Wednesday, November 26, 2008

अच्छा اچھا ♣ Eng. un- + shine

अच्छा اچھا ♣ Eng. un- + shine

[accʰā], adj.; adv.; interj. good, fine, nice, excellent; well, nicely; really?, I see!

[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. accha- ‘clear, transparent, pure, clean’ ◀OIA accha- ‘clear, transparent’ Suśr. <acchāyá- ‘shadowless’ RV. <+②a- ‘un-, -less’ (♣Eng. un- ) <chāyā́- f. ‘shade, shadow, reflection’ RV.◀PIE *sk̂āi-, sk̂ǝi- : sk̂ī- ‘to glimmer (of wet things); shadow, indirect light’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. shine, shimmer ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. scene, scenery ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0027; (Turner, 1966) 142, 5027; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 008; (MW, 1899) 0406; (Pokorny, 1959) 0917, ② 0756; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.006, 1.559, ② 1.035

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