tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576646577231843622.post5776121855045941663..comments2024-03-22T11:35:03.034+05:30Comments on DNA of Words शब्दों का डीएनए: How pea might have got its name मटर शब्द कहाँ से आया होगाराजेंद्र गुप्ता Rajendra Guptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811091966460872948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576646577231843622.post-80275322367562589632012-02-03T16:21:58.621+05:302012-02-03T16:21:58.621+05:30Thanks Chitra for your very interesting question. ...Thanks Chitra for your very interesting question. You have turned some light on the time scale of naming of MATAR, MUNG, MOTH, MASUR etc. Anyone would have called a seed MADHUR (sweet)only in its unripe stage. Naming plants for its sweetness implies that our ancestors must have given names to these plants when they ate only unripe pea or lentil, i.e. much before they learned the use of fire to राजेंद्र गुप्ता Rajendra Guptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811091966460872948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576646577231843622.post-58636546333024670892012-02-03T15:10:11.037+05:302012-02-03T15:10:11.037+05:30For a home scientist it will be interisting to kno...For a home scientist it will be interisting to know that " why all the Dals, Lentils taste sweet when not dried for storage"chitra guptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508322855880308187noreply@blogger.com