Word Origins

-noun

Indian Urdu maal ‘assets’, ‘goods’

euskara (Basque) maletak ‘baggage’

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Russian bagazh

Spanish bagaje (military)

French bagages

English baggage

-noun

Indian Urdu maal ‘assets’, ‘goods’

euskara (Basque) maletegi

-noun

Indian kulhal ‘flute’

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

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

Hebrew  khemat khaleeleem

-interjection

euskara (Basque) ba

Spanish bah

English bah

-noun

Russian balalaika

English balalaika

-verb

Indian Sanskrit madhya ‘middle’.

Gaelic cuir air mheidh ‘balance’

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Spanish balancear

French balancer

English balance

-noun

Russian balans

euskara (Basque) balantza

Spanish balanza

French balance

English balance

-noun

Spanish balanceo

English balancing

-noun

Indian Brahui balakhaanaa

Russian balkon

Ladino balkon

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

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

Spanish balcon

French balcon

Turkish balkon

German der Balkon

English balcony

euskara (Basque) balkoi

Greek balcony

-noun

Arabic ibaala

Gaelic beile

Spanish bala

English bale

-noun

euskara(Basque) pelota

                           pilota

Spanish pelota

French pelote

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euskara (Basque) baloi

                             bola

Gaelic ball

French balle

English ball

-noun

Russian bal

Spanish baile

French bal

English ball

ball (masquerade)lla

euskara (Basque) dantza

Spanish danza

English dance

-noun

Russian ballada

euskara (Basque) balada

Spanish balada

-noun

Russian ballast

Spanish balasto

English ballast

-noun

Russian bal ‘dance’

Russian balerina

Spanish bailarina

English ballerina

-noun

Georgian (Kartuli ena) balet’i

Russian balet

euskara(Basque) ballet

Spanish ballet

French ballet

English ballet

-noun

Georgian (Kartuli ena) balet’i ‘ballet’

Russian balet ‘ballet’

euskara(Basque) ballet  ‘ballet’

Spanish director de ballet ‘ballet master’

-noun

Spanish balon

French ballon

English balloon

-noun

Indian Urdu qalam ‘pen’

Georgian (Kartuli ena) k’alami ‘ballpoint’

-noun

Russian balzam

euskara (Basque) baltsamo

Spanish balsamo

-noun

euskara (Basque) balsamo

English balsam

-noun

Spanish balaustre

English baluster

-noun

Russian balyustrada

Spanish balaustrada

English balustrade

-noun

Indian Tamil koal ‘stick’.

Gaelic cuile Innseanach (literally means ‘stick Indian’. Gaelic Innseanach means ‘Indian‘)

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Indian Kannada bambu

Russian bambook

euskara (Basque) banbu

Hebrew bambook

Spanish bambu

French bambou

English bamboo

-noun

Spanish bando

English ban

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Indian Urdu haraam ‘forbidden’, ‘unlawful’

Ladino herem ‘ban’

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

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

-adjective

Russian banalniyo

Spanish banal

French banal

English banal

-noun

Russian banalnost

Spanish banalidad

English banality

-noun

Russian banan

euskara (Basque) banana

Spanish banana

French banane

English banana

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Indian Urdu mauz

Arabic mauz

Turkish muz

-noun

Indian Sanskrit band ‘bond’, ‘tie’

d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this

Russian banda

German die Binde ‘band’

Gaelic bann (d sound dropped)

euskara (Basque) banda

Spanish banda

French bande

English band