Aide in Different Languages
Discover 'Aide' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Aide
Afrikaans hulp | ||
Albanian ndihmë | ||
Amharic መርዳት | ||
Arabic مساعدة | ||
Armenian օգնություն | ||
Assamese aide | ||
Aymara yanapiri | ||
Azerbaijani kömək edin | ||
Bambara dɛmɛbaga | ||
Basque lagundu | ||
Belarusian дапамагчы | ||
Bengali সাহায্য | ||
Bhojpuri सहायक के बा | ||
Bosnian pomoć | ||
Bulgarian помогне | ||
Catalan ajuda | ||
Cebuano tabang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 救命 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 救命 | ||
Corsican aiutu | ||
Croatian pomozite | ||
Czech pomoc | ||
Danish hjælp | ||
Dhivehi އެހީތެރިޔާ އެވެ | ||
Dogri सहायक | ||
Dutch helpen | ||
English aide | ||
Esperanto helpi | ||
Estonian abi | ||
Ewe kpeɖeŋutɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) katulong | ||
Finnish auta | ||
French aide | ||
Frisian help | ||
Galician axuda | ||
Georgian დახმარება | ||
German hilfe | ||
Greek βοήθεια | ||
Guarani pytyvõhára | ||
Gujarati મદદ | ||
Haitian Creole ede | ||
Hausa taimaka | ||
Hawaiian kōkua | ||
Hebrew עֶזרָה | ||
Hindi मदद | ||
Hmong pab | ||
Hungarian segítség | ||
Icelandic hjálp | ||
Igbo enyemaka | ||
Ilocano katulongan | ||
Indonesian tolong | ||
Irish cabhrú | ||
Italian aiuto | ||
Japanese 助けて | ||
Javanese nulungi | ||
Kannada ಸಹಾಯ | ||
Kazakh көмектесіңдер | ||
Khmer ជួយ | ||
Kinyarwanda umufasha | ||
Konkani सहाय्यक | ||
Korean 도움 | ||
Krio aide | ||
Kurdish alîkarî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) یاریدەدەر | ||
Kyrgyz жардам | ||
Lao ຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອ | ||
Latin auxilium | ||
Latvian palīdzība | ||
Lingala mosungi | ||
Lithuanian pagalba | ||
Luganda omuyambi | ||
Luxembourgish hëllefen | ||
Macedonian помош | ||
Maithili सहायक | ||
Malagasy vonjeo | ||
Malay menolong | ||
Malayalam സഹായിക്കൂ | ||
Maltese għajnuna | ||
Maori awhina | ||
Marathi मदत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯗ | ||
Mizo aide a ni | ||
Mongolian туслаач | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကူညီပါ | ||
Nepali मद्दत | ||
Norwegian hjelp | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) thandizeni | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସହାୟକ | ||
Oromo gargaaraa | ||
Pashto مرسته | ||
Persian کمک | ||
Polish wsparcie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) socorro | ||
Punjabi ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ | ||
Quechua yanapaq | ||
Romanian ajutor | ||
Russian помогите | ||
Samoan fesoasoani | ||
Sanskrit सहायकः | ||
Scots Gaelic cuideachadh | ||
Sepedi mothuši | ||
Serbian помоћ | ||
Sesotho thusa | ||
Shona batsira | ||
Sindhi مدد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උදව් | ||
Slovak pomoc | ||
Slovenian pomoč | ||
Somali i caawi | ||
Spanish ayuda | ||
Sundanese tulung | ||
Swahili msaada | ||
Swedish hjälp | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tulungan | ||
Tajik кумак | ||
Tamil உதவி | ||
Tatar ярдәмчесе | ||
Telugu సహాయం | ||
Thai ช่วยด้วย | ||
Tigrinya ሓጋዚ | ||
Tsonga mupfuni | ||
Turkish yardım | ||
Turkmen kömekçisi | ||
Twi (Akan) aide, ɔboafo | ||
Ukrainian допомогти | ||
Urdu مدد | ||
Uyghur ياردەمچى | ||
Uzbek yordam | ||
Vietnamese cứu giúp | ||
Welsh help | ||
Xhosa nceda | ||
Yiddish הילף | ||
Yoruba egba mi o | ||
Zulu usizo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "hulp" also means "help" in Dutch and is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "hulpan". |
| Albanian | Etymology: From Arabic نداء (nidāʾ, "call for help"). |
| Amharic | The word "መርዳት" can also refer to a "guardian"} |
| Arabic | "مُساعدة" is the Arabic word for assistance, help, or aiding someone, but it also means "easy" or "convenient". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "kömək edin" in Azerbaijani can also mean "to help" or "to assist". |
| Basque | The Basque word "lagundu" can also mean "to help"} |
| Belarusian | The word "дапамагчы" is derived from the word "дапамога" meaning "help". It can also mean "assistance" or "aid". |
| Bengali | The word "সাহায্য" (aide) is derived from the Sanskrit word "sahayata", meaning "help" or "assistance." |
| Bosnian | In Serbian, "pomoć" can also refer to a "first aid kit". |
| Bulgarian | The word "помогне" in Bulgarian derives from the Proto-Slavic word "*pomogti" meaning "to help," related to the Lithuanian word "pamaka", meaning "assistance". |
| Catalan | In Portuguese, "ajuda" means both "aide" and "help". |
| Cebuano | "Tabang" can also mean "help" or "assistance", and is related to the Tagalog word "tulong" and the Indonesian word "tolong." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "救命" not only means "aide", but also "lifesaver". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "救命" comes from "救死" (save life) and "扶危" (help the needy). |
| Corsican | Corsican "aiutu" is similar to Romanian "ajut", Spanish "ayudar" and Portuguese "ajudar", all stemming from the Latin root "adjutare", meaning "to help" or "to assist". |
| Croatian | The word "pomozite" in Croatian also means "help" or "assistance". |
