Achievement in Different Languages
Discover 'Achievement' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Achievement
Afrikaans prestasie | ||
Albanian arritje | ||
Amharic ስኬት | ||
Arabic إنجاز | ||
Armenian նվաճում | ||
Assamese প্ৰাপ্তি | ||
Aymara jikxatata | ||
Azerbaijani nailiyyət | ||
Bambara baarakɛlen | ||
Basque lorpena | ||
Belarusian дасягненне | ||
Bengali কৃতিত্ব | ||
Bhojpuri उपलबधि | ||
Bosnian postignuće | ||
Bulgarian постижение | ||
Catalan èxit | ||
Cebuano mga nakab-ot | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 成就 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 成就 | ||
Corsican realizazione | ||
Croatian postignuće | ||
Czech úspěch | ||
Danish præstation | ||
Dhivehi ޙާޞިލުވުން | ||
Dogri प्राप्ती | ||
Dutch prestatie | ||
English achievement | ||
Esperanto atingo | ||
Estonian saavutus | ||
Ewe dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tagumpay | ||
Finnish saavutus | ||
French réussite | ||
Frisian prestaasje | ||
Galician logro | ||
Georgian მიღწევა | ||
German leistung | ||
Greek κατόρθωμα | ||
Guarani jehupyty | ||
Gujarati સિદ્ધિ | ||
Haitian Creole akonplisman | ||
Hausa nasara | ||
Hawaiian kūleʻa | ||
Hebrew הֶשֵׂג | ||
Hindi उपलब्धि | ||
Hmong kev ua tiav | ||
Hungarian teljesítmény | ||
Icelandic afrek | ||
Igbo mmeta | ||
Ilocano nadanon | ||
Indonesian prestasi | ||
Irish éacht | ||
Italian realizzazione | ||
Japanese 成果 | ||
Javanese prestasi | ||
Kannada ಸಾಧನೆ | ||
Kazakh жетістік | ||
Khmer សមិទ្ធិផល | ||
Kinyarwanda ibyagezweho | ||
Konkani संपादन | ||
Korean 성취 | ||
Krio wetin wi gɛt | ||
Kurdish suxre | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەسکەوت | ||
Kyrgyz жетишкендик | ||
Lao ຜົນ ສຳ ເລັດ | ||
Latin factum | ||
Latvian sasniegums | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian pasiekimas | ||
Luganda ebintu by'ofunye | ||
Luxembourgish leeschtung | ||
Macedonian достигнување | ||
Maithili उपलब्धि | ||
Malagasy zava-bitany | ||
Malay pencapaian | ||
Malayalam നേട്ടം | ||
Maltese kisba | ||
Maori whakatutukitanga | ||
Marathi यश | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯥꯏ ꯄꯥꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo hlawhtlinna | ||
Mongolian ололт амжилт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အောင်မြင်မှု | ||
Nepali उपलब्धि | ||
Norwegian oppnåelse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kukwaniritsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଫଳତା | ||
Oromo milkaa'ina | ||
Pashto لاسته راوړنه | ||
Persian دستاورد | ||
Polish osiągnięcie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) realização | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤੀ | ||
Quechua aypay | ||
Romanian realizare | ||
Russian достижение | ||
Samoan ausia | ||
Sanskrit उपलब्धि | ||
Scots Gaelic coileanadh | ||
Sepedi phihlelelo | ||
Serbian достигнуће | ||
Sesotho katleho | ||
Shona kubudirira | ||
Sindhi حاصلات | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ජයග්රහණය | ||
Slovak úspech | ||
Slovenian dosežek | ||
Somali guul | ||
Spanish logro | ||
Sundanese prestasi | ||
Swahili mafanikio | ||
Swedish prestation | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mga nakamit | ||
Tajik дастовард | ||
Tamil சாதனை | ||
Tatar казаныш | ||
Telugu సాధన | ||
Thai ความสำเร็จ | ||
Tigrinya ዓወት | ||
Tsonga fikelela | ||
Turkish kazanım | ||
Turkmen üstünlik | ||
Twi (Akan) deɛ woanya | ||
Ukrainian досягнення | ||
Urdu کامیابی | ||
Uyghur مۇۋەپپەقىيەت | ||
Uzbek muvaffaqiyat | ||
Vietnamese thành tích | ||
Welsh cyflawniad | ||
Xhosa impumelelo | ||
Yiddish דערגרייה | ||
Yoruba aṣeyọri | ||
Zulu impumelelo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Dutch equivalent "prestatie" is also an alternate spelling of "prestation" which means a benefit given upon someone's request. |
| Albanian | "Arritje" also means "arrival" in Albanian, reflecting the idea that achievement is a destination or goal. |
| Amharic | The word "ስኬት" also means "to succeed" or "to accomplish something" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "إنجاز" carries a connotation of completion and accomplishment, often used in reference to personal triumphs or milestones. |
| Armenian | նվաճում in Armenian shares its root with the verb meaning |
