Afrikaans administrasie | ||
Albanian administrata | ||
Amharic አስተዳደር | ||
Arabic الادارة | ||
Armenian վարչարարություն | ||
Assamese প্ৰশাসন | ||
Aymara administración uka tuqita | ||
Azerbaijani idarəetmə | ||
Bambara marako siratigɛ la | ||
Basque administrazioa | ||
Belarusian адміністрацыя | ||
Bengali প্রশাসন | ||
Bhojpuri प्रशासन के बा | ||
Bosnian administracija | ||
Bulgarian администрация | ||
Catalan administració | ||
Cebuano administrasyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 行政 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 行政 | ||
Corsican amministrazione | ||
Croatian uprava | ||
Czech správa | ||
Danish administration | ||
Dhivehi އެޑްމިނިސްޓްރޭޝަން | ||
Dogri प्रशासन दा | ||
Dutch administratie | ||
English administration | ||
Esperanto administrado | ||
Estonian haldamine | ||
Ewe dɔdzikpɔkpɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pangangasiwa | ||
Finnish hallinto | ||
French administration | ||
Frisian bestjoer | ||
Galician administración | ||
Georgian ადმინისტრაცია | ||
German verwaltung | ||
Greek διαχείριση | ||
Guarani administración rehegua | ||
Gujarati વહીવટ | ||
Haitian Creole administrasyon | ||
Hausa gudanarwa | ||
Hawaiian hoʻomalu | ||
Hebrew מִנהָל | ||
Hindi शासन प्रबंध | ||
Hmong kev tswj hwm | ||
Hungarian adminisztráció | ||
Icelandic stjórnun | ||
Igbo nchịkwa | ||
Ilocano administrasion ti administrasion | ||
Indonesian administrasi | ||
Irish riarachán | ||
Italian amministrazione | ||
Japanese 管理 | ||
Javanese administrasi | ||
Kannada ಆಡಳಿತ | ||
Kazakh әкімшілік | ||
Khmer រដ្ឋបាល | ||
Kinyarwanda ubuyobozi | ||
Konkani प्रशासनाचें काम | ||
Korean 관리 | ||
Krio administreshɔn | ||
Kurdish birêvebirî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئیدارەدان | ||
Kyrgyz башкаруу | ||
Lao ການບໍລິຫານ | ||
Latin administratio | ||
Latvian administrācija | ||
Lingala administration ya administration | ||
Lithuanian administracija | ||
Luganda okuddukanya emirimu | ||
Luxembourgish administratioun | ||
Macedonian администрација | ||
Maithili प्रशासन के | ||
Malagasy fitantanan-draharaha | ||
Malay pentadbiran | ||
Malayalam ഭരണകൂടം | ||
Maltese amministrazzjoni | ||
Maori whakahaere | ||
Marathi प्रशासन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯗꯃꯤꯅꯤꯁ꯭ꯠꯔꯦꯁꯟ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo administration lam a ni | ||
Mongolian захиргаа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အုပ်ချုပ်ရေး | ||
Nepali प्रशासन | ||
Norwegian administrasjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kayendetsedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରଶାସନ | ||
Oromo bulchiinsa | ||
Pashto اداره | ||
Persian مدیریت | ||
Polish administracja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) administração | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਾਸਨ | ||
Quechua kamachiy | ||
Romanian administrare | ||
Russian администрация | ||
Samoan pulega | ||
Sanskrit प्रशासनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic rianachd | ||
Sepedi taolo ya taolo | ||
Serbian администрација | ||
Sesotho tsamaiso | ||
Shona utariri | ||
Sindhi انتظاميه | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිපාලනය | ||
Slovak administratíva | ||
Slovenian uprave | ||
Somali maamulka | ||
Spanish administración | ||
Sundanese administrasi | ||
Swahili utawala | ||
Swedish administrering | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pangangasiwa | ||
Tajik маъмурият | ||
Tamil நிர்வாகம் | ||
Tatar идарә итү | ||
Telugu పరిపాలన | ||
Thai การบริหาร | ||
Tigrinya ምምሕዳር | ||
Tsonga vufambisi | ||
Turkish yönetim | ||
Turkmen dolandyryş | ||
Twi (Akan) adwumayɛ ho nhyehyɛe | ||
Ukrainian адміністрація | ||
Urdu انتظامیہ | ||
Uyghur باشقۇرۇش | ||
Uzbek ma'muriyat | ||
Vietnamese quản trị | ||
Welsh gweinyddiaeth | ||
Xhosa ulawulo | ||
Yiddish אַדמיניסטראַציע | ||
Yoruba isakoso | ||
Zulu ukuphatha |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "administrasie" primarily refers to administration or governance but can also denote a formal group or body entrusted with managing certain affairs. |
| Albanian | Administrata is also the Albanian word for the area where the administration takes place, such as a municipality building. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "አስተዳደር" can also refer to the act of managing or organizing something. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "الادارة" ("administration") comes from the root word "دار" (meaning "house") and initially referred to the management of a household. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "idarəetmə" in Azerbaijani can also refer to "management" or "governance". |
