Talk:کرشن

Etymology
, can we not simply call the Persian word to be from Sanskrit (after all the author of that quotation was an Indian who could have quite possibly adopted it himself from Sanskrit)? Choosing a particular Modern Indian language as the etymon seems to be tricksy, since such words are learned borrowings from Sanskrit (compare, for example,, , etc. for which dictionaries present only Sanskrit as the etymology). Thanks. ·~  dictátor · mundꟾ  18:58, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't really know anything about Sanskrit, but based on the pronunciation section of, should it not have been if it was directly from Sanskrit? I thought it was from Hindustani because of the lack of the final vowel.--Tibidibi (talk) 19:49, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * and also have no final vowel, but they are presented as being from Sanskrit (see the references at those entries). We cannot be sure if this word really be from the Hindustani learned loan: mark that northern Indian pronunciation of Sanskrit features schwa deletion, so it is safe to write Sanskrit as the etymon.  ·~   dictátor · mundꟾ  03:03, 10 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Northern Indian pronunciation of Sanskrit does not feature schwa deletion, only modern languages do. The mantras, etc. are pronounced with the schwa. Nobody speaking Sanskrit removes the last a. I can give you an example right here: in the popular śloka of the Bhagavadgītā - (see ), in  (शरीर + यात्रा + अपि), no one pronounces it as /ɕɐ.ɾiːɾ.jɑːt̪ˈɾɑː.pi/, but /ɕɐ.ɾiː.ɾɐ.jɑːt̪ˈɾɑː.pi/. Long time ago, when I was still learning basics of Sanskrit, my Ācaryā told me about this very clearly, and with this śloka only as an example:  . I'm pointing out that there is actually emphasis on pronouncing the last a. 🔥 ಶಬ್ದಶೋಧಕ 🔥 05:23, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the misinformation. So is the a not at least weakly pronounced, as in such words as ? ·~   dictátor · mundꟾ  11:36, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
 * No, a also not weakly pronounced. Pronunciation of is like  🔥 ಶಬ್ದಶೋಧಕ 🔥 12:34, 12 June 2021 (UTC)