Konkani
/ˈkɒŋkəni/noun
Konkani is a noun meaning “A member of the indigenous peoples of the Konkan coast of India” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-O-N-K-A-N-I, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Konkani is Konkanis.
What does Konkani mean?
noun
- 1
A member of the indigenous peoples of the Konkan coast of India.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Konkani?
- /ˈkɔŋkəni/
- /ˈkoːŋkəni/
- UK /ˈkɒŋkəni/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-Konkani.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Konkani
- Konkanis plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Konkani?
Konkani appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Konkani in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Konkani come from?
From Marathi and Hindi कोंकणी (kõkṇī).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).