Quote Originally Posted by Chappani
Hi Friends,

One of my Uncle's (from Tirunelveli) father name is Isaaki-Appan, I heard its one of the names of Lord Shiva.
This name is something unheard to me and looks like a Middle eastern Name Issac to me.

Can anyone tell me more about this word and its root.

Thanks
'Iya'- Iyakki & Marthuk (maruthu) were gods of middle east. Isravel (christins) , Ibrahim - Muslims (Abraham in Christian texts) and jews came out of old beliefs of such gods.

'Iya' has gone through elamian(Present ezham) tradition in the middle east. Kindly visit my posts in 'Tamil's elderiness to world languages' posts.

f.s.gandhi