[patlā], adj. thin, slender, lean, fine.
[◀MIA: Pk. pattala- ‘thin’ Deśīn. ◀OIA pattralá- ‘*leaflike, thin’ (n. ‘thin sour milk’ lex.). <páttra- n. ‘wing-feather’ VS., ‘wing’ (in cmpd.) RV. <√pat ‘fly, fall’ ◀PIE *pet-, petǝ- : ptē-, ptō- ‘to fall ; to fly’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. feather ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. petition, pen, pin ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0225; (Turner, 1966) 7736, 7733, p.435; (MW, 1899) 0582, 0581, 0580; (Pokorny, 1959) 0825; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.071
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