| Azerbaijani | The word "nailiyyət" in Azerbaijani shares the same root with the Arabic word "naal" meaning "to obtain". |
| Basque | 'Lorpena' is the nominalized form of the Basque verb 'lor' ('to get'), and also means 'goal' or 'purpose,' especially in the context of sports. |
| Belarusian | "Дасягненне" can also refer to a "result" or an "accomplishment" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "কৃতিত্ব" (kṛtitva) derives from the Sanskrit root "कृ" (kṛ), meaning "to do, to make". |
| Bosnian | The word "postignuće" derives from the verb "postići" (to achieve), with the suffix "-nje" indicating an accomplished action or state. |
| Bulgarian | The word "постижение" can also mean "comprehension" or "understanding". |
| Catalan | "Èxit" originates from the Latin word "exitus", which means both "departure" and "result". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano "mga nakab-ot" (achievement) literally means "those that have been reached" or "those that have been attained." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 成就 can also mean 'to create' and 'to bear fruit'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 成就, Mandarin pinyin: chéngjiù, was first used in the Analects of Confucius, referring to the process of cultivation and improvement. |
| Corsican | In Corsica, "realizazione" can also refer to the construction or creation of something. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'postignuće' ('achievement') derives from the verb 'postići' ('to achieve'), which in turn originates from the Proto-Slavic word 'pъstigъnati' ('to attain', 'to reach'). Additionally, 'postignuće' can refer to the attainment of a higher rank or position, such as in the military or within an organization. |
| Czech | Úspěch is derived from the Old Slavic word uspěti, meaning "to succeed," and has a related form prospěch, meaning "progress" or "benefit." |
| Danish | The word "præstation" also means "payment" or "performance" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The word "prestatie" comes from the Latin "praestare", meaning "to perform" or "to fulfill". |
| Esperanto | The word "atingo" derives from the root "at", meaning "achieve", and is related to the word "atingi", meaning "to attain". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "saavutus" (meaning "achievement") is likely derived from the verb "saada" (meaning "to get, acquire, achieve"). |
| Finnish | "Saavutus" derives from "saada," meaning "receive," and "-utus," denoting "result." |
| French | Réussite shares the same etymological root as ressusciter, meaning to revive or resurrect. |
| Frisian | The noun "prestaasje" also means "accomplishment" or "feat" in Frisian. |
| Galician | The Galician word "logro" comes from the Latin word "lucrum", meaning "gain" or "profit". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "მიღწევა" is a derivative of the root "ღეწვა", which has multiple meanings, including "to do", "to work", and "to achieve." |
| German | The word 'Leistung' is derived from the Old High German word 'leisten', meaning 'to perform' or 'to accomplish'. |
| Greek | In Greek mythology, "κατόρθωμα" could also refer to the heroic deeds of heroes or the extraordinary feats of gods and goddesses. |
| Gujarati | The Sanskrit origin of the Gujarati word “સિદ્ધિ” implies its meanings of 'perfection', 'completion', 'attainment' and 'supernatural powers' |
| Haitian Creole | As with many Haitian Creole verbs, the base "akonplir" has a near-identical meaning in French while the passive past participle "akonplisman" is a Haitian Creole invention reflecting the Bantu language base of the Haitian language. |
| Hausa | The word "Nasara" can also refer to a person who has accomplished something great or a person who is successful. |
| Hawaiian | Kū is a possessive noun prefix, a passive voice verbal prefix, or an active voice verbal prefix in various Polynesian languages (including Māori and Hawaiian) meaning ‘to arise, appear, stand, live.’ |
