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मुट्ठी muṭṭhī, or मुिट्ठआ muṭhī[Prk. मुिट्ठआ; S. मुिƴका], s.f. The fist; hand; grasp (of the hand), clutch, gripe;—a handful; a handful of corn (formerly taken from every field and given as a charity to the poor);—a hand (measure, equal to four fingers);—the wrist;—the fetlock-joint (in a horse);—a small varnished stick given to a sucking child to be used as the coral with us (syn. maṭkī, q.v.):—muṭṭhī-bāṅdhnā, To close the fist:—muṭṭhī-bhar, or muṭhī-bhar, A handful:—muṭṭhīgarm karnā(-kī), 'To warm the fist or hand' (of), to give a bribe (to), to bribe:—muṭṭhī-meṅ, In the fist (of), into the hand (of, -kī); in the clutches (of), under the power (of):—muṭṭhi-yāṅbharnā, 'To fill the fists'; to knead the limbs, to shampoo:—bandhīmuṭṭhī, s.f. The closed fist;—a bundle (of sticks, etc.); a compact body.
Origin: Hindi