Monday, February 8, 2010

जकड़ना جکڑنا ♣ Eng. geminate, Gemini

जकड़ना جکڑنا ♣ Eng. geminate, Gemini

[jakaṛnā], v.t.; v.i. to tie tightly, tighten, hold fast; to become rigid, be tightened, held fast.

[◀MIA: Pk. jaya- ‘restrained’; Pa. yata- ‘restrained’ ◀OIA yatá- ‘restrained, proffered’ RV. <√yam ‘control’ ◀PIE *i̯em- ‘to hold, tie together, join’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. geminate, Gemini ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0382; (Turner, 1966) 10400, p.602; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 548; (MW, 1899) 0845; (Pokorny, 1959) 0505; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.399

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