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abandon v.

Origins
Indian Sanskrit a ‘not’
Indian Sanskrit bandh ‘tie’, ‘bond’
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

Indian Connections
Spanish abandonar
English abandon

a + bandh =  abandh ‘not tied’

abandoned adj.

Origins
Indian Sanskrit a ‘not’
Indian Sanskrit bandh ‘tie’, ‘bond’
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

Indian Connection
English abandoned

a + bandh =  abandh ‘not tied’

abandonment n.

Origins
Indian Sanskrit a ‘not’
Indian Sanskrit bandh ‘tie’, ‘bond’
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

Indian Connections
Spanish abandono
English abandonment

a + bandh =  abandh ‘not tied’

abide v. i.

Origin
Indian Tamil iru ‘be’, ‘exist’

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) iraun ‘abide’

abiding adj.

Origin
Indian Tamil iru ‘be’, ‘exist’

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) irateteko ‘abiding’

ablaze adj.

Origin
Indian Tamil sudu ‘heat’

Indian Connections
euskara (Basque) sudun ‘heated’
euskara (Basque) sutsu‘ablaze’

One Indian Tamil consonant has both dand t sounds. So sudu can be pronounced as sutu too. Thus Tamil sudu becomes euskara (Basque) sutsu.

to abolish v. t.

Origin
Indian Tamil kenhdu po ‘take away’
Tamil po means ‘go’.

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) kendu‘to abolish’

Please see Simple Pronunciation Guide about pronouncing the unique Indian nh sound.
Since euskara (Basque), Spanish, German and English do not have the unique nhsound, simple n sound is used.

aborigine n.
Origin
Indian Sanskrit jaathi ‘caste’

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) jatorrizko ‘aborigine’
rsound added to Sanskrit word
 
Hindi gaadibecomes euskara (Basque) gurdiand Sanskrit vaada becomes English word likewise.
d is our symbol for soft dsound as in this.

above prep.

Origin
Indian Urdu oopar ‘higher’

Indian Connection
German uber ‘above’

The real German uin uberhas two dots called umlauts to pronounce the word as yoobar.
For simplification no such marks are used in this book.
One Indian Tamil consonant has both p and b sounds. That is how oopar becomes oobar.

absolution n.
forgiving of sin

Origins
Indian Urdu mubaarak ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’
Arabic barkat ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) barkapen ‘absolution’

absolutory adj.

Origins
Indian Urdu mubaarak ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’
Arabic barkat ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) barkapenezko ‘absolutory’

absolvatory adj.

Origins
Indian Urdu mubaarak ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’
Arabic barkat ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) barkapenezko ‘absolvatory’

absolve v.

Origins
Indian Urdu mubaarak ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’
Arabic barkat ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) barkatu ‘absolve’
Urdu barak + euskara (Basque) atu (from Tamil aadu) = euskara (Basque) barkatu

to absolve v. t.

Origins
Indian Urdu mubaarak ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’
Arabic barkat ‘auspicious’, ‘blessed’
Indian Tamil aadu ‘do’

Indian Connection
euskara (Basque) barkatu‘to absolve’

Explanation
One Indian Tamil consonant has both t and d sounds. Thus Tamil aadu becomes Gaelic adh, euskara (Basque) atu, Russian -at and English do and -ate.

Urdu barak + euskara (Basque) atu (from Tamil aadu) = euskara (Basque) barkatu

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