Afrikaans voordeel | ||
Albanian avantazh | ||
Amharic ጥቅም | ||
Arabic مميزات | ||
Armenian առավելություն | ||
Assamese সুবিধা | ||
Aymara aski | ||
Azerbaijani üstünlük | ||
Bambara nafa | ||
Basque abantaila | ||
Belarusian перавага | ||
Bengali সুবিধা | ||
Bhojpuri लाभ | ||
Bosnian prednost | ||
Bulgarian предимство | ||
Catalan avantatge | ||
Cebuano bentaha | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 优点 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 優點 | ||
Corsican vantaghju | ||
Croatian prednost | ||
Czech výhoda | ||
Danish fordel | ||
Dhivehi ފައިދާ | ||
Dogri लाह् | ||
Dutch voordeel | ||
English advantage | ||
Esperanto avantaĝo | ||
Estonian eelis | ||
Ewe ŋusẽkpᴐkpᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kalamangan | ||
Finnish etu | ||
French avantage | ||
Frisian foardiel | ||
Galician vantaxe | ||
Georgian უპირატესობა | ||
German vorteil | ||
Greek πλεονέκτημα | ||
Guarani yvytu | ||
Gujarati ફાયદો | ||
Haitian Creole avantaj | ||
Hausa amfani | ||
Hawaiian pōmaikaʻi | ||
Hebrew יתרון | ||
Hindi फायदा | ||
Hmong qhov zoo dua | ||
Hungarian előny | ||
Icelandic kostur | ||
Igbo uru | ||
Ilocano bentahe | ||
Indonesian keuntungan | ||
Irish buntáiste | ||
Italian vantaggio | ||
Japanese 利点 | ||
Javanese kauntungan | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಯೋಜನ | ||
Kazakh артықшылығы | ||
Khmer អត្ថប្រយោជន៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda akarusho | ||
Konkani फायदो | ||
Korean 이점 | ||
Krio bɛnifit | ||
Kurdish berjewendî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سوود | ||
Kyrgyz артыкчылык | ||
Lao ປະໂຫຍດ | ||
Latin advantage | ||
Latvian priekšrocība | ||
Lingala litomba | ||
Lithuanian pranašumas | ||
Luganda ekirungi kya | ||
Luxembourgish virdeel | ||
Macedonian предност | ||
Maithili फायदा | ||
Malagasy tombony | ||
Malay kelebihan | ||
Malayalam നേട്ടം | ||
Maltese vantaġġ | ||
Maori painga | ||
Marathi फायदा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯟꯅꯕ ꯐꯪꯕ | ||
Mizo hamthatna | ||
Mongolian давуу тал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အားသာချက် | ||
Nepali फाइदा | ||
Norwegian fordel | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mwayi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସୁବିଧା | ||
Oromo bu'aa | ||
Pashto ګټه | ||
Persian مزیت - فایده - سود - منفعت | ||
Polish korzyść | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vantagem | ||
Punjabi ਫਾਇਦਾ | ||
Quechua llalliy | ||
Romanian avantaj | ||
Russian преимущество | ||
Samoan lelei | ||
Sanskrit लाभ | ||
Scots Gaelic buannachd | ||
Sepedi mohola | ||
Serbian предност | ||
Sesotho molemo | ||
Shona mukana | ||
Sindhi فائدو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වාසිය | ||
Slovak výhoda | ||
Slovenian prednost | ||
Somali faa'iido | ||
Spanish ventaja | ||
Sundanese kauntungannana | ||
Swahili faida | ||
Swedish fördel | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kalamangan | ||
Tajik бартарӣ | ||
Tamil நன்மை | ||
Tatar өстенлек | ||
Telugu ప్రయోజనం | ||
Thai ความได้เปรียบ | ||
Tigrinya ጥቅሚ | ||
Tsonga nkateko | ||
Turkish avantaj | ||
Turkmen artykmaçlygy | ||
Twi (Akan) animkɔ kwan | ||
Ukrainian перевага | ||
Urdu فائدہ | ||
Uyghur ئەۋزەللىكى | ||
Uzbek afzallik | ||
Vietnamese lợi thế | ||
Welsh mantais | ||
Xhosa uncedo | ||
Yiddish מייַלע | ||
Yoruba anfani | ||
Zulu inzuzo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Voordeel" in Afrikaans can also refer to "knowledge" or the "upper hand" in a situation. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "avantazh" is derived from the Italian word "vantaggio" meaning "benefit" or "profit". |
| Amharic | The word "ጥቅም" can also mean "profit" or "benefit". |
| Arabic | مميزات comes from the Arabic root ميز meaning 'to differ, distinguish', and also means 'features' in modern Arabic |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "üstünlük" not only means "advantage" but also "excellence" in quality or position, "preeminence" as a result of inherent qualities, and "superiority" over others due to power, influence, or status. |
| Basque | In the game of Mus, an "abantaila" is a situation where a player has two cards of the same number and a third card belonging to the same suit. |
| Belarusian | As in many of the Slavic languages, the word перавага may refer to the 'weight,' 'bulk,' or 'size' of a person or group, as well as being 'better' or more 'effective.' |
| Bengali | সুবিধা, যাকে সংস্কৃত থেকে ধার করা হয়েছে, বোঝায় সহজের উপলব্ধতা। |
| Bosnian | The word "prednost" in Bosnian originally meant "priority", which also implies "advantage". |
| Bulgarian | The word "предимство" can also refer to the right of way in traffic or a preferential right to something. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "avantatge" can also refer to a favourable position or opportunity |
