थामना تھامنا ♣ Eng. step, staff

थामना تھامنا ♣ Eng. step, staff

[tʰāmnā], v.t. to support, hold, prop, stop, check.

[◀MIA: Pk. thaṁbhaï, ṭhaṁbhaï tr. ‘stops’, intr. ‘is stopped’ ◀OIA stámbhatē ‘supports, arrests’ Dhātup., stambhayati ‘supports’ MBh. <√stambh ‘make or be firm’ ◀PIE *steb(h)-, stēb(h)- : stǝbh-, stemb(h)- ‘post, stem, pillar, stump; to support, place firmly on, fasten, etc.’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. step, staff, stamp ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. stoop, stump ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0346; (Turner, 1966) 13683, p.789; (MW, 1899) 1258; (Pokorny, 1959) 1011; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.754