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Old Punjabi
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Old Punjabi ਉਸਟਿ (usaṭi)
Inherited from Sanskrit उत्सृष्ट (utsṛṣṭa, “left, cast, thrown”).[1]
Verb
ਉਸਟਿ (usaṭi /usaṭṭi/) (transitive)[2][3]
- to throw, cast away
1604,
Guru Nanak,
Ādi Granth ang 648:
- ਇਕਿ ਪਾਣੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਉਸਟੀਅਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਭੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਹਸਣਿ ਪਾਹਿ ॥
- iki pāṇī vici usaṭīahi iki bhī phiri hasaṇi pāhi.
- /ikki pāṇī vicci usaṭṭīahi ikki bhī phiri hassaṇi pāhi/
- 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
- Some are thrown into water, while others are thrown into wells.
References
More information
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “utsr̥ṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 87
- ^ Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਉਸਟਿ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 1
- ^ “ਉਸਟੀਅਹਿ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025