Word Origins
Words starting with k
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| k'alami |
-noun
Indian Urdu qalam means
‘pen’
Georgian (Kartuli ena) k’almi
‘pen’ drives from it. |
| k'anoni |
-noun
Indian Urdu qaanoon means
‘law’.
Georgian (Kartuli ena) k’anoni
‘law’ drives from it. |
| Kaare |
-noun
Norse (northern European)
giant of the wind
Indian Tamil kaarru
means ‘wind’.
Norse Kaare derives
from it. |
| kaarru |
-noun
Indian Tamil kaarru means ‘wind’
Georgian (Kartuli ena) kari ‘wind’ derives from it. |
| kaarru |
-noun
Indian Tamil kaarru means ‘wind’
Georgian (Kartuli ena) kari ‘wind’ derives from it.
Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR. |
| kaghaldi |
-noun
Indian Kannada kaaghada
means ‘paper’.
d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this.
Georgian (Kartuli ena) kaghaldi
‘paper’ drives from it. |
| kal |
-noun
Indian Hindi/Urdu kal means
‘tomorrow’.
Georgian (Kartuli ena) khwal
‘tomorrow’ drives from it. |
| Kare |
-noun
Norse (northern European)
giant of the wind
Indian Tamil kaarru
means ‘wind’.
Norse Kare derives
from it. |
| Karen |
-female proper name
Indian karunha means ‘kind’.
nh is our simple symbol for one of the 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 English does not have this unique sound,
simple n sound is used. |
| Karen |
-female proper name
Indian karunha means ‘kind’.
nh is our simple symbol for one of the 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 English does not have this unique sound,
simple n sound is used.
English Karen derives from it. |
| kari |
-noun
Indian Tamil kaarru means ‘wind’
Georgian (Kartuli ena) kari ‘wind’ derives from it. |
| kari |
-noun
Indian Tamil kaarru means ‘wind’
Georgian (Kartuli ena) kari ‘wind’ derives from it.
Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR. |
| Kaseem |
-noun
It is the name of a circular
stone temple in
Likely origin for Stonehenge,
circular stone edifice, in |
| kaza |
-noun
The Romany (language of
European gypsies) means kaza ‘house’.
It derives from Indian
Sanskrit okas ‘house’. |
| Kazakhstan |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit sthaan means
‘place’. |
| keel |
-noun
bottom of boat or ship
Indian Tamil keelh
means ‘below’.
lh is our simple symbol for one of the cerebral sound
unique to Indian languages.
Try to pronounce l with
your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth. Since
English does not have this unique sound, simple l sound is used.
English keel derives
from it. |
| keel |
-noun
Indian Tamil keelh
means ‘below’.
lh is our
simple symbol for one of the 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
English does not have this unique sound, simple l sound is used.
English keel ‘lowest
part of a boat or ship’ derives from it. |
| khwal |
-noun
Indian Hindi/Urdu kal means
‘tomorrow’.
Georgian (Kartuli ena) khwal
‘tomorrow’ drives from it. |
| kindness |
-noun
Indian Tamil amma means
‘mother’.
Ladino amabilidad
‘kindness’ derives from it.
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe. |
| king |
-noun
Indian Hindi/Urdu maalik
means ‘lord’, ‘master’. |
| king |
-noun
Indian Urdu maalik means
‘boss’, ‘lord’.
Hebrew melech ‘king’
derives from it. |
| kink |
-noun
Indian Kannada konku
means ‘bend’, ‘curve’. |
| kinky |
-adjective
Indian Kannada konku
means ‘bend’, ‘curve’.
English kinky derives
from it. |
| know |
-verb intransitive, verb transitive
Indian Hindi jaankaari means
‘knowledge‘.. |
| known |
-adjective
Indian Hindi jaankaari means
‘knowledge’. |
| kulomisha |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit kulomisha
is a medicinal grass. |
| Kurdistan |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit sthaan means
‘place’. |
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