ivy's names

Dominique.Thillaud thillaud at UNICE.FR
Thu Sep 18 16:16:05 UTC 1997


Dear Indologists,

        The belgian scholar Erik Seldeslacht gave me an interresting answer
about the ivy and sended me a list of various Indian names for this plant:

Beas: Brumbrumdakari (sic)
Behar: Lablab
Chenab: Kurol
Hazara: Arbambal
Jaunsar: Mithiari
Jhelum: Arbambal, Halbambar
Kashmir: Karmora, Mandia
Kumaon: Banda
Malayalam: Maravala
Nepal: Dudela
Pashto: Parwata
Ravi: Karun (or Karur?), Kuri
Sutlej: Kadloli, Kaneri, Kaniuri, Karbaru
Tamil: Maravalai

        Alas, I'm quite ignorant of the modern Indian languages and unable
to know the etymologies of this words (except the Pashto one who seems
clear). Can specialists help me ? Does it possible that 'brumbrumdakari'
comes from 'sound of thunder' + (u)daka ?
        Thanks in advance,
Dominique

Dominique THILLAUD
Universite' de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France





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