मुट्ठी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muštíš (“fist”). Doublet of मुष्टि (muṣṭi) and मुश्त (muśt).

Noun

मुट्ठी • (muṭṭhī) f (Urdu spelling مُٹھی)

1. fist

Declension

Declension of मुट्ठी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुट्ठी muṭṭhī	मुट्ठियाँ muṭṭhiyā̃
oblique	मुट्ठी muṭṭhī	मुट्ठियों muṭṭhiyõ
vocative	मुट्ठी muṭṭhī	मुट्ठियो muṭṭhiyo

See also

• उंगली (uṅglī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुट्ठी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muṣṭí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press