[lōhā], m. iron.
[◀MIA: Pk. lōha- m. ‘iron’; Pa. lōha- m. ‘metal, esp. copper or bronze’ ◀OIA lōhá- ‘red, copper-coloured’ ŚrS., ‘made of copper’ ŚBr., m.n. ‘copper’ VS., ‘iron’ MBh. <*rudh- ‘red’ ◀PIE *reudh- ‘red, ruddy’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. red, rust ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. robust, rouge, ruby, rubric ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0971; (Turner, 1966) 11158, p.623; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 589; (MW, 1899) 0908, 0884; (Pokorny, 1959) 0872; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.484
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