Afrikaans administrateur | ||
Albanian administratori | ||
Amharic አስተዳዳሪ | ||
Arabic مدير | ||
Armenian ադմինիստրատոր | ||
Assamese প্ৰশাসক | ||
Aymara administrador ukaxa | ||
Azerbaijani idarəçi | ||
Bambara ɲɛmɔgɔ ye | ||
Basque administratzailea | ||
Belarusian адміністратар | ||
Bengali প্রশাসক | ||
Bhojpuri प्रशासक के रूप में काम कइले बानी | ||
Bosnian administrator | ||
Bulgarian администратор | ||
Catalan administrador | ||
Cebuano tigdumala | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 管理员 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 管理員 | ||
Corsican amministratore | ||
Croatian administrator | ||
Czech správce | ||
Danish administrator | ||
Dhivehi އެޑްމިނިސްޓްރޭޓަރެވެ | ||
Dogri प्रशासक ने दी | ||
Dutch beheerder | ||
English administrator | ||
Esperanto administranto | ||
Estonian administraator | ||
Ewe dɔdzikpɔla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tagapangasiwa | ||
Finnish järjestelmänvalvoja | ||
French administrateur | ||
Frisian behearder | ||
Galician administrador | ||
Georgian ადმინისტრატორი | ||
German administrator | ||
Greek διαχειριστής | ||
Guarani administrador rehegua | ||
Gujarati એડમિનિસ્ટ્રેટર | ||
Haitian Creole administratè | ||
Hausa mai gudanarwa | ||
Hawaiian luna hoʻomalu | ||
Hebrew מנהל | ||
Hindi प्रशासक | ||
Hmong cov thawj coj | ||
Hungarian adminisztrátor | ||
Icelandic stjórnandi | ||
Igbo onye nchịkwa | ||
Ilocano administrador ti administrador | ||
Indonesian administrator | ||
Irish riarthóir | ||
Italian amministratore | ||
Japanese 管理者 | ||
Javanese pangurus | ||
Kannada ನಿರ್ವಾಹಕರು | ||
Kazakh әкімші | ||
Khmer អ្នកគ្រប់គ្រង | ||
Kinyarwanda umuyobozi | ||
Konkani प्रशासक | ||
Korean 관리자 | ||
Krio administreta | ||
Kurdish birêvebir | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەڕێوەبەر | ||
Kyrgyz администратор | ||
Lao ຜູ້ບໍລິຫານ | ||
Latin administrator | ||
Latvian administrators | ||
Lingala mokambi ya makambo | ||
Lithuanian administratorius | ||
Luganda omuddukanya emirimu | ||
Luxembourgish administrator | ||
Macedonian администратор | ||
Maithili प्रशासक | ||
Malagasy mpandrindra | ||
Malay pentadbir | ||
Malayalam അഡ്മിനിസ്ട്രേറ്റർ | ||
Maltese amministratur | ||
Maori kaiwhakahaere | ||
Marathi प्रशासक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯗꯃꯤꯅꯤꯁ꯭ꯠꯔꯦꯇꯔ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯊꯕꯛ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo administrator a ni | ||
Mongolian администратор | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးမှူး | ||
Nepali प्रशासक | ||
Norwegian administrator | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wotsogolera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରଶାସକ | ||
Oromo bulchaa | ||
Pashto منتظم | ||
Persian مدیر | ||
Polish administrator | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) administrador | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ | ||
Quechua kamachiq | ||
Romanian administrator | ||
Russian администратор | ||
Samoan pule | ||
Sanskrit प्रशासकः | ||
Scots Gaelic rianadair | ||
Sepedi molaodi wa molao | ||
Serbian администратор | ||
Sesotho motsamaisi | ||
Shona maneja | ||
Sindhi ايڊمنسٽريٽر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිපාලක | ||
Slovak správca | ||
Slovenian skrbnik | ||
Somali maamule | ||
Spanish administrador | ||
Sundanese pangurus | ||
Swahili msimamizi | ||
Swedish administratör | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tagapangasiwa | ||
Tajik маъмур | ||
Tamil நிர்வாகி | ||
Tatar администратор | ||
Telugu నిర్వాహకుడు | ||
Thai ผู้ดูแลระบบ | ||
Tigrinya ኣመሓዳሪ | ||
Tsonga mufambisi | ||
Turkish yönetici | ||
Turkmen administrator | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔhwɛfo | ||
Ukrainian адміністратор | ||
Urdu ایڈمنسٹریٹر | ||
Uyghur باشقۇرغۇچى | ||
Uzbek ma'mur | ||
Vietnamese người quản lý | ||
Welsh gweinyddwr | ||
Xhosa umlawuli | ||
Yiddish אַדמיניסטראַטאָר | ||
Yoruba alakoso | ||
Zulu umphathi |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "administrateur" has the same etymology as the English word "administrator," but can also refer to a provincial governor or a member of a regulatory board. |
| Albanian | "Administratori" can also mean a church administrator or a university administrator. |
| Arabic | The word "مدير" can also mean "director" in certain contexts. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word ադմինիստրատոր (administrator) is derived from the Latin word administrator, which in turn is derived from the verb administrare, meaning "to serve" or "to manage." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "idarəçi" is derived from the Persian word "idarə", meaning "administration" or "management", and the suffix "-çi", which denotes a person or agent. |
| Basque | The Basque term "administratzailea" is derived from the Latin "administrare," meaning "to manage" or "to take care of." |
| Belarusian | The word "адміністратар" can be used as a noun or adjective, and has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it is used. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "প্রশাসক" (prashashak) is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रशासक" (prashasaka), which means "ruler" or "governor." |
| Bosnian | The word "administrator" in Bosnian can also refer to a type of court official. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "администратор" can also refer informally to a church warden or a parish priest. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word “administrador” comes from the Latin word “administrare”, meaning “to manage”. |
