LL-L "Etymology" 2009.06.13 (07) [EN]

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From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.06.13 (05) [EN]

Re “Mahl” and Sanskrit Maha: Aha Marlou, hence German Mahlzeit, Dutch
maaltijd. The question then becomes if ones “gemaal” is the one that eats at
your table? The Mall is certainly an important place for American shoppers,
but becomes (again)  a meeting place for teenagers.

Also Sanskrit Maha: Is that also the root of the Himalayas Ron?

Jacqueline

Seattle WA.
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Hi, Jacqueline!

Also Sanskrit Maha: Is that also the root of the Himalayas Ron?

You may be onto something there, o cleverest of neighbors.

"Himalaya" comes from Sanskrit *Him**ālaya* (हिमालय) which is usually
translated as "Abode of Snow".

It may well be a contracted form of *hima* ((हिम) 'snow' and
*mah**ā**laya*(महालय) 'great abode' .
If so, It may be best translated as "Great Abode of Snow".

This Sanskrit name is used in pretty much all of the descended Prakrit
languages, e.g. Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Newari *Himālay *(हिमालय),
Punjabi *Himālay
*(ਹਿਮਾਲਯ), Gujarati *Himālay *(હિમાલય), Bengali *Himaloy *(হিমালয়). And it
was imported into non-Indo-European languages of Asia as well, even into
Tibetan * *as *Himalaya* (ཧིམལཡ་).

But in Nepali the word *himal* (हिमल < **himala*) alone means 'snow-covered
mountain'. Many significant Himalayan mountains have this in their names.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

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