kontora

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian контора (kontora), from German Kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comtoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument sufffix”), from Latin computāre and -tōrium.

Noun

kontora

  1. administrative department, office, bureau

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian контора (kontora), from German Kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comtoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument sufffix”), from Latin computāre and -tōrium.

Noun

kontora f

  1. office

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kontora n

  1. definite plural of kontor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kontora n

  1. definite plural of kontor
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.