Where does “दूरदर्शन” come from?
दूरदर्शन (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit दूरदर्शन, from Sanskrit दर्शन, from Sanskrit प्र-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
दूरदर्शन (Hindi): television; farsightedness; ability to see far
Definitions
- television; farsightedness; ability to see far
Ancestry of “दूरदर्शन”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | दूरदर्शन | 'far-seeing’, a vulture; longsightedness;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दर्शन | philosophy, philosophical system, doctrine;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | प्र- | forward, before; forward, forth; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pra- | forth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pra- | toward, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |