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Word Origins

Words starting with b

WordOrigins
battalion

-noun

Russian batalion

euskara(Basque) batalioi

English batallion

battery

-noun

Georgian (Kartuli ena) batarea

Russian batareya

Spanish bateria

French batterie

English battery

Gaelic bataraidh

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Georgian (Kartuli ena) akumulatori

English accumulator

battle

-noun

Spanish batalla

French bataille

English battle

bay

-noun

euskara(Basque) badia

Spanish bahia

French baie

English bay

bayonet

-noun

euskara(Basque) baioneta

Spanish bayoneta

English bayonet

bazaar

-noun

Indian Urdu baazaar.

Russian bazar

Hebrew bazar 

Ladino bazar ‘marketplace’, ‘store’ .

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’

Spanish bazar

French bazar

German der Basar

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Turkish pazar

Greek pazari

be

-verb

Indian Sanskrit bhoo ‘be’, ‘exist’

Gaelic bi

          bi beo

English be

Russian bit

Persian budan

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Sanskrit as

Spanish es

English is

beach

-noun

Spanish playa

French plage

beak

-noun

Indian Tamil mookku ‘nose’

euskara (Basque) moko

Hebrew  mokor singular

beaker

-noun

French goblet

English goblet

beakless

-adjective

euskara (Basque) mokogabe

euskara (Basque) gabe means ‘without’

beam (light)

-noun

French rayon

English ray

bean

-noun

Indian Urdu fasal ‘crop’.

Russian fasol

Ladino fasoolya ‘string bean’

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’

Turkish fasulye ‘bean’

Arabic faasooliya

Greek fasoli ‘bean’

Latin phasoleus vulgaris

bear

-noun

Indian Tamil karadi

Finnish karhu

Greek arkooda (karadi is hidden in arkooda)

beard

-noun

Indian Brahui barot ‘beard’

Russian boroda

German der Bart

English beard

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Spanish barba

French barbe

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Indian Urdu zakaan

Hebrew  zakan

bearded

-adjective

Indian Brahui barot ‘beard’.

Russian borodatiy

Ladino barbudo ‘bearded’

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’

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Indian Urdu zakaan ‘beard’

Hebrew  mezookan  ‘bearded’

beast

-noun

euskara(Basque) animalia

Spanish animal

English animal

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German das Biest

English beast

beast of burden

-noun

Indian Tamil sumai ‘burden’

euskara (Basque) zamabere beast of burden’

                             zamal

                             zamari

beauty

-noun

Indian Sanskrit kalyaanhi ‘young girl’

Greek kaloni ‘beauty’.

nh is our symbol for one of the two cerebral sounds unique to Indian languages. Try to pronounce n with your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth.

Since Greek does not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.

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French beaute

English beauty

beauty parlor

-noun

Indian Urdu makaan ‘house’

Hebrew  mekhon yofee

Hebrew yofee means ‘beauty’

beaver

-noun

Indian Sanskrit babhru.

Russian bobr

German der Biber

bed

-noun

Russian krovat

Greek krevathi

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Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’

Hebrew  meetoh ‘bed’

bed chamber

-noun

Spanish dormitorio

English dormitory

bedclothes

-noun

Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’

Hebrew  kley meetah ‘bedclothes’

                      matsaeem

bedding

-noun

Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’

Hebrew  kley meetah  singular

                     matsaeem plural

bedfellow

-noun

Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’

Hebrew  khaver le-meetah singular

bedlam

-noun

Russian bedlam

English bedlam

bedridden

-adjective

Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’

Hebrew  retook le-meetah ‘bedridden’

bedroom

-noun

Indian Urdu qamra ‘room’

Ladino kamareta

Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe

Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’

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Spanish dormitorio

English dormitory

bedside

-adverb

Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’

Hebrew le-yad ha-meetah ‘bedside’

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