janela

Galician

Noun

janela f (plural janelas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xanela

References

• “janela” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese janela.

Noun

janéla

1. window

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/

• (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

janela

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

• jinela (regional)

Noun

janela f (plural janelas)

1. 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

• fenestra
• ventã
• ventana

 

Derived terms

• janela cega
• janelamento
• janelão
• janelar
• janeleiro
• janelinha (diminutive)
• janelita
• janelo
• janelona (augmentative)
• sobrejanela

 

Related terms

• janeiras
• janeiro
• Jano

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: জানালা (janala), জানলা (janla)
• → Guinea-Bissau Creole: djanela
• → Indo-Portuguese: jinel
• → Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: जंगला (jaṅglā)
  • → Urdu: جنگلا (jaṅglā)
• → Kabuverdianu: janéla, jinéla
• → Kaingang: janẽra
• Karipúna Creole French: janél
• → Konkani: जनेल (j̈anel)
• → Korlai Creole Portuguese: janɛl
• → Macanese: jinela
• → Kristang: janela
• → Malay: jendela, جنديلا
  • → Indonesian: jendela
  • → Kimaragang: jondila
  • → Rungus: gondila
• → Malayalam: ജനാല (janāla), ജനൽ (janal), ജന്നൽ (jannal), ജനയൽ (janayal)
• → Principense: jinela
• Sãotomense: zanela
• → Sinhalese: ජනේලය (janēlaya)
• → Tamil: ஜன்னல் (jaṉṉal)
• → Tetum: janela

See also

• cortina
• estore
• fresta
• gelosia
• mainel
• parapeito
• persiana
• portada
• vitral

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

janela

1. inflection of janelar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “janela”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “janela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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

1. 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

1. window

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics