Tuesday, December 1, 2009

दूसरा دُوسرا ♣ Eng. two + series

दूसरा دُوسرا ♣ Eng. two + series

[dūsrā], adj. num. second, other, next, another.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA *dviḥsara- ‘twofold’ <+②dvíḥ ‘twice’ RV. (♣Eng. two ) <*sarā- ‘string, garland’, sarikā- f. ‘string of pearls’ lex., sara- m. ‘string’ ◀PIE *ser- ‘to line up, to put together, bind together’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. series, insert, sermon, sort ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0534; (Turner, 1966) 13260, ② 6676; (MW, 1899) 1182, ② 0503; (Pokorny, 1959) 0911, ② 0228; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.506, ② 1.769

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