| Czech | Pomoc is also used in other Slavic languages, like Polish, and has the same meaning of help or assistance. |
| Danish | The word "Hjælp" is derived from the Old Norse word "hjalp", which means "help" or "assistance". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "helpen" is derived from the Old English word "helpan", which means "to assist". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "helpi" is derived from the Latin word "helpare," meaning "to help." |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "abi" means both "aide" and "help," reflecting its dual role as both a person and an abstract noun. |
| Finnish | The word "auta" is related to the word "avata," meaning "to help," and also to the word "auttaa," meaning "to assist." |
| French | The word "aide" in French can also refer to an assistant or a helper who provides non-medical support to another person. |
| Frisian | In West Frisian, "help" also means "side". |
| Galician | In Portuguese, "ajuda" (help) comes from the Arabic word "saada" (assistance). |
| German | The word "Hilfe" is derived from the Old High German word "hilfa," which means "battle," and is related to the English word "help." |
| Greek | "βοήθεια" comes from the ancient Greek word "βοηθέω," meaning "to aid, help, or assist." |
| Gujarati | The word 'મદદ' can also mean 'help' or 'assistance' in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "ede" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a "helper", "assistant", or "servant". |
| Hausa | The word "taimaka" originates from the Arabic word "tay'a", meaning "support" or "assistance". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word 'kōkua' comes from the Polynesian root 'koko', meaning 'help' or 'assist'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "עֶזרָה" (aide) derives from the root עזר "to help," and can also refer to a courtyard or sanctuary. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "मदद" comes from the Arabic "مدد" (madad) meaning "help" or "succour". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "Pab" means "elder brother" and can also describe someone who is "in charge" or has a leadership role. |
| Hungarian | The word "Segítség" also means "rescue" or "help to improve" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "hjálp" in Icelandic is related to the Old Norse word "hjalp," which means "help" or "aid. |
| Igbo | The name 'Enyemaka' is also used as a title for someone who is a personal assistant or helper. |
| Indonesian | The word "tolong" may also be used as an interjection expressing urgency or desperation. |
| Irish | The word "cabhrú" comes from the Gaelic word "cabhair," meaning "help," and is also used to refer to a "helpline" or "resource." |
| Italian | The word "aiuto" in Italian also means "help" or "assistance." |
| Japanese | The word "助けて" (tasukete) is also an exclamation used to ask for help and is derived from the verb "助ける" (tasukeru), meaning "to help". |
| Javanese | Nulungi (Javanese for aide) derives from the root word 'luntur', denoting the removal of stains or blemish, suggesting the aide's role in erasing difficulties or shortcomings. |
| Kannada | The word "ಸಹಾಯ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सहाय" (sahaya), which means "help, assistance, or ally." |
| Khmer | The word "ជួយ" in Khmer can also mean "to assist" or "to help". |
| Korean | The word 도움 originally meant "help" or "assistance," but it has also come to be used in the sense of "aide" or "assistant." |
| Kurdish | The word "alîkarî" comes from the Kurdish word "alî", meaning "help", and the Persian suffix "-karî", meaning "one who does something". It can also mean "assistant" or "secretary". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "жардам" or "жардамчы" in other Turkic languages such as Uzbek also refers to an "assistant" who would accompany a wealthy individual in the pre-Soviet era, with whom a patron-client relationship of mutual aid persisted. |
| Latin | The root - auxilium - signifies 'an increase,' something added for the sake of adding strength and completeness |
| Latvian | The word "palīdzība" is derived from the Latvian word "palīdzēt," meaning "to help," and is closely related to the Russian word "помощь" (pomoshch), meaning "aid." |
| Lithuanian | The word "pagalba" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂egʷʰ-, meaning "to move quickly". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "hëllefen" derives from the Old High German word "hëlfan", meaning "to help", and is cognate with the English word "help". |
| Macedonian | The word "помош" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *pomogo, which also means "to help". |
| Malagasy | "Vonjeo" can also refer to a traditional Malagasy healing ceremony. |
| Malay | "Menolong" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian "*tulong" meaning "to help". |
| Malayalam | The word "സഹായിക്കൂ" can also mean "help" or "to assist". It is derived from the Sanskrit word "sahaya". |
| Maltese | The alternate meaning of "għajnuna" is an eye, which relates to the Arabic term "ayn" for "eye" and the term "għajn" for "spring". |
