Thursday, August 11, 2011

बुलंद بُلَنْد ♣ Eng. barrow, force


बुलंद بُلَنْد ♣ Eng. barrow, force

[buland], adj. high, exalted, loud, lofty.

[←New Pers. buland adj. ‘high, lofty, tall’ ◄Middle Pers. buland adj. ‘high’ ◄Old Pers. Br̥diya- m. PN Smerdis] ♣[Young Avestan bǝrǝzaṇt- adj. ‘rising high, high, loud’] ♣[OIA br̥hánt- ʻtall, highʼ RV. <√br̥h ‘increase’]

▲[PIE *bhereĝh- ‘high; mountain’] (LRC),(AHD)▼

[PIE► ⋯⋯ ►Eng. barrow, borough] ♣[PIE► ⋯⋯ →Eng. burglar, force, fort]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0165; (Turner, 1966) 9302, p.527; (MW, 1899) 0737, 0735; (Pokorny, 1959) 0140; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.232; (MacKenzie, 1971) 020; (Horn, 1893) 0198

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