खुँटहरा
Bhojpuri
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From Prakrit *𑀔𑀼𑀁𑀞 (*khuṃṭha, “old, defective”) + हर (har, “plough”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[2]
Noun
[edit]खुँटहरा (khũṭahᵊrā) m (Kaithi 𑂎𑂳𑂀𑂗𑂯𑂩𑂰)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province[1], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 1
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*khuṇṭhahala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 206: “Bi. (Shahabad) khũṭehrā 'plough with small worn block'.”
- ^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “खुँटहरा”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary][2] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 96