An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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drag
  ۱) کره، ۲) وارانه؛ ۳) کریدن، کراندن  
1) kerré, 2) vârâné; 3) kerridan, kerrandan
Fr.: 1) traînée, entraînement; 2) traînée; 3) traîner  
  1. General: The act of dragging or the state of being dragged.

  2. Fluid mechanics: The → force that opposes the relative motion of an object through a → fluid. In → aeronautics, the component of aerodynamic force parallel to the relative wind
    tending to reduce the forward motion of the airplane. See also
    lift; → thrust.

  3. To pull or be pulled with force, especially along the ground or other surface.

Etymology (EN): From O.N. draga, O.E. dragan “to draw,” from P.Gmc. *dragan “to draw, pull,” from PIE base *dhragh- “to draw, drag on the ground” (cf. Skt. dhrajati “pulls, slides in,” L. trahere “to pull,” Rus. drogi “wagon.”

Etymology (PE): Kerr, kerré, kerridan “drag,” cf. Laki keronen, Hamadâni kerândan “to pull along, drag,” Tâleši kernye, Tabari kərəš “to drag;” Lori, Hamadâni kerr “line, scratch;” related to Mid/Mod.Pers. kešidan, kašidan “to draw, protract,
trail, drag, carry;” kâštan, keštan, kâridan “to cultivate, to plant, to make furrows;” Av. kar- “to strew seed, cultivate,” kāraiieiti “cultivates,” karš- “to draw (a furrow), till, plant;” cf. Skt. kar- “to scatter, strew, pour out,” kars-, kársati “to pull, drag, plow;” Gk. pelo, pelomai “to move, to bustle;” PIE base kwels- “to plow.”
Vârâné, from vâ-, opposition prefix, → de-,

  • râné, from rândan “to push, drive, cause to go”
    (causative of raftan “to go, walk, proceed,” present tense stem row-, Mid.Pers. raftan, raw-, Proto-Iranian *rab/f- “to go; to attack”).