Monday, June 22, 2009

बजना بجنا ♣ Eng. ode, parody

बजना بجنا ♣ Eng. ode, parody

[bajnā], v.i. to sound, ring, strike (as a clock), resound, chime.

[◀MIA: Pk. vajjaï ‘is played or sounded’; Pa. vajjati ‘is played or sounded’ ◀OIA vādyatē ‘is made to sound’ MBh. <√vad ‘speak’ ◀PIE *au̯-, au̯ed- ‘to speak, talk, sing, scold, etc.’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. ode, melody, parody, tragedy ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0134; (Turner, 1966) 11513, p.656; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 599; (MW, 1899) 0916; (Pokorny, 1959) 0076; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.496

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