Aside in different languages

Aside in Different Languages

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Aside


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Afrikaans
eenkant
Albanian
mënjanë
Amharic
ወደ ጎን
Arabic
جانبا
Armenian
մի կողմ
Assamese
এফালে ৰাখি
Aymara
mä chiqaru
Azerbaijani
kənara
Bambara
kɛrɛfɛ
Basque
alde batera utzita
Belarusian
у бок
Bengali
একপাশে
Bhojpuri
एक तरफ से एक तरफ
Bosnian
sa strane
Bulgarian
настрана
Catalan
a part
Cebuano
sa tabi
Chinese (Simplified)
在旁边
Chinese (Traditional)
在旁邊
Corsican
da parte
Croatian
na stranu
Czech
stranou
Danish
til side
Dhivehi
އެއްފަރާތްކޮށްލާށެވެ
Dogri
इक पासे
Dutch
terzijde
English
aside
Esperanto
flanken
Estonian
kõrvale
Ewe
ɖe vovo
Filipino (Tagalog)
sa tabi
Finnish
syrjään
French
de côté
Frisian
oan 'e kant
Galician
á parte
Georgian
განზე
German
beiseite
Greek
κατά μέρος
Guarani
peteĩ lado-pe
Gujarati
કોરે
Haitian Creole
sou kote
Hausa
gefe
Hawaiian
ʻaoʻao aʻe
Hebrew
בַּצַד
Hindi
अलग
Hmong
ib cag
Hungarian
félre
Icelandic
til hliðar
Igbo
ewepu
Ilocano
aside
Indonesian
ke samping
Irish
ar leataobh
Italian
a parte
Japanese
さておき
Javanese
sisihan
Kannada
ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ
Kazakh
шетке
Khmer
ឡែក
Kinyarwanda
kuruhande
Konkani
कुशीक दवरून
Korean
곁에
Krio
na sayd
Kurdish
aliyek
Kurdish (Sorani)
بە لایەکدا
Kyrgyz
четке
Lao
ຫລີກໄປທາງຫນຶ່ງ
Latin
reprobatio
Latvian
malā
Lingala
pembeni
Lithuanian
nuošalyje
Luganda
ebbali
Luxembourgish
ofgesinn
Macedonian
настрана
Maithili
एक कात
Malagasy
kely
Malay
mengetepikan
Malayalam
ഒരു വശത്ത്
Maltese
imwarrba
Maori
peka ke
Marathi
बाजूला
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯃꯄꯥꯟꯗꯥ ꯊꯣꯀꯏ꯫
Mizo
aside
Mongolian
хажуу тийш
Myanmar (Burmese)
ဘေးဖယ်
Nepali
छेउमा
Norwegian
til side
Nyanja (Chichewa)
pambali
Odia (Oriya)
ଗୋଟିଏ ପଟେ
Oromo
cinaatti dhiifnee
Pashto
یو طرف
Persian
گذشته از
Polish
na bok
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
a parte, de lado
Punjabi
ਇਕ ਪਾਸੇ
Quechua
huk ladoman
Romanian
deoparte
Russian
в сторону
Samoan
ese
Sanskrit
पार्श्वे
Scots Gaelic
an dàrna taobh
Sepedi
ka thoko
Serbian
на страну
Sesotho
thoko
Shona
parutivi
Sindhi
هڪ طرف
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
පසෙකට
Slovak
stranou
Slovenian
na stran
Somali
dhinac
Spanish
aparte
Sundanese
disisieun
Swahili
kando
Swedish
åt sidan
Tagalog (Filipino)
tumabi
Tajik
канор
Tamil
ஒதுக்கி
Tatar
читтә
Telugu
పక్కన
Thai
กัน
Tigrinya
ንጎኒ ገዲፍና።
Tsonga
etlhelo
Turkish
kenara
Turkmen
bir gapdala
Twi (Akan)
to nkyɛn
Ukrainian
осторонь
Urdu
ایک طرف
Uyghur
بىر چەتتە
Uzbek
chetga
Vietnamese
qua một bên
Welsh
o'r neilltu
Xhosa
ecaleni
Yiddish
באַזונדער
Yoruba
lẹgbẹẹ
Zulu
eceleni

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "eenkant" can also mean "aside," "separately," "to one side," or "apart from."
