Afrikaans goedkeuring | ||
Albanian aprovimin | ||
Amharic ማጽደቅ | ||
Arabic موافقة | ||
Armenian հաստատում | ||
Assamese অনুমোদন | ||
Aymara jaysaña | ||
Azerbaijani təsdiq | ||
Bambara yamaruyali | ||
Basque onespena | ||
Belarusian адабрэнне | ||
Bengali অনুমোদন | ||
Bhojpuri मंजूरी | ||
Bosnian odobrenje | ||
Bulgarian одобрение | ||
Catalan aprovació | ||
Cebuano pag-uyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 认可 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 認可 | ||
Corsican appruvazione | ||
Croatian odobrenje | ||
Czech odsouhlasení | ||
Danish godkendelse | ||
Dhivehi ރުހުން | ||
Dogri मंजूरी | ||
Dutch goedkeuring | ||
English approval | ||
Esperanto aprobo | ||
Estonian heakskiit | ||
Ewe asi dada ɖe nu dzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pag-apruba | ||
Finnish hyväksyminen | ||
French approbation | ||
Frisian ynstimming | ||
Galician aprobación | ||
Georgian დამტკიცება | ||
German die genehmigung | ||
Greek έγκριση | ||
Guarani moneĩpyre | ||
Gujarati મંજૂરી | ||
Haitian Creole apwouve | ||
Hausa yarda | ||
Hawaiian aponoia | ||
Hebrew הסכמה | ||
Hindi अनुमोदन | ||
Hmong kev pom zoo | ||
Hungarian jóváhagyás | ||
Icelandic samþykki | ||
Igbo nkwenye | ||
Ilocano panagaprubar | ||
Indonesian persetujuan | ||
Irish ceadú | ||
Italian approvazione | ||
Japanese 承認 | ||
Javanese persetujuan | ||
Kannada ಅನುಮೋದನೆ | ||
Kazakh мақұлдау | ||
Khmer ការយល់ព្រម | ||
Kinyarwanda kwemerwa | ||
Konkani हयकार | ||
Korean 승인 | ||
Krio gri fɔ | ||
Kurdish qayilî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پەسەندکردن | ||
Kyrgyz бекитүү | ||
Lao ການອະນຸມັດ | ||
Latin approbatione | ||
Latvian apstiprinājums | ||
Lingala kondima | ||
Lithuanian patvirtinimas | ||
Luganda okukkiriza | ||
Luxembourgish genehmegung | ||
Macedonian одобрување | ||
Maithili स्वीकृति | ||
Malagasy fankatoavana | ||
Malay kelulusan | ||
Malayalam അംഗീകാരം | ||
Maltese approvazzjoni | ||
Maori whakaaetanga | ||
Marathi मान्यता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯌꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo nemnghehna | ||
Mongolian батлах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခွင့်ပြုချက် | ||
Nepali स्वीकृति | ||
Norwegian godkjenning | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuvomereza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅନୁମୋଦନ | ||
Oromo mirkaneessa | ||
Pashto منظوری | ||
Persian تصویب | ||
Polish zatwierdzenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aprovação | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਗੀ | ||
Quechua uyakuy | ||
Romanian aprobare | ||
Russian одобрение | ||
Samoan faʻamaonia | ||
Sanskrit अनुमत्त | ||
Scots Gaelic aonta | ||
Sepedi tumelelo | ||
Serbian одобрење | ||
Sesotho tumello | ||
Shona mvumo | ||
Sindhi منظوري | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අනුමතිය | ||
Slovak schválenie | ||
Slovenian odobritev | ||
Somali oggolaansho | ||
Spanish aprobación | ||
Sundanese persetujuan | ||
Swahili ruhusa | ||
Swedish godkännande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pag-apruba | ||
Tajik тасдиқ | ||
Tamil ஒப்புதல் | ||
Tatar раслау | ||
Telugu ఆమోదం | ||
Thai การอนุมัติ | ||
Tigrinya ምጽዳቕ | ||
Tsonga pasisa | ||
Turkish onay | ||
Turkmen tassyklamak | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔpeneeɛ | ||
Ukrainian затвердження | ||
Urdu منظوری | ||
Uyghur تەستىق | ||
Uzbek tasdiqlash | ||
Vietnamese sự chấp thuận | ||
Welsh cymeradwyaeth | ||
Xhosa imvume | ||
Yiddish האַסקאָמע | ||
Yoruba alakosile | ||
Zulu imvume |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Goedkeuring derives from the Dutch word "goedkeuren" meaning "to approve" and also carries the connotation of "finding something in good order" |
| Albanian | The word "aprovimin" in Albanian derives from the Latin "approbare" (to approve), which also gave rise to the English word "approval". |
| Amharic | The word 'ማጽደቅ' ('approval') in Amharic is derived from the verb 'ማጽደሰ' ('to make clear') and is also used to refer to 'proof' or 'justification'. |
| Arabic | The term "موافقة" (approval) comes from the Arabic verb "وافق" (to agree or consent), which derives from the root "وف", denoting consonance, concurrence, or harmony. |
