Language: Nepali
Source: A 1931 dictionary

Description

Buṭṭā (बुट्टा) is the Nepali word for embroidery; braid; filigree work.¹

Sir Ralph Lilley Turner's comparative dictionary of 1931 mentions the following types of buṭṭā work:

• Bel-buṭṭā (बेल्-बुट्टा); Scroll-work on a khukri sheath.
   
• Belahari buṭṭā (बेलहरि बुट्टा); Scroll-work on a khukri sheath.
   
• Jire buṭṭā (जिरे बुट्टा); Fluted ornamentation (e.g. that on the silver of a khukri sheath). Jire means of or like cummin-seed.
   
• Haikale buṭṭā (हैकले बुट्टा) a kind of ornamentation on a khukri handle like a succession of hooks.
   
• Mākhe buṭṭā (माखे बुट्टा); Ornamentation consisting of lines of small dots. Mākhe means "pertaining to flies or like flies.
   
• Sã̄gle buṭṭā (साँगले बुट्टा); Ornamentation in chains. Mākhe means "pertaining to flies or like flies.

Fine Nepalese embroidery using strips of quill.
Sold by Mandarin Mansion in 2020.

Filligree and openwork on a large kothimora khukurī.
Sold by Mandarin Mansion in 2020.

Notes
1. Sir Ralph Lilley Turner; A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1931.