ತೆಂಕಣ
Kannada
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian ten-kku.[1] The absence of any descendants outside the South-Dravidian branch suggests that the term perhaps is not reconstructible for Proto-Dravidian but instead is an ancient loanword from Middle Indo-Aryan *dakkhiṇa, ultimately going back to Sanskrit दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa).[2] The borrowing may have happened in the Proto-South Dravidian stage. A derivation from Sanskrit दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa) also explains the voiceless velar stop found in the Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam terms and the word-final nasal retroflex in the Kannada term. Cognate with Tamil தெற்கு (teṟku), Malayalam തെക്ക് (tekkŭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪eŋkɐɳɐ/
See also
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References
- Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 391.
- Aiyar, R. Swaminatha (1975) Dravidian Theories, Motilal Banarsidass, page 296
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