Friday, May 29, 2009

मापना ماپنا ♣ Eng. meal, measure

मापना ماپنا ♣ Eng. meal, measure

[māpnā], v.t. to measure, cover.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA *māpyatē ‘is measured’ <māpayati ‘measures, builds, erects’ Gr̥S. MBh. <√mā ‘measure’ ◀PIE *mē-, m-e-t- ‘to measure’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. meal, moon, Monday, month ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. measure, meter, metrical ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0977; (Turner, 1966) 10054, p.573; (MW, 1899) 0804; (Pokorny, 1959) 0703, 0731; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.341

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