Monday, November 30, 2009

बारह بارہ ♣ Eng. two + ten

बारह بارہ ♣ Eng. two + ten

[bāra₍h₎]~[bārā̌], adj. num. 12 (twelve).

[◀MIA: Pk. bārasa, bāraha ‘twelve’; Pa. dvādasa, bārasa ‘twelve’ ◀OIA dvā́daśa ‘twelve’ RV. <+②dáśa ‘ten’ RV. (♣Eng. ten ) <dva- ‘two’: m. dvaú (duvaú), dvā́ (duvā́), f.n. dvḗ (duvḗ) RV. ◀PIE *du̯ō(u) ‘two’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. two, twig, twin, between ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. double, doubt, diploma ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0121; (Turner, 1966) 6658, 6648, ② 6227; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 334; (MW, 1899) 0503, ② 0471; (Pokorny, 1959) 0228, ② 0191; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.764, 1.761, ② 1.708

Friday, November 27, 2009

दो دو ♣ Eng. two, double

दो دو ♣ Eng. two, double

[dō], adj. num. 2 (two).

[◀MIA: Ap. di, bi ‘two’; Pk. dō, bē, duvē; Pa. dvē, duvē ◀OIA dva- ‘two’: m. dvaú (duvaú), dvā́ (duvā́), f.n. dvḗ (duvḗ) RV. ◀PIE *du̯ō(u) ‘two’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. two, twig, twin, between ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. double, doubt, diploma ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0529; (Turner, 1966) 6648; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 333; (MW, 1899) 0503; (Pokorny, 1959) 0228; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.761

दौड़ना دَوڑنا ♣ Eng. tread, trip

दौड़ना دَوڑنا ♣ Eng. tread, trip

[dɔ̵ṛnā], v.i. to run, hasten.

[◀MIA: Pk. davaï ‘goes away’ ◀OIA drávati ‘runs’ RV. <√dru ‘run’ ◀PIE *(der-), drā-, dreb-, drem-, dreu- ‘to run, escape’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. trap, tread ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. trade, tramp, trip, trot ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0533; (Turner, 1966) 6624, p.379; (MW, 1899) 0502; (Pokorny, 1959) 0204; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.755

Thursday, November 26, 2009

दाम دام ♣ Eng. target

दाम دام ♣ Eng. target

[dām], m. price, value.

[◀MIA: Pk. damma- m. ‘a coin’ ◀OIA dramma- ‘a coin’ Pañcat. ←MPers. drahm ‘drachm’ (> NPers. dirham ‘money’, diram ‘a weight (drachma), a silver coin’) ←Gk. δραχμή ‘drachma, coin’ <‘handful’ ◀PIE *dergh- ‘to grasp’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. target ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0502; (Turner, 1966) 6622; (MW, 1899) 0500; (Pokorny, 1959) 0212; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.271; (MacKenzie, 1971) 027

डाँटना ڈانٹنا ♣ Eng. tongs

डाँटना ڈانٹنا ♣ Eng. tongs

[ḍā̃ṭnā], v.t. to scold, rebuke, reprimand.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA daṣṭa- ‘bitten, stung’ Mn., n. ‘a bite’ Suśr. <√daṁś ‘bite’ ◀PIE *denk̂- ‘to bite’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. tongs ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0562, 0561; (Turner, 1966) 6618, 6243, p.349; (MW, 1899) 0464; (Pokorny, 1959) 0201; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.688

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

दोष دوش ♣ Eng. dys-

दोष دوش ♣ Eng. dys-

[dōʃ], m. a fault, blame, defect.

[←OIA dōṣa- m. ‘fault’ ChUp. <√duṣ ‘spoil’ ◀PIE *dus- ‘bad, foul, evil’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. dys- ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0534; (Turner, 1966) 6587, p.369; (MW, 1899) 0498, 0488; (Pokorny, 1959) 0219, 0227; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.749

देह دیہ ♣ Eng. dairy, dough

देह دیہ ♣ Eng. dairy, dough

[dē₍h₎], f.; m. the body.

[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. dēha- m. ‘body’; Pa. dēhaka- n. pl. ‘limbs’ ◀OIA dēha- m.n. ‘body’ TĀr. <√dih ‘smear’ ◀PIE *dheiĝh- ‘to knead; to build, form; to smear, plaster’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. dairy, dough, lady ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. faint, feign, fiction, figure ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0561; (Turner, 1966) 6557, p.363; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 331; (MW, 1899) 0496, 0480; (Pokorny, 1959) 0244; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.746

देश دیش ♣ Eng. teach, digit

देश دیش ♣ Eng. teach, digit

[dēʃ], m. a country, nation, land, region, space.

[←OIA dēśá- m. ‘point, region, part’ VS., ‘province, country’ R. <√diś ‘show’ ◀PIE *deik̂- ‘to show, point out’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. teach, token, toe ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. digit, dictate, diction, disk ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0557; (Turner, 1966) 6547, p.363; (MW, 1899) 0496, 0479; (Pokorny, 1959) 0188; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.744

देवर دیوَر ♣ Eng. levirate

देवर دیوَر ♣ Eng. levirate

[dēvar], m. husband’s younger brother.

[◀MIA: Pk. dēvara-, dēara-, diara- ‘husband’s younger brother’; Pa. dēvara- m. ‘husband’s brother’ ◀OIA dēvará- (and dḗ°) ĀśGr̥. (°aka- Ujjval.) m. ‘husband’s younger brother’, dēvŕ̥- m. ‘husband’s younger brother’ RV. ◀PIE *dāiu̯ēr, Gen. daiu̯rés ‘brother-in-law’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. levirate ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0560; (Turner, 1966) 6546; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 330; (MW, 1899) 0495; (Pokorny, 1959) 0179; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.743

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

देव دیو ♣ Eng. Tuesday, July

देव دیو ♣ Eng. Tuesday, July

[dēv]~[dēɔ], m. a god, deity.

