[lākʰ], f. lac, sealing-wax.
[◀MIA: Pk. lakkhā- f. ‘lac’ ◀OIA lākṣā́- ‘a partic. plant’ AV., ‘lac, red dye’ Mn., rākṣā́- ‘lac’ lex. <√rañj ‘dye’ ◀PIE *reg- (and sreg-?) ‘to colour, paint, dye’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. lac, lake, regolith ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0945; (Turner, 1966) 11002, 695, p.612; (MW, 1899) 0899, 0861; (Pokorny, 1959) 0854; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.477, 2.424
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