Monday, June 22, 2009

बहना بہنا ♣ Eng. weigh, vehicle

बहना بہنا ♣ Eng. weigh, vehicle

[bɛh₍ɛ₎nā], v.i. to flow.

[◀MIA: Pk. vahaï ‘carries’; Pa. vahati tr. ‘carries’, intr. ‘proceeds’ ◀OIA váhati ‘carries, bears along (of rivers), is carried along’ RV. <√vah ‘carry’ ◀PIE *u̯eĝh- ‘to move, carry, drive, drag, go, transport in a vehicle’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. weigh, wain, way ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. wagon, vehicle ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0192; (Turner, 1966) 11453, p.668; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 606; (MW, 1899) 0933; (Pokorny, 1959) 1118; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.535

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