Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to ... See full summary »
Ema claims that "rose" derives from the "old Brahman language" (Sanskrit) where it means "swinger". In reality, the word is derived ultimately from Old Persian wrda-, "flower", from the Proto-Indo-European root *wrdhos ("sweetbriar"), perhaps related to a word meaning "grow."
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