[gʰisnā], v.i.; v.t. to be rubbed, worn out; to rub, wear out.
[◀MIA: Pk. ghasaï ‘rubs, polishes’ ◀OIA *ghr̥ṣati ‘rubs’ <ghárṣati ‘rubs’ tr. Suśr., ‘rubs oneself’ MBh. <√ghr̥ṣ ‘rub, pound’ ◀PIE *gher- ‘to stroke roughly, rub, scrape, scratch’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. character ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0934; (Turner, 1966) 4450, p.244; (MW, 1899) 0379; (Pokorny, 1959) 0439, 0441; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.513
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