04-10-2007, 04:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-15-2007, 01:24 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
Speaking of Hindi movies, saw lage raho munnabhai recently, can safely say that the majority or near majority of the words were foreign unless it was gandhi talking, i can understand the english educated radio anchor branching off into english, but since when did gangsters begin using english words like country and so on instead of desh, there is a deliberate campaign to destroy whatever Hindi is left or else how do you explain all this needless importing of foreign words even when native languages have perfectly good words that are in active use.
Some other examples of pure Telugu words that have come to my mind include:
temperature - ushnogratha
request - vinati, vinnapam
treatment - vaidyam
team - jattu
chapter - adhyayam, parvam, skandam
sharatu (condition) - niyamam, nibhandana, aanksha
debate - tarkam
capacity - samardhyam, satta
proof - nidarsanam, aadhaaram
opinion - abhiprayam
restaurant - bhojanasala
school - badi, vidyalayam, paatasala
teacher - panthulu (male), panthulamma (female)
experience - anubhavam
salary/wage - jeetham
plan/idea - upayam
opponent - pratyardhi
opposition leader - pratipaksha nayakudu
love letter - prema lekha
politics - rajakiyyalu
shabash - bhala
minute - nimisham
second - kshanam
rainbow - indradhanussu, harivillu
number - sankya, anke
word - padham
essay - vyasam
city - nagaram, pattnam
jilla (district) - mandalam, seema
dark color - mudhuru rangu
light color - dhoora/letha rangu
guarantee (hami) - bharosa, poochi
maths tables - ekkalu
carrot - gaajara gadda
cauliflower - kosu puvvu
cabbage - kosu gadda
perimeter - chuttukolatha
advertisement - vyapara prakatana
business - vyaparam
businessman - vyaparasthudu
tension - aadurda
select/choose - empika
gift - bahumathi
birthday - janma dhinam, puttina dhinam
shelf - ataka, ara
lawyer (vaqilu) - nyayavadhi
court - nyayasthanam
tap - kulayi, nalla
job - udhyogam
mamoolu - sadharanam
important - mukhyam
decision - nirnayam
chief minister - mukhya mantri
prime minister - pradhana mantri
steel - ukku
rest - visranthi
break - viramam
kharchu (spend) - vecchhinchu, vyayaparuchu
library - granthalayam
hospital - vaidyasala, chikitsalayam
iron - inumu
bronze - kaamsyam
class/lecture - paatam
grade/class - tharagathi
exams - pareekshalu
easy - sulabham, suluvu
I put those words for any Telugu people reading because those are some of the words that people use English/Persian/Arabic words for.
Some other examples of pure Telugu words that have come to my mind include:
temperature - ushnogratha
request - vinati, vinnapam
treatment - vaidyam
team - jattu
chapter - adhyayam, parvam, skandam
sharatu (condition) - niyamam, nibhandana, aanksha
debate - tarkam
capacity - samardhyam, satta
proof - nidarsanam, aadhaaram
opinion - abhiprayam
restaurant - bhojanasala
school - badi, vidyalayam, paatasala
teacher - panthulu (male), panthulamma (female)
experience - anubhavam
salary/wage - jeetham
plan/idea - upayam
opponent - pratyardhi
opposition leader - pratipaksha nayakudu
love letter - prema lekha
politics - rajakiyyalu
shabash - bhala
minute - nimisham
second - kshanam
rainbow - indradhanussu, harivillu
number - sankya, anke
word - padham
essay - vyasam
city - nagaram, pattnam
jilla (district) - mandalam, seema
dark color - mudhuru rangu
light color - dhoora/letha rangu
guarantee (hami) - bharosa, poochi
maths tables - ekkalu
carrot - gaajara gadda
cauliflower - kosu puvvu
cabbage - kosu gadda
perimeter - chuttukolatha
advertisement - vyapara prakatana
business - vyaparam
businessman - vyaparasthudu
tension - aadurda
select/choose - empika
gift - bahumathi
birthday - janma dhinam, puttina dhinam
shelf - ataka, ara
lawyer (vaqilu) - nyayavadhi
court - nyayasthanam
tap - kulayi, nalla
job - udhyogam
mamoolu - sadharanam
important - mukhyam
decision - nirnayam
chief minister - mukhya mantri
prime minister - pradhana mantri
steel - ukku
rest - visranthi
break - viramam
kharchu (spend) - vecchhinchu, vyayaparuchu
library - granthalayam
hospital - vaidyasala, chikitsalayam
iron - inumu
bronze - kaamsyam
class/lecture - paatam
grade/class - tharagathi
exams - pareekshalu
easy - sulabham, suluvu
I put those words for any Telugu people reading because those are some of the words that people use English/Persian/Arabic words for.