Sunday, August 30, 2009

गोबर گوبر ♣ Eng. cow + will

गोबर گوبر ♣ Eng. cow + will

[gōbar], m. cow-dung, cattle-dung.

[◀MIA: Pk. govvara-, gōvara- m. ‘cowdung’ ◀OIA gōrvara-, gōvara- n. ‘pulverised cowdung’ lex. <+②vára- m. (n. MBh.) ‘choice, boon’ RV., adj. ‘choicest’ ŚrS. (♣Eng. will ) <gṓ- m. ‘ox’, f. ‘cow’ RV. ◀PIE *gʷou- ‘cattle’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. cow ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. beef, butter, buffalo ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0921; (Turner, 1966) 4316, 4255, ② 11308, ② p.698; (MW, 1899) 0367, 0368, 0366, 0363, ② 0922, ② 1007; (Pokorny, 1959) 0482, ② 1137; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.478, ② 2.511

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