Thursday, July 9, 2009

सूत سُوت ♣ Eng. sew, seam

सूत سُوت ♣ Eng. sew, seam

[sūt], m. a cotton thread, yarn, strand.

[◀MIA: Pk. sutta- n. ‘thread, string’; Pa. sutta-, °aka- n. ‘thread, string’ ◀OIA sū́tra- n. ‘thread, cord’ AV. <√siv ‘sew’ ◀PIE *si̯ū- ‘to sew’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. sew, seam ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. suture, hymen ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0693; (Turner, 1966) 13561, p.775; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 718; (MW, 1899) 1218; (Pokorny, 1959) 0915; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.739, 2.734

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