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दलब

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Old Awadhi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀮𑀇 (dalaï) (dalaï (dalaï)), from Sanskrit दलति (dalati).[1]

Verb

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दलब (dalaba)

  1. to destroy, to tear to pieces
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa :
      मातु पितहि जनि सोचबस करसि महीसकिसोर।
      गर्भन्ह के अर्भक दलन परसु मोर अति घोर॥272॥
      mātu pitahi jani socabasa karasi mahīsakisora.
      garbhanha ke arbhaka dalana parasu mora ati ghora.272.
      Don't cause your mother and father be overcome with worry,
      Ravager of the children yet inside wombs, O Son of the King, This battleaxe of mine is beyond terrible.

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dálati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press