10-11-2007, 10:13 PM
Does anyone have a clue about origins of these two words:
1) Padikkire for study in Tamil, this is similar to Hindi Pado, Telugu Badi for school seems related, what I want to know is the origin of this word, Telugu dictionary says Padi is cognate with something in Sanskrit, but I thought cognates happen only in related languages.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->badi (p. 0869) [ baá¸i ] or bari badi. [Drav. &root; padu = to read. Cf. Tam. padi. Skt. pathincu is cognate with it.] n. A school. pathasala, pallekutamu.
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict....ple&table=brown<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Another is Tamil "Idhayam" for heart, is this related to Sanskrit "Hridaya".
1) Padikkire for study in Tamil, this is similar to Hindi Pado, Telugu Badi for school seems related, what I want to know is the origin of this word, Telugu dictionary says Padi is cognate with something in Sanskrit, but I thought cognates happen only in related languages.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->badi (p. 0869) [ baá¸i ] or bari badi. [Drav. &root; padu = to read. Cf. Tam. padi. Skt. pathincu is cognate with it.] n. A school. pathasala, pallekutamu.
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict....ple&table=brown<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Another is Tamil "Idhayam" for heart, is this related to Sanskrit "Hridaya".