Afrikaans adviseer | ||
Albanian këshillë | ||
Amharic ይመክር | ||
Arabic نصيحة | ||
Armenian խորհուրդ տալ | ||
Assamese পৰামৰ্শ দিয়া | ||
Aymara amuyt'awi | ||
Azerbaijani məsləhət ver | ||
Bambara ka laadi | ||
Basque aholkatu | ||
Belarusian параіць | ||
Bengali পরামর্শ | ||
Bhojpuri सलाह | ||
Bosnian savjet | ||
Bulgarian съветвам | ||
Catalan aconsellar | ||
Cebuano tambagi | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 劝告 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 勸告 | ||
Corsican cunsiglià | ||
Croatian savjetovati | ||
Czech radit, podat zprávu | ||
Danish rådgive | ||
Dhivehi ނަޞޭޙަތްދިނުން | ||
Dogri सलाह् | ||
Dutch adviseren | ||
English advise | ||
Esperanto konsili | ||
Estonian nõustada | ||
Ewe ɖo aɖaŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) payuhan | ||
Finnish neuvoo | ||
French conseiller | ||
Frisian advisearje | ||
Galician aconsellar | ||
Georgian რჩევა | ||
German beraten | ||
Greek συμβουλεύω | ||
Guarani moñe'ẽ | ||
Gujarati સલાહ | ||
Haitian Creole konseye | ||
Hausa ba da shawara | ||
Hawaiian aʻoaʻo | ||
Hebrew לייעץ עצה | ||
Hindi सलाह देना | ||
Hmong qhia | ||
Hungarian tanácsol | ||
Icelandic ráðleggja | ||
Igbo nye ndụmọdụ | ||
Ilocano balakadan | ||
Indonesian menasihati | ||
Irish comhairle a thabhairt | ||
Italian consigliare | ||
Japanese アドバイス | ||
Javanese menehi saran | ||
Kannada ಸಲಹೆ ನೀಡಿ | ||
Kazakh кеңес беріңіз | ||
Khmer ណែនាំ | ||
Kinyarwanda mungire inama | ||
Konkani सल्लो | ||
Korean 권하다 | ||
Krio advays | ||
Kurdish şêwirîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕاوێژ | ||
Kyrgyz кеңеш берүү | ||
Lao ແນະ ນຳ | ||
Latin consilium | ||
Latvian ieteikt | ||
Lingala toli | ||
Lithuanian patarkite | ||
Luganda okuwabula | ||
Luxembourgish beroden | ||
Macedonian советува | ||
Maithili विचार | ||
Malagasy manoro hevitra | ||
Malay menasihati | ||
Malayalam ഉപദേശിക്കുക | ||
Maltese parir | ||
Maori tohutohu | ||
Marathi सल्ला | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯛ ꯄꯤꯕ | ||
Mizo finchhuah | ||
Mongolian зөвлөгөө өгөх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကြံပေး | ||
Nepali सल्लाह | ||
Norwegian rådgi | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kulangiza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପରାମର୍ଶ ଦିଅ | | ||
Oromo gorsa | ||
Pashto مشوره ورکول | ||
Persian توصیه | ||
Polish doradzać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aconselhar | ||
Punjabi ਸਲਾਹ | ||
Quechua kunay | ||
Romanian recomanda | ||
Russian советовать | ||
Samoan fautua | ||
Sanskrit परामर्श | ||
Scots Gaelic comhairle a thoirt | ||
Sepedi eletša | ||
Serbian саветовати | ||
Sesotho ho eletsa | ||
Shona rayira | ||
Sindhi صلاح ڏيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උපදෙස් දෙන්න | ||
Slovak poradiť | ||
Slovenian svetovati | ||
Somali talin | ||
Spanish asesorar | ||
Sundanese mamatahan | ||
Swahili shauri | ||
Swedish ge råd | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) payuhan | ||
Tajik маслиҳат | ||
Tamil ஆலோசனை | ||
Tatar киңәш итегез | ||
Telugu సలహా ఇవ్వండి | ||
Thai ให้คำแนะนำ | ||
Tigrinya ምኽሪ | ||
Tsonga xitsundzuxo | ||
Turkish öğüt vermek | ||
Turkmen maslahat ber | ||
Twi (Akan) tu fo | ||
Ukrainian порадити | ||
Urdu مشورہ دینا | ||
Uyghur مەسلىھەت بېرىڭ | ||
Uzbek maslahat bering | ||
Vietnamese khuyên nhủ | ||
Welsh cynghori | ||
Xhosa cebisa | ||
Yiddish רעקאָמענדירן | ||
Yoruba imọran | ||
Zulu ukweluleka |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "adviseer" can also mean "to give a warning" or "to counsel". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "këshillë" is derived from the Proto-Albanian word "*kъnsilja", meaning "consultation, deliberation, counsel, or advice." |
| Amharic | The root መክር (“advice”) also means “to weave” or “to plot”. |
| Arabic | "نصيحة" (advise) comes from the Arabic root "نصح" (to tell the truth), and can also mean "sincere advice" or "counsel". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "məsləhət ver" also means "consultation" or "counsel" in the context of seeking advice. |
