दम دَم ♣ Eng. dim, dank

दम دَم ♣ Eng. dim, dank

[dam], m. breath, puff, life, moment, instant.

[←New Pers. dam ‘breath, vital air, life’; dam-īdan v. ‘to blow’ ◄Middle Pers. dm- v. ‘to breathe’] ♣[Young Avestan dāδmainiia- ptc.int.med. ‘species of frog’ (= ‘blowing up again and again (?)’)] ♣[OIA dhámati ʻblowsʼ RV. <√dham ‘blow’]

▲[PIE *dhem-, dhemə- 'to smoke, blow, fly about like dust’] (LRC)▼

[PIE► ⋯⋯ ►Eng. damp, dim] ♣[PIE► ⋯⋯ →Eng. dank]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0525; (Turner, 1966) 6731, p.384; (MW, 1899) 0509; (Pokorny, 1959) 0247; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.775; (MacKenzie, 1971) 023; (Horn, 1893) 0572