Etymology

[Ruth Laila Schmidt]

Dear members of the list,

Does someone have an etymology for Hindi-urdu mushTanDa ( ~ musTanDa),
'sturdy, robust'? McGregor gives musTanDa with no etymology; Platts gives
mushTanDa tracing it back to Skt. muZTi, 'fist'. Turner, the usual arbiter
of such matters, is silent.

With best wishes,

Ruth Schmidt


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Ruth Laila Schmidt
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