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Bangalow is from Tamil ‘Venkalavu’ which means ‘a place of No heat, usually a top place’
Venka + u = Venka - Venkaatha is negative word for venkam. U – suttu oli. Venkam means ‘heat’ that is ‘veppam’
Readers can observe This ‘Va’ is turning ‘Ba’ when you go from south to north of India just like ‘Vali’ is turned as ‘bali’ in Ramayana since no alphabet for ‘Va’ in north Indian languages.
Bangalore was called ‘Venkaaloor” previously which is somewhat height in location and low in heat.
Venkaa Idam = venkidam = Thirupathi mountain which is also low in heat.
Hence if a house has upstairs it is called Bangalow.
Take phrases of Latin origin in English. i.e., & e.g - That is & For example
The expansion will be id est & exempli gratia.
Compare the words with tamil. Athavathu – adavadu
Id –ad , ‘s’ is due to pronounciation difference. et - vad
‘Esaivul kaattaka’ – rhymes with exempli gratia which means for example.
Esai – esaivul means ‘similar’ and kaattaka means example.
Tamil business with Greece were proved through tamil coins presence there.
Likewise if we take up the extinct Latin and Greek we will find tamil presence.
'Amuk' or 'Amok' might be from Tamil 'Amukkam' which means pressurized and thus someone run like a mad with fury.
f.s.gandhi
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