[cāh₍ɛ₎nā], v.t. to wish, want, desire, like, be fond (of).
[◀MIA: Pk. cāhaï ‘wishes, expects, asks for’ ◀OIA *cāh- ‘see, look for, desire’ <√cakṣ ‘appear’ ◀PIE *kʷek̂-, kʷōk̂-, kʷek̂-s- ‘to seem, see, show’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. ukase ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0420; (Turner, 1966) 4775; (MW, 1899) 0381; (Pokorny, 1959) 0638; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.523
No comments:
Post a Comment