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The original term in Tamil-Malayalam for the island of Sri Lanka is īr̤am /iːɻɐm/ ஈழம் ഈഴം (pronunciation subject to dialectal changes, e.g., [iːjɐm], [iːɭɐm], [iːɭɐ̃] &c.).It's usually etymologized from

I honestly don't care about random people making jocular posts about religious icons. It's all freedom of speech (and all the more relevant now). But it is kind of dangerous

#Ossetian word of the day!Ossetian ард ard ('oath') < Proto-Indo-Iranian ʜr̥tá- ('truth, true, proper') < Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tó- ('put together, assembled')Cognates include -𐬀𐬴𐬀 Avestan

#Ossetian sentence of the night!Дӕуӕн знаг чи у, уый мӕнӕн дӕр знаг у./dɐwɐn ʐ̟nɑ̈g t͡ɕʰi u wɘj mɐnɐn dɐr ʐ̟nɑ̈g u/To-you enemy who be, (s)he to-me also enemy be.Whoever is

Kishtwari word of the day!#Kishtwari yeććʰun 𑚣𑚮𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚰𑚝𑚶 यॆच्छुन् [jetː͡ɕʰʊn] ('to learn'), where the verbal stem yeććʰ- 𑚣𑚮𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚶- यॆच्छ्- continues Sanskri

Linguists (and language enthusiasts in general), how did you get interested in your specific language(s) (or family) of expertise, especially if it's a language that's not your own first language?As

Ishkashimi verb of the day!#Ishkashimi кьл- kəl- [kɘ̟l- ~ kɘ̟ɭ-] ('kill, cut') < Proto-Iranian *kau̯s- ('kill, fight') < Proto-Indo-European *keu̯h₂-(s-) ('strike, hit, pinch, nibble at, ...')The v

Coptic toponym of #World_Elephant_Day!The #Coptic name for the island of Elephantine on the Upper Nile is Ⲓⲏⲃ or Ⲉⲓⲏⲃ (𝘌)𝘪ē𝘣, probably pronounced /je(ː)β/.The name of this island has been

#IndoAryan faunal etymology!#Khowar òhc /ôht͡s/ ('bear'), loan from a #Nuristani language like #Waigali.Although cognate to #Sanskrit ŕ̥kṣaḣ, the Khowar form is probably not descended from it, i.e., not native to

[Language enthusiasts who are not professional linguists]-VOC. If you were one, and got to study (as in *describe*, not necessarily *learn*) 5 languages of your choice, what would they be?