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

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