𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 f

  1. Brahmi script form of muṭṭhi

Declension

Prakrit

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭí),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muštíš. Cognate with Pali muṭṭhi.

    Noun

    𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhif (Devanagari मुट्ठि, Kannada ಮುಟ್ಠಿ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī) [2]

    1. the fist
      • Mṛcchakatika, Śūdraka Act 4:[3][4]
        [] 𑀯𑀺𑀡𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀤-𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡-𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺-𑀧𑀸𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀑 []
        [] viṇihida-cuṇṇa-muṭṭhi-pāṃḍurāo []
        [] whitened by handfuls of powder strewn over them []

    Declension

    Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (feminine)
    singular plural
    Nominative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)
    Accusative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀁 (muṭṭhiṃ) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)
    Instrumental 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺 (muṭṭhīhi) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (muṭṭhīhiṃ)
    Dative
    Ablative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (muṭṭhīhiṃto)
    Genitive 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀡 (muṭṭhīṇa) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀡𑀁 (muṭṭhīṇaṃ)
    Locative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀲𑀼 (muṭṭhīsu) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (muṭṭhīsuṃ)
    Vocative 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī) 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Konkani:
        Devanagari script: मूट (mūṭ)
        Kannada script: ಮೂಟ್ (mūṭ)
        Latin script: mut
      • Old Marathi:
        Devanagari script: मुठी (muṭhī, fist), मुठीया (muṭhīyā, Muthia)
        Modi script: 𑘦𑘳𑘙𑘲 (muṭhī, fist), 𑘦𑘳𑘙𑘲𑘧𑘰 (muṭhīyā, Muthia)
    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Gujarati: મૂઠ (mūṭh), મુઠ્ઠી (muṭhṭhī)
        • Gujarati: મૂઠિયું (mūṭhiyũ, Muthia)
          • English: muthia, muthiya
          • Kannada: ಮೂಠಿಯಾ (mūṭhiyā)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muṣṭí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
    2. ^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 211
    3. ^ Arthur William Ryder (1905) THE LITTLE CLAY CART [ MṚCCHAKAṬIKA ] A Hindu Drama[1], Boston: Merrymount Press, page 68
    4. ^ Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 102.