दक्खिन دکھن ♣ Eng. decent, doctor

दक्खिन دکھن ♣ Eng. decent, doctor

[dakkʰin], m. the south.

[◀MIA: Pk. dakkhiṇa- ‘right, southern’, °ṇā- f. ‘the south’; Pa. dakkhiṇa- ‘right, southern’ ◀OIA dákṣiṇa- ‘right (hand)’ RV., ‘southern’ AV. <√dakṣ ‘be able’ ◀PIE *dek̂- ‘to take, accept, receive, be acceptable’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. decent, doctor, doctrine, dogma, dignity ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0521; (Turner, 1966) 6119, p.349; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 311; (MW, 1899) 0465; (Pokorny, 1959) 0189; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.690, 1.689