Saturday, March 6, 2010

बायाँ بایاں ♣ Eng. win, venerate

बायाँ بایاں ♣ Eng. win, venerate

[bāyā̃], adj. left (hand).

[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. vāma- ‘left’ ◀OIA vā́ma- ‘lefthand’ Br̥ĀrUp., ‘adverse’ Kāv., vāmaka- ‘left’ VarBr̥S. < (possibly) <.vāmá- (f. °mí̵- ) ‘lovely’ RV., vāmī- ‘female’ lex., vāmā- f. ‘lovely woman, wife’ Pañcad. <√van ‘desire’ ◀PIE *u̯en-, u̯enǝ- ‘to strive for; to wish for, desire, love’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. win, wish ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. venerate, Venus ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0129; (Turner, 1966) 11533, 11534, p.657; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 609; (MW, 1899) 0941, 0917; (Pokorny, 1959) 1146; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.543, 2.544, 2.501

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