Saturday, December 13, 2008

चिंता چِنتا ♣ Eng. pain, punish

चिंता چِنتا ♣ Eng. pain, punish

[cintā], f. concern, anxiety, worry, care.

[←OIA cintā́- f. ‘thought, care’ MBh. <√cit ‘observe’ ◀PIE *kʷei-(t-) ‘to observe; to appreciate; to wait; to appear’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. pain, penalty, punish ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0443; (Turner, 1966) 4816, p.260; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 268; (MW, 1899) 0395; (Pokorny, 1959) 0636; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.547

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