रीझना ریجھنا ♣ Eng. old, alto

रीझना ریجھنا ♣ Eng. old, alto

[rījʰnā], v.i. to be pleased, fascinated.

[◀MIA: Pk. rijjhaï ‘prospers, is happy’; Pa. ijjhati ‘prospers’ ◀OIA ŕ̥dhyati ‘increases, prospers, succeeds’ Dhātup. <√r̥dh ‘prosper’ ◀PIE *aldh- <*al- ‘to grow, nourish; to bear’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. old, elder ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. alto, haughty, exalt, adult ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0611; (Turner, 1966) 2457, p.117; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 118; (MW, 1899) 0226; (Pokorny, 1959) 0026; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.118