जम्हाना جمہانا ♣ Eng. comb, gem

जम्हाना جمہانا ♣ Eng. comb, gem

[jamhānā], v.i. to yawn.

[◀MIA: Pk. jambhaï, °bhāi, °bhāaï, jamhāaï, jiṁbhaï, °bhāaï ‘yawns’; Pa. jambhati ‘yawns’ ◀OIA jŕ̥mbhatē ‘yawns’ ĀśvGr̥. <√jr̥mbh ‘yawn’ (♣√jabh ‘bite’) ◀PIE *ĝembh-, ĝm̥bh- ‘to bite, to gnaw through, to bare one’s teeth, to destroy; tooth, row of teeth’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. comb ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. gem ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0389; (Turner, 1966) 5265, p.290; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 279; (MW, 1899) 0424; (Pokorny, 1959) 0369; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.606