(urth) Rajan vs Raja

James Wynn crushtv at gmail.com
Fri Apr 17 11:11:14 PDT 2009


>> There are quite a few modern languages descended from Sanskrit. In at 
>> least one of them -- Nepali -- "Rajan" is the ordinary nominative case 
>> that corresponds to Hindi "Raja".
>
> Ah! Then perhaps the culture of Gaon is Napalese.

According to wikipedia, "gaon" means "village" in Hindi, Marathi 
(central-east India), Assamese (west India). Is it a term in Nepalese as 
well?

J. 




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