[←OIA dēvá- ‘heavenly’, m. ‘a god’ RV., ‘devil’ AV. <√div ‘shine’ ◀PIE *dei-, dei̯ǝ-, dī-, di̯ā- ‘to shine; day; sun; God’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. Tuesday ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. July, Jupiter, Zeus, deity, divine, diary ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0558; (Turner, 1966) 6523, p.362; (MW, 1899) 0492, 0478; (Pokorny, 1959) 0183; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.742

दुहना دُوہنا ♣ Eng. doughty

दुहना دُوہنا ♣ Eng. doughty

[duhnā], v.t. to milk.

[◀MIA: Pk. duhaï ‘milks’; Pa. duhati ‘milks’ ◀OIA *duhati (dṓgdhi : duhánti RV.) ‘milks’ <√duh ‘milk’ ◀PIE *dheugh- ‘to touch, press, milk; to be ready, sufficient; to be good for smth., to fit’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. doughty ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0536, 0547; (Turner, 1966) 6476, p.369; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 328; (MW, 1899) 0489; (Pokorny, 1959) 0271; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.747

दूल्हा دُولہا ♣ Eng. dys- + dilemma

दूल्हा دُولہا ♣ Eng. dys- + dilemma

[dūlhā], m. a bridegroom.

[◀MIA: Pk. dullaha-, dūlaha- ‘hard to get, rare’; Pk. Pa. dullabha- ‘hard to get, rare’ ◀OIA durlabha- ‘hard to obtain, scarce’ Mn., ‘eminent’ lex., ‘beloved’ (= °aka- ) Kāraṇḍ. <+②duṣ- ‘bad, difficult, ill-, un-, mis-’ (♣Eng. dys- ) <√labh ‘take, obtain’ ◀PIE *labh- ‘to grab, hold, seize’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. dilemma ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0535, 0524; (Turner, 1966) 6446, p.635, ② p.369; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 714; (MW, 1899) 0896, ② 0484; (Pokorny, 1959) 0652, ② 0227; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.434, ② 1.735

दूभर دُوبھر ♣ Eng. dys- + bear

दूभर دُوبھر ♣ Eng. dys- + bear

[dūbʰar], adj. burdensome, difficult, arduous.

[◀MIA: Pa. dubbhara- ‘hard to bear’ ◀OIA durbhara- ‘hard to bear’ R. <+②duṣ- ‘bad, difficult, ill-, un-, mis-’ (♣Eng. dys- ) <bhára- m. ‘carrying, carrying away, booty’ RV., ‘weight, mass’ Kāv. <√bhr̥ ‘bear’ ◀PIE *bher- ‘to bear, carry; to give birth’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. bear, burden, birth, bring ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. fertile, offer, fortune ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0531; (Turner, 1966) 6440, 9393, p.546, ② p.369; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 499; (MW, 1899) 0486, 0764, ② 0484; (Pokorny, 1959) 0128, ② 0227; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.246, ② 1.735

Monday, November 23, 2009

दुबला دُبلا ♣ Eng. dys- + Bolshevik

दुबला دُبلا ♣ Eng. dys- + Bolshevik

[dublā], adj. lean, thin.

[◀MIA: Pk. dubbala-, °liya- ‘weak, thin’; Pa. dubbala- ‘weak’ ◀OIA durbala- ‘weak, impotent’ Mn., ‘slender’ R., ‘emaciated’ KātyŚr. <+②duṣ- ‘bad, difficult, ill-, un-, mis-’ (♣Eng. dys- ) <bála- n. ‘power, strength’ RV. ◀PIE *bel- ‘strong’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. Bolshevik ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0506; (Turner, 1966) 6438, 9161, ② p.369; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 482; (MW, 1899) 0486, 0722, ② 0484; (Pokorny, 1959) 0096, ② 0227; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.215, ② 1.735

दूध دُودھ ♣ Eng. doughty

दूध دُودھ ♣ Eng. doughty

[dūdʰ], m. milk.

[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. duddha- n. ‘milk’ ◀OIA dugdhá- n. ‘milk’ AV. <√duh ‘milk’ ◀PIE *dheugh- ‘to touch, press, milk; to be ready, sufficient; to be good for smth., to fit’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. doughty ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0532; (Turner, 1966) 6391, p.369; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 327; (MW, 1899) 0489; (Pokorny, 1959) 0271; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.747

Sunday, November 22, 2009

दिया دِیا ♣ Eng. Tuesday, July

दिया دِیا ♣ Eng. Tuesday, July

[diyā], m. an (earthen) lamp.

[◀MIA: Pk. dīva-, °vaya- m., °vī-, °viā- f. ‘lamp’; Pa. dīpa-, °paka- m., °pikā- f. ‘lamp’ ◀OIA dīpa- m. ‘lamp’ ĀśvGr̥., °paka- m., °pikā- f. Hariv. <√dīp ‘shine’ ◀PIE *dei-, dei̯ǝ-, dī-, di̯ā- ‘to shine; day; sun; sky; heaven; god’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. Tuesday ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. July, Jupiter, Zeus, deity, divine, diary ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0555; (Turner, 1966) 6348, p.363; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 323; (MW, 1899) 0481; (Pokorny, 1959) 0183; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.728, 1.701