Wednesday, May 13, 2009

पूरा پورا ♣ Eng. full, plenty

पूरा پورا ♣ Eng. full, plenty

[pūrā], adj. full, complete, all, entire, total.

[◀MIA: Pk. pūra- m. ‘flood’, pūraya- ‘filling’; Pa. pūra- ‘full’, pūraka- ‘filling’ ◀OIA pūra- ‘filling’ BhP., m. ‘flood’ Suśr., pūraka- ‘filling’ MBh., m. ‘flood’ BhP. <√pr̥̄ ‘fill’ ◀PIE *pel-, pelǝ-, plē- ‘full, to fill; to pour’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. full, fill, folk ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. plenty, plural, plus ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0278; (Turner, 1966) 8330, p.475; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 471; (MW, 1899) 0648; (Pokorny, 1959) 0798; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.089

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