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Lala, please ... ?
The two th sounds in English are pretty uncommon - Greek and Swahili, I think, also have them. When I hear Indian people talking, the sounds spelled with a th or a dh don't sound like the English ones - more like a voiceless t with the tongue curled back (can't recall the technical term for that!). Am I right, or do I listen to the wrong Indians? (Mostly cricket commentators, I must admit!)
The two th sounds in English are pretty uncommon - Greek and Swahili, I think, also have them. When I hear Indian people talking, the sounds spelled with a th or a dh don't sound like the English ones - more like a voiceless t with the tongue curled back (can't recall the technical term for that!). Am I right, or do I listen to the wrong Indians? (Mostly cricket commentators, I must admit!)
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Ummm, isn't that a 'd' in siddhanth? Why do you use a t?
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I'm hardly going to argue about it.
Let's just say that the 'ddh' in Siddha is the same as in the word Buddha (agreed?). And we all know how that is pronounced. According to your 'system', this is pronounced 'BOO-tha'. Another famous word is 'dharma': that would become 'THAR-ma'.
Whatever.
PS. Can you show me one Indian word (ANY language) with 'th' that is commonly changed to a 'd' in English? No, you can't. You're thinking of the opposite phenomenon, where English words with 'th' are spelled with a 'd' when transcribed into an Indian script. Which is due to the fact that Indian languages don't have the typical English 'th' (a dental fricative). That's the root of our disagreement here: you, like most Indians, mispronounce the English 'th'. You think it's like a 'd'.
Let's just say that the 'ddh' in Siddha is the same as in the word Buddha (agreed?). And we all know how that is pronounced. According to your 'system', this is pronounced 'BOO-tha'. Another famous word is 'dharma': that would become 'THAR-ma'.
Whatever.
PS. Can you show me one Indian word (ANY language) with 'th' that is commonly changed to a 'd' in English? No, you can't. You're thinking of the opposite phenomenon, where English words with 'th' are spelled with a 'd' when transcribed into an Indian script. Which is due to the fact that Indian languages don't have the typical English 'th' (a dental fricative). That's the root of our disagreement here: you, like most Indians, mispronounce the English 'th'. You think it's like a 'd'.
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Moron!
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Yes. That is how it is pronounced in India. Dharma is NOT pronounced DAAR-ma. BTW, I was born in America, and I have spoken English for all of my life, so I am pretty sure I would have no trouble mispronouncing English words ;).
I'm trying to say that the 'th' and 'd' characters/sounds in Most Indian languages are the same. They are often (when translated into English) put as a 'd', but pronounced as a 'th'. Dharma is a grerat example. Most english speakers butcher the pronunciation. its THAR-ma, as you said
Chandragupta Maurya is another example. To Most Americans and english speakers, it would by CHUN-dra goop-ta. TO Indians it is CHAN-thra goop-tha. Or, you can use the festival "Diwali". Its not di-VALLY. It is thee-VALLY. As you can see, the 'th' has been translated to a 'd'.
-Lala
I'm trying to say that the 'th' and 'd' characters/sounds in Most Indian languages are the same. They are often (when translated into English) put as a 'd', but pronounced as a 'th'. Dharma is a grerat example. Most english speakers butcher the pronunciation. its THAR-ma, as you said
Chandragupta Maurya is another example. To Most Americans and english speakers, it would by CHUN-dra goop-ta. TO Indians it is CHAN-thra goop-tha. Or, you can use the festival "Diwali". Its not di-VALLY. It is thee-VALLY. As you can see, the 'th' has been translated to a 'd'.
-Lala
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it is a popular indian name and i think it means rules and is pronounced sid-dhant
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I would put the stress on the last syllable: sid-HAHNT.
The 'i' is short.
The 'a' is long.
The 'dh' as in 'redhead'
It is in fact Siddha + anta, the 'h' at the end can be safely ignored.
The 'i' is short.
The 'a' is long.
The 'dh' as in 'redhead'
It is in fact Siddha + anta, the 'h' at the end can be safely ignored.
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In my social studies class there was a prophet named Siddartha he was from india. Maybe the name is indian.
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