Dear Tony,
>I need to know the correct term for a sundial in as many languages as
>possible but to ensure that I get it right, particularly the spelling!!
>:-) could I please ask for contributions - although limited to western
>style characters for no other reason than my wordprocessor can only
>handle such.
>
What an endless source of surprise and delight this list is! My
Hindi dictionaries give 'dhupghadi' (literally 'sun clock'). That is a
crude and not very accurate transliteration. A more accurate, but
typographically more obtuse rendering would be: dhuupghaDii (using
capitalisation to indicate retroflexion...)
cheers,
Peter
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