Healthy - हलदी

The origin of the word “healthy”. In India and in Ayurveda हलदी or haldI was used as spice, anti septic, anti inflammatory, anti bacterial, anti biotic, etc. and for healthy reasons. For example before the marriage the bride and the bride groom would be going through a Haldi Ceremony. I believe this was a way to ensure they are ready to mate and not pass on infections through skin contacts. Believe they would in the ancient times also washed them in Neem boiled water as this was the practice for bath and wound washing as recent as in 70s. After Smallpox they would do this kind of wash. My Dad did this to wash my wounds. In the US they tried to patent it and scientifically found its benefits but India prevailed. So “haldI” is “healthy”. Britishers and French are weird languages. They write one thing and say another thing! It is like one read a Music notation but does not honour the scales, pitch, rhythm and beats. “th” and “d” or द are often confused. My kids often do that as they are raised in the US but trained in Sanskrit and Hindi. हल or ”hal” means solution or fix. दय or dya means that one is of the giving nature. It is an adjective suffix. दी is the contraction of semi vowel य to ई, it’s cousin.