ਮੋਠੁ
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Prakrit *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*mŏṭṭha)
Old Punjabi ਮੋਠੁ (moṭhu)
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*mŏṭṭha).
Noun
[edit]ਮੋਠੁ (moṭhu) m[1]
- moth bean, Vigna aconitifolia
- c. 1606 – 1636, Bhai Gurdas, Varan Bhai Gurdas 34.8.1:
- ਕੋਰੜੁ ਮੋਠੁ ਨ ਰਿਝਈ ਕਰਿ ਅਗਨੀ ਜੋਸੁ।
- koraṛu moṭhu na rijhaī kari aganī josu.
- Translation by Jodh Singh
- When moth, an Indian pulse is cooked over the fire some grains being hard remain uncooked.
- ਕੋਰੜੁ ਮੋਠੁ ਨ ਰਿਝਈ ਕਰਿ ਅਗਨੀ ਜੋਸੁ।
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Shackle, C[hristopher] (1984) “moṭhu”, in “The Non-Sanskritic Vocabulary of the Later Sikh Gurūs”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London[1], volume 47, number 1, page 105 of 76–107