Which word is derived from the Tamil word Kasu meaning money?
What is the etymology of ‘cash’? According to the OED when it is used in ‘cash-box’ it descends from the French ‘casse’, and presumably Italian ‘cassa’. However the word meaning ‘loose change’ is from the Tamil word ‘kasu’.
Where does word money come from?
The word money derives from the Latin word moneta with the meaning “coin” via French monnaie. The Latin word is believed to originate from a temple of Juno, on Capitoline, one of Rome’s seven hills. In the ancient world, Juno was often associated with money.
What is Sangam literature in English?
The Sangam literature is the historic evidence of indigenous literary developments in South India in parallel to Sanskrit, and the classical status of the Tamil language.
What is known as Sangam literature?
sangam literature, sangam also spelled cankam, chankam, or shangam, the earliest writings in the Tamil language, thought to have been produced in three chankams, or literary academies, in Madurai, India, from the 1st to the 4th century ce.
What is the meaning of Sangam?
The word Sangam (confluence of Rivers) is of Sanskrit origin, coming from Sangha, the Buddhist and Jain term for an assembly of monks. In Tamil the word means “assembly” or “academy”. The word Sangam in Sangam Literature and Sangam age are the same. It denotes the Tamil academies/assemblies.
What is the origin of the Tamil word ‘cash’?
All the other more common meanings of cash, to refer to money, whether paper only or money in general, stem from the Latin capsa and have nothing to do with Tamil. Only the particular coins from China and south India that are called cash come from the Tamil word.
What are the names of akam poems in Sangam literature?
Browse and see whether you find any words that can be used as names. None of the Akam poems (over 75\% of Sangam literature is Akam) in Sangam have any names. That’s the convention. They cannot have names in the poems. The poets wanted those who read them to believe that they are part of the poem.
What is the meaning of காசு in Tamil?
காசு in tamil word , later on in various language has been using, as in English pronunciation as cash and now cache for removing unwanted substances digital usages. Like this, திற, திறன் in tamil word becomes tra, Tran.