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In the classical tradition this is स्वाती Svātī, attested in 10 texts.
The names
vernacular 2 · folk 2 · borrowed 4
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| ಸ್ವಾತಿ svāti | Kannada Karnataka (Mysore, Canara, Deccan) | The naturalised Kannada form is ಸಾತಿ sāti (p. 1613, 'Tbh. of ಸ್ವಾತಿ'). | borrowed |
| ചോതി cōti | Malayalam Kerala (Malabar, Cochin, Travancore) | — | borrowed |
| दडप्या daḍapyā | Marathi Maharashtra | the pressers-down so called because this rain flattens the standing crop | folk |
| سَواتِ sawāti | Sindhi Sind (Bombay Presidency); Mewaram's dictionary is not dialect-marked | — | borrowed |
| ස්වාති svāti | Sinhala Sri Lanka | — | borrowed |
| காற்றினாள் kāṟṟiṉāḷ | Tamil Tamil Nadu | the wind's star (kāṟṟu 'wind' + nāḷ) The only Tamil word the Lexicon's English side returns for a search on 'Arcturus'. A Tamil translation of the Sanskrit Vāyavya: the Wind-god's asterism, rendered with the ordinary Tamil word for wind. | vernacular |
| కరువలిరిక్క karuvali-rikka | Telugu Telugu country (Madras Presidency: Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, Telangana) | the wind star | vernacular |
| స్వాతికర్తి svāti-karti | Telugu Telugu country (Madras Presidency: Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, Telangana) | the Svāti solar period AGRICULTURAL/SEASONAL. The kārte of Svāti, thirteen days of the sun in October-November; and the pearl-oyster belief attached to it. | folk |
Sources
- Kittel, F., A Kannaḍa-English Dictionary (orig. Mangalore: Basel Mission, 1894); cited from the revised and enlarged edition, [Madras] University of Madras, 1968-71, as keyed for DSAL, s.v. ಸ್ವಾತಿ svāti, p. 1692 link
- Gundert, A Malayalam and English Dictionary (1872), s.v. ചോതി cōti, p. 396 link
- J. T. Molesworth, A Dictionary, Marathi and English, 2nd ed. rev. and enl. (Bombay: Bombay Education Society's Press, 1857), s.v. दडप्या, p. 400 link
- Parmanand Mewaram, A Sindhi-English Dictionary (Hyderabad, Sind: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, 1910), s.v. سَواتِ, p. xxii link
- Carter, A Sinhalese-English Dictionary (Colombo, 1924), s.v. ස්වාති svāti, p. 711 link
- Tamil Lexicon (University of Madras, 1924-36), s.v. காற்றினாள், vol. II p. 909, citing the Piṅkala Nikaṇṭu link
- Brown, C. P., A Telugu-English Dictionary, new ed., thoroughly revised and brought up to date (Madras: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903), s.v. కరువలి karuvali, p. 252 link
- Brown, C. P., A Telugu-English Dictionary, new ed., thoroughly revised and brought up to date (Madras: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903), s.v. స్వాతి svāti, p. 1384 link