बरसना برسنا ♣ Eng. water, wet

बरसना برسنا ♣ Eng. water, wet

[barasnā], v.i. to rain, shower.

[◀MIA: Pk. vassadi, vāsaï, varisaï ‘it rains’; Pa. (dēvō) vassati ‘it rains’ ◀OIA várṣati ‘it rains’ RV. <√vr̥ṣ ‘rain’ ◀PIE *u̯er-s- ‘rain, dew’ <*au̯(e)-, au̯ed-, au̯er- ‘to flow, to wet; water, etc.’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. water, wet, wash, winter ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. whiskey, vodka, urine ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0147; (Turner, 1966) 11394, p.700; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 605; (MW, 1899) 1011; (Pokorny, 1959) 0078; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.522