ताँबा تانبا ♣ Eng. temerity, tenebrous

ताँबा تانبا ♣ Eng. temerity, tenebrous

[tā̃bā], m. copper.

[◀MIA: Pk. taṁba- adj. ‘red’ and n. ‘copper’; Pa. tamba- ‘red’, n. ‘copper’ ◀OIA tāmrá- ‘dark red, copper-coloured’ VS., n. ‘copper’ Kauś. <√tam ‘choke, faint’ ◀PIE *tem- ‘to faint; to be dark’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. temerity, tenebrous ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0307; (Turner, 1966) 5779, p.323; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 297; (MW, 1899) 0438; (Pokorny, 1959) 1063; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.642, 1.626