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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