Hi Arun,
I have been student of Sanskrit, but I am not master of Sanskrit. I would
like to say that we can derive words in Indian languages easily. If we
don’t have such words then Indian languages have something called dhatu
(root). व्युत्पन्न “Vyutpanna” is a marathi word for derivation. Try to
find similar or make on your own. I don’t have familiarity with Tamil but I
would suggest you to do so.

Regards,
Aniket

On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 10:38 AM, Taylan Kammer <taylan.kammer@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 01.11.2020 20:27, Arun Isaac wrote:
> >
> > Hi Guix,
> >
> > I am translating Guix to the Tamil language. Tamil doesn't yet have a
> > very standardized technical vocabulary, and I mostly coin terms on my
> > own. Most often, I construct calques of existing English words, and it
> > sounds alright. But, I'm having trouble with the word "derivation" (as
> > in Guix's low-level build actions). I haven't seen the word "derivation"
> > used anywhere outside of Guix. Why is a "low-level build action" called
> > a "derivation"? If someone could clarify the etymology, it might really
> > help with good translation.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>
> In Turkish, taking the easy way, we sometimes just bastardize an English
> word, for example in this case we might say "derivasyon."  (Other such
> examples: "depresyon" for depression, "enflasyon" for inflation, etc.)
> Can such a thing be done in Tamil?
>
>
> Alternatively, it might be useful to check what terminology is used in
> Tamil for mathematical derivation / derivatives, as in calculus.
>
>
> By the way, using Google Translate on various English, German and
> Turkish words which all stand for "derivation" (namely "derivation",
> "derivative", "Ableitung", "türev" and "türetme") have all resulted in:
>
> வழித்தோன்றல்
>
> Although translating it back leads to words like "descendants" and
> "grandchildren."
>
>
> - Taylan
>
>