Sunday, February 28, 2010

बट्टा بٹّا ♣ Eng. worth, version

बट्टा بٹّا ♣ Eng. worth, version

[baṭṭā], m. a wooden or stone roller, muller.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA *varta- ‘round stone’ <√vr̥t ‘turn’ ◀PIE *u̯er-t- ‘to turn, wind’ <*u̯er- ‘to turn, bend’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. worth, weird, wreath, writhe, worry, wrong, worm ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. verse, version, versus, vermicelli ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0132; (Turner, 1966) 11348, p.698; (MW, 1899) 1009; (Pokorny, 1959) 1152 (1156); (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.518

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