Word Origins

-noun

Indian Urdu bakri ‘cow’

Hebrew besar bakar ‘beef’

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French boeuf

English beef

-noun

Russian kotleta

English cutlet

-noun

Spanish biftec

French bifteck

English beefsteak

-adjective

Indian Tamil maamisam ‘flesh’

euskara (Basque) mamitsu ‘beefy’

-noun

Hebrew beerah kehah va-khareefah ’dark bitter beer’

French biere

English beer

Indian Sanskrit pra.

Greek pro

English pre

-noun

French mendiant

English mendicant

-noun

euskara(Basque) begonia

English begonia

-noun

Spanish conducta

French conduite

English conduct

-verb transitive

Spanish decapitar

French decapiter

English decapitate

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Indian Tamil kenhdu po ‘take away’ (po means go)

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 euskara (Basque) does not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.

euskara (Basque) buru kendu

euskara (Basque0 buru means ‘head’

Indian Hindi/Urdu bahuth ‘big’, ‘many’

English behemoth

-preposition

Sanskrit bhoo ’be’ + Kannada hinde  ‘back’= English behind

English behind

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

-adjective

Russian bezheviy

Spanish beige

French beige

English beige

-noun

euskara(Basque) kredo

English credo

French conviction

English conviction

(to) believe verb

Indian Urdu ameen ‘trustworthy’

Hebrew leha‘ameen infinte

             ma‘ameen present

             he‘emeen past

             ya‘ameen future

-noun

Indian Urdu ameen ‘trustworthy’

Hebrew  ma‘ameen

-adjective

Indian Urdu ameen ‘trustworthy’

Hebrew  ameen

-adjective

Spanish belicoso

English bellicose

-adjective

Spanish beligerante

English belligerant

-noun

Indian Tamil udal ‘body’

euskara (Basque) urdail

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Indian Urdu baten

Hebrew beten

-noun

Indian Urdu baten ‘belly’

Hebrew ke‘ev beten ‘bellyache’

-noun

Indian Urdu baten ‘belly’

Hebrew rakdaneet beten

-noun

Indian kamarband

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) kamari

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Russian zona

Greek zoni

-noun

Spanish bendicion

English benediction

-noun

Spanish beneficiacion

English benefaction

-noun

Spanish beneficiencia

English beneficence

-noun

Spanish beneficiario

English beneficiary

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Indian Sanskrit anuraadha ‘affection’

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this.

euskara (Basque) onuradun  ‘beneficiary’

-noun

Spanish beneficio

English benefit

-noun

Spanish benevolencia

English benevolence

-adjective

Spanish benevolo

English benevolent