Sunday, August 23, 2009

गँवाना گنوانا ♣ Eng. come, venue

गँवाना گنوانا ♣ Eng. come, venue

[gãvānā], v.t. to lose, waste, squander.

[◀MIA: Pk. gamēi ‘causes to go’, gamāvaï; Pa. gamēti ‘causes to go’ ◀OIA gamáyati ‘causes to go’ RV. <√gam ‘go’ ◀PIE *gʷā-, gʷem- ‘to go, come’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. come, become ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. venue, advent, event, prevent, base, basis, acrobat ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0919; (Turner, 1966) 4028, p.215; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 245; (MW, 1899) 0346; (Pokorny, 1959) 0463; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.465

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