English · noun

joy

‘the feeling of joy’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
joy
joy
French
joie
joie
Hindi
आनंदānand
आनंद
Telugu
ఆనందంānandaṁ
ఆనందం
Tamil
ஆனந்தம்āṉantam
ஆனந்தம்
  • आनंदHindi⟷ஆனந்தம்Tamil· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source
  • आनंदHindi⟷ఆనందంTelugu· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source
  • ஆனந்தம்Tamil⟷ఆనందంTelugu· shared loan — both borrowed from the same source

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  1. 01joy is an English noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('the feeling of joy') can be approximated as JOY in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03joy is borrowed from Old French joie ‘joy’ (confidence 0.90).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:joy-of-en0.90
    • sourceoed0.90
  4. 04Aligned forms: French joie (translation equivalent); Hindi आनंद (ānand) (translation equivalent); Tamil ஆனந்தம் (āṉantam) (translation equivalent); Telugu ఆనందం (ānandaṁ) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. joieOld French— borrowed →joy accepted
    oed0.90