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Word Origins

Words starting with k

WordOrigins
k'alami

-noun

Indian Urdu qalam means ‘pen’

Georgian (Kartuli ena) k’almi ‘pen’ drives from it.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.
k'anoni

-noun

Indian Urdu qaanoon means ‘law’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) k’anoni ‘law’ drives from it.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.
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.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.
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.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.
kal

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu kal means ‘tomorrow’.

Georgian (Kartuli ena) khwal ‘tomorrow’ drives from it.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.
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.

English Karen 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.

English Karen 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.
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 Arabia.

Likely origin for Stonehenge, circular stone edifice, in England.

kaza

-noun

The Romany (language of European gypsies) means kaza ‘house’.

It derives from Indian Sanskrit okas ‘house’.

Spanish word casa ‘house’ also derives from it.
Kazakhstan

-noun

Indian Sanskrit sthaan means ‘place’.

English Kazakhstan (land of the Kazakhs( derives from it.
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.

Georgia was a state of the former Russian union USSR.
kindness

-noun

Indian Tamil amma means ‘mother’.

Ladino amabilidad ‘kindness’ derives from it.

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

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

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu maalik means ‘lord’, ‘master’.

Hebrew melekh ‘king’ derives from it.
king

-noun

Indian Urdu maalik means ‘boss’, ‘lord’.

Hebrew melech ‘king’ derives from it.

kink

-noun

Indian Kannada konku means ‘bend’, ‘curve’.

English kink derives from it.
kinky

-adjective

Indian Kannada konku means ‘bend’, ‘curve’.

English kinky derives from it.

know

-verb intransitive, verb transitive

Indian Hindi jaankaari means ‘knowledge‘..

euskara (Basque) jakin ‘know’ derives from it.
known

-adjective

Indian Hindi jaankaari means ‘knowledge’.

euskara (Basque) jakin ‘known’ derives from it.
kulomisha

-noun

Indian Sanskrit kulomisha is a medicinal grass.

Latin Acorus calamus (pronounces as Acorus kalamus) ’Sweet Flag’ derives from it.
Kurdistan

-noun

Indian Sanskrit sthaan means ‘place’.

Kurdistan ‘land of the Kurds’ derives from it.
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