AlbanianThe word "mënjanë" in Albanian can also mean "lateral" or "nearby".
AmharicThe word "ወደ ጎን" (aside) in Amharic can also mean "to the side" or "away".
ArabicIn addition to 'aside', جانبا (pronounced 'Janban') can also mean 'the side' or 'on the side' in Arabic, denoting something off to the side or peripheral to the main subject or action.
ArmenianThe literal translation of "մի կողմ" (mi koghm) is "one side", and it can both mean to put a person or object "on the side", i.e.- in reserve, and also is equivalent to the English phrase "by the way".
AzerbaijaniThe word "kənara" is also used in Azerbaijani to mean "to the edge" or "out of the way".
BasqueThe Basque phrase "alde batera utzita" (lit. "having left to the side") implies a secondary or alternative meaning.
Belarusian“У бок” originally meant “at the side” and referred to a person’s position relative to others.
BengaliThe word "একপাশে" can also mean "one side" or "to one side" in Bengali.
BosnianThe word "sa strane" in Bosnian can also mean "on the side" or "separately".
BulgarianUsed to express the exclusion or irrelevance of something.
CatalanThe Catalan word "a part" can also mean "in addition" or "apart from"
CebuanoIt can also mean 'nearby' or to 'go near' someone or something.
Chinese (Simplified)"在旁边" is also a Chinese idiom, which means to "stay out of the way" or to "not get involved."
Chinese (Traditional)This word can also mean 'in the side', 'beside', or 'nearby'.
CorsicanIn Corsican, the word "da parte" can also mean "in secret" or "to put aside".
Croatian"На страну" originally meant "on the side of the country road, in the field", and was a place where peasants used to do their business without the authorities seeing them.
CzechThe word "stranou" in Czech comes from the Slavic root "storona" meaning "side", and thus can also mean "on the side" or "separately".
DanishThe Danish word "til side" can also refer to a footnote or marginal note.
DutchTerzijde can also refer to a part of a book that provides additional information, such as footnotes or endnotes.
EsperantoIn Yiddish, "flanken" means "flank" or "side".
Estonian"Kõrvale" can also mean "by the way" or "to the side".
Finnish"Syrjä" can also mean "edge, side" or "remote" in Finnish.
French"De côté" is a French idiom that literally means "to the side" but can also mean "to save something for later" or "to put something aside".
FrisianOan 'e kant is also a Frisian saying for someone who is eccentric or crazy.
GalicianThe Galician "á parte" comes from Latin "ad partem", which means "to a side" or "for the part".
Georgian"განზე" is likely derived from the Persian word "کنار" (kanâr), meaning "side" or "edge"
GermanThe German word "beiseite" can also mean "away" or "apart".
Greek"Κατά μέρος" can also mean "partially" or "gradually" in Greek.
Gujarati"કોરે" (aside) in Gujarati derives from "κόρος" (khoros) which also means "satiety, boredom" and hence, the notion of "putting something aside".
Haitian CreoleThe word "sou kote" in Haitian Creole comes from the French phrase "sur le côté" which means "to the side".
Hausa"Gefen" in Hausa may also mean "away," "in front of," "at a distance," or "apart"
Hawaiian'Aoʻao aʻe is related to the word 'ao,' which means 'direction' or 'way'.
Hebrewבַּצַד also means "near" or "attached to".
HindiThe Hindi word 'alag' can also mean 'different' and is derived from the Sanskrit word विलग ('vilaga'), meaning 'separated' or 'disjoined'.
Hmong"Ib cag" (aside) may be shortened from "ib cag qhov" (to the side), or it may be from the Chinese phrase "yi cai" (also means aside)
HungarianThe word "félre" derives from the Hungarian word "fél", meaning "half", and "re", meaning "toward". It can also mean "away", "aside", or "out of the way".
