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Hi guys, does anyone know what the etymology of the Gujarati word ધતિંગ is? One of my friends thinks it might be onomatopoeic, which is something I'm leaning towards as well, but if somebody could confirm or deny that, it'd be great!

Looking forward to reading your responses!

Hi guys, does anyone know what the etymology of this word is? One of my friends thinks it might be onomatopoeic, which is something I'm leaning towards as well, but if somebody could confirm or deny that, it'd be great!

Looking forward to reading your responses!

Hey guys, I just came across this Turkish name and it seems like it could be from sanskrit because of its meaning.
Does anyone know its etymology

“عقد” لفظ کتنا چلتا ہے اور اسکا مطلب کیا ہے

this is a bit of a long shot but here goes nothing.

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Hey guys, kind of off topic, I know, but I thought this kind of an r/asklinguistics type question would be appropriate for this sub.

For some context I am a native speaker of telugu and due to my upbringing I am completely fluent in both Telugu and Hindustani(hindi/urdu). I have received formal education in both and have friends from both language communities. I speak both of them on a daily basis.

But one thing which always stuck out to me was that telugu speakers would use fewer “telugu” words than the hindi speaking counterparts of an equal social standing/status etc.

For instance, telling the time in Hindi I almost always just say the time completely in Hindi even using words like “quarter to” or “half” etc and hindi speakers of course reciprocate the same vibe back. But, the same cannot be said for telugu. while speaking with people with equivalent backgrounds as the telugu ones I feel like I hear the time in english numbers more than half the time.

Even simple words in telugu have been supplanted by the english ones at a rate at which the hindi ones have not.

This isn’t based in actual research, this is just the general vibe I get from the speakers of the language. and don’t worry, I am quite aware of how there’s outliers in both, some try and speak chaste telugu and hindi whereas others could not give two shits about maintaining that composition. And that is why i said “i used speakers of similar backgrounds both socio-economic and religious to compare the two”

Please let me know what y’all think, I hope to read some interesting responses!