Tuesday, December 15, 2009

निथरना نِتَھرنا ♣ Eng. nirvana + trans-

निथरना نِتَھرنا ♣ Eng. nirvana + trans-

[nitʰarnā], v.i. to stand (a liquid), become clear.

[◀MIA: Pk. ṇittharaï ‘comes through’, caus. ṇittharēi; Pa. nittharati ‘comes out, crosses over, leaves behind’ ◀OIA nistarati ‘comes forth’ MBh. <nis-√tr̥̄ ‘to come forth from’ <+②nis- prep. or prefix, ‘out, forth, away from, without, dis-, -less’ (♣Eng. nirvana ) <√tr̥̄ ‘cross’ ◀PIE *ter-, terǝ-, tr̥̄-, trā-, teru- ‘to cross over, transgress, move across, pass through, to stay, to overcome’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. thrill, thorough, through ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. trans-, transient, trench ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1123, ② 1136; (Turner, 1966) 7528, p.339; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 357; (MW, 1899) 0564, 0454, ② 0543; (Pokorny, 1959) 1074, 1075; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.629, ② 2.047

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