Word Origins
Words starting with h
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| highlands |
-noun
Indian Tamil tharrai
means 'earth'.
ai is just a suffix for neuter nouns. The basic word is tharr. |
| hill |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit giri means
‘mountain’.
Georgian (Kartuli ena) gora,
gores’ derive from it.
Georgia was a state of the
former Russian union USSR.
Russian gora also
derives from it. |
| hollow |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra means
‘room’. |
| holy |
-adjective
Indian Sanskrit santh means
‘holy’, ‘virtuous’.
euskara (Basque) santu ‘holy’
derives from it. |
| home |
-noun
Indian Tamil kudichai
means ‘hut’.
Russian dacha derives
from it. |
| homeland |
-noun
Indian Tamil tharrai
means 'earth'
ai is just a suffix for neuter nouns. The basic word is tharr.
Ladino (Language of Sephardic
[wandering] Jews in Europe) tierra natal ‘homeland’
derives from it. |
| honey |
-noun
Indian Brahui hanen
means ‘sweet’. |
| hood |
-noun
Indian Kannada hede means
‘head’. |
| hope |
-noun
Indian Tamil word for it is ich’chai.
ai is just a suffix for neuter nouns.
Indian Sanskrit word is ich’chaa. |
| horse |
-noun
Indian Hindi/Urdu jaldi
means ‘fast’, ‘quick’.
euskara (Basque) zaldi ‘horse’
derives from it.
Spanish zaldi (a
breed of horse) also derives from it. |
| hour |
-noun
Spanish word for it is hora. |
| hour |
-noun
Spanish word for it is hora. |
| housekeeper |
-noun
Indian Tamil amma means
‘mother’.
Ladino ama ‘housekeeper’
derives from it.
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe. |
| how much |
-interrogative
Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it
is kithnaa. |
| human |
human being -noun
Indian Hindi/Urdu aadmi
means ’man‘.
Ladino adam. ‘human being’ derives from it.
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe. |
| humane |
-adjective
Indian Hindi/Urdu aadmi
means ’man’.
Ladino benadam
‘humane‘ derives from it..
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.
Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic)
derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ’travel’. |
| humaneness |
-noun
Indian Urdu aadaab
means ‘culture’, ‘manners’.
Arabic adab ‘humanness’
derives from it.
d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this. |
| humanity |
-noun
Indian Urdu aadaab
means ‘culture’, ‘manners’.
Arabic adab ‘humanity’
derives from it.
d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this. |
| Hun |
-noun
Indian Hunha was
a warrior tribe.
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 Hun derives
from it. |
| hunger |
-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is bookh. Romany (language of European gypsies) bokh derives from it. |
| hunger |
-noun
Spanish word for it is hambre. |
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