Saturday, January 17, 2009

नाव ناؤ ♣ Eng. navigate, navy

नाव ناؤ ♣ Eng. navigate, navy

[nāɔ], f. a boat, ship.

[◀MIA: Pk. ṇāvā- f. ‘boat’; Pa. nāvā- f. ‘boat’ ◀OIA nāvā́- f. ‘boat’ RV. <naú- ‘boat’ ◀PIE *nāus- ‘boat, ship’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. navigate, navy, nausea, nautical, astronaut ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1119; (Turner, 1966) 7081, p.428; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 350; (MW, 1899) 0571; (Pokorny, 1959) 0755; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.059

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