janela

Galician

Noun

janela f (plural janelas)

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/
• Hyphenation: ja‧ne‧la

Etymology 1

janela

From Old Portuguese janella (“window”), from Vulgar Latin *iānuella, diminutive of Latin iānua (“door, double-doored entrance”), from Iānus (“Janus, Roman god of gates and doorways”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).

Cognate with Galician xanela and Mirandese jinela. Compare Mozarabic יאנא‎ (“y'n'”).

Alternative forms

• jinela (regional)

Noun

janela f (plural janelas)

1. window
   • 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…

   Começou a chover! Fecha as janelas!

   It started raining! Shut the windows!

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:janela.

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 (janola)
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: djanela
• Indo-Portuguese: jinel
• 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)
• 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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:janelar.

Further reading

• “janela” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “janela” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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^[1], Pacific linguistics