Thursday, August 27, 2009

गारा گارا ♣ Eng. devil, problem

गारा گارا ♣ Eng. devil, problem

[gārā], m. mortar, kneaded clay.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA *gāra- ‘dripping, oozing’ <√*gr̥̄ ‘drip’ <√gal ‘drip’ ◀PIE *gʷel-, gʷelǝ-, gʷlē- ‘to drip, flow; to throw, reach’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. devil, problem, symbol ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0892; (Turner, 1966) 4137, p.228, p.218; (MW, 1899) 0350; (Pokorny, 1959) 0471; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.476

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