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The word calque is a loanword, while the word loanword is a calque: calque comes from the French noun calque ("tracing; imitation; close copy"); [5] while the word loanword and the phrase loan translation are translated from German nouns Lehnwort [6] and Lehnübersetzung (German: [ˈleːnʔybɐˌzɛt͡sʊŋ] ⓘ). [7]
In linguistics, a calque (/ k æ l k /) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation.When used as a verb, “to calque” means to borrow a word or phrase from another language while translating its components, so as to create a new word or phrase in the target language.
This down payment may be expressed as a portion of the value of the property (see below for a definition of this term). The loan to value ratio (or LTV) is the size of the loan against the value of the property. Therefore, a mortgage loan in which the purchaser has made a down payment of 20% has a loan to value ratio of 80%.
Many of these, however, are borrowed indirectly from Bengali or Marathi, [3] or given meanings based on English or Perso-Arabic derived words already in use in Hindustani. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Any tatsama vocabulary occurring in Punjabi is borrowed from Hindi/Urdu, [ 6 ] and likewise tatsama words in languages spoken further west are likely to be ...
Most of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meaning of some words have changed slightly after being borrowed. Both languages belong to the Indo-European language family and have numerous cognate terms; some examples are "mortal", "mother", "father" and the names of the numbers 1-10. However, this list is strictly of the ...
A semantic loan is a process of borrowing semantic meaning (rather than lexical items) from another language, very similar to the formation of calques.In this case, however, the complete word in the borrowing language already exists; the change is that its meaning is extended to include another meaning its existing translation has in the lending language.
Gunny, an inexpensive bag; from Sanskrit via Hindi and Marathi, [20] probably ultimately from a Dravidian language. [21] Hot toddy, beverage made of alcoholic liquor with hot water, sugar, and spices; from Hindi tari "palm sap", probably from a Dravidian language [22] Idli, a south Indian steamed cake of rice, usually served with sambhar. From ...
Due to this limitation, some banks offer additional services to FD holders such as loans against FD certificates at competitive interest rates. Banks may offer lesser interest rates under uncertain economic conditions. [1] The tenure of an FD can vary from 7, 15 or 45 days to 1.5 years and can be as high as 10 years. [2]