Going back to Sri Ari Sitaramayyaga'ri telugu nama'vaLi, I have
a few questions:
1) ra'ma'rav, venkaTara'v, hanumanthara'v - when did this "ra'v or ra'vu
or ra'u" come? Where did it come from?
2) Who borrowed it from whom? Was it the Marathis or Kannadigas or
Andhras?
3) Is this "ra'v" related to "ra'ya" or "ra'yaDu" or "ra'yuDu" or
ra'yalu"?
As all of us know, apart from Andhras, others have this "ra'v" suffix
in their names and once anyone sees a "ra'v" name, he/she thinks that
the person bearing the name "ra'v" is by default from Andhra
(even though that person is not Telugu Nadu or of Andhra origin).
side kick:---->
My father used to tell me that his teacher used to punish
irresponsible students saying "hisTariilu ra'vu, siviksulu ra'vu,
lEngvEgilu ra'vu, lekkalu ra'vu - pEruki venkaTara'vu - ceyyi paTTu."
Any light (la'mtaru - cimminii tuDici) on this?
--pa'lana
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