Saturday, November 21, 2009

दाँव دانْو ♣ Eng. time, tide

दाँव دانْو ♣ Eng. time, tide

[dā̃ɔ], m. a chance, time, opportunity, trick, wager, stake.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA dā́tu- n. ‘share’ RV. <√dō ‘cut’ ◀PIE *dā : dǝ- , dāi- : dǝi- : dī̆- ‘to share, divide, distribute’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. time, tide ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. demon, democracy ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0504; (Turner, 1966) 6258, p.375; (MW, 1899) 0498; (Pokorny, 1959) 0175; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.716

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