07-10-2008, 08:40 AM
I have a question for the learned people here:
a. I am from Mumbai, and all Marathis pronounce the last name "Joshi" (As in Pallavi Joshi, Murlimanohar Joshi) with a J which comes close to the z in zamaana (I am using the urdu term because there seems a singular lack of the z of Joshi in Hindi). Note that we do not say Zhoshi. There is absolutely no H.
b. All Hindi-speakers pronounce Joshi as an extension of josh, the hindi word for energy/enthusiasm. The J is a full J, as in Jam, Jelly, Jugnu..
So my question is: who is right? What are the sanskrit roots of the word Joshi? Are there any? Or is it a local epithet? ??
Thanks!
a. I am from Mumbai, and all Marathis pronounce the last name "Joshi" (As in Pallavi Joshi, Murlimanohar Joshi) with a J which comes close to the z in zamaana (I am using the urdu term because there seems a singular lack of the z of Joshi in Hindi). Note that we do not say Zhoshi. There is absolutely no H.
b. All Hindi-speakers pronounce Joshi as an extension of josh, the hindi word for energy/enthusiasm. The J is a full J, as in Jam, Jelly, Jugnu..
So my question is: who is right? What are the sanskrit roots of the word Joshi? Are there any? Or is it a local epithet? ??
Thanks!