जुड़वाँ جُڑواں ♣ Eng. yoke, join

जुड़वाँ جُڑواں ♣ Eng. yoke, join

[juṛvā̃], adj.; m. twin; a twin.

[◀MIA: Pk. jōḍēi ‘joins’ ◀OIA *yōṭayati (yaúṭati, yaúḍati ‘joins’ Dhātup.) <√*yuṭ ‘join’ <√yuj ‘join, yoke, harness’ ◀PIE *i̯eu-, i̯eu̯ǝ-, i̯eu̯-g- ‘to tie together, join, yoke, harness’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. yoke ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. join, joint, junction, yoga ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0380; (Turner, 1966) 10496, p.606; (MW, 1899) 0853; (Pokorny, 1959) 0508; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.417