Wednesday, January 6, 2010

फाल پھال ♣ Eng. spill, spoil

फाल پھال ♣ Eng. spill, spoil

[pʰāl], f.; m. a plowshare.

[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. phāla- m.n. ‘ploughshare’ ◀OIA phā́la- m. ‘ploughshare’ RV., ‘mattock’ R. <√phal ‘burst’ ◀PIE *(s)p(h)el- ‘to split, cleave, cut off, tear off, break off; board’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. spill ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. spelt, spoil ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0282; (Turner, 1966) 9072, p.508; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 478; (MW, 1899) 0717, 0716; (Pokorny, 1959) 0985; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.203, 2.201

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