माँगना مانگنا ♣ Eng. morning, mere

माँगना مانگنا ♣ Eng. morning, mere

[mā̃gnā], v.t. to ask for, demand, request, seek.

[◀MIA: Pk. maggaï ‘asks for’; Pa. maggati ‘hunts for, seeks’ ◀OIA mā́rgati ‘seeks, requests’ MBh. <.mārga- m. ‘track, road’ Mn. MBh. <.mr̥gá- m. ‘wild animal, deer’ RV. < (possibly) ◀PIE *mer- ‘to shimmer, flicker, shine’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. morning, morrow ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. mere ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0986; (Turner, 1966) 10074, 10071, 10264; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 513; (MW, 1899) 0812, 0828; (Pokorny, 1959) 0733; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.350, 2.370