[putlī], f. a puppet, doll, the pupil (of the eye).
[◀MIA: Pk. puttalī-, °liyā- f., °laya- m. ‘doll’ ◀OIA *putrala- ‘puppet, pupil of eye’ <putrá- m. ‘son’ RV. ◀PIE *pōu- : pǝu- : pū̆- ‘small, little; young (of animals)’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. few, foal ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. poor, poverty, puerile ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0225; (Turner, 1966) 8269, 8265; (MW, 1899) 0632; (Pokorny, 1959) 0842; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.142
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