| Maori | Awhina also means help, support, assistance, aid, relief, rescue, reinforcement, strength, help in time of need, protection, and patronage |
| Marathi | The word 'मदत' ('aide') in Marathi derives from the Sanskrit word 'मदति' ('help, assistance'). |
| Mongolian | The word 'Туслаач' can also mean 'assistant' or 'helper'. |
| Nepali | This Urdu word also means "help" and "assistance" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "hjelp" may come from the same root as the English word "help," or it may derive from the Old Norse words "hjálp" or "hjalpa." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "Thandizeni" can also refer to an assistant or someone who provides support. |
| Pashto | The word 'مرسته' can also refer to a person who provides support or assistance. |
| Persian | The Persian word "کمک" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂eǵʰ- " meaning "to help". |
| Polish | The Polish word "Wsparcie" comes from the Old Polish root "wart" meaning "support". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Despite meaning "aide" in Portuguese, "Socorro" also means "help" in Spanish. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "Ajutor" originates from the Latin "Adjutor," meaning "helper." |
| Russian | The word “Помогите" (aide) is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word “помощь" (aid), which in turn comes from the Proto-Slavic word *pomogti, meaning “to help”. |
| Samoan | The word “fesoasoani” has additional meanings, such as “to serve” and “to obey”. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "cuideachadh" can also refer to support, assistance, or care. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word “pomoć” not only means “help”, but can also be a “servant” or even a “child” and stems from the root *pom-, found in many Slavic languages like Old Church Slavonic “помощь”, meaning “aid, help”. |
| Sesotho | "Thusa" means "help" or "assist" in Sesotho, and is thought to be derived from the Bantu root "tuz-", meaning "to draw together" or "to join." |
| Shona | "Batsira" can also be used to refer to an assistant or someone who provides support. |
| Sindhi | The word "مدد" also means "help" or "support" in Arabic. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "උදව්" (aide) in Sinhala is derived from the Sanskrit word "uddhāra", meaning "to liberate", "to help", or "to support". It is also related to the Pali word "uddhava", meaning "to assist" or "to help". |
| Slovak | "Pomoc" is also an archaic word for "remember". |
| Slovenian | It can also refer to 'help' or 'support' |
| Somali | "I caawi" can also mean an object or tool used for a certain task. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "ayuda" comes from the Latin "adjutare," meaning "to help" or "to assist." |
| Sundanese | "Tulung" also means "help" and "assistance" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | Msaada is derived from the Arabic word 'saada' meaning 'help' or 'assistance' and is often used in Swahili to refer to financial or material support. |
| Swedish | The word "hjälp" is derived from the Old Norse word "hjalp", meaning "aid" or "assistance" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'tulungan' ('aide') is derived from the root word 'tulong' ('help'), which also means 'assistance', 'aid', 'support', 'relief', and 'assistance' in English. |
| Tajik | The word "Кумак" can also refer to a "brother-in-law" or a "godfather" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | உதவி is derived from the Tamil word உதவ, which means 'to assist' or 'to help', and is cognate with the Telugu word సాయం (sayam) and the Kannada word ಸಹಾಯ (sahaya). |
| Telugu | సహాయం (aide) is derived from the French word "aide" meaning "help" or "assistance". |
| Thai | The word "ช่วยด้วย" in Thai also means "help" in English. |
| Turkish | The word "yardım" derives from the Persian "yār" (friend) and the Arabic "mad" (help). |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "допомогти" is cognate with the Russian word "помочь", and both derive from the Proto-Slavic word *pomogti, which also has the meaning of "to help". |
| Urdu | The word "مدد" (aide) has its origins in the Arabic word "مد" (extension) and signifies providing support and assistance. |
| Uzbek | Yordam is also used in the sense of "assistance to a disabled person". |
| Vietnamese | "Cứu giúp" derives from Chinese " cứu"(save) and "giúp"(help). |
| Welsh | The word "help" derives from the Old English word "helpan," which also means "to assist" or "to protect." |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "Nceda" can also mean "help" or "assistance." |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "הילף" not only refers to aide, but also to assistance, relief, and help. |
| Yoruba | "Egba Mi O", a Yoruba term meaning "aide", is also used as a salutation or form of address for a person of authority or respect. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word “usizo” means “aide” in English, but it also comes from the word “izo,” which means “to go.” |
| English | The word “aide” is adapted from the French word “aider,” which means “to help,” and its use in English can be traced back to the 15th century. |