Achieve in different languages

Achieve in Different Languages

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Achieve


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Afrikaans
bereik
Albanian
arrij
Amharic
ማሳካት
Arabic
التوصل
Armenian
հասնել
Assamese
প্ৰাপ্ত কৰা
Aymara
jikxataña
Azerbaijani
nail olmaq
Bambara
ka kɛ
Basque
lortu
Belarusian
дасягнуць
Bengali
অর্জন
Bhojpuri
हासिल करीं
Bosnian
postići
Bulgarian
постигнете
Catalan
aconseguir
Cebuano
pagkab-ot
Chinese (Simplified)
实现
Chinese (Traditional)
實現
Corsican
ghjunghje
Croatian
postići
Czech
dosáhnout
Danish
opnå
Dhivehi
ކާމިޔާބުވުން
Dogri
हासल
Dutch
bereiken
English
achieve
Esperanto
atingi
Estonian
saavutada
Ewe
kpᴐ ŋudzedze
Filipino (Tagalog)
makamit
Finnish
saavuttaa
French
atteindre
Frisian
berikke
Galician
acadar
Georgian
მიაღწიოს
German
leisten
Greek
φέρνω σε πέρας
Guarani
g̃uahẽ
Gujarati
હાંસલ
Haitian Creole
reyalize
Hausa
cimma
Hawaiian
hoʻokō
Hebrew
לְהַשִׂיג
Hindi
प्राप्त
Hmong
ua tiav
Hungarian
elérni
Icelandic
afreka
Igbo
nweta
Ilocano
ragpaten
Indonesian
mencapai
Irish
a bhaint amach
Italian
raggiungere
Japanese
成し遂げる
Javanese
nggayuh
Kannada
ಸಾಧಿಸಿ
Kazakh
қол жеткізу
Khmer
សម្រេចបាន
Kinyarwanda
kugeraho
Konkani
संपादन
Korean
이루다
Krio
mitɔp
Kurdish
gîhaştin
Kurdish (Sorani)
بەدەست هێنان
Kyrgyz
жетишүү
Lao
ບັນລຸ
Latin
consequi
Latvian
sasniegt
Lingala
kokokisa
Lithuanian
pasiekti
Luganda
okutuukiriza
Luxembourgish
erreechen
Macedonian
постигне
Maithili
प्राप्त करु
Malagasy
hanatrarana
Malay
mencapai
Malayalam
നേടിയെടുക്കാൻ
Maltese
tikseb
Maori
tutuki
Marathi
साध्य
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯐꯪꯕ
Mizo
hlawhchhuak
Mongolian
хүрэх
Myanmar (Burmese)
အောင်မြင်သည်
Nepali
प्राप्त गर्नुहोस्
Norwegian
oppnå
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kukwaniritsa
Odia (Oriya)
ହାସଲ କର |
Oromo
milkeessuu
Pashto
لاسته راوړل
Persian
رسیدن
Polish
osiągać
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
alcançar
Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰੋ
Quechua
aypay
Romanian
obține
Russian
достичь
Samoan
ausia
Sanskrit
प्राप्नोतु
Scots Gaelic
coileanadh
Sepedi
fihlelela
Serbian
постићи
Sesotho
fihlella
Shona
kubudirira
Sindhi
حاصل ڪرڻ
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
සාක්ෂාත් කර ගන්න
Slovak
dosiahnuť
Slovenian
doseči
Somali
guuleysan
Spanish
lograr
Sundanese
ngahontal
Swahili
kufanikisha
Swedish
uppnå
Tagalog (Filipino)
makamit
Tajik
ноил шудан
Tamil
அடைய
Tatar
ирешү
Telugu
సాధించండి
Thai
บรรลุ
Tigrinya
አሳኽዕ
Tsonga
fikelela
Turkish
başarmak
Turkmen
gazanmak
Twi (Akan)
nya
Ukrainian
досягти
Urdu
حاصل
Uyghur
ئېرىشىش
Uzbek
erishish
Vietnamese
hoàn thành
Welsh
cyflawni
Xhosa
phumelela
Yiddish
דערגרייכן
Yoruba
se aseyori
Zulu
kuzuzwe

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansAfrikaans "bereik" comes from the Dutch "bereiken", which also means "to touch", "to get at", or "to arrive at".
