genta

genta

1. (medicine, colloquial) Gentamicin.

• Agent, Tegan, agent, ganté

 

From Old Norse genta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛn̥ta/ ^[1]
• (some speakers in Suðuroy) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛn̥ta/

genta f (genitive singular gentu, plural gentur)

1. girl
2. young woman
3. maid
4. daughter

 

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genta

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From Malay genta (“bell”), from Sanskrit घण्टा (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Compare Hindi घंटा (ghaṇṭā) / Urdu گَھنْٹَہ (ghanṭa) and Punjabi گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā) / ਘੰਟਾ (ghaṇṭā).

• IPA^(key): /ɡənta/
• Hyphenation: gên‧ta

gênta

1. bell

   Synonyms: bel, lonceng

• “genta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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genta f (genitive gentu)

1. girl, lass

• “genta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press