varanda

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈɾandɐ]

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “varanda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “varanda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “varanda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese varanda.

Noun

varanda

1. veranda, balcony, porch

References

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

Portuguese

varanda

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Latin vāra (“fork, tripod”) and related to Spanish baranda.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈɾɐ̃.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/

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

Noun

varanda f (plural varandas)

1. balcony, veranda, terrace
2. porch

Derived terms

• varandim

Descendants

• → Bengali: বারান্দা (baranda)
• → Gujarati: વરંડો (varaṇḍo)
• → Hindi: बरामदा (barāmdā), बरण्डा (baraṇḍā)
  • → English: veranda, verandah (usual in Australia and New Zealand, archaic elsewhere), viranda, virandah (dated), virando (obsolete)
    • → French: véranda
      • → Polish: weranda
    • → German: Veranda
    • → Japanese: ベランダ
    • → Palauan: berangdang
    • → Russian: веранда (veranda)
    • → Korean: 베란다 (beranda)
• → Indonesian: beranda
• → Kabuverdianu: varanda
• → Malayalam: വരാന്ത (varānta)
• → Tamil: விறாந்தை (viṟāntai)

Further reading

• varanda on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Swahili

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

varanda (n class, plural varanda)

1. veranda