Guest guest Posted June 10, 2001 Report Share Posted June 10, 2001 Dear Netters, I request your input on two questions I have: 1) I am trying to find the etymology of some words. I notice that some retroflex sounds in Hindi 'become' (ie correspond to) dentals in Marathi, e.g. ThaNDa_ (Hindi) thaNDa (Marathi) (meaning cold) Tu_T (Hindi) tuT (Marathi) (verb stem 'to break) Is there a study of these correspondences, and have general rules for these changes worked out? Is there a technical term for this phenomenon? 2) I find some Sanskrit words with a final long vowel -A, whose Hindi tadbhavas drop the final -A. eg. AshA (Sanskrit) As (Hindi) (hope, desire) vINA (Sanskrit) bIn (Hindi) (lute, musical instrument) senA (Sanskrit) sen (Hindi) (army) Is there a technical term for this phenomenon? Is it sufficiently frequent a phenomenon to command a name for itself? Thank you, Dileep dskaranth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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