लहू لہو ♣ Eng. red, rust

लहू لہو ♣ Eng. red, rust

[lahū], m. the blood.

[◀MIA: Pk. lōhia- ‘red’, n. ‘blood’; Pa. lōhita- in cmpds. ‘red’, n. ‘blood’, °aka- ‘red’ ◀OIA lṓhita- ‘red’ AV., n. ‘any red substance’ ŚBr., ‘blood’ VS. <rṓhita- ‘red, reddish’ RV. <*rudh- ‘red’ ◀PIE *reudh- ‘red, ruddy’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. red, rust ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. robust, rouge, ruby, rubric ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0973; (Turner, 1966) 11165, 10866, p.623; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 589; (MW, 1899) 0909, 0890, 0884; (Pokorny, 1959) 0872; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.471, 2.453