सवेर

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Xavier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səʋɛɾ]

Proper noun

सवेर • (saver) (Latin script Saver, Kannada script ಸವೆರ್)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Xavier

Usage notes

• Used by Konkani Catholics.

References

• Angelus Francis Xavier Maffei (1883) An English-Konkani Dictionary: And A Konkani-English Dictionary‎^[1], Mangalore: Basel Mission Press