Monday, February 22, 2010

लजाना لجانا ♣ Eng. lac, lake

लजाना لجانا ♣ Eng. lac, lake

[lajānā], v.i.; v.t. to be ashamed, blush; to make (one) ashamed.

[◀MIA: Pk. lajjāvēdi ‘shames’; Pa. lajjāpēti ‘shames’ ◀OIA lajjāpayati ‘shames’ Kāv. <√lajj ‘be ashamed’ <√rañj ‘dye’ ◀PIE *reg- (and sreg-?) ‘to colour, paint, dye’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. lac, lake, regolith ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0953; (Turner, 1966) 10909, p.631, 10583, p.612; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 579; (MW, 1899) 0895, 0861; (Pokorny, 1959) 0854; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.473, 2.424

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