M. Ranjit Mathews wrote:
> Mirza Ghalib wrote:
> > Seeker
> >
> > You are so ignorant that it is impossible to convince you of
> > a fact if it goes against your Islamic beliefs.
> > I daresay Islam has fried your brain. Go to
> >
> > ultra.cto.us.edu.pl/~k****t/langfam.pdf
> >
> > In that map you will find a map of linguistic families. There are
> > hundreds of words in Farsi and Hindi that are derived from Sanskrit,
> > For example Asp= horse in Farsi, Ashva in Sanskrit/Hindi.
>
> If Farsi had got its word for horse from Sanskrit, the word in Farsi
> would have been [as;va] or [aSva] since it seems unlikely that Iranian
> has ever had a v->p sound ****ft.
Although I broadly agree with your point and the rest of your message,
I'm not sure about this detail.
For what it's worth, it is generally considered that there was a period
of contact and word-exchange between the Indic and Iranian branches
after separation but before the final casting of the Avesta and Rig
Veda, so while of couse it is true that the ancestor of Farsi is not
derived from Sanskrit, it may have the occasional word to which a
specifically Indic, as opposed to Indo-Iranian, etymology must
ultimately be assigned.
Neeraj Mathur
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