Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s6: Appendix VI: Etymological Index: Doubtful Items
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s6
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Appendix VI: Etymological Index: Doubtful Items
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This Index is a short list of etyma (in the Corpus) whose derivation from Dravidian or Indo-Aryan is in doubt. The format of the Index is the same as in the Etymological Index: Indo-Aryan (Appendix V) with an additional col. provided to indicate alternative derivations from Dravidian. See Commentary on the entries.
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| ETYMA | REF. NO. | DRAVIDIAN | INSCRL. PKT. | PĀLI | AMg. | SKT. |
| **akaram** (P.) | 108.1 | **nakar, nakaram** 'town, city' (D. 3568) | aggahāra 'brahman village' | | | agrahāra |
| **aṭaṇ** (**aṭṭaṇ**) (N.) | 46.3.b | **aṭṭaṇ, āṭṭaṇ**; prob. from **aṭu** 'to conquer', **āṭu** 'victory' (D. 77) | aṭha (N.); aṭa (Sinh. Pkt.) | aṭṭha | aṭṭha | artha |
| **ayaṇ** (**ayyaṇ**) (n.) **aiyaŋ** | 55.5.b 55.3.b | **ai** 'lord, master' (D. 196a) | aya- | ayya | ajja | ārya |
| **ila-** (**īla-**) | 55.2.a | **īlam** 'toddy' (D. 549) | sīhala > īlam(?) 'Ceylon' (D.550) | sīhala | siṁhala | siṁhala |
| **cantaṇ** (N.) | 29.1.c, 43.2.b, 47.1.b | **cantaṇ** (N.) (Piṅkala. 756); cf. **cantam** 'beauty' (D. 2328) | caṁda | canda | caṁda | candra |
| **cant(a)-** | 5.1.a, 29.1.a | | | | | |
| **tacaŋ** (**taccaŋ**) (n.) cf. **taita** (**taitta**)'made' (101.2); **tacca.** | 73.8, 117.3.b | **tai** 'to make, create' (TL), 'to fasten beams' (D. 3473); cf. **tac-** / **tāc-** in Kuwi (ibid.) | | tacchaka | taccha | takṣhaṇ |
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| ETYMA | REF. NO. | DRAVIDIAN | INSCRL. PKT. | PĀLI | AMg. | SKT. |
| **nākaṇ** (N.)¹ | 48.2 | nākar | nāga | nāga | ṇāga | nāga |
| **ṇākaṇ** | 72.1 | | | | | |
| **ṇākaṇ** | 37.1 | | | | | |
| **nāka-** < **nākaṇ** (or) **nākam** | 56.1.a | | | | | |
| **pē** (n.) | 21.1.a | pēy (Ta.), pē (Ma.) (D. 4438) | | pēta | pēya | prēta |
| **satiya-** (N.)² | 59.1.a | atiyaṇ, atiyar (LT) < * catiya | satiyaputō, cātiyaputa- | | | |
| cf. **atiyan** (59.2.a) | | | | | | |
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¹ The Nākar (Nāga) appear to be an ancient autochthonous race in South Asia. The name is probably borrowed into both Dr. and IA.
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² Probably a native name which cannot be derived from *satya* (Skt.) (Burrow 1968b). See Commentary on **satiyaputō** (59.1).
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