Sunday, July 11, 2010

सामना سامنا ♣ Eng. same + mute

सामना سامنا ♣ Eng. same + mute

[sāmnā], m. confronting, encountering, facing, front.

[◀MIA: Pk. saṁmuha- ʻbeing in frontʼ, °haṁ adv.; Pa. sammukha- ʻface to face withʼ, °khā, °khē ʻin front ofʼ ◀OIA saṁmukhá- ʻfacing, presentʼ ŚBr., saṁmukham, °khē ʻoppositeʼ MBh. <+②sam- ‘together with, thoroughness, intensity, completeness’ (♣Eng. same ) <múkha- n. ‘mouth, face’ RV., ‘entrance’ MBh. ◀PIE *mū̆- ‘(onomatopoeic) to murmur, hum, moo’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. mute, mystery ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0628; (Turner, 1966) 12982, 10158; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 696; (MW, 1899) 1180, 0819, ② 1152; (Pokorny, 1959) 0751, ② 0902; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.360, ② 2.702

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