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This is the March archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2022.

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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
भोक्तृ • (bhoktṛ) noun
  1. (also figuratively) eater (one who eats)
  2. enjoyer, experiencer; consumer
  3. king, ruler, protector
  4. lover, husband
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Foreign word of the day  in Egyptian
bbAAy
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 (bꜣjr) noun
  1. (Late Egyptian) a type of ship used for traveling or transporting cargo


bbAAy
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(bꜣjr) noun
  1. a type of Nilotic fish
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Foreign word of the day  in German
am Hungertuch nagen verb
  1. (idiomatic) to be poor and starving (literally, “to gnaw at the hunger cloth”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
antytalent noun
  1. (uncountable) lack of talent
  2. (countable, metonym) dunce, a person with a lack of talent
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
αἶνος • (aînos) noun
  1. tale or story; story with a moral, fable
  2. praise
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
mazzafrusto noun
  1. flail, chain mace (literally, “mace whip”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Tigre
ማሼላ • (mašela) noun
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March 7th is Cereal Day.

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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
sóher adjective, noun
  1. (adjective, colloquial) poor (with little or no money)
  2. (adjective, colloquial, pejorative) stingy (unwilling to spend, give, or share)
  3. (noun, colloquial) a pauper (someone who is poor)
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
كَوْكَب • (kawkab) noun
  1. (dated) star
  2. planet
  3. leucoma
  4. (Sudan) spear of a wide and jagged blade
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10

Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
電蛐蛐 / 电蛐蛐 (diànqūqu) noun
  1. (Mandarin, regional, colloquial, humorous) pager; beeper (device) (literally, “electric cricket”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ukrainian
ґа́ра • (gára) noun
  1. groove, slot
  2. trolley with a box for transporting earth or sand
  3. (Canada) car, automobile
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Nynorsk
ammetåke noun
  1. (figurative, usually uncountable) a whimsy and/or hyperaware state of mind (and being) thought to affect mothers in the period after birth in which they are breastfeeding
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Mother's Day in Norway

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Foreign word of the day  in Prakrit
𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta) adjective, noun
  1. (adjective) heated, warmed, hot
  2. (noun) reality, truth
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
công phu adjective, noun
  1. (adjective, of a creation) conscientious; thorough; painstaking
  2. (noun, rare) skill gained through training and diligent work
  3. (noun, martial arts, rare, chiefly in awkward translation from English) kung fu
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16

Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
ar·neät verb
  1. to expect, to await
  2. to wait for another
  3. to assume responsibility
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17

Foreign word of the day  in Yiddish
המן־טאַשן • (homen-tashn) noun
  1. hamantaschen (Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies traditionally eaten on Purim)
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18

Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
grȋb / гри̑б noun
  1. (Kajkavian, obsolete) fungus
  2. (Kajkavian, obsolete, figurative) germ, nidus, nucleus
  3. (Montenegro) seine, a kind of fishing-net
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19

Foreign word of the day  in Komi-Zyrian
веж • (vež) adjective, noun
  1. (adjective) green
  2. (adjective, of hair) fair
  3. (adjective, of fruit) unripe
  4. (adjective, dialectal) yellow
  5. (noun) jealousy, jealousness
  6. (noun) anger, fury, rage
  7. (noun, weaving) crossing of warps
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20

Foreign word of the day  in French
verlan noun
  1. verlan (type of backslang used in French)
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UN French Language Day

21

Foreign word of the day  in Afrikaans
hemp noun
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Focus week: False friends

22

Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
fosilo noun
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Focus week: False friends

23

Foreign word of the day  in Latin
lārva noun
  1. ghost, haunt, evil spirit, demon
  2. hobgoblin, goblin
  3. (figuratively) horrific mask
  4. (figuratively) skeleton
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Focus week: False friends

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Foreign word of the day  in Indonesian
daring adjective, noun
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Focus week: False friends

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
tea noun
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Focus week: False friends

28

Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
駒 • (koma) noun
  1. (rare) foal; young horse; horse in general
  2. (shogi, chess) piece; man
  3. someone controlled by another; pawn; puppet
  4. (music) bridge (structure on string instruments)
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29

Foreign word of the day  in Irish
laethanta na riabhaí noun
  1. borrowing days (last three days of March) (literally, “days of the brindled cow”)
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30

Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
मानवीय • (mānavīya) adjective
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
cruelte noun
  1. The state of being cruel; cruelness, cruelty, ruthlessness.
  2. Viciousness, ferociousness; the state of being fierce.
  3. (rare) Strictness, unforgivingness.
  4. (rare) Injuriousness, painfulness.
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