AlbanianIn the Albanian language, the word "arrij" additionally signifies "attain, gain, get, obtain."
AmharicIn Amharic, the root word for "success" (ማሳካት) is "succeed (to)" (ሳካ), which in turn derives from the Cushitic root "*s-k" meaning "to conquer or overcome".
ArabicThe verb "التوصل" (achieve) in Arabic derives from the noun "وصل" (connection), implying the establishment of a link or attainment of a desired objective.
ArmenianThe word "հասնել" (achieve) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tek- (to arrive at, reach). It is cognate with the English word "touch" and the French word "toucher".
Azerbaijani"Nail olmaq" also means "to nail, to hit the nail on the head" in Azerbaijani.
BasqueIn its earliest attested form, “lortu” meant “to catch or find” and was used to describe fishing or hunting activities
BelarusianThe word "дасягнуць" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *do-stęg-nąti, meaning "to reach".
Bengaliঅর্জন শব্দটির শিকড় অর্জ্-এ, যার অর্থ অর্জন বা অধিগ্রহণ করা।
BosnianIn Croatian, the word "postići" also means "to reach", while in Serbian it additionally means "to attain".
BulgarianThe origin of the word постигнете ('achieve') is from Old Church Slavonic 'стигънати' ('reach').
CatalanThe Catalan word "aconseguir" is derived from the Latin "consequor", meaning to follow, to attain, or to obtain.
CebuanoIts homonym, 'pagkab-ot', also means 'to reach' when used in the context of geographic destinations.
Chinese (Simplified)"实现" is formed from "实" (shi) meaning "reality" and "现" (xian) meaning "to realize", and so denotes "to bring to reality". It also means "to achieve" or "to make happen".
Chinese (Traditional)"實現" evolved from "實現現成" (to make something that is already there) that later became "實現" (to make something come true).
CorsicanThe word "ghjunghje" derives from the Latin word "jungere", meaning "to join" or "to unite".
CroatianThe verb postići could also mean to 'fasten', 'fasten together', 'add something' or 'attach' depending on the context.
Czech“Dosáhnout” also means “to reach” in Czech, and derives from the word “dosáhnout se” (“to reach out”).
DanishOpnå, originating from an Old Norse word, also means to attain and accomplish.
DutchThe Dutch word "bereiken" originally meant "to touch", from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaną, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁reyǵ- meaning "to stretch out".
EsperantoThe word "atingi" is borrowed from Latin, where it originally meant "to touch". This original sense is preserved in the Esperanto words "atingo" ("touch") and "atingiĝi" ("to be touched"). The extended sense of "to achieve" probably arose in Esperanto from the notion of touching or reaching a desired goal.
EstonianThe word "saavutada" is derived from the Proto-Finnic verb *saada, meaning "to get" or "to receive".
Finnish"Saavuttaa" is also the Finnish word for "to catch up with someone".
FrenchThe word "atteindre" is derived from the Latin verb "attingere," meaning "to reach, touch, or arrive at."
FrisianBerikke is related to the Old Frisian word 'berka', meaning 'to work' or 'to gain'.
GalicianThe Galician word "acadar" is derived from the Latin word "accaptare", meaning "to seize or grasp".
GermanLeisten stems from 'leisten', meaning 'to perform', but also 'to afford', a sense preserved in English 'to pay'
GreekThe expression "φέρνω σε πέρας", besides meaning "achieve", figuratively means "I bring to an end", "I finish successfully" or "I bring to completion".