| Basque | The Basque word "administrazioa" comes from the Latin "administratio", meaning "performance of a service". |
| Belarusian | The word "адміністрацыя" is often used in Belarus to refer to the government and its bureaucratic apparatus. |
| Bengali | The word "প্রশাসন" can also refer to the act of administrating or managing a religious or spiritual organization. |
| Bosnian | Administracija may refer to the collective group of civil servants or the building or office where they work. |
| Bulgarian | "Администрация" is derived from the Slavic word for "rule" or "governance," and it can also refer to a local government or the office of the mayor. |
| Catalan | Administració is also an old term used in Catalonia to refer to the government, especially the regional government of Catalonia. |
| Cebuano | In the Cebuano language, the word 'administrasyon' has an additional meaning as a form of government, referring to the executive branch, similar to the concept of 'administration' in English. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 行政 also refers to "ruling by the law" in classical Chinese and is used as an example in Cheng Zhu's discussion of the concept of the "rule of law" in his commentary on the Book of Rites |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 行政, originally used to refer to government orders or decrees, is now a more general term for administration. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, amministrazione can also refer to a particular type of traditional community meeting. |
| Croatian | The word upravljati, which means to administer in the sense of directing, guiding, and managing something, is related to upravljati in the sense of "to govern", which in turn came from upraviti in the sense of "to direct or turn", and ultimately goes back to praviti in the sense of "to make" and the Slavic root prav- meaning "right or correct"} |
| Czech | The word "správa" is also used in Czech to refer to management, governance, or trusteeship. |
| Danish | In Danish, "administration" can also refer to civil servants, the public service, or a government department. |
| Dutch | Though derived from the Latin “administrare,” the Dutch word “administratie” also signifies “bureaucracy” or “public service”. |
| Esperanto | "Administrador" can mean "administrator" or "managed" because it derives from the Latin word "administrare," which can mean both "to administer" and "to manage." |
| Estonian | In the past, “haldamine” also meant the government and the management of an estate. |
| Finnish | The word "hallinto" derives from the Proto-Finnic word "*halto" and it had the original meanings of "possession" and "rule". |
| French | In French, "administration" can also refer to the body of officials who manage a particular organization or territory. |
| Frisian | The word 'bestjoer' in Frisian derives from the Old Frisian word 'bestjûr' meaning 'law' or 'justice'. |
| Galician | Administration in Galician could also refer to the act of administering the Eucharist or holy orders, while in Spanish it refers to public administration or government. |
| German | The German word "Verwaltung" can also mean "management" or "economy". |
| Greek | "Διαχείριση" may also refer to managing a household, farm or other establishment, or to disposing or using something in a specific way. |
| Gujarati | વહીવટ (vahivat) comes from the Sanskrit word 'vihi' meaning 'to order' and 'vat' meaning 'a rule' or 'an order'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "administrasyon" can also refer to a government department or agency. |
| Hausa | "Gudanarwa" also means "governing" or "management" and derives from the root "guda" meaning "to govern, control, or direct." |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻomalu" also means "to protect or shelter" or "to manage or govern" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מִנהָל" also refers to an administrative division within a government or organization. |
| Hindi | The term "शासन प्रबंध" is derived from Sanskrit, where "शासन" means "governance" and "प्रबंध" means "management". |