| Hebrew | The word "הֶשֵׂג" also means "attainment" and "acquisition" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word "उपलब्धि" (uplabdhi) literally means "gathering to" or "reaching towards," emphasizing the process or journey towards an accomplishment. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word 'kev ua tiav' can also refer to a person or group's overall performance in an activity or undertaking. |
| Hungarian | The word "teljesítmény" originates from the Hungarian word "teljes" (complete or entire) and refers to the completion of a task or the exertion of effort. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "afrek" can also mean "offspring" or "fruit (of a plant)". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "mmeta" can also refer to a "mark" or "grade" in a test or exam. |
| Indonesian | The word ''prestasi'' is derived from the Sanskrit word ''prāpti'', meaning ''the attainment of something''. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'éacht' can also refer to 'ability', 'power', or 'skill', and is thought to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ek- ('to have'). |
| Italian | As a noun, "realizzazione" can also mean "performance" or "production" in Italian |
| Japanese | "成" means to become, while "果" means result. Thus, the word "成果" can also mean "outcome" or "fruit (of one's labour)". |
| Javanese | In Old Javanese, prestasi meant "the act of being prominent". |
| Kannada | The term 'ಸಾಧನೆ' also implies the 'tools' or 'means' to accomplish something. |
| Kazakh | The word "жетістік" in Kazakh also refers to the quality of being sufficient or adequate, or the state of being capable of accomplishing something. |
| Korean | The Hanja of 성취 (成취) is also used to write the word "accomplishment" in Japanese (せいじゅ), but its meaning in Korean is closer to "success" or "attainment." |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "suxre" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*swek" meaning "to follow, pursue." |
| Kyrgyz | It is a derivative of the verb "жетиш-." This verb means "to arrive". Alternatively, it may mean "to attain." Ultimately, it may mean "to become." "Жетишкендик" may be translated as "arrival" or "attainment." |
| Latin | In Latin, "factum" can refer to an occurrence, a deed, or a document. |
| Latvian | The word "sasniegums" is derived from the verb "sasniegt," meaning "to reach" or "to attain," and is related to the noun "sniegs," meaning "snow." |
| Lithuanian | The word "pasiekimas" is derived from the verb "pasiekti," which means "to reach," or "to achieve." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Leeschtung" also carries the meaning of "performance", as in the performance of a task or activity. |
| Macedonian | The word "достигнување" in Macedonian can also mean "attaining", "accomplishing", or "obtaining" a goal. |
| Malagasy | The word "zava-bitany" can also mean "action" or "deed" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "pencapaian" in Malay derives from the root word "capai" meaning "to reach" or "to attain". |
| Malayalam | The word "നേട്ടം" (achievement) in Malayalam is derived from the root "നേടുക" (to gain, acquire), and also means "profit" or "earning". |
| Maltese | "Kisba" is thought to have been introduced from either the Arabic "kasbah" (settlement) or the Berber "igbaz" (dwelling site). |
| Maori | 'Whakatutuki' can also refer to the outcome of an endeavour or the completion of a task. |
| Marathi | In Prakrit the word 'यश' means 'sun', but it also meant fame or glory |
| Mongolian | The word "ололт амжилт" is also used to mean "success" or "accomplishment" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "उपलब्धि" can also mean "attainment" or "acquisition". |
| Norwegian | "Oppnåelse" is cognate with "obtainment," and in addition to achievements that you earn can also be used to talk about what you have learned. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kukwaniritsa' also means 'to finish' or 'to complete' in Nyanja. |
| Persian | Alternate meaning: A kind of a traditional sweet |
| Polish | The word "osiągnięcie" is derived from the verb "osiągnąć", which means "to reach" or "to attain". It can also refer to a goal or objective that has been successfully accomplished. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "realização" comes from the Latin word "realis" and can also mean "fulfillment" or "reality". |
