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List of loanwords in Konkani
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The Konkani language spoken in the Indian state of Goa has loanwords from multiple languages, including Arabic, Portuguese, English and Kannada. This is a list of loanwords in the Konkani language.
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Portuguese words in Konkani
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Catholic spiritual terms with Latin origins
Phrases
Family relationships
Family last names
Culinary terms
Kitchen items
Food produce (plant and animal)
Food Products
Daily use words
Education terms
Professional terms
Geographical descriptors
City and town names in Goa
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Residential and business addresses
Architectural terms
Miscellaneous words
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French words in Konkani
- lafaddem – affair (from l'affair)
- cartus – cartridge
- parval – parole
- tamret – stool
- bankh -bench
- voltaire – rocking chair (from the French writer Voltaire)
Kannada words in Konkani
- Aapa – Father from Kannada appa
- Aaka – Sister from Kannada akka
- Duddu – Money
- Rokhdo – Quick
- Poiso addko – Wealth
- Hallsande/alsando – Kind of Bean
- Tantim – Eggs
- Kempu – Precious stone, red
- Modd – Cloud / Storm
- Bagil – Door
- Chilki – Latch
- Bodi – Stick, or to beat up
- Bhenn – Back (from Kannada bennu)
- Koyto – sickle from Kannada koy, to chop or cut
- Miravanuk – Procession from miravanige
- Veergal – Hero stone from veerakallu
- Got'tu na – Don't know from gottu illa
- Angadd – Shop from angadi
- Mando – Head
Arabic / Persian words in Konkani
- fasal - crop
- jawab - answer
- kabul - agree
- karz - debt
- chabuk - whip
- chugli - gossip
- dang - engrossed
- hak - right
- had'd - boundary
- hairan - harassed
- fakt - only
- dusman - enemy
- akkal - intelligence
- bhogos - pardon
- bandar - port
- barik - thin
- nazuk - delicate
- baag - garden
- arz - request
- ajap - wonder
- xar - city
- khuni - murderer
- nadar - glance
- saitan - satan
- hajir - present
- garib - poor
- goroz - necessity
- virasat - heritage
- sahib - master (originally means companions of the prophet Muhammad)
- tazviz - arrangement
- guneanv - crime
- buniad - foundation
- zap - answer
- khobor - news
- xivai - without
- vogot - time
- forok - difference
- abru - respect
- ondu/avndu - this year
- bejar - harassed
- noxib - fate
- taktik - urgency
- iad - remember
- farik - repay
- maja - joy
- umed - enthusiasm
- bazar - market
- tarikh - date
- murvat - respect
- badal - change
Some words are also used wherein the original meaning has been changed or distorted:
- Mustaiki (clothes) from mustaid = ready
- bekar bahas (idle talk) gives bhikar bhaso (useless philosophising)
- kapan khairo - eater of one's own shroud - miser
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English words
- spanner- pan'no
- false - phaals (could be of Portuguese origin too)
- washer (ring between two joining surfaces or between a nut and a bolt) - vicer
- shock absorber - chak'up'ser
- cleaner (assistant to a bus driver) -- kilinder
See also
- List of loanwords in Marathi
References
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