Hi Arun, I have been student of Sanskrit, but I am not master of Sanskrit. I would like to say that we can derive words in Indian languages easily. If we don’t have such words then Indian languages have something called dhatu (root). व्युत्पन्न “Vyutpanna” is a marathi word for derivation. Try to find similar or make on your own. I don’t have familiarity with Tamil but I would suggest you to do so.
Regards, Aniket On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 10:38 AM, Taylan Kammer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01.11.2020 20:27, Arun Isaac wrote: > > > > Hi Guix, > > > > I am translating Guix to the Tamil language. Tamil doesn't yet have a > > very standardized technical vocabulary, and I mostly coin terms on my > > own. Most often, I construct calques of existing English words, and it > > sounds alright. But, I'm having trouble with the word "derivation" (as > > in Guix's low-level build actions). I haven't seen the word "derivation" > > used anywhere outside of Guix. Why is a "low-level build action" called > > a "derivation"? If someone could clarify the etymology, it might really > > help with good translation. > > > > Thanks! > > > > In Turkish, taking the easy way, we sometimes just bastardize an English > word, for example in this case we might say "derivasyon." (Other such > examples: "depresyon" for depression, "enflasyon" for inflation, etc.) > Can such a thing be done in Tamil? > > > Alternatively, it might be useful to check what terminology is used in > Tamil for mathematical derivation / derivatives, as in calculus. > > > By the way, using Google Translate on various English, German and > Turkish words which all stand for "derivation" (namely "derivation", > "derivative", "Ableitung", "türev" and "türetme") have all resulted in: > > வழித்தோன்றல் > > Although translating it back leads to words like "descendants" and > "grandchildren." > > > - Taylan > >
