The Surya (Syr) Dariya and Somu (Amu) Dariya are Puranic era names.  Later I will show the famous King Hamurabi's real name was Somu Ravi who can be seen uniting the Sun and Moon Worshipers.  He is Bablylonian King who was famous for his sense of fairness and known for Code of Conducts, which became the basis for Ten Commandments.  His father's name was Amar Pal and his lineage is full of Vedic names.   If you see his coins, you would see Sun and Moon images. This is the basis for countries called Syria, land of Sun Worshippers, and Asyria, land of Moon Worshippers. The fight between Suras and Asuras is a very age old one.

For more info, read my Backgound:

Amu Dariya is also Yakshaa and for Greeks Iaxartes (Ἰαξάρτης).  You will see the pattern of "Y" becoming "I", and sound ksh becoming "X".  You would see this pattern in many words when you go from East to West.

The earliest recorded name comes down to us as Jaxartes /ˌdʒæɡˈzɑrtiːz/ or Iaxartes /ˌaɪ.əɡˈzɑrtiːz/ (Ἰαξάρτης) in Ancient Greek. The Greek preserves the Old Persian name Yakhsha Arta ("True Pearl"), perhaps a reference to the color of its glacially-fed water.[3]

Syry Darya is Vedic Vaksh and Greek Ōxus.  You will see "V" becoming "O" and again "ksh" becoming "x".

The conversion of "Y" and "V" to "I" and "O" is the reversal rule of Samprassna rule in Sanskrit Grammar and other languages. You will also see that "Y" is sometimes written with "J".  That is why the river Yamuna is also called Jamuna.

In classical antiquity, the river was known as the Ōxus in Latin and Ὦξος Oxos in Greek—a clear derivative of Vakhsh — the name of the largest tributary of the river.[citation needed] In Vedic Sanskrit, the river is also referred to as Vaksu (वक्षु). The Avestan texts too refer to the River as Yaksha-arte.

Background:

The Surya (Syr) Dariya and Somu (Amu) Dariya are Puranic era names.  Later I will show the famous King Hamurabi's real name was Somu Ravi who can be seen uniting the Sun and Moon Worshipers.  He is Bablylonian King who was famous for his sense of fairness and known for Code of Conducts, which became the basis for Ten Commandments.  His father's name was Amar Pal and his lineage is full of Vedic names.   If you see his coins, you would see Sun and Moon images. This is the basis for countries called Syria, land of Sun Worshippers, and Asyria, land of Moon Worshippers. The fight between Suras and Asuras is a very age old one.

For more info, read my Backgound:

Amu Dariya is also Yakshaa and for Greeks Iaxartes (Ἰαξάρτης).  You will see the pattern of "Y" becoming "I", and sound ksh becoming "X".  You would see this pattern in many words when you go from East to West.

The earliest recorded name comes down to us as Jaxartes /ˌdʒæɡˈzɑrtiːz/ or Iaxartes /ˌaɪ.əɡˈzɑrtiːz/ (Ἰαξάρτης) in Ancient Greek. The Greek preserves the Old Persian name Yakhsha Arta ("True Pearl"), perhaps a reference to the color of its glacially-fed water.[3]

Syry Darya is Vedic Vaksh and Greek Ōxus.  You will see "V" becoming "O" and again "ksh" becoming "x".

The conversion of "Y" and "V" to "I" and "O" is the reversal rule of Samprassna rule in Sanskrit Grammar and other languages.

In classical antiquity, the river was known as the Ōxus in Latin and Ὦξος Oxos in Greek—a clear derivative of Vakhsh — the name of the largest tributary of the river.[citation needed] In Vedic Sanskrit, the river is also referred to as Vaksu (वक्षु). The Avestan texts too refer to the River as Yaksha-arte.

Background:

Many friends have joked at my attempts to Sanskritized words from other places outside India.

But considering Proto Indo European and Vedic Aryans seem to be same and spread over Globe, as confirmed by DNA Studies, Linguistics Studies, and even Archaeological discoveries, the I thought it makes sense.

My rules which make me come to a word should also be backed up by its current context and meanings, which may be the same, related or opposite (as my win is your loss).

Now lets us take two Rivers in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan.  One is Syr Darya and the other is Amu Darya.  I can easily say Dariya is Sanskrit Dariyaa (River).  And Syr is Surya (Sun).  So one is Sun River.  Now what about Amu.

Now when we see the reason why we are called Hindus, and other observations, we would know Amu is Somu, which means Moon. So it is Moon River.

