Google Translate turns “asinine” into “of a donkey” in Hindi and Persian

I was messing around in Google Translate and noticed that “asinine” comes out as "गधे का" (gadhe ka, “of a donkey”) in Hindi and "خرکی" (khareki) in Persian. I was expecting a word for foolish or stupid.

That’s technically the original meaning. It comes from Latin asininus, “of an ass,” from asinus. English picked up both the literal and the “stupid” sense around the same time, but the literal one has pretty much disappeared. Nobody says “asinine” to mean “relating to donkeys” anymore.

My guess is the model is matching on the root and missing how the word actually gets used. The funny part is it still works, since calling someone a donkey is an insult in both Hindi and Persian.

Anyone know of other cases where translation lands on a word’s literal sense like this?

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