Wednesday, February 10, 2010

जोतना جوتنا ♣ Eng. yoke, join

जोतना جوتنا ♣ Eng. yoke, join

[jōtnā], v.t. to yoke, plow, till.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA yōktrayati ‘fastens, ties’ MBh. <.yṓktra- n. ‘thong, halter’ RV., ‘tie of yoke to plough’ lex. <√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) 0395; (Turner, 1966) 10524, 10523, p.606; (MW, 1899) 0854, 0853; (Pokorny, 1959) 0508; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.417

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