How many people would now make fun!  I will give more evidence to this.
Sindhus becomes Hindus as one goes West.  And Saptaah (Week) becomes Hafta. So "Sh" becomes "H" or "A".  Both sounds are related, as those you have taken pains to learn Sanskrit and its Rules.  H is soft and Aspirated Sound and A is Hard Sound - but related like cousins.

Bible Adam and Eve - and possible connection with Sanskrit Mythology

I hope people reading this post know their history of Jews who were kicked out from Babylon, which is a PIE Civilization (Genetic, Linguistics and Archealogical Studies back up this Civilization continuity in Space-Time spanning globe and time space of more than 40,000 years) , and in my analysis is a Vedic Aryan Civilization.  There are many pointers to this fact, and if one reads many postings, one would come to the same conclusion.  Notably read on Hammurabi ((S)omu-Ravi) being the Sun-Moon God who first tried to amalgamate the Sun-Worshippers (read on Syria-Assyria Splits) which is realated to the Vedic concept of Asura-Sura Splits.

Adam - Sanskrit: aadim.  In Sanskrit it means the first or most ancient man.
Eve - evaa. In Sanskrit the meaning of the name Evaa (इवा) is "one who gives life".


Ila - the first female born to Manu - is cognate of iva - or eve. "y, l, v" are neighboring semi vowels and we see sometimes they get mixed up.

Bible says in the beginning there was only one language and on religion. Most probably it points to PIE Language, People, Civilization and Religion. I call them Vedic Aryans. Why do they find Swastikas all over the world?

Sanskrit and Lithuanian are closely related

Sanskrit and Lithuanian are closely related 

Since the 19^th century, when the similarity between Lithuanian and Sanskrit was discovered, Lithuanians have taken a particular pride in their mother tongue as the oldest living Indo-European language. To this day, to some Lithuanians their understanding of their nationality is based on their linguistic identity. It is no surprise then that they proudly quote the French linguist Antoine Meillet, who said, that anyone who wanted to hear old Indo-European should go and listen to a Lithuanian farmer. The 19^th century maxim - the older the language the better - is still alive in Lithuania.

Professor Shashiprabha Kumar, and her amazing team of specialists at the Centre for Sanskrit Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, is convinced that there is a very strong connection between Old Sanskrit and Lithuanian

It is a common belief that there is a close similarity between the Lithuanian and Sanskrit languages; Lithuanian being the European language grammatically closest to Sanskrit. It is not difficult to imagine the surprise of the scholarly world when they learned that even in their time somewhere on the Nemunas River lived a people who spoke a language as archaic in many of its forms as Sanskrit itself. Although it was not exactly true that a professor of Sanskrit could talk to Lithuanian farmers in their language, coincidences between these two languages are truly amazing, for example:

SON:      Sanskrit sunus - Lithuanian sunus 

SHEEP:   Sanskrit avis - Lithuanian avis

SOLE:     Sanskrit padas - Lithuanian padas

MAN:     Sanskrit viras - Lithuanian vyras

SMOKE: Sanskrit dhumas - Lithuanian dumas

These Lihuanian words have not changed their forms for the last five thousand years.

The relationship between Sanskrit and Lithuanian goes even deeper. Take, for example, the Lithuanian word 'daina' that usually is translated as 'song'. The word actually comes from an Indo-European root, meaning ‘to think, to remember, to ponder over’. This root is found in Sanskrit as dhi and dhya. The word also occurs in the Rigveda (ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns) in the sense of ‘speech reflecting the inner thoughts of man’.

Apart from its Indo-European background as word and term, the ‘daina’ incorporates the idea of the Sun-Goddess who was married to the Moon-God, reminiscent of goddess Surya in the Rigveda.

Gravity related words

The word "bar" like in baro-meter in Greek means heavy and connected to gravity.  In Hindi it would be "bhar" and in Sanskrit, it would be "bhaar-yukt" As you go into the western countries, the aspiration, "h" is often confused.

The word for gravity is connected with "grab".  In Sanskrit it is "grah" for Planet, which is in grab of gravity.  And Sanskrit word "garbh" meaning womb means something held and take care of by surrounding, e,g., womb.

Any - any(a)

In English "any" means the same in Sanskrit "anya".  In Sanskrit "y", there would be no need to add "a".  "a" is most confusing sound in linguistics.  Like Sanskrit Ram, Krishna, becoming English Rama and Krishna, but Sanskrit Sitaa and Radhaa becoming English Sita and Radha.

The Etymology of Zoroaster or Zarathustra as "Sun Rise Agent or Rising Sun".

