Monday, July 6, 2009

सच्चा سَچّا ♣ Eng. is, sin

सच्चा سَچّا ♣ Eng. is, sin

[saccā], adj. true, genuine, real.

[◀MIA: Pk. sacca- n. ‘truth, oath’; Pa. sacca- ‘true’, n. ‘truth’ ◀OIA satyá- ‘true’, n. ‘truth’ RV. <sánt- ‘existing, real, true’ RV. <√as ‘be’ ◀PIE *es- ‘to be’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. is, am, yes, sooth, sin ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. essence, present ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0643; (Turner, 1966) 13112, p.760, p.42; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 668; (MW, 1899) 1135, 0117; (Pokorny, 1959) 0340; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.690, 2.698, 1.144

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