Did you know the origin of the word for door?
വാതിൽ came from വായ് - mouth.
വായ് + ഇൽ = വായിൽ which got modified to വാതിൽ!
Of course, the door is the mouth of the house!
വാതിൽ came from വായ് - mouth.
വായ് + ഇൽ = വായിൽ which got modified to വാതിൽ!
Of course, the door is the mouth of the house!
4 comments:
It does not come from vaya, it comes from vata or air, as in vatayana
I did not think about that. Do you have a reference?
The one in the post, I took the etymology from Sabdatharaavali.
ok, i did some more looking up. I thought I had read a reference to vata, but cannot find it. You are correct, it definitely is coming from vaj. Tami, it is vaytal. Do you an online link to shabdataravali??
oh cool. i didn't know the tamil word. makes sense.
sorry, i couldn't find an onilne link. I have the hardcopy that i got from India.
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