02-01-2008, 06:03 AM
The reason for some of these dual forms are the prAkR^it. Both Telugu and Tamil were, right from their early history, influenced by southern prAkR^its. The closest literary relative of these prakR^its is maharAShTri prAkR^it. This prAkR^it shares several derived transformations with the northern prAkR^its that eventually formed the base for the Hindi dialects.
Of these we have:
(truth) satya>sachya>saccha (hence even in tamil we hear both satyaM and sachyaM)
(Brahmin) brAhmaNa>bAbhan or bAman
(the daal) mudga>mU~ng>mUg
(anger) krodha>kOdha>koha
(auspicious) shubha>subha>suha
(nail) nakha>naha
(sharp) tikShNa>tIkkha
(black) kR^iShNa>kaNha
These are some cases where both the older saMskR^ita and prAkR^ita forms are seen in the base of Hindi-s, Maharatti, and the Dravidian languages of the South.
Tamil has a tendency (mainly in literary form) to reintroduce some tendencies similar to hyper-sanskritization:
Thus bAbhAn>pApAn>pArpAn
or even purely drAviDa words:
(daal) pappu>paruppu
Of these we have:
(truth) satya>sachya>saccha (hence even in tamil we hear both satyaM and sachyaM)
(Brahmin) brAhmaNa>bAbhan or bAman
(the daal) mudga>mU~ng>mUg
(anger) krodha>kOdha>koha
(auspicious) shubha>subha>suha
(nail) nakha>naha
(sharp) tikShNa>tIkkha
(black) kR^iShNa>kaNha
These are some cases where both the older saMskR^ita and prAkR^ita forms are seen in the base of Hindi-s, Maharatti, and the Dravidian languages of the South.
Tamil has a tendency (mainly in literary form) to reintroduce some tendencies similar to hyper-sanskritization:
Thus bAbhAn>pApAn>pArpAn
or even purely drAviDa words:
(daal) pappu>paruppu