मुट्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मोट् (moṭ)

Alternative scripts

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /muʈ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /muʈ/

Root

मुट् • (muṭ)

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]‎^[1] (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