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Phalura
Etymology
Compound of báaṭ (“stone”) + Sanskrit *शोट्ठ (śoṭṭha, “stick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
baṭoošaáṇṭ f (Perso-Arabic spelling بٹوشانٹ)
- slingshot
Declension
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “baṭoošaáṇṭ”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*śōṭṭha²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 732