Tuesday, November 25, 2008

चाँद چاند ♣ Eng. candle, candidate

चाँद چاند ♣ Eng. candle, candidate

[cā̃d], m. the moon.

[◀MIA: Pk. caṁda-, °aa- m. ‘moon’; Pa. canda-, °aka- m. ‘moon’ ◀OIA candrá- m. ‘moon’ VS. <√cand ‘shine’ ◀PIE *kand-, skand-, (s)kend- ‘to glow; bright’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. candle, candidate ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0419; (Turner, 1966) 4661, p.252; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 261; (MW, 1899) 0386; (Pokorny, 1959) 0526; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.529, 1.528

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