{"id":23786,"date":"2024-11-28T16:48:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23786"},"modified":"2024-12-05T13:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:57:19","slug":"paper-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23786","title":{"rendered":"Paper Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word <strong>carta<\/strong> means paper in Italian, but letter in Spanish. It has other meanings, and this post finds out more.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/47551786@N00\/3937729616\/in\/photolist-6ZXTPW-2qqJgzk-kfSSRh-TiUxUU-2kyY58F-2niSMM-2mg8RC5-2nogjf-b5Hv3K-2mWPvNK-2hS9YUg-4BK3cG-drT8eg-9HJ6ha-oXJaTP-4s2kV7-drT88T-2mUJZ7K-2jKU9Tu-nwV3JF-2jKU9kq-9K34ik-2pcg2yQ-JzZy8C-2mSHeE2-4npfzD-drT8d6-47YAAc-4s9pKP-aBZyrx-YecfcH-E8g9n2-6n8ned-2jKXJRB-bWh88R-2nyU95R-draHza-Q5aSDH-2dF18wo-2oigsMj-73qRRb-QtzDpk-2iVnTh-2oj8vuu-4npfzn-q1oioa-drT7Yx-R5Fwgj-4hJt6h-Q5aRor\" title=\"Carte\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2489\/3937729616_e5a46296c2_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"Carte\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carta<\/strong> [\u02c8kar.ta] in Italian means such things as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>paper<\/strong> or <strong>charter<\/strong>, e.g. un foglio di carta (a sheet of paper), carta igienica (toilet paper), carta da lettere (writing paper), carta da regalo (wrapping paper), carta lucida (tracing paper), carta da parati (wallpaper)<\/li>\n<li><strong>papers \/ documents<\/strong> (in the plural  &#8211; <strong>carte<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>card<\/strong>, e.g. carta di credito (credit card), carta d&#8217;indentit\u00e0 (identity card), dare le carte (to deal the cards), mettere le carte in tavola (to lay one&#8217;s cards on the table)<\/li>\n<li><strong>menu \/ list<\/strong>, e.g. alla carta (\u00e0 la carte), carta dei vini (wine list)<\/li>\n<li><strong>map<\/strong>, e.g. carta geografica (map), carta automobilistica \/ stradale (road map),  [<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/italian-english\/carta\">source<\/a>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Carta<\/strong> [\u02c8ka\u027eta] in Spanish can mean:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>letter<\/strong>, e.g. carta de amor (love letter), carta adjunta (covering letter), carta de dimisi\u00f3n (letter of resignation), carta de presentaci\u00f3n (letter of introduction)<\/li>\n<li><strong>card(s)<\/strong>, e.g. una baraja de cartas (a pack of cards), jugar a las cartas (to play cards)<\/li>\n<li><strong>map \/ chart \/ plan<\/strong>, e.g. carta acotada (contour map), carta astral (star chart), carta meteorol\u00f3gica (weather chart\/map), carta de navegaci\u00f3n (flight plan)<\/li>\n<li><strong>menu \/ list<\/strong>, e.g. a la carta (\u00e0 la carte), carta de vinos (wine list) [<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/spanish-english\/carta\">source<\/a>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It has similar meanings in the other Romance languages, and comes from Latin <em>charta<\/em> (papyrus, paper, a piece of writing, letter, poem. charter) from Ancient Greek <em>\u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/em> (kh\u00e1rt\u0113s &#8211; paper, book), possibly from Proto-Indo-European <em>*\u01f5\u02b0er-<\/em> (to scratch) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/carta#Italian\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>card<\/strong>, <strong>chart<\/strong> and <strong>charter<\/strong> in English, <strong>hart\u0103<\/strong> (map), <strong>h\u00e2rtie<\/strong> (paper), <strong>cart\u0103<\/strong> (charter) and <strong>carte<\/strong> (book, card) in Romanian, <strong>Karte<\/strong> (card, map, chart, menu, ticket) in German, <strong>\u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05e1<\/strong> (kart\u00eds &#8211; card, ticket) in Hebrew, <strong>\u10e5\u10d0\u10e0\u10e2\u10d4\u10d6\u10d8<\/strong> (kar\u1e6dezi &#8211; certificate) in Georgian, and <strong>\u0584\u0561\u0580\u057f<\/strong> (k\u02bbart &#8211; [playing] card) in Armenian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%CF%87%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82#Ancient_Greek\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, another word for card in Spanish is <strong>tarjeta<\/strong> [ta\u027e\u02c8xeta], as in <strong>tarjeta de cr\u00e9dito<\/strong> (credit card). It is a diminutive of <strong>tarja<\/strong> [\u02c8ta\u027exa] (tally [stick], plaque, plate, shield), which comes from French <strong>targe<\/strong> [ta\u0281\u0292] (targe [a small shield], buckler [a kind of shield]), from Middle French <em>targe<\/em> (round shield, targe), from Old French <em>targe<\/em> (buckler), from Frankish <em>*targa<\/em> (buckler), probably from Old Norse <em>targa<\/em> (small round shield), from Proto-Germanic <em>*targ\u01ed<\/em> (edge), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*der\u01f5\u02b0-<\/em> (fenced lot) or <em>*derg\u02b0-<\/em> (to catch, grasp) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/tarjeta#Spanish\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>Related words in other languages include <strong>targe<\/strong> and <strong>target<\/strong> in English, <strong>Zarge<\/strong> (frame, border) in German, <strong>targhetta<\/strong> (label, tag, sticker, name plate) in Italian, and <strong>tarcza<\/strong> (shielf, target, clock face) in Polish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/targ%C7%AD\">source<\/a>].  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word carta means paper in Italian, but letter in Spanish. It has other meanings, and this post finds out more. Carta [\u02c8kar.ta] in Italian means such things as: paper or charter, e.g. un foglio di carta (a sheet of paper), carta igienica (toilet paper), carta da lettere (writing paper), carta da regalo (wrapping paper), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,205,104,107,115,116,121,128,10,15,39,45,51,64,78],"tags":[315,314,316,317,158,309,138,281,318,163],"class_list":["post-23786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-greek-","category-armenian-","category-english","category-etymology","category-georgian","category-german","category-hebrew","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-polish","category-proto-indo-european","category-romanian","category-spanish","category-words-and-phrases","tag-card","tag-carta","tag-chart","tag-charter","tag-etymology","tag-italian","tag-language","tag-omniglot","tag-spanish","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23786"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23789,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23786\/revisions\/23789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}