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "હાંસલ" also means "to get or acquire," and is related to the Sanskrit word "हसति" (hasati), meaning "to laugh or smile."
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole, "reyalize" comes from French "réaliser," meaning "to realize" or "to make real."
HausaThe word 'cimma' in Hausa can also refer to the upper border of a wall or roof.
HawaiianHoʻokō is derived from the Proto-Polynesian root word *faka, meaning "to do".
HebrewThe verb "לְהַשִׂיג" can also mean "to reach" or "to overtake".
Hindi"प्राप्त" can also mean "obtained" or "received" in addition to "achieved".
HmongThe word "ua tiav" can also mean "to arrive" or "to reach".
HungarianThe word "elérni" in Hungarian is similar to the word "reach" in English, and it can also mean to arrive at a place or to attain a goal.
IcelandicIn Icelandic, "afreka" can also mean "to emerge" or "to come into being".
IgboThe word "nweta" is related to the Igbo word "ihe nweta", which means "something achieved" or "an achievement."
IndonesianMencapai, meaning "to attain" in Indonesian, is related to the root "capai" which has connotations of reaching out or grasping.
Irish"Bhaint amach" means "achieve," but it also means "to bring out," "to rescue," and "to obtain."
ItalianThe term 'raggiungere' can also mean 'catch up', 'gain something', or 'obtain'.
Japanese"成し遂げる" uses the kanji "成す" (suru) which is the Sino-Japanese on-reading of a native Japanese word which means "to do".
JavaneseNggayuh also means to climb or to ascend, as seen in the phrase `nggayuh marga` (to climb a mountain).
KannadaThe word "ಸಾಧಿಸಿ" (achieve) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "साध्" (to accomplish), which also means "to practice" or "to train."
KazakhThe word "қол жеткізу" can also mean "to reach out" or "to get one's hands on something".
KoreanThe word "이루다" can mean "to become true", "to happen", or "to exist".
KurdishThe Kurdish word "gîhaştin" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ǵʰeh₃-s-tí-," meaning "to come to an end, to finish."
KyrgyzThe word "жетишүү" can also mean "to reach" or "to arrive" in Kyrgyz.
Lao"ບັນລຸ" likely comes from the Sanskrit word "prāpti" meaning "attaining" or "reaching" but may also refer to "a small amount" or "a little bit" in Lao.
LatinThe Latin word "consequi" also means "to follow" or "to obtain".
LatvianThe verb "sasniegt" comes from the Indo-European root "*sag-," meaning "to approach, to reach"
LithuanianThe Lithuanian word "pasiekti" can also mean "to reach" or "to attain".
LuxembourgishThe word "erreechen" in Luxembourgish is derived from the Old High German word "erreichen", which also means "to achieve".
MacedonianThe word "постигне" is derived from Proto-Indo-European *steigh-, meaning "to climb, ascend, or mount"
MalagasyHanatrarana, in addition to meaning "achieve," can also mean "accomplish" or "make a success of something."
MalayThe word "mencapai" is derived from the Sanskrit word "mangsah", meaning "to reach" or "to attain".
MalteseThe word "tikseb" in Maltese also means "acquire" or "obtain".
MaoriThe word 'tutuki' is also used as a noun, meaning 'a person who achieves success'.
MarathiThe word साध्य is derived from the Sanskrit root "sadh" meaning to accomplish or bring to completion.
Mongolian'Хүрэх' also means 'to arrive at' in Mongolian.
NepaliThe verb "प्राप्त गर्नुहोस्" is also used to mean "to obtain," "to attain," or "to come to"
NorwegianThe verb 'oppnå' is cognate with the English verb 'obtain'.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kukwaniritsa" in Nyanja is derived from the verb "kukwana" (to catch or obtain), with the infix "-ir-" indicating continuous action.
PashtoThe Pashto word "لاسته راوړل" can also mean "to obtain" or "to acquire".