| Azerbaijani | The word təsdiq is derived from the Arabic word تصدیق (tasdīq), which means "confirmation" or "verification". |
| Basque | The Basque word "onespena" has its origin in the verbs "on" (good) and "espen" (to say), meaning "to say good things about someone". |
| Belarusian | The word “адабрэнне” (“approval”) comes from the Latin word “approbare”, which translates as “to acknowledge” or “to recognize”. In modern usage, it means to express one's acceptance or agreement with something or someone. |
| Bengali | অনুমোদন originates from the Sanskrit word 'anumodana' meaning 'to express delight or approval'. |
| Bosnian | The word "odobrenje" in Bosnian also has the alternate meaning "commendation". |
| Bulgarian | The word одобрение also means "sanction" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "aprovació" is derived from the Latin "approbatio", meaning both approval and proof or verification. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 认可 also means 'to confirm' or 'to acknowledge' in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 認可 has an alternate reading of 'shòu', meaning to receive or take. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "appruvazione" is derived from the Latin "approbatio", meaning "approval" or "sanction". |
| Croatian | "Odobrenje" can in fact mean "delay" in Serbo-Croatian, while in modern Croatian it primarily means "delay." |
| Czech | Although the word "odsouhlasení" can be translated as "approval," its literal meaning is "to agree from the heart." |
| Danish | The word "godkendelse" is derived from the Old Norse word "godkenna", meaning "to approve" or "to accept". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "goedkeuring" has its origins in the Old Dutch word "gutkeuren", meaning "to choose the good". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "aprobo" also means "to prove" in Latin. |
| Estonian | The word “heakskiit” originates from “hea,” meaning “good,” and “kiita,” meaning “to praise”. |
| Finnish | Finnish word 'hyväksyminen' derives from the verb 'hyväksyä', which implies 'acceptance' and 'consideration' in addition to 'approval'. |
| French | The French word 'approbation' comes from the Latin 'adprobare', meaning 'to prove' or 'to judge as good'. |
| Frisian | The word "ynstimming" is derived from the Old Frisian word "ynstemma", meaning "to agree". |
| Galician | In Galician, "aprobación" also refers to the passing grade in an academic course or exam. |
| German | German "die Genehmigung" derives from Latin "gene-" ('birth') and "-ratio" ('reason'). |
| Greek | The ancient Greek verb ἐγκρίνω means "to select," while κρίνω alone means "to judge". |
| Gujarati | "મંજૂરી" is also the term used for a ritual permission by an elder to perform certain religious ceremonies or events, such as naming, marriage, etc. |
| Haitian Creole | Apwouve is also used in Haitian Creole to express the idea of consent or agreement. |
| Hausa | Hausa word "yarda" can also refer to "permission" or "consent". |
| Hawaiian | The word 'aponoia' can also refer to the act of 'agreeing to something' or an 'understanding'. |
| Hebrew | The word "הסכמה" can also mean "agreement" or "consent". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "अनुमोदन" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अनुमोदनम्", which means "to think or agree with". It can also mean "approval" or "consent". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kev pom zoo" is literally translated as "good heart" and is used to express contentment and agreement. |
| Hungarian | The word "jóváhagyás" is derived from the root word "jó" meaning "good" and the suffix "-hagyás" meaning "approval" or "permission". |
| Icelandic | The word "samþykki" in Icelandic is etymologically related to the word "þökk," meaning "thanks" or "acceptance."} |
| Igbo | "Nkwenye" is derived from the Igbo word "kwenu," meaning "listen," and "nye," meaning "give," implying that an individual has been given permission to speak or act. |
