11-13-2003, 04:41 AM
[quote name='Sudhir' date='Nov 13 2003, 03:46 AM']O Vijay: I was always curious to know about the similarity if any between Latin and Sanskrit.
For example: the orange juice carton always has 'narangas' on it - kind of like the 'narangi' as we say in marathi - which could have been derived from Sanskrit itself? <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':blink:' />
Maybe some lungistic expert in the forum can help out here.[/quote]
It is derived from sanskrit naarangah
According to dictionary.com
naarangah (sanskrit) --> naarang (persian) --> naranj (arabic) --> orenge (french) --> orange (english).
I am sure, this is missing a lot of details. There must be old latin and old greek translations far before the french and arabic adoptations.
For example: the orange juice carton always has 'narangas' on it - kind of like the 'narangi' as we say in marathi - which could have been derived from Sanskrit itself? <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':blink:' />
Maybe some lungistic expert in the forum can help out here.[/quote]
It is derived from sanskrit naarangah
According to dictionary.com
naarangah (sanskrit) --> naarang (persian) --> naranj (arabic) --> orenge (french) --> orange (english).
I am sure, this is missing a lot of details. There must be old latin and old greek translations far before the french and arabic adoptations.