<!--QuoteBegin-agnivayu+Aug 29 2006, 02:51 PM-->QUOTE(agnivayu @ Aug 29 2006, 02:51 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mlechchha and the Latin word barbarian mean exactly the same thing, someone who mispronounces. [right][snapback]56424[/snapback][/right]
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Agnivayu-ji, very interesting point. "Barbarian means who mispronounces."
Even in common Hindi of today, we have a world "baD-baD" (I dont know how to represent the phoenics of the sound in written word) ... but this word means speaking gibberish... Badbadana may have come from "barbar" - who can not properly pronounce.
Just Curious:
- Barbara is common female name in the west. Any links with 'barbar'?
- Mughal 'Babur'. Does his name have any link with 'barbar'?
So, again, what is the origin of word 'Mleccha'...and if we already had the word barbar, why have another word to denote same thing?
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Agnivayu-ji, very interesting point. "Barbarian means who mispronounces."
Even in common Hindi of today, we have a world "baD-baD" (I dont know how to represent the phoenics of the sound in written word) ... but this word means speaking gibberish... Badbadana may have come from "barbar" - who can not properly pronounce.
Just Curious:
- Barbara is common female name in the west. Any links with 'barbar'?
- Mughal 'Babur'. Does his name have any link with 'barbar'?
So, again, what is the origin of word 'Mleccha'...and if we already had the word barbar, why have another word to denote same thing?