आधा آدھا ♣ Eng. hermit, retina

आधा آدھا ♣ Eng. hermit, retina

[ādʰā], adj. num. half.

[◀MIA: Pk. aḍḍha-, addha- ‘half’; Pa. aḍḍha-, °aka-, addha- m.n. ‘half’ ◀OIA ardhá- ‘half’, m.n. ‘a half’ RV. ◀PIE *er-, erǝ- ‘to loose, split, separate; rare, loose, crumbly, friable, thin’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. hermit, retina, rete ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0034; (Turner, 1966) 644; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 016; (MW, 1899) 0091; (Pokorny, 1959) 0332; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.119