[dʰīrā], adj. slow.
[◀MIA: Pk. dhīra- n. ‘courage’, dhīraï ‘is courageous’; Pk. Pa. dhīra- ‘wise, firm’ ◀OIA dhí̵ra- ‘wise, clever’ RV., ‘steady, resolute’ R. <(?)√dhr̥ ‘hold’ ◀PIE *dher-, dherǝ- ‘to hold firmly, support’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. farm, firm, throne ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0554; (Turner, 1966) 6817, p.395, p.393; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 341; (MW, 1899) 0517; (Pokorny, 1959) 0252; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.278, 1.777, 1.778
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