सोना سونا ♣ Eng. eu- + garment

सोना سونا ♣ Eng. eu- + garment

[sōnā], m. gold.

[◀MIA: Pk. su(v)aṇṇa-, soṇṇa- n. ‘gold’, suvaṇṇia- ‘golden’; Pa. suvaṇṇa- ‘of good color’, n. ‘gold’, soṇṇa- ‘golden’, n. ‘gold’ ◀OIA suvárṇa- ‘of bright color, golden’ RV., n. ‘gold’ AV. <+②su- prefix indicating ‘good, excellent, right, virtuous, beautiful’ (♣Eng. euphony ‘well’-sounding) <várṇa- m. ‘appearance, color, class’ RV. <√vr̥ ‘cover’ ◀PIE *u̯er- ‘to close, cover; to guard, save’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. weir, warn ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. cover, warrant, garage, garment ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0701; (Turner, 1966) 13519, 11338, p.698, ② p.776; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 720, 725; (MW, 1899) 1236, 0924, 1007, ② 1219; (Pokorny, 1959) 1160, ② 1037, ② 0342; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.518, 2.512, ② 2.734