janela
Galician
Noun
janela f (plural janelas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xanela
References
- “janela” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese janela.
Noun
janéla
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒaˈnɛ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐˈnɛ.lɐ/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒɐˈnɛ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
- Hyphenation: ja‧ne‧la
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese janella, from Vulgar Latin *iānuella, diminutive of Latin iānua (“door”). Compare Galician xanela, Mirandese jinela. Related to Mozarabic יאנה (yʔnh).
Alternative forms
Noun
janela f (plural janelas)
- window
- Começou a chover! Fecha as janelas!
- It started raining! Shut the windows!
- 1899, Machado de Assis, chapter 32, in Dom Casmurro[1], Obliqpress, published 2013:
- Fui devagar, mas o pé ou o espelho traiu-me. Este pode ser que não fosse; era um espelhinho de pataca (perdoai a barateza), comprado a um mascate italiano, moldura tosca, argolinha de latão, pendente da parede, entre as duas janelas.
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- 1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa:
- Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…
- When I sit at the window / I see through the panes clouded by snow / The sweet image of her / When (she) passes… passes… passes…
Synonyms
Derived terms
- janela cega
- janelamento
- janelão
- janelar
- janeleiro
- janelinha (diminutive)
- janelita
- janelo
- janelona (augmentative)
- sobrejanela
Related terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: জানালা (janala), জানলা (janla)
- → Chichewa: zenéra
- → Guinea-Bissau Creole: djanela
- → Indo-Portuguese: jinel
- → Hindustani:
- → Kabuverdianu: janéla, jinéla
- → Kaingang: janẽra
- Karipúna Creole French: janél
- → Konkani: जनेल (j̈anel)
- → Korlai Creole Portuguese: janɛl
- → Macanese: jinela
- → Kristang: janela
- → Malay: jendela, جنديلا
- → Malayalam: ജനാല (janāla), ജനൽ (janal), ജന്നൽ (jannal), ജനയൽ (janayal)
- → Principense: jinela
- Sãotomense: zanela
- → Sinhalese: ජනේලය (janēlaya)
- → Tamil: ஜன்னல் (jaṉṉal)
- → Tetum: janela
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
janela
- inflection of janelar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “janela”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “janela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Tetum
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese janela (“window”), from Vulgar Latin *januella (“window”), diminutive of the word jānua, alternative spelling of Latin iānua (“door”).
Noun
janela
- window
- Livru sira hanesan janela nakloke ba mundu.
- Books are open windows to the world.
West Makian
Etymology
From Portuguese janela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈn̪e.l̪a/
Noun
janela
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics