Guest guest Report post Posted April 27, 2001 --- naga_ganesan wrote: > It looks "aay/aayi" is related with the North Indian > word, "baayi" Why not to the Northrn Indian word AI ? Marathi AI 'mother'[thought to be from Skt. AryikA]; Bengali baDAyI [CaNDIdAsa's zrIkRSNakIrtana]'elder mother'[father's older brother's wife]etc. Best wishes, Jogesh Panda Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions./ 1 LeomardGop reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites