Friday, December 11, 2009

निजी نِجی ♣ Eng. nether + generate

निजी نِجی ♣ Eng. nether + generate

[nijī], adj. personal, private.

[←OIA nijá- ‘constant’ AV., ‘innate, of one’s own country, one’s own’ Hit. <+②ní ‘down, in’ (♣Eng. nether ) <√jan ‘be born’ ◀PIE *ĝen-, ĝenǝ-, ĝnē-, ĝnō- ‘to bear, to beget, to give birth, to be born, to produce’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. kin, king, kind ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. gender, generate, genius, genuine, genesis ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) (1124), ② 1109; (Turner, 1966) 7181, p.281, ② p.407; (MW, 1899) 0547, 0410, ② 0538; (Pokorny, 1959) 0373, ② 0311, 0312; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.567, ② 2.040

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