Wednesday, December 2, 2009

धन دَھن ♣ Eng. font, fountain

धन دَھن ♣ Eng. font, fountain

[dʰan], m. property, wealth, riches, money.

[◀MIA: Pk. dhaṇa- n. ‘wealth’; Pa. dhana- n. ‘wealth’ ◀OIA dhána- n. ‘contest, prize, booty, property’ RV. <√dhan ‘run’ ◀PIE *dhen- ‘to run, flow’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. font, fountain ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0547; (Turner, 1966) 6717; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 335; (MW, 1899) 0508; (Pokorny, 1959) 0249; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.771

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