| Indonesian | "Persetujuan" in Indonesian originates from the Malay word "setuju" meaning "to agree" or "to consent". |
| Irish | The word "ceadú" in Irish originates from the Old Irish word "cét", meaning "first" or "primary", and is related to the Latin word "capita", meaning "head". |
| Italian | The word 'approvazione' derives from Latin 'approbatio' (acceptance), from 'probare' (to prove, to try) and 'ad' (to, towards). |
| Japanese | 承認 is an alternative way to spell |
| Javanese | Persetujuan is derived from the Javanese word surak, which means 'to cheer' or 'to shout', and tuju, which means 'to aim' or 'to direct'. |
| Kannada | The term "ಅನುಮೋದಿನೆ" is also used in Kannada to refer to the act of giving thanks or expressing gratitude. |
| Kazakh | The verb мақұлдау can also mean 'to approve of' or 'to like'. |
| Khmer | The verb form of យល់ព្រម means 'to agree', while the noun form means 'agreement'. |
| Korean | The Korean word "승인" (approval) shares its root with the word "신뢰" (trust), implying the idea of relying on or having confidence in something. |
| Kurdish | "Qayilî" is also used in the context of "belief" or "conviction." |
| Kyrgyz | The same word also appears in Kazakh and Uzbek and also means "to strengthen" or "to confirm", and in Turkish, in the form of "beklemek" (to wait). |
| Latin | The Latin term 'approbatione' not only implies approval but also refers to ecclesiastical authorisation. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “apstiprinājums” is derived from the German word “Bestätigung”, which means “confirmation” or “verification”. |
| Lithuanian | The word "patvirtinimas" in Lithuanian also means "confirmation" and "certification". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Genehmegung" can also refer to a specific administrative document required for construction or renovation projects. |
| Macedonian | The word "одобрување" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "добръ", meaning "good". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fankatoavana" is derived from the root word "kato," which means "to agree" or "to be in harmony." |
| Malay | Kelulusan is also used as a noun in Malaysia to refer to a qualification certificate for completing studies, indicating approval or successful completion of a course, while retaining its original meaning of |
| Malayalam | 'അംഗീകാരം' is a Malayalam word derived from Sanskrit that means 'consent', 'acknowledgement' or 'admittance'. |
| Maltese | In Medieval Latin, “approbare” was also used in the sense of "to try, prove, examine, test". |
| Maori | Whakaaetanga's other meanings include 'assent, consent, or ratification'. |
| Marathi | "मान्यता" is derived from the Sanskrit root "man" meaning "to think" and the suffix "-ya" meaning "worthy of". It can also refer to "recognition", "authorization", or "acceptance" in the context of social norms or religious beliefs. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "батлах" also means "to be correct" or "to be true". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | It derives from a Pali word "adhippekkhana" which means advice or permission |
| Nepali | The word 'स्वीकृति' originally meant 'consent of the husband' in Sanskrit, but it now has a broader meaning. |
| Norwegian | From Old Norse `guð` (god) + `kjenning` (recognition), a term originally referring to acknowledging the existence of God. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kuvomereza" in Chichewa also means "to accept" or "to receive." |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "منظوری" also has the alternate meanings of "permission", "consent", and "acceptance". |
| Persian | The Persian word 'تصویب' (approval) originates from the Arabic 'تصوب', meaning 'to affirm' or 'to declare valid'. |
| Polish | Polish 'zatwierdzenie' and 'zatwierdzić' ultimately come from Middle Low German 'твердити', meaning 'to make firm' or 'to strengthen' |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "aprovação" derives from the Latin "approbatio", meaning "assent" or "acceptance". |
| Romanian | The word "aprobare" is derived from the Latin word "approbare", meaning "to assent" or "to agree to". |
