in Dutch is now considered archaic and only used in written, literary texts. bobotie, a traditional Cape-Malay dish, made from spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping. , which means banana. This is different from the common Dutch word . The Indonesian word is also used in Dutch, though usage is more common. , which means saucer (from , also from Persian). Portuguese Some words originally came from Portuguese such as ("umbrella") from the Portuguese , ("pen/cattle enclosure") from the Portuguese , and ("corn", from ). Also from Portuguese are the names Paul, Fernando and Ignatius as well as the popular surname Ferreira. These words have become common in South Africa to an extent of being used in many other South African languages. Some of these words also exist in Dutch, like "parasol", though usage is less common and meanings can slightly differ. Khoisan languages , meaning cannabis , meaning lizard, diminutive adapted from Khoekhoe word , meaning insect, from the Khoisan xo-xo , blanket of animal hides , walking stick from Khoekhoe Some of these words also exist in Dutch, though with a more specific meaning: for example means "South-African tribal javelin" and means "South-African tribal blanket of animal hides". Bantu languages Loanwords from Bantu languages in Afrikaans include the names of indigenous birds, such as and , and indigenous plants, such as and . , from the Zulu word meaning "scholar" or "student", but used to mean someone who is a student of/expert on a certain subject, i.e. He is a language . , meaning bride price, from (and referring to) lobolo of the Nguni languages , the grey crowned crane, known in Latin as Balearica regulorum , medium-sized dioecious tree known in Latin as Sclerocarya birrea , species of thatching grass known as Hyparrhenia , deciduous tree also known by its Latin name, Spirostachys africana / , an adaption of the word , meaning "to go home" or "to knock off (from work)". French The revoking of the Edict of Nantes on 22 October 1685 was a milestone in the history of South Africa, for it marked the beginning of the great Huguenot exodus from France. It is estimated that between 250,000 and 300,000 Protestants left France between 1685 and 1700; out of these, according to Louvois, 100,000 had received military training. A measure of the calibre of these immigrants and of their acceptance by host