Avishkar: Why We Changed the Name of a Plane

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/avishkar-why-we-changed-the-name-of-a-plane

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Reminds_Me_Of_Reddit@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y

It is cool to see them bringing in language experts to ensure the new name doesn't also have any bad connotations, but I'm not sure if I would have preferred this instead of just putting an accent or stress mark to indicate the correct meaning.

The in universe explanation of the name change is good though.

Voyajer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

So what does Avishkar mean?

E: invention

BearGun@ttrpg.network · -1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You'd know that if you had read the article

we selected Avishkar, from the Hindi word "aavishkar" meaning "invention."

Voyajer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I read the article last night and apparently missed it, probably because it would have made the most sense to put that in the first sentence of the article.

Evu@mtgzone.com · 5 pts · 1y

This all sounds reasonable to me. An understandable motivation for changing, and a sensible way of approaching it.

BearGun@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 1y

Fair reason to do it, not against it since they didn't do it retroactively or anything. Bit sad to see it go from something meaning tomorrow/art + home/country to just "invention" though. Lot of flavor lost there for people who know hindi.