| Basque | "Aholkatu" can also mean "to guide" or "to direct" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "параіць" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *poraditi, meaning "to give advice or counsel". It also has the alternate meaning of "to recommend". |
| Bengali | পরামর্শ derives from the Sanskrit "upa-mṛś" meaning "to consult" or "confer with" |
| Bosnian | The word 'savjet' in Bosnian shares the same root as the Sanskrit term 'sabhā' meaning 'meeting' or 'assembly'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "съветвам" (advise) also means "to give advice". |
| Catalan | The Catalan term "aconsellar" originates from the Late Latin verb "consilĭāre", meaning "deliberate, consult, advise." |
| Cebuano | In other related Austronesian languages and dialects, "tambagi" means "to give medicine". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 劝告 (quanguao) is a Chinese word that, in addition to its primary meaning of "advise," can also mean "admonition" or "warning." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 勸告 is also a word for "to encourage" and has a similar etymology as "inspire" (勸: to persuade, 告: to speak). |
| Corsican | The etymology of the word "cunsiglià" is uncertain, but it may derive from the Latin word "consilium", meaning "advice". |
| Croatian | The word 'savjetovati' comes from the Proto-Slavic root *sъvьtь, which also meant 'council, advice, or assembly'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "radit, podat zprávu" can also mean "to recommend" or "to give guidance." |
| Danish | In Danish the word "rådgive" (advise) comes from the noun "råd" (advice), which is related to the German "Rat" and the English "rede" (speech). |
| Dutch | The word "adviseren" in Dutch originated from the Latin word "advertere", meaning "to turn towards" or "to take notice of". |
| Esperanto | The word "konsili" is derived from the Latin word "consulere", meaning "to consult" or "to deliberate". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "nõustada" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "*nüštada", meaning "to push" or "to urge". |
| Finnish | The word "neuvoo" is also used in Finnish to refer to a consultation or a piece of advice. |
| French | "Conseiller" derives from the Latin "concilium", meaning both "meeting" and "assembly". |
| Frisian | The verb "adviseurje" in Western Frisian can mean both "to advise", as well as "to accuse". |
| Galician | The word "aconsellar" derives from the Latin "consilium" (advice), and is related to the Galician words "conselleiro" (advisor) and "concello" (council). |
| Georgian | "Rcheva" also means "advice" in the modern Georgian language. |
| German | The verb "beraten" is derived from the Middle High German word "beräten", meaning "to consider" or "to deliberate". |
| Greek | The Greek verb "συμβουλεύω" originated from the words "σύν" (together), referring to "with others," and "βουλή" (a council) |
| Gujarati | Derived from the Arabic word 'salaha' meaning 'to consult' or 'to seek advice', 'સલાહ' also carries the connotation of 'guidance' or 'recommendation' in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | Konseye, meaning "to advise" in Haitian Creole, derives from the French word "conseiller". |
| Hausa | The word ba da shawara, meaning 'to advise', originates from the Arabic word 'Shurah', which refers to consultation or discussion. |
| Hawaiian | In addition to "advise", "aʻoaʻo" can also mean "teach", "preach", or "warn". |
| Hebrew | This idiom is derived from the term "עֵצָה טוֹבָה" (good advice) originating from the root ע.צ.ה, which also means "wood" or "tree". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "सलाह देना" (advise) derives from an Arabic word, originally meaning to give counsel or guidance. |
| Hmong | In one of the many Hmong dialects, "qhia" also means "to talk," similar to "xyaum xov." |
| Hungarian | The word "tanácsol" is derived from the Turkic "tanışmak" ("to advise, to talk"). |
| Icelandic | Ráðleggja traces back to the Old Norse word "ráðleggja," meaning "to take counsel with," and is related to the word "ráð," meaning "counsel" or "advice." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'nye ndụmọdụ' also translates as 'give guidance', underscoring the holistic nature of counsel. |