| Cebuano | The word "tigdumala" comes from the root word "dumala" and the prefix "tig-", and can also mean "one who is obeyed" or "one who is respected". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 管理员 is the most common translation of "administrator", but can also mean "moderator" or "manager" |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 管理員 can also refer to a person who manages a building or apartment complex. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "amministratore" can also refer to a clergyman who administers sacraments or a politician in charge of public affairs. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'administrator' also refers to a person who manages a company's finances. |
| Czech | The word "správce" can also mean "manager", "steward" or "overseer" in English. |
| Danish | In Danish, "administrator" can also mean "executor" or "liquidator". |
| Dutch | In Dutch 'beheerder' also refers to system administrators, managers, and caretakers, but not to site moderators or network admins. |
| Esperanto | "Administranto" can also be used to mean "executor" in the sense of someone who executes a will. |
| Estonian | The word "administraator" is derived from Latin "administrare" (to manage or administer) and is cognate with numerous other words in various languages. |
| Finnish | "Järjestelmänvalvoja" is formed from the words "järjestelmä" (system) and "valvoja" (overseer). |
| French | The word "administrateur" can also refer to a director or governor of a company or organization. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "behearder" is cognate with the English word "herd" and was originally used to refer to someone who managed a herd of animals. |
| Galician | The Galician word "administrador" also means "steward" or "manager" in English. |
| German | In German, "Administrator" can also refer to a legal guardian of an incompetent person. |
| Greek | The Greek word "διαχειριστής" can also mean "manager" or "supervisor". |
| Gujarati | In English (and similar to ‘minister’), the word ‘administrator’ also originates from Latin origins and means ‘servant’.”} |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word "administratè" can also mean a "director" or a "manager". |
| Hausa | The Hausa term 'mai gudanarwa' has an alternative meaning of 'one who arranges' or 'one who manages'. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, luna can also refer to 'lord', 'ruler', 'master' or 'foreman'. |
| Hebrew | מנהל is an acronym for "מנחה הלכה" - a person who teaches halacha (Jewish Law). |
| Hindi | In Sanskrit, the term 'प्रशासक' also signifies someone who governs or has authority over a region. |
| Hmong | Cov thawj coj is not an administrator in the Western sense, but rather a leader of a clan, which can be a small number of families or several thousand people. |
| Hungarian | "Adminisztrátor" is a loanword from Latin, where "administrare" means "to manage". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "stjórnandi" is derived from the verb "stjórna" meaning "to control" or "to govern". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, "onye nchịkwa" can also refer to a person responsible for managing or taking care of something, such as a farm or household. |
| Indonesian | The word 'administrator' comes from the Latin word 'administrare,' which means 'to serve' or 'to manage'. |
| Irish | In Old Irish, the word "riarthóir" is a derivative of the verb "ríagu" meaning "to distribute." |
| Italian | The word "amministratore" can also mean "executor" of a will in Italian. |
| Japanese | 管理者, a Japanese word that also means 'director' or 'supervisor', comes from the Chinese word 管理員. |
| Javanese | The archaic term "pangurus" comes from the Sanskrit term "pangr̥" which means "to feed". It is cognate with the Malay and Indonesian term "pengurus" and the Philippine "pangulong". In the past, it was applied to the rulers and leaders of the Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms of Indonesia and Malaysia. |
| Kannada | The term "ನಿರ್ವಾಹಕರು" (administrator) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "nirvaha", meaning "to carry out" or "to manage". |
| Kazakh | The word "әкімші" also refers to a person who manages a particular area or organization. |
| Korean | 관리자(administrator)는 본래 '관리'와 '자'의 합성어로 '일을 처리하는 사람'이란 뜻을 가짐. |
| Kurdish | The word "birêvebir" is thought to derive from the Kurdish word "bir" (brother), suggesting a sense of familial responsibility and care in the role of an administrator. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "администратор" also refers to a person who coordinates and manages the affairs of an organization or institution. |
| Latin | The Latin word "administrator" can also mean "steward" or "executor of a will." |
| Latvian | Administrators (administrator) is also a word in Latvian, with the same meaning |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "administratorius" stems from the Latin "administrare," meaning "to manage or take care of." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Administrateur" can also refer to a managing director or a government official. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "администратор" also means "manager" or "person in charge of something". |
| Malagasy | The word "mpandrindra" in Malagasy originally meant "he who arranges," suggesting its role in organizing and managing. |
