Definition
A large wooden chest or bin used for storing grain; a granary or storage chest (primarily Scottish).
Etymology
From Scots, possibly from Old Norse 'kern' (grain) or related to 'girn' through semantic extension. The term is specific to Scottish dialect and refers to a functional household item for food storage.
Kelly Says
Girnal is a Scots word that's almost disappeared from everyday use, but it's a perfect fossil of medieval life—when a family's survival depended on safely storing grain through winter, you needed a specific, sturdy chest for it. The word's rarity today reflects how modern refrigeration and global grain trade have made traditional storage methods obsolete.
Translations
BNবাংলা
খাদ্য ভंडার
kha-ad-ya bhandar
DEDeutsch
Getreidespeicher
get-rei-de-s-spe-i-cher
ELΕλληνικά
αποθήκη
a-po-the-ki
ESEspañol
granero
gra-ne-ro
FISuomi
varasto
va-ra-sto
FRFrançais
grenier
gre-ne-e-r
HEעברית
מאחסן
ma-a-ch-san
HIहिन्दी
अनाज भंडार
a-na-j bhandar
IDBahasa Indonesia
gudang
gu-dang
ITItaliano
granaio
gra-na-io
JA日本語
穀物倉庫
ko-mo-tsu-so-ko
KO한국어
곡물 창고
gok-mul chang-go
MRMR
अन्न भंडार
a-nn bhandar
MSBahasa Melayu
gudang
gu-dang
NLNederlands
schuur
shoor
RORomână
JpaRepository
Ja-Va-Re-Pa-Ra-i-ser
RUРусский
зернохранилище
zer-no-hra-ni-lis-che
SWKiswahili
godhoro
go-do-ho-ro
TAதமிழ்
அரிசி சேமிப்பு
a-ri-si sa-e-mi-ppu
TEతెలుగు
ధాన్యాల నిల్వ
dha-nya-la nil-va
UKУкраїнська
зерноскладна
zer-no-skla-dna
VITiếng Việt
kho chứa ngũ cốc
kho chu-a ng-u-coc