थाम تھام ♣ Eng. step, staff

थाम تھام ♣ Eng. step, staff

[tʰām], m. a pillar.

[◀MIA: Pk. thaṁbha-, °aya-, taṁbha-, ṭhaṁbha- m. ʻpillarʼ ; Pa. thambha- m. ʻpillarʼ ◀OIA stambha- m. ʻpillar, postʼ Kāṭh., °aka- m. Mahāvy. <√stambh ‘make or be firm’ ◀PIE *steb(h)-, stēb(h)- : stǝbh-, stemb(h)- ‘post, stem, pillar, stump; to support, place firmly on, fasten, etc.’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. step, staff, stamp ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. stoop, stump ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0346; (Turner, 1966) 13682, p.789; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 308; (MW, 1899) 1258; (Pokorny, 1959) 1011; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.753, 2.754