Ability in Different Languages
Discover 'Ability' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Ability
Afrikaans vermoë | ||
Albanian aftësia | ||
Amharic ችሎታ | ||
Arabic القدرة | ||
Armenian կարողություն | ||
Assamese সক্ষমতা | ||
Aymara maña | ||
Azerbaijani qabiliyyət | ||
Bambara se ko | ||
Basque gaitasuna | ||
Belarusian здольнасць | ||
Bengali ক্ষমতা | ||
Bhojpuri जोग्यता | ||
Bosnian sposobnost | ||
Bulgarian способност | ||
Catalan capacitat | ||
Cebuano abilidad | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 能力 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 能力 | ||
Corsican capacità | ||
Croatian sposobnost | ||
Czech schopnost | ||
Danish evne | ||
Dhivehi ކުޅަދާނަކަން | ||
Dogri समर्था | ||
Dutch vermogen | ||
English ability | ||
Esperanto kapablo | ||
Estonian võime | ||
Ewe ŋutete | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kakayahan | ||
Finnish kyky | ||
French aptitude | ||
Frisian fermogen | ||
Galician capacidade | ||
Georgian შესაძლებლობა | ||
German fähigkeit | ||
Greek ικανότητα | ||
Guarani ipyrusúva | ||
Gujarati ક્ષમતા | ||
Haitian Creole kapasite | ||
Hausa iyawa | ||
Hawaiian hiki | ||
Hebrew יְכוֹלֶת | ||
Hindi योग्यता | ||
Hmong muaj peev xwm | ||
Hungarian képesség | ||
Icelandic getu | ||
Igbo ikike | ||
Ilocano abilidad | ||
Indonesian kemampuan | ||
Irish cumas | ||
Italian capacità | ||
Japanese 能力 | ||
Javanese kamampuan | ||
Kannada ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh қабілет | ||
Khmer សមត្ថភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda ubushobozi | ||
Konkani क्षमता | ||
Korean 능력 | ||
Krio ebul fɔ yuz | ||
Kurdish kêrhatî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) توانا | ||
Kyrgyz жөндөм | ||
Lao ຄວາມສາມາດ | ||
Latin habebat | ||
Latvian spējas | ||
Lingala makoki | ||
Lithuanian gebėjimai | ||
Luganda obusobozi | ||
Luxembourgish fäegkeet | ||
Macedonian способност | ||
Maithili योग्यता | ||
Malagasy fahaizana | ||
Malay kemampuan | ||
Malayalam കഴിവ് | ||
Maltese kapaċità | ||
Maori āheinga | ||
Marathi क्षमता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯧꯕ ꯉꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo theihna | ||
Mongolian чадвар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စွမ်းရည် | ||
Nepali क्षमता | ||
Norwegian evnen | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) luso | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦକ୍ଷତା | ||
Oromo dandeettii | ||
Pashto وړتیا | ||
Persian توانایی | ||
Polish umiejętność | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) habilidade | ||
Punjabi ਯੋਗਤਾ | ||
Quechua yachay | ||
Romanian abilitate | ||
Russian способность | ||
Samoan agavaʻa | ||
Sanskrit क्षमता | ||
Scots Gaelic comas | ||
Sepedi bokgoni | ||
Serbian способност | ||
Sesotho bokhoni | ||
Shona kugona | ||
Sindhi قابليت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හැකියාව | ||
Slovak schopnosť | ||
Slovenian sposobnost | ||
Somali kartida | ||
Spanish capacidad | ||
Sundanese kamampuan | ||
Swahili uwezo | ||
Swedish förmåga | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kakayahan | ||
Tajik қобилият | ||
Tamil திறன் | ||
Tatar сәләте | ||
Telugu సామర్థ్యం | ||
Thai ความสามารถ | ||
Tigrinya ተኽእሎ | ||
Tsonga vuswikoti | ||
Turkish kabiliyet | ||
Turkmen ukyby | ||
Twi (Akan) tumi | ||
Ukrainian здатність | ||
Urdu قابلیت | ||
Uyghur ئىقتىدارى | ||
Uzbek qobiliyat | ||
Vietnamese có khả năng | ||
Welsh gallu | ||
Xhosa ukukwazi | ||
Yiddish פיייקייט | ||
Yoruba agbara | ||
Zulu ikhono |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "vermoë" in Afrikaans has cognates in Dutch, German, and English, all derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- meaning "to work" or "to do." |
| Albanian | Aftësi has a doublet in Greek ἱκανός (hikanós) "able, sufficient, adequate" |
| Amharic | "ችሎታ" is also used to describe the skill or competence of a person or group. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "القدرة" (ability) derives from the root 'q-d-r' (to decree), implying its divine origin or preordainment. |
| Armenian | In Eastern Armenian, |
| Azerbaijani | The word "qabiliyyət" can also refer to "talent" or "skill" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Gaitasuna's root is probably the word "gaitu", meaning "to have a chance" or "to be able to". |
| Belarusian | The word здольнасць in Belarusian can also refer to the ability of something, such as a material, to withstand stress or pressure. |
| Bengali | The term "ক্ষমতা" also carries connotations of authority and capability beyond mere inherent abilities. |
| Bosnian | The word "sposobnost" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "sposobiti", meaning "to make fit" or "to enable". It is also related to the Russian word "sposobnyy", meaning "talented" or "capable". |
| Bulgarian | The word "способност" in Bulgarian can also mean "capacity" or "capability". |
| Catalan | Capacitat is derived from the Latin word "capacitas", which can also mean "spaciousness" or "roominess". |
| Cebuano | The word "abilidad" in Cebuano is derived from the Spanish word "habilidad", which means "skill" or "ability". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 能力 can also refer to 'talent' or 'power'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In traditional Chinese, "能力" (nénglì, "ability") can also refer to "energy", or the "power" of something |
