Sunday, September 29, 2013

Summary "autumn/fall"


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Here is a summary of words meaning "autumn"

-- a/o --

English: autumn

Italian: autunno

French: automne

Spanish: otoño

Russian: осень

Portuguese: outono

Japanese: 秋(あき) [aki]

-- h --
(harvest)

German: Herbst

Dutch: herfst

Norwegian: høst [ˈhœst]

Welsh: hydref

-- kh --

Arabic: خريف [kharif]

Dari:  خزان

-- k --

Kapampangan: kalagas

Korean: 가을 [ga-eul]

-- f --

Irish: fómhar

Scots Gaelic: fòghar

Manx: fouyr

Greek: φθινόπωρο [fθiˈnɔpɔrɔ]
(φθίνω (to decay, decline, die out) + οπώρα (fruit))
(literally it designates the period where the fruits are scarse... φθίνω: to scarse + οπώρα: fruit)

English: fall

-- s --

Myanmar (Burmese) : Saung Oo (ေဆာင္းဦး)

Malayalam: ശരത്‌ [sarath]

Hindi: शरत्/शरद [sharath/sharad]

Georgian: შემოდგომა [shemodgoma]

German: spätjahr
(spät(late) + jahr (year))

-- t --

Catalan: Tardor

Hiligaynon: tagragas

-- ch --

Chinese: 秋 [Qiū]

-- j --

serbian: (cyr) јесен (lat) jesen [jese:n]

-- r --

Thai: ฤดูใบไม้ร่วง

-- d --

Vannetais Breton: diskar-hañ

-- i --

Tamil: இலையுதிர்காலம் [ilaiyuthirkaalam]

-- e --

Danish: efterår [ˈɛfd̥ɐˌɔːˀ] 
(efter (after) + år (year))

-- n --

Dutch: najaar
(na(after)+jaar(year))

-- m --

Vietnamese: mùa thu (務秋)

-- p --

Iranian Persian: پاييز (pâ'īz)



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