ڳوٺ

Sindhi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-sth₂-ó-s

Sanskrit गो॒ष्ठ (goṣṭhá)

Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (gŏṭṭha)

Sindhi ڳوٺ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (gŏṭṭha), from Sanskrit गो॒ष्ठ (goṣṭhá), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-sth₂-ó-s, from *gʷṓws + *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɠoʈʰʊ]

Noun

ڳوٺُ • (g̠oṭhu) (Devanagari ॻोठु, Khudawadi 𑊽𑋧𑋇𑋣)

1. village, town, one's native place
2. pasture

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “ڳوٺ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “ڳوٺُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society