Even more so than with symposium this word proves that there is often a great disconnect between a word's etymology and its current meaning. Musth comes to English from the Hindi word mast ('intoxicated'), and is akin to the Sanskrit madati (meaning 'he rejoices, is drunk'), but we ...
Tea (English), 荼/茶(Chinese), чaй (Russian), thé (French), tee (German), お茶/茶の木 (Japanese), شاي (Arabic), چائے (Urdu), chai (Hindi), or çay (Turkish), an important contributor to population health, economics, and cultural values from China, refers ...
Tea (English), 荼/茶(Chinese), чaй (Russian), thé (French), tee (German), お茶/茶の木 (Japanese), شاي (Arabic), چائے (Urdu), chai (Hindi), or çay (Turkish), an important contributor to population health, economics, and cultural values from China, refers ...
for example, Mumbai has a big Ganesh festival while in Bengal and Kolkata Durga and Kali are the goddesses they revere. When the rest of the country is offering to Laksmi on the 3rd night of Diwali
“savor” is the word used to describe this behavior. On the other hand, like a cow drinking water, ordinary people usually use a big cup of water or drink to quench their thirst, so “drink” is used to illustrate this a...