[ḍēṛʰ], adj. num. one and a half.
[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA *dvaiyardha- ‘one and a half’ <dvyardha- ‘one and a half’ Sūryap. <+②dvi- ‘two’ in cmpds. (♣Eng. two ) <ardhá- ‘half’, m.n. ‘a half’ RV. ◀PIE *er-, erǝ- ‘to loose, split, separate; rare, loose, crumbly, friable, thin’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. hermit, retina, rete ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0576; (Turner, 1966) 6698, 644, ② p.381; (MW, 1899) 0091, ② 0503; (Pokorny, 1959) 0332, ② 0228; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.119, ② 1.765
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