موتی

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موتِیوں کا ہار

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi موتی (mvty /⁠motī⁠/) (c. 1503), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मोतिउ (motiu), from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia), from Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

موتی • (motī) m (Hindi spelling मोती)

  1. A given name for a dog.

Noun

موتی • (motī) m (Hindi spelling मोती)

  1. pearl
    موتی پِرونا ― motī pironā ― to string pearls
  2. (figuratively) star

Declension

    Declension of موتی
singular plural
direct موتی (motī) موتی (motī)
oblique موتی (motī) موتِیوں (motiyõ)
vocative موتی (motī) موتِیو (motiyo)

Descendants

  • → Bengali: মোতি (mōti) (partially)

References

Further reading

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “موتی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1130
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “موتی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1086
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “موتی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 619
  • “موتی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “موتی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • “موتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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