बढ़िया بڑھیا ♣ Eng. ortho-, arduous

बढ़िया بڑھیا ♣ Eng. ortho-, arduous

[baṛʰiyā], adj. fine, nice, excellent, of good quality.

[◀MIA: Pk.vaḍḍhia-, vaddhia- ‘increased’; Pa. vaḍḍhita- ‘increased’ ◀OIA vardhita- ‘increased, strengthened, gladdened’ MBh. <√vr̥dh ‘increase’ ◀PIE *u̯erdh-, u̯redh- ‘to grow (tr., intr.), increase; high’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. ortho-, arduous ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0153; (Turner, 1966) 11384, p.699; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 596; (MW, 1899) 0926, 1010; (Pokorny, 1959) 1167, 0339; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.520