Monday, May 18, 2009

फलाँगना پھلانگنا ♣ Eng. for + light

फलाँगना پھلانگنا ♣ Eng. for + light

[pʰalā̃gnā], v.i. to leap, spring, jump.

[◀MIA: Pk. palaṁghejjā opt. ‘overpass’, palaṁghaṇa- , palla° n. ◀OIA *pralaṅghati ‘jumps’ <.pra-√laṅgh ‘to jump’ <+② pra- ‘before, forth’ (♣Eng. for ) <√laṅgh ‘leap’ / √raṁh ‘hasten’ ◀PIE *legʷh- ‘light (not heavy); fast, quick’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. light, lung ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. leaven, lever, levity ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0288; (Turner, 1966) 8749, p.631; (MW, 1899) 0895, 0859, ② 0652; (Pokorny, 1959) 0660, ② 0810; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.421, ② 2.173

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