Праюжно-дравидийский: *araçai
Значение: Ficus religiosa
Тамильский: aracu, araca-maram
Тамильское значение: pipal, Ficus religiosa
Тамильские производные: arai a tree, prob. pipal (Tolk.)
Малаялам: arayāl, aracu, araśāl, araśu
Малаяльское значение: Ficus religiosa
Каннада: arase, arise, araḷi, araḷe, aḷali, aḷḷe
Каннада значение: Ficus religiosa
Каннада производные: rāvi id. (< Te.)
Кодагу: araḷi-mara
Кодагу значение: Ficus religiosa
Комментарии: A complicated case. Tam. aracu should point to *araç- as the PDR stem, which would not be very compatible with Kan. arase, arise < *araçai, not to mention the rest of the forms. However, I suspect that already on the PSDR level this root must have contaminated with *araça- 'king' (Ficus religiosa being seen as a 'kingly' tree), and this explains such forms as Tam. and Mal. aracu, reinterpreted as simply 'king', and Mal. arayāl, araśāl, from *araça- 'king' + *āl- 'banyan = Ficus bengalensis'. That there actually was an original *araçai 'Ficus religiosa' is confirmed by external data, which is hard to trace back to *araça- 'king'.
Номер по DED: 0202
