मिट्टी مِٹّی ♣ Eng. meal, mill

मिट्टी مِٹّی ♣ Eng. meal, mill

[miṭṭī], f. earth, soil, dirt, dust, clay.

[◀MIA: Pk. maṭṭī- , maṭṭiā- , mattiyā- , mittiā- f. ‘earth, clay’; Pa. mattikā- f. ‘earth, clay’ ◀OIA mŕ̥ttikā- f. ‘earth, clay’ VS. <.mŕ̥d- f. ‘earth, clay’ VS. ◀PIE *mel- ‘to grind, hit; fine, ground’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. meal, mold, melt, malt, mild ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. mill, millet, mallet ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1000; (Turner, 1966) 10286, p.594; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 517; (MW, 1899) 0830; (Pokorny, 1959) 0716; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.372