Monday, January 4, 2010

पोता پوتا ♣ Eng. few, poor

पोता پوتا ♣ Eng. few, poor

[pōtā], m. a grandson.

[◀MIA: Pk. potta- m. ‘son’s son’ ◀OIA paútra- m. ‘son’s son’ AV., pautraka- m. Kāv. <putrá- m. ‘son’ RV. ◀PIE *pōu- : pǝu- : pū̆- ‘small, little; young (of animals)’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. few, foal ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. poor, poverty, puerile ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0276; (Turner, 1966) 8416, 8265; (MW, 1899) 0651, 0632; (Pokorny, 1959) 0842; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.142

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