[racnā], v.i. to be stained, dyed (with red, as henna).
[◀MIA racc- <.rajj- ◀OIA rajyatē ‘is dyed, is coloured red’ Kāv. <√rañj ‘dye’ ◀PIE *reg- (and sreg-?) ‘to colour, paint, dye’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. lac, lake, regolith ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0589; (Turner, 1966) 10583, p.612; (MW, 1899) 0861; (Pokorny, 1959) 0854; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.424
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