Friday, October 16, 2009

तवा توا ♣ Eng. tepid

तवा توا ♣ Eng. tepid

[tavā], m. a flat iron plate for baking bread.

[◀MIA: Pk. tavaya- m., taviā- f. ‘frying pan’ ◀OIA *tapaka- ‘frying pan’ <tāpaka- ‘heating’ Sarvad., m. ‘cooking-stove’, tāpikā- f. ‘frying pan’ Hcar. <tāpá- m. ‘heat, glow’ Mn., ‘pain’ MBh. <√tap ‘be hot’ ◀PIE *tep- ‘to be warm, to warm’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. tepid ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0341; (Turner, 1966) 5670, 5768, p.322; (MW, 1899) 0436; (Pokorny, 1959) 1069; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.623

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