tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post391871769626291786..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: On to the kinnorGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-35527753479202573372010-12-27T23:27:42.360-06:002010-12-27T23:27:42.360-06:00When in doubt, Google Images can be very handy. Yo...When in doubt, <i>Google Images</i> can be very handy. You're right about the <a href="http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22harp%20of%20david%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1548&bih=890" rel="nofollow">Harp of David</a>. But even though <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guitar" rel="nofollow">the <i>*word*</i> for 'guitar'Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-29659601350633290962010-12-27T01:31:39.063-06:002010-12-27T01:31:39.063-06:00A Kinnura is like a Lyre and a Kithara is somewhat...A Kinnura is like a Lyre and a Kithara is somewhat like a guitar. The Kinnura is "The Harp of David". Am I right?Ownavillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407022003144467005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-81909271963534307822010-10-31T01:33:48.114-05:002010-10-31T01:33:48.114-05:00I didn't mean to seem abrupt but I like to enc...I didn't mean to seem abrupt but I like to encourage commenters to get straight to the chase and state their points overtly. Thanks for elaborating.<br /><br />Expectedly, Kunst in <a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=FxgwAQAAIAAJ&q=%22the+name+of+the+instrument,+on+the+contrary,+came+to+india+and+java+from+the+west;+compare+the+Hebrew+string-instrumental+name+kinnor%22&dq=%22the+Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-84206966004494288252010-10-30T23:21:53.199-05:002010-10-30T23:21:53.199-05:00The sections in bold are what I'm trying to fo...The sections in bold are what I'm trying to focus on:<br />-2 a kind of musical instrument. (-री f.) 1 a female Kinnara; Me.58. -2 a kind of lute.<br /><br />This is obviously a reflex of the <i>kinnor Wanderwort</i>; clearly, the term had made its way to India at an early enough date to be incorporated into the Sanskrit lexicon. Granted, its arrival may be relatively recent, but it's Casey Goransonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515485425230479050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-8425328823173539322010-10-30T21:44:02.521-05:002010-10-30T21:44:02.521-05:00Your recent data dump link is frankly dizzying. Yo...<a href="http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:839.apte" rel="nofollow">Your recent data dump link</a> is frankly dizzying. Your point?Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-70374473199563362742010-10-30T18:44:24.335-05:002010-10-30T18:44:24.335-05:00(Please ignore my earlier attempt at this message)...(Please ignore my earlier attempt at this message)<br /><br />Holy crap. Look at what I found on Apte's Sanskrit-English dictionary on the Digital Dictionaries of South Asia website (http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:839.apte):<br />किन्नर kinnara<br />किन्नर See under किम्.<br />1 किम् ind. Used for कु only at the beginning of comp. to convey the senses of 'Casey Goransonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515485425230479050noreply@blogger.com