Thursday, January 15, 2009

धरना دھرنا ♣ Eng. farm, firm

धरना دھرنا ♣ Eng. farm, firm

[dʰarnā], v.t. to put, place, lay down, put down.

[◀MIA: Pk. dharaï ‘holds, catches’; Pa. dharati ‘holds, supports’, intr. ‘continues’ ◀OIA dhárati ‘holds, keeps’ Dhātup. <√dhr̥ ‘hold’ ◀PIE *dher-, dherǝ- ‘to hold firmly, support’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. farm, firm, throne ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0543; (Turner, 1966) 6747, p.393; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 340; (MW, 1899) 0519; (Pokorny, 1959) 0252; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.778

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