| Hmong | The word "kev tswj hwm" is derived from the words "kev" (to control or manage) and "tswj hwm" (affairs or matters), suggesting the idea of overseeing and managing various aspects of a domain. |
| Hungarian | The word "adminisztráció" in Hungarian derives from the Latin verb "administrare", meaning "to manage" or "to fulfill". |
| Icelandic | The word "stjórnun" originates from the verb "stýra", meaning "to control," and originally referred to both the authority and the ability to execute such control. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "nchịkwa" also means "management" or "supervision". |
| Indonesian | The word "administrasi" in Indonesian is derived from the Dutch word "administratie". |
| Irish | The word "riarachán" can also mean "control", "management", or "governance" in Irish. |
| Italian | "Amministrazione" is a cognate of the French "administration" and the Spanish "administración", all of which derive from the Latin "administratio", meaning "management" or "governance". |
| Japanese | "管理" (administration) comes from the Chinese term "經理", meaning "to plan and manage". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "administrasi" not only refers to administration but also to the concept of "being tidy," "straightened," or "ordered." |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಆಡಳಿತ" also means "governance" or "government" in English. |
| Kazakh | "әкімшілік" (administration) comes from the Arabic word "حكم" (hukm, rule, command) and also means "government" or "bureaucracy". |
| Khmer | រដ្ឋបាល is derived from Sanskrit words, 'raj' and 'pal', meaning 'to rule' and 'to protect' respectively, which refers to the act of governing a state. |
| Korean | 관리 initially meant 'official affairs' in Korean, and it gained its current meanings by way of Chinese. |
| Kurdish | The term 'birêvebirî' has a dual meaning in Kurdish, also referring to a form of consensus decision-making among community elders. |
| Kyrgyz | The Turkic word "башкаруу" originally meant "leadership of a military detachment" in Old Turkic. |
| Latin | The Latin word "administratio" also means "ministry" or "service", and is related to the word "minister", which means "servant". |
| Latvian | The word "administrācija" originates from the Latin word "administrare" and originally meant "to serve" or "to take care of". |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian word "administracija" meaning "administration" is based on Latin word "administratio" meaning "administration" or "management". |
| Luxembourgish | The German word "Verwaltung" was borrowed into Luxembourgish as "Verwaltung" or "Verwaltung |
| Macedonian | The word "администрација" can also refer to the administrative organs or the apparatus of management. |
| Malagasy | The word 'fitantanan-draharaha' is derived from the words 'fitantana' (governance) and 'draharaha' (money), reflecting the historical role of administration in managing financial resources. |
| Malay | Pentadbiran in Malay also means management, governance, stewardship or direction. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word ഭരണകൂടം is derived from the Sanskrit words भरण (bharaṇa), meaning 'to support' or 'to maintain', and कूट (kūṭa), meaning 'a house' or 'a dwelling'. |
| Maltese | Maltese "amministrazzjoni" derives from the Italian word "amministrazione", which in turn comes from Latin "administratio" meaning "management" or "governance". |
| Maori | "Whakahaere" derives from "whaka" (to make) and "haere" (to go), signifying the guidance and movement involved in administration. |
| Marathi | "प्रशासन" in Marathi comes from the Sanskrit word "प्रशासन" meaning "to govern" or "to rule" |
| Mongolian | The word "захиргаа" comes from the Mongolian verb "захирах" (to organize, to manage), and also refers to the body of officials in charge of running an organization or government department. |
| Nepali | In Nepali, प्रशासन (prashasan) also means 'management' or 'governance'. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "administrasjon" also refers to the management of finances, particularly in a household or business context. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kayendetsedwe' originates from the verb 'kayendetsa', meaning 'to guide' or 'to lead'. |
