Konkani

See also: konkani

English

Etymology

From Marathi and Hindi कोंकणी (kõkṇī).

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋkəni/, /ˈkoːŋkəni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋkəni/

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Noun

Konkani (plural Konkanis or Konkani)

1. A member of the indigenous peoples of the Konkan coast of India.

Translations

person

• French: konkani m or f
• Hindi: कोंकणी (hi) (kõkṇī)
• Kannada: ಕೊಂಕಣಿಗ (koṅkaṇiga)
• Konkani: दोर्को (dorko)
• Portuguese: concani (pt) m

Proper noun

Konkani

1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India.

Translations

language

• Arabic: لُغَة الكُونْكَانِيَّة (luḡat al-konkaniyya)
• Catalan: konkani m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孔卡尼語 / 孔卡尼语 (Kǒngkǎní-yǔ)

• Finnish: konkani (fi)
• French: konkani m
• Hebrew: קונקאני
• Hindi: कोंकणी (hi) f (kõkṇī)
• Irish: Concáinis f
• Japanese: コンカニ語 (ja) (Konkani-go)
• Kannada: ಕೊಂಕಣಿ (kn) (koṅkaṇi)
• Konkani: कोंकणी (koṅkṇī), Konknni, ಕೊಂಕಣಿ (koṅkaṇī)
• Korean: 콘칸어 (Konkan-eo)
• Malayalam: കൊങ്കണി (ml) (koṅkaṇi)
• Marathi: कोंकणी f (koṅkṇī)
• Persian: زبان کونکَنی
• Portuguese: concani (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕੋਂਕਣੀ f (koṅkṇī)
• Russian: конка́ни (ru) m (konkáni)
• Tamil: கொங்கணி (ta) (koṅkaṇi)
• Telugu: కొంకణి భాష (te) (koṅkaṇi bhāṣa)
• Urdu: کونکنی f (koṅknī)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Konkani terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Konkani, kok ⁠