𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺

Pali

Alternative scripts

𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 f

Declension table of "𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑁄 (muṭṭhiyo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)
Accusative (second)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀁 (muṭṭhiṃ)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑁄 (muṭṭhiyo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)
Instrumental (third)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑀸 (muṭṭhiyā)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺 (muṭṭhīhi) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀪𑀺 (muṭṭhībhi)
Dative (fourth)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑀸 (muṭṭhiyā)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀦𑀁 (muṭṭhīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑀸 (muṭṭhiyā) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁆𑀬𑀸 (muṭṭhyā)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺 (muṭṭhīhi) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀪𑀺 (muṭṭhībhi)
Genitive (sixth)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑀸 (muṭṭhiyā)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀦𑀁 (muṭṭhīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑀸 (muṭṭhiyā) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑀁 (muṭṭhiyaṃ) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁆𑀬𑀁 (muṭṭhyaṃ)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀲𑀼 (muṭṭhīsu)
Vocative (calling)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑁄 (muṭṭhiyo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)

Etymology tree

Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭi)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi)

𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi) f (Devanagari मुट्ठि, Kannada ಮುಟ್ಠಿ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī) ^[2]

the fist
- Mṛcchakatika, Śūdraka Act 4:^[3]^[4]
  […] 𑀯𑀺𑀡𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀤-𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡-𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺-𑀧𑀸𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀑 […]
  […] viṇihida-cuṇṇa-muṭṭhi-pāṃḍurāo […]
  […] whitened by handfuls of powder strewn over them […]

Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)
Accusative	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀁 (muṭṭhiṃ)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)
Instrumental	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺 (muṭṭhīhi) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (muṭṭhīhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (muṭṭhīhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀡 (muṭṭhīṇa) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀡𑀁 (muṭṭhīṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀏 (muṭṭhīe)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀲𑀼 (muṭṭhīsu) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (muṭṭhīsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (muṭṭhi) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)	𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑 (muṭṭhīo) or 𑀫𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (muṭṭhī)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: मुट्ठी (muṭṭhī), मूठ (mūṭh), मुठिया (muṭhiyā)
  - Urdu: مُوٹھ (mūṭh), مُٹّھِی (muṭṭhī), مُٹھِیا (muṭhiyā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Assamese: মুঠি (muthi)
- Bengali: মুঠি (muṭhi), মুঠা (muṭha)
- Bihari:
  - Bhojpuri: मूठ (mūṭh), मूठा (mūṭhā), मूठी (mūṭhī)
  - Magahi: 𑂧𑂴𑂘𑂱 (mūṭhi)
- Odia: ମୁଠା (muṭhā)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: मुट्ठी (muṭṭhī)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੱਠ (muṭṭha), ਮੁੱਠੀ (muṭṭhī)
  
  Shahmukhi script: مُٹّھ (muṭṭh), مُٹّھِی (muṭṭhī)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Konkani:
  Devanagari script: मूट (mūṭ)
  
  Kannada script: ಮೂಟ್ (mūṭ)
  
  Latin script: mut
- Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: मुठी (muṭhī, “fist”), मुठीया (muṭhīyā, “Muthia”)
  
  Modi script: 𑘦𑘳𑘙𑘲 (muṭhī, “fist”), 𑘦𑘳𑘙𑘲𑘧𑘰 (muṭhīyā, “Muthia”)
  - Marathi: मूठ (mūṭh)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: મૂઠ (mūṭh), મુઠ્ઠી (muṭhṭhī)
  - ⇒ Gujarati: મૂઠિયું (mūṭhiyũ, “Muthia”)
    - → English: muthia, muthiya
    - → Kannada: ಮೂಠಿಯಾ (mūṭhiyā)

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muṣṭí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 211
^ Arthur William Ryder (1905) THE LITTLE CLAY CART [ MṚCCHAKAṬIKA ] A Hindu Drama‎^[1], Boston: Merrymount Press, page 68
^ Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 102.