bril
Afrikaans
/brəl/
noun
Definitions
- A pair of glasses.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bril (glasses, spectacles, pair of glasses) inherited from Middle Dutch beril (beryl) derived from Latin beryllus (beryl) derived from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (beryl) derived from Sanskrit वैडूर्य (beryl, a jewel, cat's-eye, a cat's eye gem, lapis lazuli, jewel, cat's eye).
Origin
Sanskrit
वैडूर्य
Gloss
beryl, a jewel, cat's-eye, a cat's eye gem, lapis lazuli, jewel, cat's eye
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
玉, 珠
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beryllium English
- berillus Latin
- beryllus Latin
- bērillus Latin
- bēryllium Latin
- bēryllus Latin
- Brille German
- brillare Italian
- beril Dutch, Flemish
- bril Dutch, Flemish
- brilledoos Dutch, Flemish
- brillendoos Dutch, Flemish
- brillenglas Dutch, Flemish
- brillenhuis Dutch, Flemish
- brillenkoker Dutch, Flemish
- brillenpoot Dutch, Flemish
- briller Dutch, Flemish
- brilmontuur Dutch, Flemish
- brilslang Dutch, Flemish
- brilsmurf Dutch, Flemish
- duikbril Dutch, Flemish
- knijpbril Dutch, Flemish
- leesbril Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwbril Dutch, Flemish
- toiletbril Dutch, Flemish
- uilenbril Dutch, Flemish
- veiligheidsbril Dutch, Flemish
- wc-bril Dutch, Flemish
- βήρυλλος Ancient Greek
- 瑠璃 Japanese
- वैडूर्य Sanskrit
- beril Old French
- بلور Persian
- βήρυλλος Greek (modern)
- beril Middle Dutch
- baiduri Malay
- berillus Middle High German
- 吠瑠璃 Chinese
- 璧流離 Chinese
- veḷuriya Pali
- brel Papiamentu
- -n dra