पूछना پوچھنا ♣ Eng. pray, precarious

पूछना پوچھنا ♣ Eng. pray, precarious

[pūcʰnā], v.t. to ask, inquire, care.

[◀MIA: Pk. pucchaï ‘asks’, Pa. pucchati ‘asks’ ◀OIA pr̥ccháti ‘asks’ RV. <√prach ‘ask, ask about, long for’ ◀PIE *perk̂-, prek̂-, pr̥k̂- ‘to ask, ask for, woo’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. pray, precarious, postulate ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0278; (Turner, 1966) 8352, p.482; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 463; (MW, 1899) 0658; (Pokorny, 1959) 0821; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.183