Re: [INDOLOGY] Saṃmatu

[Nagaraj Paturi]

 Correction:

But Samvatu changing into Sammatu

not

But Samvatu changing into Sammati

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 4:27 AM Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Halanta words changing into ajanta words during borrowing is typically a
> feature of South Indian languages. That ending vowel being u is typically a
> Telugu feature.
>
> Samvat is pronounced as close to Samvatu with the lat vowel being nearlly
> u in Telugu and some other south Indian languages.
>
> But Samvatu changing into Sammati is uncommon in educated pronunciation.
> But possible in the case of a scribe being rustic.
>
> Possible in a Telugu inscription or manuscript.
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 6:38 PM Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> I just encountered the word *saṃmatu *at the end of a (Sanskrit
>> Devanagari) manuscript where I would have expected *saṃvat*. I haven't
>> seen it before and wonder if colleagues have -- perhaps it is a NIA form?
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Martin Gansten
>>
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