Etymology

grasscutter

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Hindi घासखाटा
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grasscutter · noun1

From grass + cutter.

grasscutter · noun2

  1. Hindi · borrowed fromघासखोदा
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromघासखाटा
  3. English todaygrasscutter

Perhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutter of grass”) or Hindi घासखोदा (ghāskhodā, literally “digger of grass”). From घास (ghās, “grass”) and काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”) or खोदना (khodnā, “to dig”)

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