Re: Religion-Names in Conlangs. Or At Least in Mine. :)

Steg Belsky wrote:
>
> I've started thinking about religion names in Rokbeigalmki, and so far i
> only have one:
>
> yih.huda-tzat  /jI hu da tsat/  = judaism
> yih.hudaki  /jI hu da ki/  = jew
>
> For obvious reasons, that's the only one i have so far.
Obvious? Meaning you're Jewish?

> I'm trying to base the names as closely as possible on the religion's own
> name for themselves, just like i (and many other people here) try to do
> with country-names.
> So, could someone help me with some others?
>
> christianity:  how was "christ" pronounced in ancient greek?
Christos /'xris.tos/ AFAIK. I believe Jesus was Iesous /'je:.su:s/.

> islam:  which do people think, should i derive regularly "muslim" from
> "islam", as _isla:m-tzat_ and _isla:mki_, or adopt the word "muslim" in
> some form?
> (the ":" represent a rising-accent over the previous vowel)
I would use a derivitive of "Muslim" myself, but if keeping the names
more regular than that (using -tzat and -ki), you might want to use
your own form.

> buddhism:  how do you pronounce "buddha" in it's original language?  do
> buddhists call themselves the equivalent of "buddh-ists" in the original
> language? is there an original language of buddhism?  (you can see i
> don't know that much about buddhism)
Buddhism originated out of Hinduism, thus its original language was
Sanskrit. I believe Pali is also important in Buddhism. I'm not sure
how to say "Buddhist" or "Buddhism" in Sanskrit, but "Buddha" is a
Sanskrit word meaning "enlightened" and pronounced /'bud.d_ha/.
Actually, I'm thinking the declined noun would have been *Buddhah.*
/'bud.d_hah/, where 'h.' is an h with a dot under it. I don't THINK
the a is long, but I'm not sure. Anyone else?

> hinduism:  pretty much the same questions as about buddhism
I believe "Hindu" is an Arabic word, derived from "Hind," India. Can't
say much more than that, but Hinduism also uses/used Sanskrit.

> shinto:  (same)
Japanese. I believe it means "the way of the kami [nature spirits or
gods]." Roughly /'Sin.tou/.

> wicca:  is it pronounced  /'wI k@/  ?
It seems to be today, but I'm not sure about the Old English.