| Corsican | Corsican "capacità" originates from Medieval Latin and Italian, with an additional sense meaning "faculty". |
| Croatian | The word "sposobnost" is cognate with the Russian word "способность" (trans. "ability") and the German word "Fähigkeit" (trans. "ability"). |
| Czech | The word "schopnost" can also mean "potency" in Czech. |
| Danish | "Evne" derives from the Proto-Germanic "abniz" (power, capacity, fitness)" |
| Dutch | In modern Dutch, "vermogen" can still refer to a person's financial means or net worth, as in English, as well as to their physical or mental capabilities. |
| Esperanto | The word “kapablo” is derived from the Latin word “capābilis” which means 'capable'. It also has the connotation of 'skill' or 'talent'. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "võime" also has the alternate meaning of "possibility". |
| Finnish | The word "kyky" can also refer to a person's skills, capabilities, or competence. |
| French | In French, "aptitude" can also refer to the suitability of a person for a position or task. |
| Frisian | Frisian word "fermogen" originally meant "to make strong or complete" and was a loan from Old Saxon "fermugan" and Middle Dutch "vermogen". |
| Galician | The word "capacidade" in Galician can also mean "capacity" or "roominess". |
| German | The word Fähigkeit is derived from the Middle High German word 'faehic', meaning 'suitable' or 'capable'. |
| Greek | The Greek word "ικανότητα" is derived from the noun "ικανός", meaning "sufficient" or "capable", and shares an etymology with the English word "economy". |
| Gujarati | The word "ક્ષમતા" ("ability") in Gujarati also means "capacity" or "efficiency". |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'kapasite' in Haitian Creole comes from the French word 'capacité' with the same meaning, and can also mean 'capacity'. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "iyawa" also means "strength" or "power". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "hiki" originally meant "to climb" or "to ascend." |
| Hebrew | The noun "יכולת" also has the meaning "potency", from the root "כול" which is related to the word "כל" (all). |
| Hindi | "योग्यता" also means "capability" and "merit" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word "muaj peev xwm" may also refer to someone's physical strength or mental sharpness. |
| Hungarian | "Képesség" is a Hungarian word derived from the Proto-Finnic "*kepe̮h" meaning "to be able", related to the Finnish "kyky" and the Estonian "kõbus". |
| Icelandic | The word "getu" in Icelandic also refers to the talent or skill of a particular person or group. |
| Igbo | "Ikike" also means "power", "strength", or "authority" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | In Javanese, "kemampuan" refers to wealth or belongings, but in Indonesian, it means skill or capability. |
| Irish | The word "cumas" can also refer to "competence", "efficiency", "power", "faculty", or "means". |
| Italian | The word "capacità" is derived from the Latin word "capacitas", meaning "ability to hold or contain" or "volume, space". |
| Japanese | Japanese word '能力' can also mean 'capacity', 'capability', 'talent' and 'faculty' depending on the context of usage. |
| Javanese | "Kemampuan" in Javanese also means "authority" or "position". |
| Kannada | The word "ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ" (ability) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "समर्थ" (sama-rtha), meaning "having the same purpose;" thus, "having the same purpose means achieving the same goal," "being capable of." |
| Kazakh | Қабілет (qábilet) comes from the Arabic word "qábila", meaning "capable, fit, or worthy." |
| Khmer | សមត្ថភាព (Smatthaphab) also means capability, power, potency, competency, and authority. |
| Korean | Korean word "능력" originated from Japanese word "nou-ryoku" meaning "capability". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "kêrhatî" can also mean "skill", "competence" or "power". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "жөндөм" can also refer to a person's talent or aptitude in a specific area. |
| Latin | The Latin word "habebat" also means "had, possessed, or held something." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "spējas" originally referred to the ability of a horse to pull a cart. |
| Lithuanian | The word "gebėjimai" is derived from the verb "gebėti", which means "to be able to" or "to be capable of" |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Fäegkeet" originally meant "skill" but has expanded to mean "ability" in modern usage. |
| Macedonian | In 19th-century Bulgarian, "способност" meant "means of subsistence". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fahaizana" comes from the root "fahaiz", which means "to know how to do something" |
| Malay | Kemampuan can also mean 'power' or 'capability' and is derived from the root word 'ampu' meaning 'to blow' or 'to inflate' |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'കഴിവ്' ('kaḻivŭ') is a derivative of the Sanskrit word 'करः' ('karaḥ') ('hand'), hence it denotes 'skill' or 'dexterity'. It also connotes 'capacity', 'competence', 'capability', or 'talent'. |
| Maltese | "Kapaċità" is derived from the Latin "capacitas" meaning "roominess" and also refers to "storage space" in Maltese. |
| Maori | "Āheinga" originates from the Proto-Polynesian root word "*akeŋa" meaning "power, strength, or ability." |
