Monday, December 21, 2009

पौना پَونا ♣ Eng. pedal + vain

पौना پَونا ♣ Eng. pedal + vain

[pɔ̵nā], adj. num. less by a quarter.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA *padūna- ‘less by a quarter’ <+②ūná- ‘deficient’ AV. (♣Eng. vain ) <*padu- ‘place, quarter’ <pád- ‘foot, step, a fourth part, a quarter’ ◀PIE *pē̆d-, pō̆d- ‘foot’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. foot, fetter, fetch ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. pedal, pedestrian, peon, pioneer ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0281; (Turner, 1966) 7765, 7764, p.437, ② 2405; (MW, 1899) 0583, ② 0221; (Pokorny, 1959) 0790, ② 0345; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.077, ② 1.241

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