ベランダ

Japanese

Etymology

From English veranda, ultimately from Sanskrit बरामदा (barāmadā).

Noun

ベランダ • (beranda) 

  1. veranda

Usage notes

In Japanese, this word is often used to refer to roofed balconies, while バルコニー (barukonī) usually refers to roofless ones.[1]

Synonyms

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • Eizo, Katsuya (1916-02-12), “ベランダー [veranda]”, in 外来語辞典 [gairaigo dictionary] (in Japanese), 訂増 edition, Tokyo: 二松堂書店 (Futamatsudō shoten), →DOI, page 564: “(英) [(from English)]”
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