Guest guest Posted June 14, 2001 Report Share Posted June 14, 2001 sena = army vinawa= vina ashawa= asha jaya = jaya dskaranth Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:37:00 -0000 INDOLOGY [Y-Indology] Two questions on Indic languages > 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 > > > -- _____________ FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Make PC-to-Phone calls with Net2Phone. Sign-up today at: http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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