[dʰartī], f. soil, land, earth.
[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA dháritrī- f. ‘female carrier’ VS., ‘the earth’ BhP. <√dhr̥ ‘hold’ ◀PIE *dher-, dherǝ- ‘to hold firmly, support’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. farm, firm, throne ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0541; (Turner, 1966) 6750, p.393; (MW, 1899) 0510, 0519; (Pokorny, 1959) 0252; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.778
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