पीसना پیسنا ♣ Eng. pestle, piston

पीसना پیسنا ♣ Eng. pestle, piston

[pīsnā], v.t. to grind, pulverize, pound, crush.

[◀MIA: Pk. pĭ̄saï ‘grinds’; Pa. piṁsati, pisati ‘grinds’ ◀OIA pináṣṭi RV. ‘grinds’ <√piṣ ‘crush, grind, destroy’ ◀PIE *pis- ‘to grind, pound, thresh’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. pestle, pistil, piston ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0299; (Turner, 1966) 8142, p.464; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 456; (MW, 1899) 0628; (Pokorny, 1959) 0796; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.169