Where does “मुठभेड़” come from?

मुठभेड़ (Hindi) comes from Hindi मठ, from Sanskrit मठ — hut, hermit's cottage.

मुठभेड़ (Hindi): fistfight; fight, skirmish, encounter, confrontation, clash

Definitions

  1. fistfight; fight, skirmish, encounter, confrontation, clash

Ancestry of “मुठभेड़”, step by step

मुठभेड़ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi मठ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiमठmonastery; temple
2Sanskritमठhut, hermit's cottage

via Hindi भेड़

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiभेड़sheep; ewe
2Sanskritभेड्रsheep, ram
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