Some Similarities Between Farsi, English and Spanish

elucid September 07, 2020 at 04:39 4900 views 7 comments

Behtar (Farsi), Better (English)
Madar (Farsi), Mother (English)
Padar (Farsi), Padre (English)
Bradar (Farsi), Brother (English)
Pura (Farsi), Pure (English), Puro (Spanish)
Nam (Farsi), Name (English)
Numera (Farsi), Number (English)
Do (Farsi), Duo (English)
Tu (Farsi), Tu (Spanish)
Aleph, Bey, Say (Farsi) A, B, C (English)
Salata (Farsi), Salad (English)
Mosiqi (Farsi), Music (English)
Nay(Farsi), No (English), No (Spanish)
Ma (Farsi), Me (English)
Sitara (Farsi), Star (English)
Loll (Farsi), Roll (English)
Paisa (Farsi), Peso (Spanish)

Comments (7)

Jamal September 07, 2020 at 12:08 #450110 0 likes

Cool. It's almost as if the languages are related or something :wink:

There are some tables of cognates across various Indo-European languages here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_vocabulary

Nils Loc September 07, 2020 at 17:15 #450171 0 likes

Keep going.

:party:

elucid September 07, 2020 at 23:17 #450221 0 likes

Reply to jamalrob

Thanks for the link.

Reply to Nils Loc

I will list more once I come across them.

Sir2u September 08, 2020 at 02:34 #450252 0 likes

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=Better

This is the place to go to when you want to know about a word and where it came from.

English is the bastard language of the world. It has adopted words from almost everywhere from Germanic to origins to the roman and Saxon conquests and on through the enlightenment right up until today. Many words came into English through the French and Italian that got their language from the Etruscan as well the Greeks as Europe awoke during the renaissance and started reading the ancient works again.

elucid September 11, 2020 at 02:32 #451245 0 likes

Reply to Sir2u

Thanks.

Sir2u September 12, 2020 at 02:33 #451481 0 likes

Reply to elucid The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their Origins

Professor Anne Curzan

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If you cannot find it let me know in a PM and I will try to get you the files. It is good to read or listen to if you have the audio.

elucid September 12, 2020 at 03:22 #451503 0 likes

Reply to Sir2u

Thanks, it was very easy to find.