Saturday, September 5, 2009

चौरस چورس ♣ Eng. four + edge

चौरस چورس ♣ Eng. four + edge

[cɔ̵ras], adj. level.

[◀MIA: Pk. caürassa- ‘quadrangular’; Pa. caturassa-, °aka- ‘quadrangular’ ◀OIA caturaśra- ‘quadrangular’ Kauś. <+②áśri- f. ‘sharp side, corner, angle, edge’ ŚBr. (♣Eng. edge ) <catur- ‘four’ ◀PIE *kʷetu̯er-, kʷetuō̆r-, kʷetur- m., kʷetes(o)r- f. ‘four’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. four ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. quarter, tetra- ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0450; (Turner, 1966) 4598, ② 918; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 261; (MW, 1899) 0384, ② 0114; (Pokorny, 1959) 0642, ② 0018; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.526, ② 1.138

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