Guest guest Posted June 14, 2001 Report Share Posted June 14, 2001 >"Deshappriya Jayasuriya" <lion007 >INDOLOGY >INDOLOGY >[Y-Indology] in sinhala >Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:33:26 +0800 > >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 > > > >dear me dileep, the root wordsare ofsanskit and can be obtainedfrom dhaatupatha,yask's etymology etc,the words AshA=Ash,vINA=bin,senA= sen,is not from hindilanguage,as you know thatthe marathy also is prAkrata bhasha,in northindia also,there are many languages spoken,butall are not hindi,actually hindi developedafter freedom is notexactly snaskrit,butitclaimstobevery nearto sanskrit spsharma,vim49 > > > >-- > >_____________ >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 > > > > _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2001 Report Share Posted June 14, 2001 >"Surya Prakash Sharma" >INDOLOGY >INDOLOGY >Re: [Y-Indology] in sinhala >Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:37:30 > > > > > > "Deshappriya Jayasuriya" > >INDOLOGY > >INDOLOGY > >[Y-Indology] in sinhala > >Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:33:26 +0800 > > > >sena = army > >vinawa= vina > >ashawa= asha > >jaya = jaya > >-----Original Message----- > >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 > > > > > >dear me dileep, >the root wordsare ofsanskit and can be obtainedfrom dhaatupatha,yask's >etymology etc,the words AshA=Ash,vINA=bin,senA= sen,is not from >hindilanguage,as you know thatthe marathy also is prAkrata bhasha,in >northindia also,there are many languages spoken,butall are not >hindi,actually hindi developedafter freedom is notexactly >snaskrit,butitclaimstobevery nearto sanskrit >spsharma,vim49 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com > > > > > > >-- > > > >_____________ > >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 > > > > > > > > > >_______________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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