ہیفنگ
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Brahui
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ہَرْفِنْگ (harfiṅg)
Etymology
[edit]From the obsolete term ہَرِنْگ (hariṅg, “to rise”), from Proto-Dravidian *eẓ-c-. Cognate with Tamil எழு (eḻu, “to rise”).
Verb
[edit]ہیفِنْگ (hefiṅg)
- to raise, lift up
- to take someone up, support, back
- to adopt
- to carry
- to bear, tolerate
- to take, carry off
- to lead off
- to pick up, grasp, master
References
[edit]- Bray, Denys (1934) “hēfing”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 134
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “851”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.