Wednesday, May 13, 2009

परछाईं پرچھائیں ♣ Eng. pre- + shine

परछाईं پرچھائیں ♣ Eng. pre- + shine

[parcʰāī̃], f. shadow, reflection.

[◀MIA: Pk. paḍicchāyā- f. ‘reflection’ ◀OIA praticchāyā- f. ‘reflection’ Hariv. <+②práti- ‘towards, against’ (♣Eng. pre- ) <chāyā́- f. ‘shade, shadow, reflection’ RV. ◀PIE *sk̂āi-, sk̂ǝi- : sk̂ī- ‘to glimmer (of wet things); shadow, indirect light’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. shine, shimmer ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. scene, scenery ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0245; (Turner, 1966) 8560, 5027, ② 8540; (MW, 1899) 0406, ② 0661; (Pokorny, 1959) 0917, ② 0810; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.559, ② 2.176

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