خولم
Brahui
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate to Tamil கூலம் (kūlam).
Alternatively, Bray[1] and some later sources[2] attempt to trace the word to Sanskrit गोधूम (godhūma, “wheat”), but the intermediary would be unclear since the word is considerably changed in later Indo-Aryan, e.g. Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀳𑀽𑀫 (gohūma).
McAlpin relates it to Achaemenid Elamite [script needed] (h.šu-lu-um /šulum/, “stand of grain, grain harvest”).[3]
Noun
[edit]خولُم (xolum)
References
[edit]- ^ Bray, Denys (1934) “khōlum”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 185
- ^ Tuttle, Edwin H. (1936) “khōlum”, in “Review: The Brāhūī Language. Part II: The Brāhūī Problem. Part III: Etymological Vocabulary by Denys Bray”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[2], volume 56, number 3, page 357 of 350–360
- ^ McAlpin, David (2022) “*ǩōlum”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123
Further reading
[edit]- Saleh Muhammad Shad (2021) “خولم”, in Brahui English Dictionary, Quetta, Pakistan: Balochi Academy, →ISBN, page 104, column 1