धावा دھاوا ♣ Eng. dew

धावा دھاوا ♣ Eng. dew

[dʰāvā], m. a sudden attack, raid, charge.

[◀MIA: Pk. dhavva- m. ‘speed’; Pa. dhāva- m. ‘running’ ◀OIA *dhāva- ‘act of running’ <√dhāv ‘run’ ◀PIE *dheu- ‘to run; to flow’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. dew ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0539; (Turner, 1966) 6800, p.389; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 341; (MW, 1899) 0516; (Pokorny, 1959) 0259; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.789