Monday, August 17, 2009

काना کانا ♣ Eng. holly

काना کانا ♣ Eng. holly

[kānā], adj. having only one eye, one-eyed.

[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. kāṇa- ‘blind of one eye, blind’ ◀OIA kāṇá- ‘one-eyed’ RV. ◀PIE *kol-no-s ‘one-eyed’ <*kel- ‘to stab, stick, prick; sting’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. holly, holm oak ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0806; (Turner, 1966) 3019; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 203; (MW, 1899) 0269; (Pokorny, 1959) 0545; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.336

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