varanda

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɾanda/ [baˈɾan̪.d̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Hyphenation: va‧ran‧da

Noun

varanda f (plural varandas)

  1. banister, rail of a balcony; balustrade
    Synonym: balaustrada
  2. rail or beam used to dry or air clothes or corn
    Synonym: tarandeira

References

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese varanda.

Noun

varanda

  1. veranda, balcony, porch

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unclear and disputed. Possibly related to Late Sanskrit वरण्ड (varaṇḍa, mass, heap of grass), वरण्डक (varaṇḍaka, wall) and Prakrit 𑀯𑀭𑀁𑀟 (varaṃḍa, wall); from these, per Turner, arose Bengali বারান্দা (baranda), Hindustani बरंडा (baraṇḍā) / بَرَنْڈا (baranḍā, veranda) , Marathi वरंड (varaṇḍa, parapet), Odia ଅରଣ୍ଡା (araṇḍā), Persian برآمده (barâmade).[1]

According to Gonçalves Viana, the Indo-Aryan and Portuguese terms developed separately. He connects it to varão, Latin vāra (forked pole, tripod, trestle) as in vara do castelo (high part of a castle).[2] Similar words can also be found in Catalan barana (railing), Occitan and Spanish baranda.[3] The earliest attestation of varanda is 1498.[4]

Soares argues Indo-Aryan went under a semantic shift due to Portuguese influence in the 16th century, giving rise to the architectural meaning “gallery” in Hindi, Marathi, and other Indian languages.[2]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
  • Hyphenation: va‧ran‧da

Noun

varanda f (plural varandas)

  1. balcony, veranda, terrace
  2. porch

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indo-Portuguese:
    • English: veranda (see there for further descendants)
  • Bengali: বারান্দা (baranda)
  • Indonesian: beranda
  • Kabuverdianu: varanda
  • Konkani: वारांद (vārānda)
  • Malayalam: വരാന്ത (varānta)
  • Tamil: வராந்தா (varāntā), விறாந்தை (viṟāntai)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “varaṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 660
  2. 2.0 2.1 Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 361
  3. ^ veranda”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  4. ^ Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “varanda”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson [] , London: John Murray, [].

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

varanda class IX (plural varanda class X)

  1. veranda