| Russian | "Одобрение" is derived from the Slavic root "dobr-", which also means "good", "kind", or "handsome". |
| Samoan | Faʻamaonia, meaning "approval" in Samoan, is a compound word that combines the causative prefix faʻa- with the root word maonia, which also means "approval". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'aonta' also means 'unity, harmony, or accord'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "одобрење" (odobrenje) derives from the Slavic root "dobr" meaning "good", and is related to the words "добар" (dobar, good), "добро" (dobro, benefit), and "добротвор" (dobrotvor, benefactor). |
| Sesotho | Tumello also refers to a person, often a male, who is held in high esteem and respected for their wisdom, integrity, and service to the community. |
| Shona | There are three different ways of saying "mvumo" which each have their own meaning depending on their tone. |
| Sindhi | The word "منظوري" in Sindhi can also refer to a document that signifies approval. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word “අනුමතිය” can also refer to an agreement or a permission, depending on the context. |
| Slovak | The word "schválenie" also has the archaic meaning of "conception, birth", and this older meaning can sometimes be encountered in poetic and liturgical texts. |
| Slovenian | The noun "odobritev" is derived from the verb "odobriti" meaning "to approve", and it also has the meaning of "permission" |
| Somali | Derived from the word "oggol", meaning "accept", it has a literal translation of "being accepted." |
| Spanish | "Aprobación" literally means "making someone good" and can be used to mean "approval" as well as "qualification or certification" |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "persetujuan" also has a meaning of "agreement" and is derived from the root word "setuju" meaning "to agree". |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "ruhusa" also refers to "permission" and is derived from the Arabic word "rukhsa" meaning "license, authorization, or permit." |
| Swedish | "Godkännande" comes from the Old Swedish word "godkäna", which meant "to deem good" or "to accept". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In the past, "pag-apruba" meant "to make a promise to God through a vow". |
| Tajik | The word “tasdiq” is also used in Persian and Arabic with the same meaning. |
| Telugu | The word 'ఆమోదం' can also refer to a 'permission for worship' or 'the act of worshipping' in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "การอนุมัติ" (approval) in Thai is derived from the Sanskrit word "anumati" which means "permission" or "consent". |
| Turkish | The word "onay" comes from the Arabic word "'anī" meaning "to grant" or "to approve" and it also has the meaning of "confirmation". |
| Ukrainian | "Затвердження" is a Ukrainian word that also has a historical meaning of "confirmation through the church". |
| Urdu | "منظوری" (approval) is originally derived from the Persian word "منظور" (desired, intended), meaning "an act or decision to accept or endorse something." |
| Uzbek | The word "tasdiqlash" can also mean "confirmation" or "verification". |
| Vietnamese | The word "sự chấp thuận" also means "permission" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word 'cymeradwyaeth' is derived from the word 'cymerad', which means 'to approve of' or 'to agree with', and the suffix '-aeth', which denotes a state or condition. |
| Xhosa | Xhosa 'imvume' could have been derived from the Zulu word 'umvumo', which can mean 'agreement' or 'permission'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "האַסקאָמע" ("haskamah") can also mean "permission," "sanction," or "recommendation." |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba 'alakosile' means the consent given by the family of a bride to a marriage proposal. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'imvume' can also refer to 'acceptance', 'consent', 'permission' or 'allowance'. |
| English | Approval can be an emotional reaction or sentiment, as well as, an official consent or expression of assent to an act, choice, or proposal |