| Punjabi | Punjabi word “ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤੀ” (“achievement”) traces its roots back to the Sanskrit term “प्राप्ति” and refers to the attainment of something through effort, accomplishment, or acquisition. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "realizare" originates from the Latin verb "realizare," meaning "to make real" or "to accomplish." |
| Russian | Достижение means "achievement" in Russian but can also mean "ambition" or "goal". |
| Samoan | The word "ausia" can also mean "reward" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "coileanadh" is derived from the verb "coilean", meaning "to obtain" or "to acquire". |
| Serbian | The word "достигнуће" also means "attainment" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "katleho" is derived from the verb "katla", meaning "to complete" or "to finish". |
| Shona | "Kubudirira" is a concept of accomplishment, success, and triumph in Shona, and it relates to the idea of reaching a desired state or goal. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "حاصلات" also refers to the produce or yield of land. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | ජයග්රහණය (jayagrahanaya) comes from the Sanskrit word "jayagraha" (conquest) and also refers to a Buddhist concept of the four foundations of mindfulness. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "úspech" derives from the verb "uspieť", meaning "to succeed" or "to come through", and is cognate with the Czech word "úspěch". |
| Slovenian | The word "dosežek" in Slovenian comes from the Old Slavic word *dosěgniti*, meaning "to reach" or "to attain" |
| Somali | The Somali word "guul" shares roots with the Arabic word "ghul" referring to a demon that steals children on the night of their birth. |
| Spanish | "Logro" derives from the Latin "locrum," meaning "gain" or "profit." |
| Sundanese | Sundanese word "prestasi" also means "doing work" or "working on something". |
| Swahili | The word "mafanikio" is derived from the Arabic word "falaaha" meaning "success" or "prosperity". |
| Swedish | Prestation can also mean 'compensation' and is used e.g. in the context of parental allowance ('föräldraprestation'). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Mga nakamit" means "achievements" and is a plural of "nakamit" which means "to accomplish". |
| Tajik | The word "дастовард" also means "certificate" or "diploma" in Tajik. |
| Telugu | The word "సాధన" (sādhana) in Telugu also refers to a spiritual practice or discipline. |
| Thai | The word "ความสำเร็จ" can also mean "success" or "completion." |
| Turkish | The word "kazanım" is also used to refer to "income" in the Turkish language. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "досягнення" comes from the Proto-Slavic root "*dosęgъ", which also means "reach" or "attainment". |
| Urdu | The word "کامیابی" comes from the Persian word "کام" meaning "desire" and the Arabic suffix "ی" indicating "state or condition". Thus, "کامیابی" literally means "the state of having one's desires fulfilled". |
| Uzbek | The word "muvaffaqiyat" ultimately derives from the Arabic word "wafā", meaning "fulfillment"} |
| Vietnamese | The word "thành tích" in Vietnamese could also mean "marks" when used in an academic context. |
| Welsh | The word 'cyflawniad' is also used to refer to a fulfilment or realization of a goal or purpose. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'impumelelo' also carries the connotation of 'success, victory, or triumph' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "דערגרייה" is derived from the Slavic word "dorgat" and can also mean "to accomplish" or "to reach". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "aṣeyọri" is derived from the root "ṣe" (to do, to make) and "ọrọ" (word, speech), implying an achievement that has been spoken about and brought into reality. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, "impumelelo" can also refer to the act of completing a task or project. |
| English | "Achievement" comes from the Old French word "achieve" which meant something "to complete" or "to attain". |