Monday, January 12, 2009

डरना ڈرنا ♣ Eng. tear, derris

डरना ڈرنا ♣ Eng. tear, derris

[ḍarnā], v.i. to fear, be afraid, frightened.

[◀MIA: Pk. ḍaraï ‘fears’, daria-, ḍa° ‘frightened’ ◀OIA darati ‘is frightened’ Dhātup. <√dr̥̄ ‘split’ ◀PIE *der- ‘to cut, split off, pull off skin, peel, flay, tear’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. tear, tart ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. derris, derma ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0565; (Turner, 1966) 6190, p.372; (MW, 1899) 0492; (Pokorny, 1959) 0206; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.701

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