गाहना گاہنا ♣ Eng. bathy-, benthos

गाहना گاہنا ♣ Eng. bathy-, benthos

[gāh₍ɛ₎nā], v.t. to thresh, thrash, probe deep.

[◀MIA: Pk. gāhadi ‘dives into, seeks’; Pa. gāhati ‘immerses’ ◀OIA gā́hatē ‘dives into’ AitBr., (prágāhatē RV.) ‘roams’ Kālid. <√gāh ‘dive into’ ◀PIE *gʷā̆dh- ‘to dive, sink, submerge’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. bathy-, benthos ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0894; (Turner, 1966) 4152, p.222; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 250; (MW, 1899) 0354; (Pokorny, 1959) 0465; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.486