शंका شنکا ♣ Eng. hang, hanker

शंका شنکا ♣ Eng. hang, hanker

[ʃankā], f. doubt, suspicion.

[←OIA śaṅkā́- f. ʻfear, distrustʼ ŚBr. <√śaṅk ‘doubt, fear’ ◀PIE *k̂enk-, k̂onk- ‘to sway, hang, dangle’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. hang, hinge ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. hanker ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0734; (Turner, 1966) 12258, p.710; (MW, 1899) 1047; (Pokorny, 1959) 0566, 0614; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.604