Thursday, November 26, 2009

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

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