| Cebuano | The word 'bentaha' is derived from the Spanish word 'ventaja', which also means 'advantage'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, "优点" (yōudiǎn) also means "virtue" or "merit". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The second character "點" in "優點" is also used in the word "缺點" (disadvantage), indicating an objective evaluation of qualities. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "vantaghju" (advantage) derives from the Italian "vantaggio" which refers to the favourable height of the position occupied by an army. |
| Croatian | In Serbo-Croatian, "prednost" also means "priority." |
| Czech | "Výhoda" is historically related to "výhybka", meaning "switch" (a track on a railway), and "výhodný" (advantageous) has originally meant "suitable for switching". |
| Danish | "Fordel" is derived from the Old Danish word "fordæle", which means "to divide". |
| Dutch | Voordeel derives from "voor" (before) and "deel" (part), and thus originally referred to a preferential share of a harvest. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "avantaĝo" originally meant "a thing that precedes" a commercial transaction, from "antaŭ" "before" + "aĵo" "thing." |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "eelis" can also mean "edge" or "border", reflecting its origin from the Proto-Finnic word "*e̯elĕ-" meaning "front". |
| Finnish | "Etu" can also mean "front" or "first" in Finnish. |
| French | The French word "avantage" comes from the Latin "advantagium", meaning "an excess" or "a superiority". |
| Frisian | Foardiel in Frisian comes from a cognate of the German word "Vorteil", or "profit or gain" |
| Galician | The word 'vantaxe' comes from the Latin 'vantagium', meaning 'advantage', 'benefit' or 'gain' |
| German | "Vorteil" comes from the Italian phrase "a far suo pro," meaning "to be for my benefit." |
| Greek | The word πλεονέκτημα (advantage) comes from the Greek words πλέον (more) and ἔχω (I have), meaning "having more". It can also refer to superiority, privilege, or an advantageous position. |
| Gujarati | "ફાયદો" is a loanword from the Arabic "fayda", which also means "profit". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "avantaj" in Haitian Creole also means "benefit", "profit", or "use". |
| Hausa | The word "amfani" in Hausa can also mean "benefit" or "profit". |
| Hawaiian | The word "pōmaikaʻi" can also refer to good luck or fortune. |
| Hebrew | The verb יתרון means either "to be left over" or "to be superior". |
| Hindi | फायदा (Hindi) traces its etymology to the Arabic word 'fāidah', meaning 'benefit' or 'gain'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "qhov zoo dua" derives from the words "qhov zoo" (good thing) and "dua" (above), meaning something that brings benefit from a superior position. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "előny" derives from "elő" (forward) and "nyom" (pressure), originally referring to an advantageous position in battle. |
| Icelandic | Kostur's other meanings include 'choice' and 'share', both deriving from the Old Norse word 'kost', meaning 'portion' or 'lot'. |
| Igbo | "Uru" can mean "to surpass" or "to be ahead of" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | "Keuntungan" also means "profit" or "gain" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | "Buntáiste" may also mean "advantage granted to somebody by fortune or luck." |
| Italian | The Italian word "vantaggio" derives from the Latin "vantagium", which means "superiority or benefit". |
| Japanese | 利点 comes from the Chinese word “利益” (lìyì), which refers to benefit, profit or gain. |
| Javanese | The word 'kauntungan' in Javanese also refers to 'gain' or 'profit'. |
| Kannada | The word "ಪ್ರಯೋಜನ" (prayojana) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रयोजन" (prayojana), meaning "purpose" or "use". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "артықшылығы" derives from the verb "арту" meaning "to increase" and thus literally translates to "a property of increase". |
| Korean | '이점' also means 'a difference' in Korean, which stems from its Chinese roots. |
| Kurdish | The word "berjewendî" is a derivative of the Farsi word "behravandi", meaning "profit" or "benefit." |
| Lao | The word "ປະໂຫຍດ" (advantage) comes from the Sanskrit word "upahita" meaning "obtained, acquired, or gained". |
| Latin | The Latin word "adventus" means "arrival" or "coming" and is the origin of the word "advantage". |
| Latvian | The term 'priekšrocība' is also used for a right granted to use the property of another or a thing owned by the community. |
| Lithuanian | The word "pranašumas" is related to the Sanskrit word "prana", meaning "breath" or "life force". |
| Luxembourgish | The etymology of "Virdeel" is closely related to similar words for "profit" and "gain" in other Germanic languages. |
| Macedonian | "Предност" can also mean "merit" or "priority". |
| Malagasy | The word "tombony" in Malagasy also has the meaning of "good luck" or "fortune". |
| Malay | The Malay word "kelebihan" originates from the Sanskrit word "kalpa," meaning "merit" or "virtue." |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "നേട്ടം" can also mean "gain" or "profit". |