| Malay | "Pentadbir" in Malay also refers to a person responsible for managing or regulating an organization or activity. |
| Maltese | The word "amministratur" in Maltese is derived from the Latin word "administrator", meaning "one who manages or administers." |
| Maori | Kaiwhakahaere, a Maori word for 'administrator' and derived from "to cause to go" |
| Marathi | The word "प्रशासक" in Marathi originally meant "a person who gives orders" or "a ruler". |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, "администратор" can also refer to a secretary or assistant. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The first syllable, အုပ်, is similar to that of other Southeast Asian languages like Khmer, where it means to hold or to cover. |
| Nepali | In Sanskrit, the word "प्रशासक" can also mean "ruler," "governor," or "manager." |
| Norwegian | The word "administrator" in Norwegian can also refer to a parish priest. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "wotsogolera" literally means "one who is in front". |
| Pashto | The word "منتظم" can also mean "regular" or "orderly" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word “مدیر” is the Persian cognate of the Arabic word “مدير,” meaning "one who administers". |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "administrator" can also refer to a person who manages a building or a property. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "administrador" derives from the Latin word "administrare", meaning "to serve, manage, or take care of". The term is also used to refer to a person who manages a company, organization, or institution. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "administrator" can also refer to a priest or a manager of a monastery. |
| Russian | The Russian word "администратор" originates from the Latin "administrator," meaning "overseer" or "manager." |
| Samoan | "Pule" is also cognate with the Maori word "whare" which means "house" and the Tahitian word "fare" with the same meaning. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "rianadair" in Scots Gaelic comes from the Old Irish word "ríanaire," meaning "ruler" or "lord." |
| Serbian | The word "администратор" (administrator) in Serbian also means "manager" or "director" and comes from the Latin word "administrare" (to manage). |
| Sesotho | Motsamaisi is derived from the verb "tsamaya" (to walk) and means "one who walks in front, leading others". |
| Shona | In Shona, "maneja" can also mean "driver" or "supervisor." |
| Sindhi | The word "ايڊمنسٽريٽر" is derived from the Latin word "administrare," meaning "to manage" or "to take care of." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "පරිපාලක" (administrator) is derived from Sanskrit and means "protector" or "guardian". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "správca" also has meanings related to property management and governance. |
| Slovenian | The word 'skrbnik' in Slovenian is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *skorb-, meaning 'care' or 'protection'. |
| Somali | In older forms of Somali, 'maamule' could also mean 'supervisor' or 'foreman'. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "administrador" can also refer to a person who manages a property or estate, or to a person who oversees the finances of a company or organization. |
| Sundanese | "Pangurus" derives from the Sanskrit word "pang" for "protect" and "urus" for "affairs." |
| Swahili | The word "msimamizi" is derived from the Arabic word "mudawwir," which means "manager" or "supervisor." |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "administratör" can also refer to a person who manages a computer system or network. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "tagapangasiwa" is derived from the root words "pangat" (power or authority) and "siwa" (nine). |
| Tajik | The word "маъмур" can also mean "builder" or "architect" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | நிர்வாகி is derived from the Sanskrit word 'niyoga', meaning 'to appoint', and also refers to a person in charge of a religious institution or a temple. |
| Telugu | It is derived from the Sanskrit "nirvaha", meaning "execution" or "maintenance." |
| Thai | The Thai word "ผู้ดูแลระบบ" is also used to refer to system administrators in computer systems. |
| Turkish | "Yönetici" comes from the verb "yönetmek" which means "to manage" or "to administer". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word «адміністратор» can also mean «system administrator», «moderator» or «webmaster». |
| Urdu | The Urdu word |
| Uzbek | The word 'ma'mur' is also used to describe a caretaker or custodian of a property. |
| Vietnamese | It was originally used as a Buddhist term meaning "one who guides others toward nirvana" |
| Welsh | The word "gweinyddwr" can also refer to a trustee or executor. |
| Xhosa | In the context of a legal process or court case, umlawuli can also refer to an executor or trustee handling a deceased person's estate or property |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אַדמיניסטראַטאָר" is derived from the Latin word "administrator", meaning "manager" or "overseer". |
| Yoruba | Ala means to spread, so denotes the spreading of knowledge or governance to various people. |
| Zulu | "Umphathi" also means "ruler" or "overseer" in Zulu. |
| English | The word administrator is derived from the Latin word 'administratio', meaning 'management' or 'governance'. |