I'm translating the movie Singham. A man's nickname is Gotya and he doesn't like to be called like that. What does Gotya mean?
My Marathi friends confirm that it is a nickname used in Marathi (Singham movie was set in Maharashtra and has lots of Marathi words).
He says, "gotya is just another nick name, derived from goti means marble balls we play ... glass ones... "
Small kids play with small glass/marble balls, in many ways like trying to shoot a target with it or hit other small glass balls with it. Such glass balls are called "goti" in Hindi. This nick name "Gotya" has come from this game and is a nick name of kids.
Since the kid had become grownup in the movie and become an officer, he was not comfortable being called by his nick name which made a connection towards this small kids game of "goti".
He says, "gotya is just another nick name, derived from goti means marble balls we play ... glass ones... "
Small kids play with small glass/marble balls, in many ways like trying to shoot a target with it or hit other small glass balls with it. Such glass balls are called "goti" in Hindi. This nick name "Gotya" has come from this game and is a nick name of kids.
Since the kid had become grownup in the movie and become an officer, he was not comfortable being called by his nick name which made a connection towards this small kids game of "goti".
My friend at the same time said that if the guy's good name was Gautam, it was easier to twist it into the nick name "Gotya" and I agreed with him.
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