| Maltese | 'Vantaġġ' in Maltese derives from the Italian 'vantaggio' ('advantage'), itself from the Latin 'vantare' ('to boast') + '-aggio' (suffix indicating an action or result); its alternate meaning as 'difference' or 'remainder' is a later sense originating from the arithmetic meaning of 'difference' ('remainder'). |
| Maori | The word 'painga' can also refer to a 'stake' or 'post' |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "फायदा" can also mean "benefit" or "profit". |
| Mongolian | The word "давуу тал" can also mean "victory" or "success" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "फाइदा" (faida) has Persian roots and can also mean "profit" or "benefit". |
| Norwegian | The term derives from Proto-Germanic *furþilaz and can also refer to a gain in value or a favorable position |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "mwayi" (advantage) also refers to luck, success, and prosperity. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ګټه" can also mean "profit" or "gain". |
| Persian | The word "مزیت" can also mean "edge" or "excellence" in Persian. |
| Polish | The Polish word "korzyść" has Slavic roots, possibly derived from the Proto-Slavic word *koriti, meaning "to use" or "to exploit." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "vantagem" also means "superiority" and "favorable position" |
| Punjabi | ਫਾਇਦਾ is used in Punjabi to mean both advantage and profit, showing its historical connection to the concept of trade and material benefit. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "avantaj" also means "head start" or "edge over someone else," deriving from the French word "avantage" with the same meanings. |
| Russian | The word "преимущество" also means "preference" and originates from the Old Church Slavonic word "преимѫщество", which means "superiority". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "lelei" (advantage) also means "good", sharing an etymology with the words in other Polynesian languages such as "maika'i" (Hawaiian), "mālosi" (Tongan), and "vinaka" (Fijian). |
| Scots Gaelic | "Buannachd" has other senses in Scots Gaelic, like "luck" and "profit." |
| Serbian | The word "предност" is also used in Serbian to mean "priority" or "precedence".} |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "Molemo" is derived from the root "-lema", meaning "to be strong" or "to be powerful."} |
| Shona | The word "mukana" can also mean "chance" or "opportunity" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi "فائدو" is the Sindhi form of the Persian "فرع","farr", meaning "offspring; issue; child of a concubine." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "වාසිය" can also mean 'the act or position of living in or using a particular place' or 'a room or place to live in' |
| Slovak | The word "výhoda" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*vygoda", which meant "benefit" or "profit". |
| Slovenian | "Prednost" is also the Slovenian term for a bus lane. |
| Somali | The word 'faa'iido' in Somali can also refer to 'grace', 'profit', 'utility', or 'benefit'. |
| Spanish | "Ventaja" also means "selling" in Spanish, while in Portuguese it means "window". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "Kauntungannana" also refers to the surplus portion that one receives when returning borrowed money or goods. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "faida" can also mean "benefit" or "profit". |
| Swedish | "Fördel" can also refer to a type of card game played in Sweden. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kalamangan" is derived from the Malay word "kelamaan", meaning "benefit". It is also used in Tagalog with the same meaning, as well as to refer to a "win" or "victory" in competitive situations. |
| Tajik | The word "бартарӣ" can also refer to "excellence" or "superiority" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | "நன்மை" in Tamil can also mean "good" or "benefit". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "ప్రయోజనం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रयोजन". It can also mean "benefit" or "purpose". |
| Thai | The word "ความได้เปรียบ" can also mean "edge" or "upper hand". |
| Turkish | "Avantaj" derives, through Turkish, ultimately from Persian meaning "anything which aids" or "a gift." |
| Ukrainian | The word "перевага" also has the meaning of "superiority" or "preponderance". |
| Uzbek | The word "afzallik" derives from "afzal" meaning "better" or "more superior." |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "lợi thế" literally translates to "profit position" or "beneficial position". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "mantais" relates to the phrase "mae naid i ti," meaning "there is need on you". |
| Xhosa | The word "uncedo" in Xhosa also refers to the act of assisting or helping someone. |
| Yiddish | מייַלע can also imply 'it doesn't matter' or mean 'by the way', in addition to its primary sense, 'an advantage'. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "anfani" can also mean "opportunity" or "benefit". |
| Zulu | Inzuzo, meaning "advantage," also means "to get out ahead of." |
| English | The word "advantage" comes from the Latin word "adventus," which means "arrival" or "approach". |