Re: ra'v or rAv or rAu or RAO

Suresh Kolichala (suresh@austin.ibm.com)
Mon, 30 Oct 1995 10:22:31 -0600 (CST)

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> On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, PALANA wrote:
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> > 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?
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> > 2) Who borrowed it from whom? Was it the Marathis or Kannadigas or
> > Andhras?
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> I read somewhere that Rao and Panthulu derived from Marathi words Rav
> and Pant respectively.

Is not it right to say that

raavu is derived from raayaDu,
like narasinga raayaDu becoming narasinga raavu.

and

pantulu is derived from panditulu, which is a sanskrit pandit ?

Regards,
Suresh.