बसना بسنا ♣ Eng. was, Vesta

बसना بسنا ♣ Eng. was, Vesta

[basnā], v.i. to dwell, settle, inhabit.

[◀MIA: Pk. vasaï ‘lives, stays’; Pa. vasati ‘lives, stays’ ◀OIA vásati ‘stays, dwells’ <√vas ‘dwell’ ◀PIE *u̯es- ‘to stay, live, spend the night’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. was, were ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. Vesta ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0156; (Turner, 1966) 11435, p.667; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 604; (MW, 1899) 0932; (Pokorny, 1959) 1170; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.531