धुँध دُھند ♣ Eng. dust + umbrella

धुँध دُھند ♣ Eng. dust + umbrella

[dʰund⁽ʰ⁾], m.; f. haze, mist, fog.

[◀MIA: Pa. dhūmandha- ‘blind with smoke’ ◀OIA *dhūmāndha- ‘dim-sighted’ <+②andhá- ‘blind’ RV., n. ‘darkness’ MBh. (♣Eng. umbrella ) <dhūmá- m. ‘smoke, vapour, mist’ RV. ◀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) 0547; (Turner, 1966) 6858, 6849, ② 385; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 343; (MW, 1899) 0518, ② 0044; (Pokorny, 1959) 0261, ② 0041; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.795, ② 1.078