| Marathi | The word क्षमता in Marathi finds its roots in the Sanskrit word 'kṣama', which means 'to bear', 'to tolerate', or 'to forgive'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "чадвар" can also refer to "power" or "authority". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word 'စွမ်းရည်' ('ability' in English) is derived from the Pali word 'sampati', which means 'wealth' or 'possession'. In Myanmar, the word is also used to refer to 'power' or 'authority'. |
| Nepali | This word shares an etymological root with "to be able to" but has more extensive meanings such as "authority" and "competence". |
| Norwegian | The Old Norse word "efni" refers to both physical means and a person's character. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Luso also means "to have the ability or capacity." |
| Pashto | The term "وړتیا" also denotes competence, skill, or talent in Pashto. |
| Persian | توانایی is also the Iranian name for the Chinese province Taiwan. |
| Polish | "Umiejętność" derives from the Old Polish word "umieć", meaning "to know" or "to be able to". It can also refer to a skill, talent, or knack. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "habilidade" comes from the Latin word "habilitas," which means "skill" or "fitness." |
| Punjabi | ਯੋਗਤਾ can also mean 'suitable' or 'eligible' depending on its usage in the sentence. |
| Romanian | The Romanian noun "abilitate" is derived from the Latin verb "habilis" meaning "suitable" or "skillful" and can also refer to competence or aptitude. |
| Russian | The word "способность" also means "potency" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word 'agava'a' is derived from the noun 'ava' (root), which signifies a strong foundation or base. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Comas" can also mean "skill", "dexterity" or "facility" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | "Способност" is a derivative of the Russian word "способность", which in turn is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "съпосъбъ", meaning "suitability, aptitude". |
| Sesotho | In South African English, 'bokhoni' can also refer to a traditional healer. |
| Shona | The word "kugona" can also be used to refer to the process of gaining knowledge or skills. |
| Sindhi | The word "قابليت" derives from the Arabic word "قابل" meaning "fit for" or "worthy of". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term "හැකියාව" is derived from the Sanskrit word "शक्ति" (śakti), which means "power" or "energy". |
| Slovak | The word "schopnosť" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *sop-, meaning "to be able, to know". |
| Slovenian | The word "sposobnost" can also refer to a person's talent or aptitude for a particular task or skill. |
| Somali | The word 'kartida' can also refer to the concept of 'potential' or 'capacity'. |
| Spanish | In some contexts, the Spanish word "capacidad" can refer to an individual's intelligence or cognitive skills. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "kamampuan" also means "ability", but it has the connotation of being something that is inherent or natural, rather than acquired through learning or experience. |
| Swahili | "Uwezo" can also refer to "means", "energy" in Tanzania, "ability" or "intelligence" in Kenya. |
| Swedish | 'Förmåga' (ability) stems from 'förmugen' ('well-off'), related to 'förmögen' ('capable'), which in turn stems from the Proto-Germanic term 'fōr-'. This base term conveys the notion of 'moving ahead', implying the capacity to do something. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kakayahan" also means "power, capability, faculty, competence" in Tagalog, and comes from the root word "kaya" (can). |
| Tajik | The word "қобилият" may also refer to a person's potential or aptitude for something. |
| Tamil | The root word of 'திறன்' ('ability') in Tamil is 'திற' meaning 'to open', suggesting that 'ability' is like unlocking potential. |
| Thai | The word "ความสามารถ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सामर्थ्य" (sāmarthya), meaning "power, strength, or ability". It can also refer to a person's skills, talents, or capabilities. |
| Turkish | The word "kabiliyet" can also refer to a person's natural abilities or inclinations for certain skills or activities. |
| Ukrainian | "Здатність" in Ukrainian also means "capacity" or "receptivity". |
| Urdu | The word "قابلیت" comes from the Arabic word "قابل", meaning "capable". It can also mean "capacity", "possibility", or "power". |
| Uzbek | The word "qobiliyat" is derived from the Persian word "qabl", which means "to be able". |
| Vietnamese | The word "có khả năng" can also mean "to be able to" or "to have the capability to". |
| Welsh | The word "gallu" can also refer to a "talent" or "capacity". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word `ukukwazi` shares its root with `ukwazi`, meaning 'to know' or 'to understand.' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פיייקייט" (feyikayt) derives from the German word "Fähigkeit" (ability, capability) and is also related to the English word "faculty". |
| Yoruba | Àgbara in Yoruba can refer to physical, spiritual or supernatural energy and ability. |
| Zulu | The word 'ikhono' in Zulu can also refer to a tool, instrument, or weapon used to carry out an action. |
| English | The word "ability" derives from the Latin word "habilis," meaning "skillful" or "capable." |