बित्ता

Hindi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *wítastiš
    Sanskrit वित॑स्ति (vítasti)
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der.
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas
    Sanskrit हस्त (hasta)
    Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha)influ.
    Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (vihatthi)
    Hindi बित्ता (bittā)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (vihatthi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit वित॑स्ति (vítasti, “a unit of measure”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɪt̪.t̪ɑː/, [bɪt̪̚.t̪äː]

    Noun

    बित्ता • (bittā) m (Urdu spelling بتا)

    1. a handspan (about 6 inches)

    Declension

    Declension of बित्ता (masc ā-stem)
    singular plural
    direct बित्ता
    bittā     		बित्ते
    bitte
    oblique बित्ते
    bitte     		बित्तों
    bittõ
    vocative बित्ते
    bitte     		बित्तो
    bitto

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vítasti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 682

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