tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842465514699048204.post2552978844274207752..comments2024-03-17T13:31:15.327+05:30Comments on TuLu Research & Studies: 71. BarakurRavindra Mundkurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073231068374498281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842465514699048204.post-82034881193594072702008-02-09T12:04:00.000+05:302008-02-09T12:04:00.000+05:30contd…Prajwal,4. Baraka and baraga are the two var...contd…<BR/>Prajwal,<BR/>4. Baraka and baraga are the two variants of the same word.(k. > g. changes.). It basically means a raised or elevated place. From this 'barager' has come, to mean the noble person (an obvious reference to the landlord by his subordinate), who lives in a baraga (large house). The baar(paddy) and baaraga(large house) may not be related words, in origin, though they look and sound similar.<BR/> Thus, overall analysis suggests that baraka +oor began as a large mansion, on an elevated land.<BR/>5. Obviously, the words and patterns of their usage have evolved over a period of long time. Considering the acceptable shades of meaning the word ‘baraka’ conveys, the overall evolution of the place name ‘Barakur’ through time can be envisaged as follows: (1) baraka1 (=elevated land, by the riverside, possibly raised due to earth movements). > (2) baraka2 (= large house on the elevated land).> (3) baraka+oor (=A village enclosing the said large house.).<BR/>6. Thanks for your participation and input. Your input has helped me to further refine my analysis.Ravindra Mundkurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073231068374498281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842465514699048204.post-12631089053552721382008-02-08T23:32:00.000+05:302008-02-08T23:32:00.000+05:30It is true that paddy was not one of the cultivate...It is true that paddy was not one of the cultivated crops in ancient southern India until ca.800BC. (Other crops were grown here, pulses,urd,togari etc).So paddy/rice must have been brought by the Tulu immigrants ca. 800-600BC to this area,Karavali.<BR/>2.'Barager' means great or noble man,landlord etc.ie. used in respectful sense to the landlord by the members of socio-economically lower class. 'Baraga' or 'barike' refers to a mansion or large house on a high place, slightly smaller than 'boodu'- according to Tulu Nighantu.Thus the term 'baraga' is not related to baar!<BR/>3. 'Baar'(=paddy) is a word of Elamite (Mediterrnean area)origin.It traces the origin of Tulu people to Mediterranean/African region.Ravindra Mundkurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073231068374498281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842465514699048204.post-47380184773911414362008-02-08T19:20:00.000+05:302008-02-08T19:20:00.000+05:30Sir,I found a reference to the derivation of the n...Sir,<BR/>I found a reference to the derivation of the name Barakur in an article which is as below<BR/>[<B>Barakur(Buntaravani-May 2007-Bunt Sangha Bombay)</B><BR/><BR/>Bhoomi baaragaraada baar(bhatha) okuluthanadavaraada shettygalu naadu aali 'alupa'(alva)arasaradaru.Veerathana merasi 'bhatanka' (bhataari,bhantaari-bhandaari) athava bhantarenisidaru.Tulunadinalli Buthaaradhaneya 'kola'da sandharbhadalli mathra nalike janangadavaru ee okelume buntarannu bhutha kattida nanthara, 'Baragerae'(baragare) endu sambhodisuthade heegeye,tulunadina jainarannuu baragarendu kareyalaguthade.karana ee jainaru mulathaha buntaragiddaru.'Baar' emba shabdhavannu tuluvige tandavaru bantaragiddare.sahajavaagi,tuluvinalli ethara dravida bashegalalli eruvanthe bhathhavannu 'nell' ende helabekithu.'nell'na badalu 'baar' bandaddu othareeya bhaasheyindaagirabhudu. ]<BR/><BR/>by this we can infer that the bunts brought rice to the region cultivated it and traded in it.So they were called Baraga and the place where the setteled as baraga-uru->barakuru.<BR/><BR/>I would like to know your view on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com