मोठ

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Prakrit *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*mŏṭṭha)

Hindi मोठ (moṭh)

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*mŏṭṭha). Compare Sanskrit मुकुष्ठ (mukuṣṭha, “kind of bean”) (probably a Sanskritisation of the Prakrit term).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /moːʈʰ/

Numeral

मोठ • (moṭh) m (Urdu spelling موٹھ)

1. moth bean, Phaseolus aconitifolius

Declension

Declension of मोठ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मोठ moṭh	मोठ moṭh
oblique	मोठ moṭh	मोठों moṭhõ
vocative	मोठ moṭh	मोठो moṭho

Derived terms

• मोठड़ा (moṭhṛā)

Descendants

• → English: moth bean

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मोठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mukuṣṭha-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 584

Nihali

Alternative forms

• मोठॉ

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mūnṯu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːʈʰ/

Numeral

मोठ (transliteration needed)

1. three

References

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “mūnṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.