Sunday, July 12, 2009

सगा سَگا ♣ Eng. self, suicide

सगा سَگا ♣ Eng. self, suicide

[sagā], adj. related by blood, born of the same parents.

[◀MIA: Ap. sagga- ‘one’s own’ ◀OIA *svagya- ‘of one’s own family’ <svá- ‘one’s own’ RV. ◀PIE *se- (reflexive pronoun) ‘one’s own’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. self ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. suicide, secret, sole ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0667; (Turner, 1966) 13896b, 13893; (MW, 1899) 1275; (Pokorny, 1959) 0882; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.787

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