Monday, August 31, 2009

गाँठना گانٹھنا ♣ Eng. cart, cradle

गाँठना گانٹھنا ♣ Eng. cart, cradle

[gā̃ṭʰnā], v.t. to knot, tie, stitch, mend, repair.

[◀MIA: Pk. gaṁthaï, gaṁṭhaï ‘ties, knots’; Pa. ganthēti, °thati ‘ties, knots’ ◀OIA grantháyati ‘ties’ MBh., gránthati ‘ties’ Dhātup. <√granth ‘tie, knot’ ◀PIE *ger- ‘to turn, wind’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. cart, cradle, crank, creep, cripple ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. cramp, crook, curl, group ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0893; (Turner, 1966) 4353, p.233; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 243; (MW, 1899) 0370; (Pokorny, 1959) 0385; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.504

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