@smurthys@hachyderm.ioWord evolutions are interesting: The #Sanskrit word "wipra" (or vipra; विप्र) generally means "a brahmana", but it actually means someone learned or wise, which in turn comes from someone "stirred or excited internally" (who of course would be wise).
#vocabulary
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioRelated: "wipraja" is a man born to a wipra. That word is sometimes used as a name, often spelled "Wipraj" because English.
It grinds my gears when people pronounce that name "Wip Raj" meaning the king of wips, which is Brahma, the ancestor of all wise men; thereby reversing the role meant by the name wipraja. 😒
(IPL commentators take note. #iykyk)
#peeve #names #pronunciation #Sanskrit