Tuesday, December 9, 2008

गाँव گاؤں ♣ Eng. cram, agora

गाँव گاؤں ♣ Eng. cram, agora

[gā̃ɔ], m. a village.

[◀MIA: Pk. gāma- m. ‘collection, village’; Pa. gāma-, °aka- m. ‘village’ ◀OIA grā́ma- m. ‘troop, village’ RV., °aka- m. MBh. ◀PIE *ger-, gere- ‘to gather, put together’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. cram ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. congregate, agora, allegory, category ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0894; (Turner, 1966) 4368; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 249; (MW, 1899) 0373; (Pokorny, 1959) 0382; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.507

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