Sunday, July 31, 2011

बंद بند ♣ Eng. bind, band

बंद بند ♣ Eng. bind, band

[band], m. a dam, dike, embankment, belt, band, joint (of the body).

[←New Pers. band ‘connection, link’ <band-, bastan v. ‘to bind’ ◄Middle Pers. band ‘connection, link’ <band-, bastan v. ‘to bind’ ◄Old Pers. basta- ppp. ‘bound’ <band ‘to bind’] ♣[Young Avestan baṇdaiieiti 3sg.act. ‘binds’; baṇda- m. ‘bond, fetter’; basta- ppp. ‘bound’] ♣[OIA √bandh ‘bind’]

▲[PIE *bhendh- ‘to bind’] (LRC),(AHD)▼

[PIE► ⋯⋯ ►Eng. bind, bend] ♣[PIE► ⋯⋯ →Eng. band]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0169; (Turner, 1966) p.515; (MW, 1899) 0720; (Pokorny, 1959) 0127; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.208; (MacKenzie, 1971) 017; (Horn, 1893) 0219

Friday, July 29, 2011

बहार بہار ♣ Eng. vernal

बहार بہار ♣ Eng. vernal

[bahār], f. the spring (season).

[←New Pers. bahār ‘spring’ ◄Middle Pers. wahār ‘spring’ ◄Old Pers. θūra-vāhara- m. ‘name of a spring month’] ♣[Young Avestan vaŋri loc.sg. ‘in the spring’] ♣[OIA vasar- ʻdawnʼ in vasar-hán- ‘striking in the dawn, destroying (nocturnal demons) at dawn’ RV.]

▲[PIE *u̯es-r̥  ‘spring’] (LRC),(AHD)▼

[PIE► ⋯⋯ →Eng. vernal]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0178; (Turner, 1966) 11442, p.667; (MW, 1899) 0930; (Pokorny, 1959) 1174, 0086; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.532, 2.530; (MacKenzie, 1971) 086; (Horn, 1893) 0243