देना دینا ♣ Eng. date, donation

देना دینا ♣ Eng. date, donation

[dēnā], v.t. to give, bestow, grant, to allow to, let.

[◀MIA: Pk. dēi ‘gives’; Pa. dēti ‘gives’ <Pa. dadāti ‘gives’ ◀OIA dádāti ‘gives’ RV. <√dā ‘give’ ◀PIE *dō- : dǝ-, & dō-u- : dǝu- : du- ‘to give’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. date, donation, dowry, dose ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0558; (Turner, 1966) 6141, p.357; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 313; (MW, 1899) 0473; (Pokorny, 1959) 0223; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.713