Progress Of Indic Languages Vs English

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<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Sep 14 2007, 09:42 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Sep 14 2007, 09:42 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Aug 19 2007, 05:14 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Aug 19 2007, 05:14 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Any of the Telugu forumites here know the meanings of these old Telugu names (from Palnati Yuddham):
5) Peramma (amma is mother, i have heard Peraasa meaning greed, but here Per seems to mean something else)
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Periamma in Tamil literally means great mother - shortened to Perimma it means older sister of your mum. (Different word used for older sister of your dad.)
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You're right about great mother - perhaps refers to Shakti
Peramma = Peddamma,
Peraiah = Peddaiah

Peraasa = Pera - aasa (big desire = excessive desire = greed)