Saturday, January 3, 2009

नापना ناپنا ♣ Eng. know, notice

नापना ناپنا ♣ Eng. know, notice

[nāpnā], v.t. to measure.

[◀MIA: Pk. ṇappaï ‘knows’ ◀OIA jñāpyatē ‘is made known’ MBh. <√jñā ‘know’ ◀PIE *ĝen-, ĝenǝ-, ĝnē-, ĝnō- ‘to know’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. know, can, cunning ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. notice, cognition, ignore, noble ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1111; (Turner, 1966) 5283, p.290; (MW, 1899) 0425; (Pokorny, 1959) 0376; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.599

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