[mē̃₍h₎], m. rain.
[◀MIA: Pk. mēha- m. ‘cloud, rain’; Pa. mēgha- m. ‘cloud, esp. thunderstorm’ ◀OIA mēghá- m. ‘cloud, rain’ RV. <√*mih ‘be wet’ ◀PIE *meigh-, meik- ‘to urinate; to glimmer, twinkle; cloud, mist’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. mist, mizzle ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 1108; (Turner, 1966) 10302; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 540; (MW, 1899) 0831; (Pokorny, 1959) 0712; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.374
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