RE:Hikde Tikde?
by Harshad Naik on Feb 12, 2008 11:01 PM Permalink
1st of all it's not Hikde - it's ikde and marathi language has been developed fropm Sanskrit and not Hindi. Sanskrit is the mother of all Indian languages. Hindi & Marathi are sisters.
RE:Hikde Tikde?
by Bhaumik on Feb 13, 2008 07:25 AM Permalink
Where in Sansktit have you a word like 'Ikde'?
Roots of Marathi are Dravidian. It was later influenced by Sanskrit and was later dominated by the Saskritic content. Still, Marathi does not use pure Sanskrit like Malayalam or Telugu and to some extent Kannada does.
Root of 'Ikde' (pronounced E-kde): E/I means 'this'. 'Idam' means 'place'.
The words 'ivvidam'(old Tamil) 'Ivide'(Malayalam), 'Hikde'(Kannada), or 'ikde' (Marathi) means the same thing. It is the Dravidian equivalent of 'this place' or 'here'.
