੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦩꦸꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • មុដ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಮುಟ್ (Kannada script)
  • ມຸຏ຺ (Lao script)
  • മുട് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘦𑘳𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠤᢌ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠮᡠᢞ (Manchu script)
  • မုဋ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧆𑧔𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐸𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ମୁଟ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢸꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆶𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖲𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • මුට් (Sinhalese script)
  • முட் (Tamil script)
  • ముట్ (Telugu script)
  • มุฏฺ (Thai script)
  • མུ་ཊ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒳𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

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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