Thursday, January 20, 2011

फावड़ा پھاوڑا ♣ Eng. spit, spike

फावड़ा پھاوڑا ♣ Eng. spit, spike

[pʰāɔṛā], m. a spade, mattock.

[◀MIA: Pa. phiya- m. (in cmpds. usu. piya- ) ʻoarʼ ◀OIA *sphiyá-, sphyá- m. ʻflat piece of wood for stirring offerings of boiled rice or for trimming mound used as altarʼ AV., ʻboom, sparʼ ŚBr., m.n. ʻa kind of oarʼ R. ◀PIE *(s)p(h)ē̆i- : (s)p(h)ī̆- ‘sharp/pointed stick’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. spit, spoke ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. spike, spine, spitz ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0283; (Turner, 1966) 13839; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 479; (MW, 1899) 1271; (Pokorny, 1959) 0981; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.779

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