Feb 17, 2021 12:10
3 yrs ago
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Afrikaans term
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
Samraat
Afrikaans to English
Bus/Financial
Real Estate
Name of house
This is the name of a house in the South of England - no other context, except that the owners may have been South African. I initially thought that this was a variation on something like the Dutch of 'Samenraad' for a Council Chamber, but can find no confirmation, other than - incongruously - an Indian-Bengali name to describe a boy....
I would be grateful if anyone could confirm it is or isn't Afrikaans and does have that gathering-in-council meaning. It is for a UK land search.
I would be grateful if anyone could confirm it is or isn't Afrikaans and does have that gathering-in-council meaning. It is for a UK land search.
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Cillie Swart
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Cillie Swart
South Africa
South Africa
Native in English
Works in field
South Africa
Finance, Legal, Business Texts
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Dutch to English, Afrikaans to English, and 1 more.
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Samraat
Not an Afrikaans word. Seems to be a Hindi word. See google reference. It is common for people in South Africa to give names to their houses, often in other, and even relatively obscure/very foreign languages. Although in this case I suspect a Malaysian connection also, as Afrikaans borrows a LOT from Malaysian. Could also be derived from samrat.
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Comment: "Dank U and thank you. I had also noticed the Samrat alternative, mainly as a name of Indian restaurants in and around London."
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