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گوٹی

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Dravidian *koṭṭayder.?
Sanskrit गृ (gṛ)der.?
Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*goṭṭa)
Urdu گوٹی

    Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*goṭṭa, “something round”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    گوٹی • (goṭī) f (Hindi spelling गोटी)

    1. small round stone
      1. (board games) piece, gamepiece (particularly in carom)
      2. (games) game played using small round stones
    2. (obsolete) pox; pockmark (Can we verify(+) this sense?)[1][2]

    Declension

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    Declension of گوٹی
    singular plural
    direct گوٹی (goṭī) گوٹِیاں (goṭiyā̃)
    oblique گوٹی (goṭī) گوٹِیوں (goṭiyō̃)
    vocative گوٹی (goṭī) گوٹِیو (goṭiyō)

    References

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    1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “گوٿي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 922
    2. ^ John Shakespear (1834), “گوٿي”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1468

    Further reading

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    • “گوٹی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • “گوٹی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
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