धँसना دَھنسنا ♣ Eng. dust, fume

धँसना دَھنسنا ♣ Eng. dust, fume

[dʰãsnā], v.i. to penetrate, get stuck into, sink (into).

[◀MIA: Pk. dhaṁsaï ‘falls’, ḍh° (caus. dhaṁsāḍaï); Pa. dhaṁsati ‘falls’ ◀OIA dhváṁsati ‘falls to pieces’ MBh. <√dhvaṁs ‘fall’ ◀PIE *dheu̯es-, dhu̯ē̆s-, dheus-, dhū̆s- ‘to dissipate, blow, etc.’ <*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) 0548, 0544; (Turner, 1966) 6896, p.395; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 334; (MW, 1899) 0522; (Pokorny, 1959) 0268, 0261; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.799