माँजना مانجنا ♣ Eng. milk, galaxy

माँजना مانجنا ♣ Eng. milk, galaxy

[mā̃jnā], v.t. to rub, cleanse.

[◀MIA: Pk. majjaï ‘wipes, polishes, cleans’; Pa. majjati ‘wipes, polishes, cleans’ ◀OIA mārjati (mā́rṣṭi, 3 pl. mṛjánti ‘rubs, cleans’ RV.) ‘wipes off, destroys’ MBh. <√mr̥j ‘rub’ ◀PIE *mē̆lĝ- (or melǝĝ- ?) ‘to rub off, wipe, stroke, pluck; to milk’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. milk ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. galaxy, lettuce ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0985; (Turner, 1966) 10080, p.593; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 514; (MW, 1899) 0829; (Pokorny, 1959) 0738, 0722; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.324