| Pashto | The word "اداره" can also refer to a "bureau" or an "office" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "مدیریت" (administration) also connotes "guidance" and "leadership." |
| Polish | Administracja derives from Latin "administrare" meaning to serve or take care of, and was first used in Polish in the 16th century. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese "administração" can also refer to the body of administrators in charge of local authority affairs or in charge of the affairs of an organization. |
| Romanian | The word "administrare" is derived from the Latin word "administrare", which means "to manage" or "to take care of", and it retains this meaning in Romanian. |
| Russian | The word "администрация" can also refer to a state department or ministry. |
| Samoan | 'Pulega' is derived from the verb 'pule' meaning 'to govern' or 'to lead'. |
| Scots Gaelic | Rianachd is derived from the word "rian", meaning "law" or "rule". |
| Serbian | The word "администрација" can also refer to a government agency or department in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | "Tsamaiso" also means "leadership" or "command." |
| Shona | In traditional Shona society, the term "utariri" also referred to the delegation of responsibilities within a family or community. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "انتظاميه" (administration) is derived from the Arabic word "نظام" (nizam), meaning "order" or "organization". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පරිපාලනය" is derived from the Sanskrit word "परिपालন" which means "to protect, to care for, or to preserve." |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "administratíva" can also refer to bureaucracy or paperwork. |
| Slovenian | The word "uprave" in Slovenian is a noun that means "government" or "administration." |
| Somali | Maamulka is also used to refer to the process of administering or managing something. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "administración" can also mean "stewardship" or "management". |
| Sundanese | The word "administrasi" in Sundanese also means "governance" or "leadership". |
| Swahili | The word "utawala" in Swahili can also refer to government or a ruling class. |
| Swedish | Swedish "administrering" originally referred to the giving of drugs, and still does in a medical context. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'pangangasiwa' traces its roots to the Malay word 'pangawasan', which means 'supervision' or 'oversight'. |
| Tajik | The word "маъмурият" is derived from the Persian word "معموری" meaning "inhabitation" or "cultivation". |
| Telugu | The term “పరిపాలన” (administration) is derived from the Sanskrit word “परीपालन” (protection, preservation). |
| Thai | The word "การบริหาร" can also refer to the process of managing or controlling something, such as a business or organization. |
| Turkish | Yönetim is also used as a more general term meaning "governance" or "management" |
| Ukrainian | "Адміністрація" derives from Latin "administratio", meaning "service" or "guidance", and originally referred to religious management and governance in monasteries. |
| Urdu | Derived from Arabic "nidhaam", "nizam", meaning order, system, arrangement, regulation. |
| Uzbek | The word "ma'muriyat" also means "clerical work" or "bureaucracy" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Quản trị" is related to the word "quản lý" (management) but has a broader meaning related to the organization and control of a system or enterprise. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'gweinyddiaeth' comes from the Latin word 'administratio' and originally referred to the act of assisting or serving. |
| Xhosa | It is a loanword from the isiZulu word 'ulawulo', originating from the Afrikaans 'administrasie' (administration). |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "אַדמיניסטראַציע" derives from the Latin "administrare" (manage, control), implying a position of power or oversight, while in English, "administration" denotes a wider range of managerial tasks. |
| Yoruba | The verb 'isakoso' also means 'to act according to a pattern or system'. |
| Zulu | The term "ukuphatha" in Zulu is derived from the verb "ukuphatha," meaning "to hold" or "to take care of," implying a position of authority or responsibility. |
| English | In addition to government or management, "administration" can also mean "the act of giving medication or treatment." |