लुहार لوہار ♣ Eng. red + tera- (prefix)

लुहार لوہار ♣ Eng. red + tera- (prefix)

[lɔhār], m. a blacksmith.

[◀MIA: Pk. lōhāra- m. ‘blacksmith’; Pa. lōhakāra- m. ‘coppersmith, ironsmith’ ◀OIA lōhakāra- m. ‘iron-worker’, °rī- f., °raka- m. lex., lauhakāra- m. Hit. <+②kāra- ‘making, doing’ (♣Eng. tera- ) <.lōhá- ‘red, copper-coloured’ ŚrS., ‘made of copper’ ŚBr., m.n. ‘copper’ VS., ‘iron’ MBh. <*rudh- ‘red’ ◀PIE *reudh- ‘red, ruddy’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. red, rust ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. robust, rouge, ruby, rubric ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0971, 0972; (Turner, 1966) 11159, 11158, p.623, ② 3053, p.177; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 589; (MW, 1899) 0908, 0884, ② 0274, 0300; (Pokorny, 1959) 0872, ② 0641; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.484, ② 1.307