Thursday, February 18, 2010

रोआँ رواں ♣ Eng. rough, rug

रोआँ رواں ♣ Eng. rough, rug

[rōā̃], m. body hair.

[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. rōma- n. ‘body hair’ ◀OIA rṓman- n. ‘hair (esp. short hair) on body of men and animals’ RV. ◀PIE *reu-, reu̯ǝ- : rū̆- ‘to tear out, dig up, open, etc.’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. rough ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. rag, rug, ruin ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0603; (Turner, 1966) 10851; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 577; (MW, 1899) 0889; (Pokorny, 1959) 0868; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.470

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