मंजन منجن ♣ Eng. milk, galaxy

मंजन منجن ♣ Eng. milk, galaxy

[manjan], m. toothpaste, toothpowder.

[◀MIA: Pk. majjaṇa- n. ‘cleaning’; Pa. majjana- n. ‘cleaning’ ◀OIA mārjana- n. ‘wiping off, cleaning’ Gr̥Śr., mārjanī- f. ‘purification’ ĀpŚr. <√mr̥j ‘rub’ ◀PIE *mē̆lĝ- (or melǝĝ- ?) ‘to rub off, wipe, stroke, pluck; to milk’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. milk ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. galaxy, lettuce ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1072; (Turner, 1966) 10081, p.593; (MW, 1899) 0813, 0829; (Pokorny, 1959) 0738, 0722; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.324