कुटकी

Hindi

Etymology

Perhaps from Sanskrit कुटक (kuṭaka, “kind of tree”), कुटका (kuṭkā) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Cognate with Punjabi ਕੁਟਕੀ (kuṭkī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʊʈ.kiː/

Noun

कुटकी • (kuṭkī) f (Urdu spelling کٹکی)

1. little millet, Panicum sumatrense
2. Panicum antidotale

Declension

Declension of कुटकी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कुटकी kuṭkī	कुटकियाँ kuṭkiyā̃
oblique	कुटकी kuṭkī	कुटकियों kuṭkiyõ
vocative	कुटकी kuṭkī	कुटकियो kuṭkiyo

References

• Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कुटकी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha