Re: a curiosity discovered while researching Franz's query

On May 26, 10:11 pm, f...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On May 26, 6:33 pm, analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Franz, Zero in Sanskrit is Shunya.

It also stands for empty, void etc.

Thanks for the information. Is there no word
resembling English nul? or perhaps Latin nihil?

There is also the adjective rikta = emptied empty void etc. from the
verb ric

Itsn't rikta the source of rectum in Latin rather than "straight" in
which case both "king" and "the end of the large intestine" would be
derived from the same source (that all our bosses have their head
buried up their ass is, I am sure, a modern conceit)?

The Magdalenian word in question is RAG
meaning the line of the head and back of
an animal in cave art, first line drawn according
to Leroi-Gourhan, strongly evocative of the whole
animal. This word has many derivatives, among
them Greek rachos 'back; mountain ridge',
German Rücken 'back' and Bergrücken 'mountain
ridge', English ridge itself being a derivative of
RAG, then English right, German recht and
richtig 'right' and Recht 'law', Latin rex 'king'
and regina 'queen', king and queen representing
the law - they say what is right and what is wrong,
and they stand upright, their uprightness being
enhanced by an elevated throne and by crowns.
Sanskrit raj means king, while I forgot the similar
word for queen. Now for Latin rectum, which
is an euphemism meaning back, end of back,
as Italian verso and recto for the front side
and back side of a manuscript page. RAG
is a very basic word that has a great many
derivatives. Another one is German Rachen
for the mouth and neck, upper end of the back
or spine. I am sure that there are many more.
I vaguely remember a derivative meaning
spine or intestine.

At a birthday party I met a woman who calls
herself Jaia. We had a wonderful singer and
accordeon player. She told us that a long time
ago she met another woman called Jaia, and
the name is Hindi (?) meaning much as the
Spanish exclamation Viva! 'may she live'.
Do you know such a word, and perhaps
variants? What are the words for life and
for joy in Sanskrit?

Sorry for having left out one of the most
important derivatives of hypothetical RAG,
namely German ragen 'to loom, tower'.
.

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