مٹھی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *muštíš (“fist”). Doublet of مشت (muśt) from Persian مشت (mošt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊʈ.ʈʰiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

مُٹّھی • (muṭṭhī) f (Hindi spelling मुट्ठी)

1. fist

Declension

Declension of مٹھی

	singular	plural
direct	مٹھی (muṭṭhī)	مٹھِیاں (muṭṭhiyā̃)
oblique	مٹھی (muṭṭhī)	مٹھِیوں (muṭṭhiyō̃)
vocative	مٹھی (muṭṭhī)	مٹھِیو (muṭṭhiyō)

Further reading

• “مٹھی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مٹھی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مٹهی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.