Saturday, August 29, 2009

गोभी گوبھی ♣ Eng. cow + tongue

गोभी گوبھی ♣ Eng. cow + tongue

[gōbʰī], f. a cauliflower.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA gōjihvikā-, °hvā- f. ‘a partic. kind of plant’ Suśr. <+②jihvā́- ‘tongue’ (♣Eng. tongue ) <gṓ- m. ‘ox’, f. ‘cow’ RV. ◀PIE *gʷou- ‘cattle’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. cow ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. beef, butter, buffalo ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0922; (Turner, 1966) 4270, 4255, ② 5228; (MW, 1899) 0364, 0363, ② 0422; (Pokorny, 1959) 0482, ② 0223; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.162, 1.478, ② 1.591

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