User talk:MelT

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Name translation

Unfortunately, our Sanskrit guy has been rather scarce as of late (and he hasn't been working much on Sanskrit, actually), so I wonder if we're apt to get much out of him for your request. Your name may have been translated into Sanskrit, as it was the name of a Greek mythological character. Unfortunately, I have no idea as to where to look to see if such a thing is true. However, मेलीस्स is probably a reasonable transliteration of the sounds into Devanagari, one of the scripts used for Sanskrit. I don't know if this is of any use to you. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 18:35, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, after some digging, the word you really want is मधुलिह् (mádhulih). If you take a look at μέλιττα (mélitta, “bee”) (an alternate spelling of μέλισσα (mélissa), from whence comes Melissa), you'll see how not only does मधुलिह् (madhulih) mean the same thing (bee), but they may come from the very same word in Proto-Indo-European (much like how French cheval and Spanish caballo both come from Latin caballus). Hope that helps. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 06:25, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I got a bit over-excited there. मधुलिह् (mádhulih) and μέλιττα (mélitta, “bee”) don't come from a common source. मधुलिह् (madhulih) comes from Proto-Indo-European *medhu (“honey, intoxicating drink”), a close relative of Proto-Indo-European *melit. Anyway, I imagine it's still the word you want. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 06:36, 31 August 2008 (UTC)