थूकना تھوکنا ♣ Eng. spew, spit

थूकना تھوکنا ♣ Eng. spew, spit

[tʰūknā], v.i.; v.t. to spit; to spit out.

[◀MIA: Pk. thukkaï ‘spits’ <thukka- n. ‘spittle, phlegm’ ◀OIA *thukk- ‘spit’ <thūt (in thūtkāra- ) ‘sound of spitting’ ◀PIE *(s)p(h)i̯ēu- : (s)pi̯ū-, (s)pīu̯- ‘to spit, spew’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. spew, spit, spittle, spout ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. sputter ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0349; (Turner, 1966) 6097, 6102; (MW, 1899) 0464; (Pokorny, 1959) 0999; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.259