Tuesday, May 12, 2009

पीना پینا ♣ Eng. potable, poison

पीना پینا ♣ Eng. potable, poison

[pīnā], v.t. to drink, suck, smoke.

[◀MIA: Pk. pibaï, pi(v)aï ‘drinks’; Pa. pibati, pivati ‘drinks’ ◀OIA píbati ‘drinks’ RV. <√pā ‘drink’ ◀PIE *pō(i)- ‘to drink’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. potable, poison, potion, beer, symposium ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0301; (Turner, 1966) 8209, p.452; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 461; (MW, 1899) 0612; (Pokorny, 1959) 0839; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.113

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