Thursday, June 4, 2009

रोना رونا ♣ Eng. rumor, raucous

रोना رونا ♣ Eng. rumor, raucous

[rōnā], v.i. to cry, weep.

[◀MIA: Pk. rōyaï, rōaï, rōvaï ‘weeps’; Pa. rōdati ‘weeps’ ◀OIA rōdati, rōditi (rudánti RV.) ‘howls, weeps’ MBh. <√rud ‘cry, weep, bewail’ ◀PIE *reu-, rēu-, rū̆- ‘to shout, roar, murmur, etc. (expr.)’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. rumor, raucous ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0607; (Turner, 1966) 10840, p.623; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 573; (MW, 1899) 0883; (Pokorny, 1959) 0867; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.465

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