talanta
Swahili
noun
Definitions
- talent unit of weight and money
- (uncommon) talent marked ability or skill
Etymology
Borrowed from English talent derived from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent, talent, a weight, weight, balanced).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τάλαντον
Gloss
balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent, talent, a weight, weight, balanced
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- multitalent English
- nontalent English
- talent English
- talented English
- talentful English
- talentless English
- talentwise English
- talentum Latin
- Talent German
- τάλαντον Ancient Greek
- ἀτάλαντος Ancient Greek
- Ἀταλάντη Ancient Greek
- ἡμιτάλαντον Ancient Greek
- *tl̥h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- 탤런트 Japanese
- talent Middle English
- talent Old French
- τάλαντο Greek (modern)
- talen Tok Pisin