Aid in Different Languages
Discover 'Aid' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Aid
Afrikaans hulp | ||
Albanian ndihma | ||
Amharic እርዳታ | ||
Arabic مساعدة | ||
Armenian օգնություն | ||
Assamese সাহায্য | ||
Aymara yanapa | ||
Azerbaijani yardım | ||
Bambara dɛmɛ | ||
Basque laguntza | ||
Belarusian дапамога | ||
Bengali সাহায্য | ||
Bhojpuri सहायता | ||
Bosnian pomoć | ||
Bulgarian помощ | ||
Catalan ajuda | ||
Cebuano tabang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 援助 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 援助 | ||
Corsican aiutu | ||
Croatian pomoć | ||
Czech pomoc | ||
Danish hjælpe | ||
Dhivehi އެހީ | ||
Dogri मदाद | ||
Dutch steun | ||
English aid | ||
Esperanto helpo | ||
Estonian abi | ||
Ewe kpeɖeŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tulong | ||
Finnish apu | ||
French aide | ||
Frisian helpmiddel | ||
Galician axuda | ||
Georgian დახმარება | ||
German hilfe | ||
Greek βοήθεια | ||
Guarani pytyvõ | ||
Gujarati સહાય | ||
Haitian Creole èd | ||
Hausa taimako | ||
Hawaiian kōkua | ||
Hebrew סיוע | ||
Hindi सहायता | ||
Hmong pab | ||
Hungarian támogatás | ||
Icelandic aðstoð | ||
Igbo enyemaka | ||
Ilocano tulong | ||
Indonesian membantu | ||
Irish cúnamh | ||
Italian aiuto | ||
Japanese 援助 | ||
Javanese pitulung | ||
Kannada ನೆರವು | ||
Kazakh көмек | ||
Khmer ជំនួយ | ||
Kinyarwanda imfashanyo | ||
Konkani मजत | ||
Korean 도움 | ||
Krio ɛp | ||
Kurdish alîkarî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هاوکاری | ||
Kyrgyz жардам | ||
Lao ການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອ | ||
Latin auxilium | ||
Latvian atbalstu | ||
Lingala lisungi | ||
Lithuanian pagalba | ||
Luganda okuyamba | ||
Luxembourgish hëllef | ||
Macedonian помош | ||
Maithili सहायता | ||
Malagasy fanampiana | ||
Malay pertolongan | ||
Malayalam സഹായം | ||
Maltese għajnuna | ||
Maori awhina | ||
Marathi मदत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯦꯡꯕꯥꯡ | ||
Mizo tanpuina | ||
Mongolian тусламж | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကူအညီ | ||
Nepali सहायता | ||
Norwegian bistand | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) thandizo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସହାୟତା | ||
Oromo gargaarsa | ||
Pashto مرسته | ||
Persian کمک | ||
Polish pomoc | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ajuda | ||
Punjabi ਸਹਾਇਤਾ | ||
Quechua yanapay | ||
Romanian ajutor | ||
Russian помощь | ||
Samoan fesoasoani | ||
Sanskrit सहायता | ||
Scots Gaelic cobhair | ||
Sepedi thušo | ||
Serbian помоћ | ||
Sesotho thuso | ||
Shona rubatsiro | ||
Sindhi امداد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආධාර | ||
Slovak pomoc | ||
Slovenian pomoč | ||
Somali gargaar | ||
Spanish ayuda | ||
Sundanese bantosan | ||
Swahili misaada | ||
Swedish hjälpa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tulong | ||
Tajik кӯмак | ||
Tamil உதவி | ||
Tatar ярдәм | ||
Telugu సహాయం | ||
Thai ช่วยเหลือ | ||
Tigrinya ረድኤት | ||
Tsonga mpfuno | ||
Turkish yardım | ||
Turkmen kömek | ||
Twi (Akan) mmoa | ||
Ukrainian допомога | ||
Urdu امداد | ||
Uyghur ياردەم | ||
Uzbek yordam | ||
Vietnamese viện trợ | ||
Welsh cymorth | ||
Xhosa uncedo | ||
Yiddish הילף | ||
Yoruba iranlowo | ||
Zulu usizo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "hulp" shares the same Old Saxon and Old High German roots as the English word "help". |
| Albanian | "Ndihmë" also means "help" in Albanian, and is cognate with "помощь" in Russian and "помог" in Bulgarian. |
| Amharic | "እርዳታ" can have additional meanings such as "support" and "help." |
| Arabic | Assistance (from the root word `'awn` meaning help or aid) is often a form of financial, material, or advisory support given to a person, group, or country |
| Azerbaijani | The word "yardım" in Azerbaijani also means "help" and it derives from the Old Turkic word "yardam" meaning "help" or "support." |
| Basque | The word 'laguntza' is also used in Basque to mean 'help', 'assistance' or 'support', and derives from the verb 'lagundu', meaning 'to accompany', 'to assist' or 'to help'. |
| Belarusian | The etymology of 'дапамога' in Belarusian may be related to the word 'помощь' in Russian, both meaning 'help'. |
| Bengali | সাহায্য (sahayyô) can also mean assistance, help, cooperation, support, or succor. |
| Bosnian | The word "pomoć" can also refer to a "rescue" or "help". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "помощ" also shares a root with the Russian word "помочь" which means "to aid". |
| Catalan | "Ajuda" is also a variant spelling of "aigua," meaning "water" in Catalan, and is related to the Spanish "agua" |
| Cebuano | The word "tabang" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "tabang" meaning "to help". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 援助, from the Chinese characters '援' (help) and '助' (assist), can also refer to "assistance" or "support". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "援助" (Aid) also means "help" or "assistance". |
| Corsican | The word “aiutu” in Corsican is derived from the Latin word “adiutus”, which means “assistance”. The Corsican word “aiutu” has similar meanings to its Latin root, including “aid”, “help”, or “assistance”. |
| Croatian | The word pomoć derives from the Proto-Slavic root *pomog-ti, which is likely to be of Indo-European origin, and cognate with the words help and помощь (pomoshch). |
