मिटना مٹنا ♣ Eng. milk, galaxy

मिटना مٹنا ♣ Eng. milk, galaxy

[miṭnā], v.i. to be erased, blotted out, become extinct.

[◀MIA: Pk. miṭijjaï ‘is wiped out’; Pa. maṭṭa- ‘wiped, polished, pure’ ◀OIA mr̥ṣṭá- ‘rubbed, washed, pure’ RV. <√mr̥j ‘rub’ ◀PIE *mē̆lĝ- (or melǝĝ- ?) ‘to rub off, wipe, stroke, pluck; to milk’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. milk ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. galaxy, lettuce ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0999; (Turner, 1966) 10299, p.593; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 516; (MW, 1899) 0829; (Pokorny, 1959) 0738, 0722; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.324