Question

What is the english straight word for Sambandhi in tamil?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Tamil word - Sambandhi does not have an equivalent word in English.

The term 'Sambandhi' has a vast meaning evolved with cultural background. It is a combination of two words - Sam + Bandhi .

Sam :The etymology of this word is - am > sam. ‘ sam’ means to match.

‘sam’ becomes saman, samam, etc. meaning equality. .

Bandhi :Bandhi evoved from 'Banthu/ Bandham'. - Means bonded / relationship.

So Sambandhi means matching/equally - Bond /relationship.