Wednesday, July 1, 2009

सूखा سُوکھا ♣ Eng. sear, sere

सूखा سُوکھا ♣ Eng. sear, sere

[sūkʰā], adj.; m. dry; dry land, drought.

[◀MIA: Pk. sukkha-, sukka-, suṁkha- ‘dry’; Pa. sukkha- ‘dry’ ◀OIA śúṣka- ‘dried’ RV. <√śuṣ ‘dry’ ◀PIE *saus-, sus- ‘dry’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. sear, sere ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. sorrel, austere ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0699; (Turner, 1966) 12548, p.727; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 715; (MW, 1899) 1084; (Pokorny, 1959) 0880; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.648, 2.658

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