Friday, November 20, 2009

दाढ़ी داڑھی ♣ Eng. tongs

दाढ़ी داڑھی ♣ Eng. tongs

[dāṛʰī], f. beard.

[◀MIA: Pk. dāḍhiā- f. ‘beard’; Pa. dāṭhikā- f. ‘beard’ ◀OIA dāḍhikā- f. ‘beard’ Mn.; *dāṁṣṭra- ‘fang, tusk, beard’ <√daṁś ‘bite’ ◀PIE *denk̂- ‘to bite’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. tongs ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0501; (Turner, 1966) 6250, p.349; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 318; (MW, 1899) 0464, 0475; (Pokorny, 1959) 0201; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.264, 1.688

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