How do you explain the folk etymology of the name “Zoroaster” or “Zarathustra” is from zaraϑa, "golden", and the *uštra, "light" (from the root Sanskrit and Avestan uš, "to shine")" - Reference 0. 

This description fits with the Iconic Image of Zoraster as Anthropomorphized Winged Sun, e.g. flying Sun as human form.

 Sanskrit "sh" becomes Persian "z". With this I showed a newer meaning of Zoraustar as s(h)aur (related to sun) + ustra (rising) which rhymed with his Icon/Image of Anthropomorphic Winged Sun - Reference #5 and #0 - (and not meaning an Old Came because it is "jar (old) + uusT (camel)"

My way to parse the word:
Zoroaster = Sh au ra + usta + ar = Shuara + Usta + Agent Noun = Sun/Solar Principle Rising Agent.

Another way to parse the word:
Zoroaster = jar + uuST = Withered/Aged/Old Camel.

Avestan root “zar” is connected with gold, as seen in the following Avestan words, Reference #1:

zaranaênem [zaranaêna] - 7 (A) n. golden, of gold (k203)
zaranaêne - 14 (mL, nN)
zaranim [zaranya] - 5 (nNA) golden, of gold; gold (k204)
zaranyô-aiwidhânahe [zaranyô-aiwidhâna] - 5 (mG) with a golden caparison (saddle blanket) (k204)
Urdu (Persian) Word "jari" means gold work on fabric.

The question is where do you place the Persian “z” sound in the Sanskrit Alphabets.  It would be shown that the Persian “z” sound is connected with Sanskrit “sh” sound.

(1)   The connection between English Jesus, Sanskrit Ishaa and Persian Izaa is already known. 

(2)   Where will you place "z" sound from Avesta Sibilant Series:  "s z š ṣ̌ ž" - mapped to Devanagari's?

Avesta Alphabets:
Vowels:
a ā ə ə̄ e ē o ō å ą i ī u ū
Consonants:
k g γ x xʷ č ǰ t d δ ϑ t̰ p b β f
ŋ ŋʷ ṇ ń n m y w r s z š ṣ̌ ž h 

Devnagri Transliteration
श śa za sha sa Sa
ष ṣa Sa Sha .sa za
स sa sa sa sa sa
ह ha ha ha ha ha

It seems they are also accounting for compound Sibilants, "kS" as "ṣ̌" and "ksh" as "ž" - with Cerebral and Palatal sibilants - or reverse, depending on how we write, left to right or right to left.
In modern Hindi Alphabets, I have seen "ksh" added to the series of alphabets, and in Sanskrit literature, it is used as an overloaded "ksh" and "kS". It is like the overloading of "m" or "*"  (anuswar) sound where the different nasal sound gets morphed because of Sound Combination or Sanskrit Sandhi rules.

Then people place "Palatal, Cerebral, Dental" sibilants in order, like in Avestan, and some may do the reverse order, like "Dental, Cerebral, Paltalt". It could be because of left to right (Devnagri) and right to left (Avesta) writing systems. 

Simple fonts with high or low diacritic marks are usually meant for Dental "s", and then Palatal "sh". Over and under Diacritic marks are for "sh" and "Sh" - Palatal and Cerebral Sibilants.
So I am parsing "s z š ṣ̌ ž" as "Dental 's', Palatal 'sh', Cerebral S, Compound Palatal 'sh', and Compound Cerebral "kS".

(3) In description of Avestan Yasnas,Reference #2, shows "s", "z" are connected and can be confused with "j(n)", as seen here: "The Yasna (from yazišn "worship, oblations", cognate with Sanskrit yajña), is the primary liturgical collection, named after the ceremony at which it is recited".
The Gujrathi/Saurasthra Script based Translation of Yasna/Yazna may have corrected the word to Vedic yajña, and this may have been the basis to take "z" as "j", which does not apply universally.

(4) In Hindu Mythology, Gods were always shown with halo lights or golden lights. And how "su" becomes "so", etc. and in English it becomes "sovereign" and in Sanskrit it is "sauvaRN" - Reference #3. The English “sovereign" means gold coin or supreme ruler, and both are true. Gold was equated to Money, Power and Sun.

