Sunday, March 8, 2020

barbarian - barbar

Barbarian - बर्बर - voilent, stammering (Hindi बड़बड़ाना) roaring - 

The Berber people in Greek, Sanskrit daughter, were called “barbaros”. 

The Mughal King Babar or Babur is connected to it via the word Tiger. 

The Sanskrit verb root is “बृण्ह” or “वृण्ह” which means “to roar”.  “ण्ह” maybe relic of archaic days where “ण:” had some verb-noun grammar significance.


It could be onomatopoeia (on om mAta upAiya “ऊँ ऊँ मत उप आये या” ‘by the method  of chanting “Om Om method of mind” )  “burr..burr” sound made by animals and Hindi is “बुर्राना”. PIE folks go to NW Indian Peninsula by DNA and linguistics studies. Use NW in larger context.