Few days back i was thinking about pakistan and its several parts..and i realized that i was asking myself several questions..still i have few questions..so i thought to ask them here.
One of question was related to the meaning of the words of places. I understand the meaning of word punjab. Its punj- five..and aab- water/darya/river..as we say: land of five rivers. Then i thought that NWFP word is clear..and baluchistan.. means land of baluch. Now question is: what is the meaning of baluch?
Another question: what’s the meaning of sindh and kashmir?
If someone can answer those questions for me..i’ll be really greatful.
i searched and searched..and i found something on the words baluchistan and sindh..so i thought to share them..incase, someone wants to know:
The word Baluch has a simple meaning. Originally it consisted of two parts. Its first part "Ba" (pronounced as bar) means "outside", "desert" and "plateau". while the second "luch" describes "bareness" and "nakedness". Therefore, "Baluch" is a person who live in a naked desert, and a person who lead a nomadic way of life.
The name Indus(sindh) comes from the Sanskrit word sindhu meaning ocean.
still i cant find the meaning of kashmir..does anyone know? *
The legend that the Kashmir valley was a vast lake, Satisar, in pre-historical times, corresponds with the results of geological observations. The sandstone rock at the western corner of the basin was most probably formed by volcanic action. The lake was drained by the deepening of the Baramulla gorge - the result of the slow process of erosion spread over geological years. Tradition has it that the drainer of the lake was Kashyap, after whom the valley was called Kashyap-mar, which, with the passage of time, became Kashmir. According to an interpretation, Kashmir is a prakrit compound with its components Kas meaning "a channel" and Mir, "a mountain" - the compound word adding to a "a rock trough." In the Puranas, Kashmir is called gerek (hill) because of its overwhelming hilly features. The word Kashmir has been shortened by Kashmiris into Kashir.
The name Kashmir also implies “ land desiccated from water”, from Sanskrit Ka water, shimira to desiccate.In Avanadikosha the meaning of word Kashmir is given “land, ruling in which s difficult”. Heun Tsiang who visited Kashmir in 631 AD calls it “Kia-shi-mi-lo”
The Tibetan call it khachal “ snowy mountain” and the Dards, “kashrat”
