Sunday, January 3, 2010

पोसना پوسنا ♣ Eng. pustule

पोसना پوسنا ♣ Eng. pustule

[pōsnā], v.t. to bring up (children), tame, domesticate.

[◀MIA: Pa. pōsēti ‘nourishes’ ◀OIA pōṣáyati ‘nourishes, rears’ RV. <√puṣ ‘nourish’ ◀PIE *pū̆-, peu-, pou-, phu- ‘to blow (up), swell’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. pustule]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0280; (Turner, 1966) 8410, p.470; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 476; (MW, 1899) 0638; (Pokorny, 1959) 0847; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.171

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