| Indonesian | "Menasihati" comes from the Arabic word "nasiha" (advice, counsel), which also has the connotation of "warning" or "exhortation". |
| Irish | The word "comhairle a thabhairt" can also mean "to take counsel", "to consult", or "to deliberate". |
| Italian | The word "consigliare" likely derives from the Latin "consulere", meaning "to deliberate, consult, or advise." |
| Japanese | The word アドバイス "advise" in Japanese comes from the English word "advise" and originally meant "advice". |
| Javanese | The word 'menehi saran' in Javanese comes from the root word 'wenehi' which means 'to give' and 'saran' which means 'advice' or 'suggestion'. |
| Khmer | The word "ណែនាំ" in Khmer can also mean "to guide" or "to direct." |
| Korean | "권하다" originally meant "to roll up" or "to wind up," suggesting the idea of guiding or directing someone's actions. |
| Kurdish | The word "şêwirîn" in Kurdish also means "to counsel", "to guide", and "to make wise". |
| Lao | “ແນະ ນຳ” is a loanword of two words from the Thai language and in Lao has the same meaning and same pronunciation as in Thai (แนะนำ). |
| Latin | The Latin word "consilium" also means "assembly" or "council". It is related to the concept of "taking counsel" with others. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "ieteikt" also means "to introduce" or "to recommend." |
| Lithuanian | The word "patarkite" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *peh₂t-, meaning "to advise, to counsel, to persuade." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "beroden" derives from the French word "berauder", meaning "to cheat" or "to swindle". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "советува" is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb "*sъvętovati", meaning "to advise" or "to deliberate". |
| Malagasy | The word 'manoro hevitra' in Malagasy literally translates to 'to give an idea' or 'to suggest', highlighting its role in providing guidance and insight. |
| Malay | The Malay word "menasihati" originally meant "to tell a story", and still carries this meaning in certain contexts. |
| Malayalam | ഉപദേശിക്കുക is also used in Malayalam to mean 'to give religious instructions', and it is derived from the Sanskrit words 'upa' (near) and 'desh' (to show), meaning 'to teach or guide someone'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "parir" can also mean "to give birth" or "to lay eggs". |
| Maori | In Maori, 'tohutohu' also means to encourage, to support, or to give counsel or guidance. |
| Marathi | Derived from the Persian word "salah" meaning "counsel" or "consultation". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "အကြံပေး" is also a word for a person who is giving advice, such as a psychiatrist, a therapist, a consultant, a lawyer or a financial advisor. |
| Nepali | सल्लाह' (advice) originates from the Persian word 'salaah,' meaning 'consultation, counsel, or suggestion.']} |
| Norwegian | The word "rådgi" in Norwegian is related to the Old Norse word "ráð", meaning "advice" or "counsel." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kulangiza' has roots in 'kulunga,' meaning 'to show,' 'guide,' or 'instruct'. |
| Pashto | The word "مشوره ورکول" in Pashto is also used to mean "to consult" or "to discuss". |
| Persian | "توصيه" is a loanword from Arabic meaning "command" or "advice" and is related to the root "و ص ي" which can mean "to give advice". |
| Polish | The verb "doradzać" derives from the Proto-Slavic "*dorъ", meaning "dear" or "precious". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Aconselhar" has a similar origin to the English word "council", as it ultimately derives from the Latin "concilium", meaning "assembly" or "council." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਲਾਹ" comes from the Sanskrit word "śāla", meaning "hall" or "assembly", and is related to the words "salle" (French) and "sala" (Spanish), both meaning "hall" or "room". |
| Romanian | Recomanda is often confused with `recomand`, but they are actually two different words with different etymologies and meanings. |
