बंब
Marathi
noun
Definitions
- pump, water heater
- (by extension) fire engine
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese bomba (pump) derived from Italian bomba derived from Latin bombus (a booming sound, a boom, noise, a humming buzzing) derived from Ancient Greek βόμβος (booming, buzzing, humming, deep hollow noise, a boom).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βόμβος
Gloss
booming, buzzing, humming, deep hollow noise, a boom
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bombus Latin
- Bombe German
- autobomba Italian
- bomba Italian
- bombarda Italian
- superbomba Italian
- telebomba Italian
- bombe French
- bondir French
- bomba Spanish, Castilian
- bombilla Spanish, Castilian
- bombo Spanish, Castilian
- βόμβος Ancient Greek
- bomba Portuguese
- bombar Portuguese
- bombear Portuguese
- bombeiro Portuguese
- bomba Catalan, Valencian
- बंबा Hindi
- βόμβος Greek (modern)
- bomba Turkish
- bomba Malay
- bombarde Middle French
- આગબંબો Gujarati
- બંબો Gujarati
- લાયબંબો Gujarati
- bomba Swahili
- bomba Maltese
- بمبہ Urdu