A fist in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “a fist” in Hindi is मुष्टि — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a fist
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Proto-Indo-European *mews-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *muštíš
Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭi)lbor.
Hindi मुष्टि
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭí). Doublet of मूठ (mūṭh), मुश्त (muśt), and मुट्ठी (muṭṭhī), and related to मुठिया (muṭhiyā). Cognate with Classical Persian مُشْت (mušt, “fist, punch”).
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Proto-Indo-European *mews-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *muštíš
Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭi)lbor.
Hindi मुष्टि
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मुष्टि (muṣṭí). Doublet of मूठ (mūṭh), मुश्त (muśt), and मुट्ठी (muṭṭhī), and related to मुठिया (muṭhiyā). Cognate with Classical Persian مُشْت (mušt, “fist, punch”).
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