[dʰōnā], v.t. to wash, cleanse.
[◀MIA: Pk. dhō(v)aï ‘washes’ (whence pp. dhōia-, pass. dhovvaï), dhōaṇa- n.; Pa. dhōvati ‘washes’, dhōvana- n. ◀OIA *dhauvati ‘washes’ <√dhāv ‘wash’ ◀PIE *dheu-, dheu̯ǝ- ‘to blow, dissipate, fly about like dust, to storm’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. deaf, dizzy, dove, down, dumb, dusk, dust ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. dull, dwell, fume, stove, thyme ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0552; (Turner, 1966) 6886, p.389; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 343; (MW, 1899) 0516; (Pokorny, 1959) 0261; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.782
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