25 July 2008

Sanskrit Lesson



Telugu has a base of words which are essentially Dravidian in origin.However, telugu is also largely Sanskritized, that is, it has a wide variety of words of Sanskrit/Prakrit origin. Let us take a look at the words which are derived from Sanskrit to Telugu.


Here are a list of words that indicate 'Time'



kaalah - kaalamua - time

kshanah - kshanamu - second

muhurthah - muhurthamu - moment

ahoratram - pagaluratri - day and night

pakshah - pakshamu - fortnight

suklapakshah - suklapakshamu - new moon to new moon

Krishnapakshah - krishnapakshamu - full moon to new moon

maasah - maasamu - month

Rtuh - Rtuvu - season

aayanam - aayanamu - 6 months

vuttaraayanam - vuttaraayanamu - first six months

dakshinaayanam - dakshinaayanamu - next six months

vatsrah - samvatsaramu - year

praatah - vudayam - morning

saayam - sayamkaalam - evening

nisa,raatrih - raeyi - night

adya - eppudu - eeroju

svah - raepu - tomorrow

hyah - ninna - yesterday

parasvah - ellumdi - day after tomorrow

vushah - vaykuva jaamu - daybreak

adhuna - eppudu - now

diva - pagalu - morning

naktam - raatri - night

divasah - dinamu - day

tithih - tidi

amavasya - amavaasya - newmoon

powrnamaa - powrnami - fullmoon

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