--- On Fri, 7/8/09, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 7 August, 2009, 7:57 PM > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:44 PM, > Jeremy Bornstein <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Sure, but the Latin word "maritus" means both, and I > do not think > > there is a Latin word which means "husband" only and > not > > "marriage"--even "conjugium" can mean either. > > > Hmm....I found a similar situation when, watching the > "Mahabharat" serial, I > was struck by the fact that though sisters play a pivotal > role in the story > (Gandhari as a sister is responsible for her brother coming > to the kingdom > and playing up her son Duryodhan's insecurities), there > didn't seem to be a > mode of address for them...there was "Aryaputra" for > husband, "thAthshree" > for grandfather, "mAtAshree", and even "bhrAtAshree"....but > nothing for > sisters. So I dug a little into Sanskrit, and only got the > word "bhagini" > for sister...and perhaps, "anuja" > ("born-along-with")....which describes any > sibling...rAmAnuja would mean, "born-along-with-Rama"..but > it usually > signifies Lakshman rather than Bharat or Shatrughna. > > In Latin, I got "soror"...(sorority=sisterhood). Jeremy, > could you help me > with this? Any other words for sister that I did not get? > > Deepa. What on earth do you mean? In which language? >
