Word Origins
Words starting with b
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| battalion |
-noun
Russian batalion
euskara(Basque) batalioi
English batallion |
| battery |
-noun
Georgian (Kartuli ena) bat’area
Russian batareya
Spanish bateria
French batterie
English battery
Gaelic bataraidh
---
Georgian (Kartuli ena)
ak’umulat’ori
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
---
Turkish pazar
Greek pazari |
| be |
-verb
Indian Sanskrit bhoo ‘be’,
‘exist’
Gaelic bi
bi beo
English be
Russian bit
Persian budan
---
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
---
Spanish barba
French barbe
---
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’
---
Indian Urdu zakaan ‘beard’
Hebrew mezookan ‘bearded’ |
| beast |
-noun
euskara(Basque) animalia
Spanish animal
English animal
---
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.
---
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
---
Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’
Hebrew meetoh ‘bed’ |
| bed chamber |
-noun
Spanish dormitorio
English dormitory |
| bedclothes |
-noun
Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’
Hebrew kley meetah ‘bedclothes’
matsa‘eem |
| bedding |
-noun
Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’
Hebrew kley meetah singular
matsa‘eem 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’
---
Spanish dormitorio
English dormitory |
| bedside |
-adverb
Indian Tami mayththaa ‘mattress’
Hebrew le-yad
ha-meetah ‘bedside’ |
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