Name of the person is same in any But fruits name or trees name changes from language to language why?
kan
2008-06-08 21:51:10 UTC
ex:Adam in any language is Adam
but Neem [tree] has different names in different languages.
Five answers:
Sophist
2008-06-08 21:59:50 UTC
Not necessarily true. Many personal names change from language to language. John =Juan=Jean=Sean=Shawn
Eng=Span=French=Irish=Scot and the name John was originally Semitic.
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2016-05-25 16:45:07 UTC
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Wondering
2008-06-08 21:57:51 UTC
Because Names of People are Proper nouns whereas tree names or fruit names are Common Nouns. Hope this answers your question.
a_pareja_es
2008-06-08 22:29:53 UTC
Adam is Adán in Spanish, Adamo in Italian, and so on.
pp indian
2008-06-10 01:48:44 UTC
Stephen is Stefan in German
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