| Czech | Czech "pomoc" comes from a Proto-Slavic root "*pomogti" which also gave rise to other Slavic languages'} |
| Danish | The term "hjælpe" in Danish comes from the Old Norwegian word "hjalp," which translates to "need\." |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "steun" is derived from the Middle Dutch word "steenen", meaning "to support" or "to prop up". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "helpo" originated from the Polish word "helpa" and its ultimate ancestor, "help". |
| Estonian | The Estonian loanword "abi" has an alternate meaning of "ability". |
| Finnish | The word "apu" can also refer to a male friend or comrade, or to a servant or helper. |
| French | In French, "aide" can also mean "assistant" or "helper." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "helpmiddel" is a compound of "help" and "middel" (meaning "way" or "means"), suggesting its role in providing assistance. |
| Galician | Axuda is a cognate with 'help' in English, with which it shares root Indo-European *kel-. In Spanish, 'ayuda' also derives from this root. |
| German | From Middle High German "hilfe," which is ultimately related to Gothic "hilp," and thus to the English word "help" |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word 'βοηθέω' ('boētheō') means 'to come to someone's aid'. In Modern Greek, 'βοήθεια' ('boētheia') specifically means 'aid' or 'help'. |
| Gujarati | "સહાય" can also mean help, assistance, support, and relief. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole's "èd" comes from the French word "aide," which also means "help." |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'taimako' derives from the Arabic 'taymak' meaning 'support'. |
| Hawaiian | "Kōkua" can also mean "help," "assistance," or "support" |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word סיוע means aid, but it can also refer to support, help, or assistance. |
| Hindi | The word "सहायता" ultimately derives from the Sanskrit word "साहा" meaning "assistance, strength" and "सहाय" meaning "helper, ally". |
| Hmong | In Hmong, there is a word “pab” which means “aid”. It can also be used to refer to a person who provides assistance. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "támogatás" also means "subsidy" or "sponsorship". |
| Icelandic | Aðstoð also means 'support' particularly in reference to a person. |
| Igbo | While 'enyemaka' directly means 'helper,' it can also mean 'help' and 'assistance.' |
| Indonesian | Membantu can also be used in the sense of helping someone in trouble or difficulty. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'cúnamh' is derived from the proto-Celtic root *kom- 'to gather' or 'to bring together'. |
| Italian | "Aiuto" is a back-formation from "aiutare", which in turn originated from the Latin root "adjutare," meaning "to help." |
| Japanese | The word "援助" can also mean "help" or "assistance" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | In Old Javanese, "pitulung" meant "a place for taking refuge" |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ನೆರವು' (neravu) also has the connotation of 'assistance', 'help', and 'support'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "kömek" is derived from the Proto-Turkic word *köm-, meaning "to support". |
| Khmer | The word "ជំនួយ" in Khmer can also mean "help" or "support". |
| Korean | The Korean word "도움" can also mean "help" or "assistance".} |
| Kurdish | "Alîkari" is a word with Persian roots meaning "help, support, assistance." It is cognate with the Arabic word "alîkār." In addition, it can mean "tool" or "equipment" in some contexts. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "жардам" can also refer to "support" or "assistance". |
| Latin | The Latin word "auxilium" (aid) shares the same root as "augere" (to increase) and "auctoritas" (authority), highlighting the connection between aid and power. |
| Latvian | Atbalstu, meaning 'aid' in Latvian, is derived from the word 'balsts' ('support') and shares its root with the word 'atbalsis' ('echo'). |
| Lithuanian | The word "pagalba" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*pag-", meaning "to protect" or "to watch over". |
| Luxembourgish | The word 'Hëllef' comes from the Proto-Germanic root '*hulpōn', which also appears in German 'Hilfe', Dutch 'hulp', and English 'help' |
| Macedonian | The word "помош" can also refer to a group of people who provide assistance or a specific action of providing help. |
| Malagasy | Fanampiana is also the name of a Malagasy traditional form of mutual aid, a kind of voluntary association for economic and social cooperation. |
| Malay | The word "pertolongan" comes from the root word "tolong," which means "to help" or "to assist." |
| Malayalam | The word 'സഹായം' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sahaya', meaning 'help' or 'assistance'. |
| Maltese | In the past, "għajnuna" was used in the context of divine aid as it was believed that "għajn" was derived from the Arabic verb "aana", meaning "to help", as a result of a folk etymology. |
| Maori | The word "awhina" in Maori means "help to stand up" or "to uplift". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "मदत" ("aid") is derived from the Sanskrit root "मद्" ("to help"), which also gives rise to the Hindi word "मदद" and the Persian word "مدد" ("assistance"). |
