{"id":1722,"date":"2022-02-05T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2022-02-05T14:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T14:00:02","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-veranda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1722","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Veranda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Veranda\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-02-05T13:30:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we\u2019re looking at the various origins of the word veranda.\n\n\n\nA veranda [v\u0259\u02c8\u0279\u00e6n.d\u0259] is:\n\n \tA porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.\n\nIt comes from Hindi \u092c\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0926\u093e [b\u0259.\u027e\u0251\u02d0m.d\u032a\u0251\u02d0] (bar\u0101m...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8508\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1722-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1722-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"veranda.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we\u2019re looking at the various origins of the word <strong>veranda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/diametrik\/354973468\/in\/photolist-xnkfd-eBFufq-zguqRs-2gb8Hqq-7CdWNW-AckCs5-2gb8xkD-6PaVXX-byVjfo-62FcRE-aeFc3U-zgurd9-fvo8GA-zW1wrx-2iFxtMt-3EwFSu-5tU9gb-9Krsm5-9VFXx6-eSCsS7-2gb8HWf-2k9FeY-9KrsiS-zVVY31-s1Nxw-geXuN-49VUs-2iFuAMo-4a3oem-Aeu1rX-P5GpVm-6mXSAw-zW1x94-zgCjov-2iFxnAL-78Bpt1-EHeUie-RTKTC-9KrscG-9mPVhf-JESk79-mzVpt4-584akk-VarrUE-29ytDQ6-eiVoa-hZEHFU-RTH2w-DyYw2-9kqq63\" title=\"Veranda\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/133\/354973468_8eda2ba3b7_z.jpg\" alt=\"Veranda\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>veranda<\/strong> [v\u0259\u02c8\u0279\u00e6n.d\u0259] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Hindi <strong>\u092c\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0926\u093e<\/strong> [b\u0259.\u027e\u0251\u02d0m.d\u032a\u0251\u02d0] (bar\u0101md\u0101 &#8211; porch, veranda, gallery, balcony), from Portuguese <strong>varanda<\/strong> [v\u0250\u02c8\u027e\u0250\u0303.d\u0250] (balcony, veranda, terrace, porch), possibly from Latin <em>v\u0101ra<\/em> (fork, tripod, easel), from <em>v\u0101rus<\/em> (bent outwards, bandy) from PIE <em>*h\u2081weh\u2082-<\/em> (separate) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/veranda#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively veranda might be related to the Sanskrit word <strong>\u0935\u0930\u0923\u094d\u0921<\/strong> (vara\u1e47\u1e0da &#8211; barrier, partition) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/varanda#Portuguese\">source<\/a>], and\/or the Spanish word <strong>baranda<\/strong> (railing, banister, handrail, balustrade) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/baranda#Spanish\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>English words that probably come from the same Latin root (<em>v\u0101rus<\/em>), include <strong>various<\/strong>, <strong>vary<\/strong> and <strong>variety<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/various#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2GB3Jc_kGIE\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GB3Jc_kGIE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Veranda\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-02-05T13:30:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we\u2019re looking at the various origins of the word veranda.\n\n\n\nA veranda [v\u0259\u02c8\u0279\u00e6n.d\u0259] is:\n\n \tA porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.\n\nIt comes from Hindi \u092c\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0926\u093e [b\u0259.\u027e\u0251\u02d0m.d\u032a\u0251\u02d0] (bar\u0101m...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8509\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1722-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1722-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/veranda.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"veranda.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we\u2019re looking at the various origins of the word veranda. A veranda [v\u0259\u02c8\u0279\u00e6n.d\u0259] is: A porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. It comes from Hindi \u092c\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0926\u093e [b\u0259.\u027e\u0251\u02d0m.d\u032a\u0251\u02d0] (bar\u0101md\u0101 &#8211; porch, veranda, gallery, balcony), from Portuguese varanda [v\u0250\u02c8\u027e\u0250\u0303.d\u0250] (balcony, veranda, terrace, porch), possibly from Latin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,113,4,50,1,27,65,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-hindi-","category-language","category-latin","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-sanskrit-","category-spanish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1722"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722\/revisions\/1726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}