tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85967122011-12-14T19:17:58.313-08:00vimalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893375275017194971noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596712.post-1118152601162889262005-06-07T06:53:00.000-07:002005-06-07T11:51:51.823-07:00Kalaripayattu is perhaps the most ancient martial art in the world.<br />Kalaripayattu is the exclusive martial arts legacy of Kerala, taken to China by the Buddhist monks which became the fabled model for the modern martial arts. <br /><br />hmm...if you examine the word carefully,you will notice that it's basically made of two words 'Kalari' & 'Payattu'<br /><br />The meaning of those words : <br /><br />Kalari - place, threshing floor, or battlefield<br />Payattu - exercise in arms, or practice<br /><br />Does Payattu not sound like English 'Fight' ?<br /><br />Kalaripayattu - Kalari fight - a place where you exercise and fight ?<br /><br />Which language borrowed?<br />Did 'fight' come from 'payattu' or vice versa.?<br /><br />Interesting!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8596712-111815260116288926?l=etymology-linguistics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>vimalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893375275017194971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596712.post-1118152239924811042005-06-07T06:48:00.000-07:002005-06-08T05:33:41.083-07:00Ever seen the dish 'Mulligatawny soup' when you go to restaurant and see the menu?<br /><br />Pronounce it carefully and see how it sounds like the tamil words "Malliga(i) Thanni" (Corriander water)<br /><br />CORRECTION<br /><br />My friend <a href="http://kvman.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Manjunath </a>says that it's derived from "Milagu Thanni" (Pepper water).<br />It makes more sense to me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8596712-111815223992481104?l=etymology-linguistics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>vimalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893375275017194971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596712.post-1118152119404476062005-06-07T06:46:00.000-07:002005-06-07T06:59:01.303-07:00Iam not an etymologist or linguist.<br />But whenever I come across certain words,in any language, I wonder if that word was borrowed from some other language or not. There were so many words that I came across, that made me to dedicate a separate blog for that and keep track of them.<br /><br />If readers of this blog, or people who unfortunately and accidentally ended in this blog, have some interesting words, please mail me at vimaln@gmail.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8596712-111815211940447606?l=etymology-linguistics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>vimalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893375275017194971noreply@blogger.com0