| Mongolian | The word "тусламж" is derived from the verb "туснах" (to help), and can also mean "assistance", "support", or "relief". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "အကူအညီ" means not only "aid" but also "help," "assistance," and "support," all derived from the Pali word "akasa" (space, ether, sky) and meaning "protection," "shelter," and "to help." |
| Nepali | "सहायता" has the same Sanskrit root (sahāyata) as "assistance" and "auxiliary" (both from Latin) |
| Norwegian | Bistand in Norwegian, meaning aid, comes from the Old Norse verb “bistanda”, meaning to assist or to support someone. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "thandizo" can also mean "help" or "assistance" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | In the Pashtun language, the word "مرسته" can also refer to a person who provides assistance or support. |
| Persian | The word "کمک" is derived from the Middle Persian word "kmk", meaning "help" or "assistance." |
| Polish | The word "pomoc" in Polish can also mean "help", "assistance", or "succor". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "ajuda" in Portuguese is derived from the Arabic word "al-judah", meaning "the help". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਸਹਾਇਤਾ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सहाय" (sahaya), meaning "help", and is also related to the Hindi word "सहयोग" (sahayog) |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "ajutor" also means "help" and "assistance." |
| Russian | Pomoshch also denotes 'assistance' and 'help', the latter being a translation of the Persian 'elpas' ('help') that entered Russian during the 16th century. |
| Samoan | The word "fesoasoani" in Samoan can also mean "assistance" or "support". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'cobhair' also means 'help', 'assistance', 'succour', or 'support'. |
| Serbian | "Pomoћ" comes from the verb "pomoći" which originates in Proto-Slavic *pomogti, *pomъgǫ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- "to protect". |
| Sesotho | Thuso derives from the Proto-Bantu form *thusu, meaning 'ask for help' or 'beg'. |
| Shona | The word "rubatsiro" can also refer to a helper or assistant. |
| Sindhi | The word "امداد" in Sindhi can also mean "help" or "assistance". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "ආධාර" [ādhāra] is cognate with "आधार" [ādhāra] in Sanskrit and can also mean "shelter" or "support". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "pomoc" originally meant "memory" or "remembrance". |
| Slovenian | "Pomoč" can mean "aid" or "help" in Slovenian, but it can also refer to a type of traditional Slovenian bread roll made with a potato dough. |
| Somali | The word "gargaar" in Somali can also mean "help" or "assistance". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "ayuda" derives from the Latin "adiutare", meaning "to assist" or "to give support." |
| Sundanese | The word "bantosan" in Sundanese can also refer to assistance or support. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "misaada" also refers to "help given in times of need" or "assistance". |
| Swedish | "Hjälpa" comes from the Old Norse word "hjalpa," which means both "aid" and "defend." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "tulong" can also refer to a form of traditional Filipino martial arts. |
| Tajik | The word "кӯмак" is derived from the Persian word "کمک" and ultimately from the Old Iranian word "*ham-kar-," meaning "to help," making it a cognate of the English word "help." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'உதவி' derives from the verb 'உதவுதல்' meaning 'to assist' and also shares a root with the word 'உதயம்' meaning 'sunrise'. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "సహాయం" derives from the Sanskrit root "saha", meaning "with", emphasizing the cooperative aspect of assistance. |
| Thai | "ช่วยเหลือ" also means "to help" in Thai. |
| Turkish | The word "yardım" is derived from the Persian word "yardam", meaning "assistance" or "help". It can also refer to a type of fabric or a measure of length (0.9144 meters). |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "допомога" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "pomošta", meaning "help, aid" |
| Urdu | "امداد" is derived from the Arabic word "مَدَد" which means "assistance" or "support", and can also refer to "help" or "relief". |
| Uzbek | The term “yordam” is also a shortened form of a phrase used in Islamic theology, “Yaratganimizning yordami bilan,” which translates to “with the help of the creator.” |
| Vietnamese | The word "viện trợ" can also refer to "support" or "assistance". |
| Welsh | The singular form of cymorth is cymhorth and, in Middle Welsh, the word denoted mutual help, especially in farming. |
| Xhosa | The word "Uncedo" in Xhosa can also refer to a mutual aid society or a voluntary association that provides support to its members. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "הילף" originally referred to divine aid or assistance from a higher power, not just general assistance or support. |
| Yoruba | "Iranlowo" can also mean "helper" or "helper spirit" and is related to the word "iran" ("to help") and "olowu" ("owner"). |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "usizo" is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "-soza," meaning "to save" or "to rescue. |
| English | The word "aid" comes from the Latin word "adjutare," meaning "to help." |