| Russian | The Russian word "советовать" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*sъvětъ", which originally meant "council" or "assembly". |
| Samoan | The word 'fautua' also means a mentor that gives advice in Samoan and some other Polynesian languages. |
| Scots Gaelic | The verb "comhairle a thoirt" in Scots Gaelic can also mean "to consult" or "to deliberate". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'саветовати' also means 'to advise', but it can also mean 'to consult' or 'to deliberate'. |
| Sesotho | In addition to "advise," "ho eletsa" can also mean "counsel," "recommend," or "instruct". |
| Shona | The word "rayira" in Shona is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "-laya" meaning "to speak". It can also mean "to warn" or "to counsel". |
| Sindhi | صلاح ڏيو (Salah Dio) in Sindhi literally means "give advice," "guide," "suggest," or "recommend." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, the term "උපදෙස් දෙන්න" not only denotes "advising" but also carries the nuance of providing guidance, counseling, and instruction. |
| Slovak | The word "poradiť" comes from the Proto-Slavic verb "*poraditi", meaning "to help, assist, or support." |
| Slovenian | The word "svetovati" can also mean "to counsel" or "to guide" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "talin" in Somali ultimately derives from Arabic "talā" meaning "to order" or "to command". |
| Spanish | Asesorar means 'to advise' in Spanish, and derives from the Latin word 'adsedere' meaning 'to sit beside', referring to the role of an advisor as someone who sits beside a ruler or other important person to provide counsel. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "mamatahan" has an ancient alternative meaning, namely, "to beat someone up". |
| Swahili | The word "shauri" in Swahili can also mean "news" or "rumor". |
| Swedish | The word "ge råd" in Swedish originally meant "to give advice from one's experience or knowledge", but now it has a more general meaning of just "to advise". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "payuhan" also means "to counsel" or "to consult." |
| Tajik | The Persian word "maslahat" is the etymological origin of this term. |
| Tamil | The word "ஆலோசனை" evolved from the Sanskrit root word "आलोचन" (ālocan), meaning "discussing, considering, or scrutinizing". |
| Telugu | The word సలహా ఇవ్వండి (advise) is derived from the Old French word 'adviser' (from the Latin verb 'ad-vidēre', meaning 'to foresee' or 'to see to'). |
| Thai | The Thai word "ให้คำแนะนำ" can also mean "to give instructions" or "to provide guidance." |
| Turkish | The verb "öğüt vermek" originally meant "to grind" or "to crush into small pieces," and is cognate with the word "öğüt" ("advice"), which comes from the same root and originally meant "ground grain" or "flour." |
| Ukrainian | The word "порадити" in Ukrainian is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *porad-, meaning "advice" or "help". |
| Urdu | Urdu word مشورہ دینا traces back to Persian and Arabic and has an alternate meaning - consultation. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "maslahat berish" can also refer to "giving an opinion" or "offering a suggestion." |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "khuyên nhủ" comes from the Chinese idiom "勸 諭", meaning "admonition". It also carries the connotation of "urging or persuading someone". |
| Welsh | The word "cynghori" also means "to counsel" or "to deliberate" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word 'cebisa' in Xhosa can also refer to the act of instructing or providing guidance. |
| Yiddish | רעקאָמענדירן, a Yiddish word, has roots in the German words “rāt,” or advice, and “râmen,” meaning to recommend or advise. |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word “imọran” means both “to advise” and “a person who is sent to advise or warn a person” |
| Zulu | Ukweluleka is derived from the root word 'ukula' (to speak) and 'ukuleka' (to put in order). |
| English | The word 'advise' can also mean to inform or give notification. |