ہیفنگ

Brahui

Alternative forms

• ہَرْفِنْگ (harfiṅg)

Etymology

From the obsolete term ہَرِنْگ (hariṅg, “to rise”), from Proto-Dravidian *eẓ-c-. Cognate with Tamil எழு (eḻu, “to rise”).

Verb

ہیفِنْگ (hefiṅg)

1. to raise, lift up
2. to take someone up, support, back
3. to adopt
4. to carry
5. to bear, tolerate
6. to take, carry off
7. to lead off
8. to pick up, grasp, master

References

• 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.