Tuesday, February 2, 2010

भैंस بَھینس ♣ Eng. much, magnify

भैंस بَھینس ♣ Eng. much, magnify

[bʰɛ̵̃s], f. a (female) water buffalo.

[◀MIA: Pk. mahisa- m., °sī- f. ‘buffalo’; Pa. mahisa-, mahiṁsa-, mahīsa- m. ‘buffalo’ ◀OIA mahiṣá- ‘great, powerful’, m. ‘buffalo’, máhiṣī- f. ‘buffalo cow’ RV. <.mah- ‘great’ RV. ◀PIE *meĝ(h)- ‘big, great’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. much ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. magnify, major, master, mega- ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0201; (Turner, 1966) 9964, p.571; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 527; (MW, 1899) 0803, 0794; (Pokorny, 1959) 0708; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.340, 2.337

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