Monday, August 10, 2009

काटना کاٹنا ♣ Eng. shear, score

काटना کاٹنا ♣ Eng. shear, score

[kāṭnā], v.t. to cut, carve, bite, erase, cancel, disconnect, pass (time).

[◀MIA: Pk. kattaï, kaṭṭaï ‘cuts’ ◀OIA kártati ‘cuts’ Ep. <√kr̥t ‘cut’ ◀PIE *(s)ker-, (s)kerǝ-, (s)krē- ‘to cut’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. shear, share, short, sharp, shrub ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. score, skirt, screen, carnal ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0798; (Turner, 1966) 2854, p.177; (MW, 1899) 0304; (Pokorny, 1959) 0938; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.315

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