PersianThe Persian word "رسیدن" derives from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *h₂ers- (to arrive) and has a secondary meaning of "to become ripe".
PolishThe Polish word "osiągać" also means "to reach" or "to attain"
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)"Alcançar" derives from the Arabic "al-qabas", meaning "to light", and shares the same root as "candil" (candle)"
Punjabi"ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰੋ" is derived from the Sanskrit root "pra" meaning "forward" and "apt" meaning "to obtain or reach", connoting the sense of "moving forward to attain something".
RomanianIn Romanian, "obține" not only means "achieve" but it can also refer to obtaining or acquiring something.
RussianThe verb "достичь" in Russian comes from the Old Slavic verb "стигнѫти" (stignǫti), meaning "to arrive" or "to reach", which is related to the Greek verb "στείχω" (steichō), meaning "to go" or "to walk", and to the Latin verb "stigo", meaning "to arrive".
Samoan**Ausia** can also mean to gain, acquire, or obtain something.
Scots Gaelic"Coileanadh" is related to the Welsh "golygu," which means "to intend" or "to aim."
SerbianThe word "постићи" can also mean "to reach" or "to attain".
SesothoThe word "fihlella" is also used to mean "to succeed" or "to get what one wants" in Sesotho.
ShonaThe word "kubudirira" can also refer to "to grow" or "to prosper."
SindhiThe word “حاصل ڪرڻ” can also mean “to attain” or “to succeed” in Sindhi.
SlovakThe word "dosiahnuť" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *dosęg-, meaning "to reach" or "to attain".
SlovenianThe Slovenian word "doseči" also means "to reach" in English.
SomaliSomali 'guuleysan' also means 'to succeed (in), to accomplish' and is related to 'guul' meaning 'success, achievement (esp. of some importance)'.
SpanishIn Spanish, "lograr" also means "to earn" or "to obtain" something.
Sundanese"Ngahontal" originally referred to a horse getting on its hind legs to fight; hence, the figurative meaning of "striving to achieve something."
Swahili"Kufanikisha" is also a causative verb, meaning "to cause to achieve."
Swedish"Uppnå" is derived from the Old Norse "upp ná", meaning "up and on", and is cognate with the English word "obtain".
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "makamit" can also refer to the goal itself, not just achieving it.
TajikThe word "ноил шудан" in Tajik also means "to come to an end" or "to finish".
TamilThe word "அடைய" also means "to reach" or "to attain" in Tamil.
TeluguThe word "సాధించండి" is derived from the Sanskrit word "साधयति" (sādhayati), meaning "to accomplish," "to make happen," or "to realize."
ThaiThe Thai word "บรรลุ" comes from the Pali word "patilobheyya" which means "to attain to". It can also mean "to realize", "to accomplish", or "to gain".
TurkishThe word 'başarmak' originates from the Persian word 'başarmaq', meaning 'to accomplish' or 'to manage'.
UkrainianThe word "досягти" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "достѣчь", meaning "to reach" or "to attain".
UrduThe word "حاصل" in Urdu can also mean "result" or "outcome".
UzbekThe word "erishish" is derived from the Persian word "rasidan", meaning "to reach" or "to arrive at".
Vietnamese"Hoàn thành" has various etymologies, such as "make perfect" or "carry out to the end."
WelshThe Welsh word "cyflawni" (meaning "accomplishing") comes from Old Irish.
XhosaThe word "phumelela" in Xhosa also carries the connotation of "to arrive at a desired destination".
YiddishThe Yiddish word "דערגרייכן" is derived from the German "erreichen" and can also mean "to stretch out" or "to reach out for."
Yoruba'Se aseyori' also means 'to climb up' or 'to reach the top of a mountain'
Zulu"kuzuzwe" literally means "to come to a stopping place" in Zulu.
English"Achieve" derives from Latin "ad capere," "to take hold"; originally meaning "to reach," "to arrive," or "to gain possession".

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