Sun Principle is a God Principle in Vedic Times, and even till recent times, and epithet for Lord, Indra, Intellect, Valor, Brilliance, etc

Meaning of "sauvaRaN":

सौवर्ण [p= 1255,2] [L=253942] mf(ई , or आ)n. (fr. सु-वर्ण , of which it is also the वृद्धि form in comp.) made or consisting of gold , golden S3rS. Ya1jn5. MBh. &c

सौवर्ण [L=253943] weighing a सु-वर्ण W.
सौवर्ण [L=253944] containing the word सुवर्ण g. विमुक्ता*दि
(H1B) सौवर्ण [L=253945] m. a कर्ष of gold MBh.
(H1B) सौवर्ण [L=253946] m. a gold ear-ring L.
(H1B) सौवर्ण [L=253947] n. gold MBh. 


And anything connected with Sun or Gold is "saurya" and "ya" is dropped, and becomes "saur" - Reference "4".

Meaning of "saurya":

(H2) सौर्य [p= 1254,3] [L=253827]	mf(सौर्/ई or सौर्या)n. (fr. सूर्य , of which it is also the वृद्धि form in comp.) relating or belonging to the sun , solar Br. Gr2S3rS. &c
[L=253828]	(fr. सूर) g. संकाशा*दि
(H2B) सौर्य [L=253829]	m. a son of the sun Pras3nUp. Sch.
(H2B) सौर्य [L=253830]	m. patr. of several Vedic ऋषिs RAnukr.
(H2B) सौर्य [L=253831]	m. a year L.
(H2B) सौर्य [L=253832]	n. N. of two summits of the हिमा*लय Pat.
(H2B) सौर्य [L=253833]	n. of a town , Kaiy.

Meaning of "saura":


(H1) सौर 1 [p= 1254,2] [L=253758] mfn. (fr. सुरा) consisting of spirituous liquor , S3rS.
(H1) सौर 2 [p= 1254,3] [L=253759] mf(ई)n. (fr. 1. सूर and सूर्य ; in some meanings perhaps fr. सुर) relating or belonging or sacred to or coming from &c the sun or the god सूर्य , solar MaitrUp. MBh. &c [L=253760] celestial , divine W.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253761] m. a worshipper of the sun MBh. Prab. ( RTL. 342)
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253762] m. " son of the Sun " , N. of the planet Saturn VarBr2S.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253763] m. N. of the 20th कल्प (q.v.)
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253764] m. a solar day (while the sun is in one degree of the ecliptic) W. a solar month (consisting of 30 risings and setting of the sun or the period during which the sun is in one sign of the zodiac) W.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253765] m. a representation of a solar zodiacal sign used at marriage ceremonies MW.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253766] m. coriander L.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253767] m. Zanthoxylon Alatum L.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253768] m. N. of a Guru MW.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253770] m. patr. of तपती (the mother of कुरु ; also called वैवस्वती) MBh.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253771] m. a cow Hcat.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253772] m. Polanisia Icosandra L.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253773] n. a collection of hymns addressed to सूर्य (extracted from the ऋग्-वेद) Cat.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253774] n. the right eye Gal.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253775] n. N. of a सामन् बृहत्-सौर) A1rshBr.
(H1B) सौर 2 [L=253776] n. N. of wk. (prob. = सौर-पुराण) Kap. Sch.

(4) It is well know fact that "s" and "sh" sound get confused.  Something related to Sun, is Saurya with next graded vowel sound. And Shaurya is bravery. Saurya is conencted with Golden, Brilliance, Intellect, Wisdon and even Courage.

(5) Persians and Vedic people were one and around 10,000 BC they split over Iconic or Idol Worship -.or Polytheism, though Vedic people acknowledge One God Many Expressions. But they were still intermingling in important functions. This is based on some Bengali Academician who I have to search for now but recall reading this. It could explain one reason why Parsis from Persian settled in Gujarat because they felt comfortable and had some knowledge of people from Saurashtra.

Again the words had usual two meanings, one for the common folks and one for the erudite.

References:

(0) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster)
(1) http://www.avesta.org/avdict/avdict.htm#dctz
(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avesta#The_Yasna
(3) http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=sauvarNa&script=&direction=SE&link=yes
(4) http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/mwquery/
(5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_sun

"sovereign" and "sauvaran" or "sovaRaN" - Gold Covered or Supreme Ruler

All gods in Rig Veda are being qualified with word "Sovran" which in English could mean sovereign but it could also mean "sauvaran" or "sovaRaN", meaning "gold covered" or "made of Gold".

Interestingly meaning of "sovereign" is also a gold coin, besides supreme ruler or Lord.

Indra is also called "Sovran".

Sun worship was prelevant in Middle East and it remains has the bearing in the country Syria which Arabs call "Suriya".

Whose attributes are Gold would be Rich and Powerful - and a Supreme Ruler.