Tuesday, December 2, 2008

गलना گلنا ♣ Eng. devil, problem

गलना گلنا ♣ Eng. devil, problem

[galnā], v.i. to melt, be dissolved, become soft, decay, rot.

[◀MIA: Pk. galaï ‘leaks, melts, rots, falls’; Pa. galati (or gaḷati < gaḍati ) ‘drips’ ◀OIA galati ‘drips, drops, oozes, trickles’ Pañcat. <√gal ‘drip’ ◀PIE *gʷel-, gʷelǝ-, gʷlē- ‘to drip, flow; to throw, reach’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. devil, problem, symbol ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0913; (Turner, 1966) 4074, p.218; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 247; (MW, 1899) 0350; (Pokorny, 1959) 0471; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.476

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