बटना بٹنا ♣ Eng. worth, versus

बटना بٹنا ♣ Eng. worth, versus

[baṭnā], v.t.; v.i. to twist, weave; to be twisted.

[◀MIA: Pk. vaṭṭēi, vattaï tr. ‘turns, rolls into a ball, makes exist, covers’; Pa. vaṭṭēti tr. ‘turns, twists’ ◀OIA vartáyati ‘causes to turn, whirls’ RV. <√vr̥t ‘turn’ ◀PIE *u̯er-t- ‘to turn, wind’ <*u̯er- ‘to turn, bend’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. worth, weird, wreath, writhe, worry, wrong, worm ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. verse, version, versus, vermicelli ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0133; (Turner, 1966) 11356, p.698; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 594; (MW, 1899) 1009; (Pokorny, 1959) 1152 (1156); (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.518