IcelandicThe second meaning of "til hliðar" in Icelandic is "to the side" as a prepositional phrase.
Igbo"Ewepu," meaning "aside," also refers to a situation where someone is excluded or left out.
Indonesian"Ke samping" can also mean "to the side" or "off to one side".
IrishThe Irish word "ar leataobh" has an etymology rooted in the meaning of "to the side" and "to the left", reflecting its usage in denoting something placed off to the margins.
ItalianIn Italian, the term 'a parte' is also a legal term referring to a separate or distinct part of a document.
JapaneseThe etymology of "さておき" may originate from its use in legal documents, where it indicated a change in the subject matter or the addition of a separate point.
JavaneseSisihan can also mean "aside" in the sense of making a remark to the audience that is not intended to be heard by the other characters on stage.
KannadaThe word "ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ" (pakkekke) can also mean "to the side" or "out of the way" in Kannada.
KazakhThe word "шетке" can also mean "on the contrary" or "however" in Kazakh.
Khmerឡែក "aside" comes from either the Sanskrit word लक्ष [lakʂa], meaning "mark, goal, or target," or the Khmer word លក [lɔk], meaning "to look, glance, or see."
KoreanThe word '곁에' (aside) in Korean can also mean 'by one's side' or 'at one's side'.
KurdishIn some Kurdish dialects, aliyek also refers to 'a side street' or 'a path'.
KyrgyzThe word "четке" also means "side" or "boundary"
LatinReprobatio (lit. "rejection"): a stage direction or actor's note, in which a speech or part of a speech is spoken to one or multiple other actors onstage but "as if" it is not intended to be "heard" by "offstage" characters, but the audience can hear.
LatvianThe word "malā" also means "shore" or "coast".
LithuanianThe Lithuanian word "nuošalyje" can also mean "out of the way" or "in the background".
Luxembourgish"Ofgesinn" is derived from the German "abseits" and can also mean "remote" or "detached."
MacedonianThe word "nastrona" is a borrowing from the Turkish word "nastrân", which in turn comes from the Persian word "nastrān" meaning "of Nasr, belonging to Nasr".
MalagasyThe word "kely" can also be translated as "small" or "petty".
MalayThe root of 'mengetepikan' means 'side' but it is used in various figurative contexts.
Malayalam"ഒരു വശത്ത്" means "on one side" or "in private". It was also used as a stage direction in old plays, meaning "spoken by an actor to the audience".
MalteseThe Maltese word "imwarrba" is derived from the Arabic word "al-mawrūba", meaning "the place where one is set aside".
MaoriThe phrase "peka ke" literally translates to "move over" or "go away".
Marathi"बाजूला" may also mean "beside" or "next to" in Marathi.
MongolianThe word "хажуу тийш" can also mean "to the side" or "away from the center".
NepaliThe Nepali word "छेउमा" can also refer to "nearby" or "close to" something.
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "til side" can also mean "by the way" or "incidentally".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "pambali" (aside) in Nyanja (Chichewa) may also have the meaning "side" or "direction".
PashtoThis Pashto word is a compound of "یو" (you, one, etc.) and "طرف" (side)
PersianIn Persian, the word "گذشته از" can also mean "except" or "apart from".
PolishThe Polish word "na bok" also means "on the side", "to the side", or "out of the way".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The literal translation of "a parte, de lado" is "a part, aside", meaning "to put something apart" or "to put something aside".
PunjabiThe Punjabi word 'ਇਕ ਪਾਸੇ' ('ik pase') literally translates to 'one side' and can also mean 'to the side', 'out of the way', or 'apart'
RomanianIn Romanian, "deoparte" also means "on vacation" and derives from "de-a-parte" – "away for a part (of time)".
RussianThe Russian idiom "в сторону" can mean "away" or, when used after a verb, it can mean "for a while".
SamoanEse means both "except" and "aside" in Samoan
Scots GaelicThe phrase derives ultimately from Latin, from “ab alio latere,” “from the other side.”
SerbianIn Serbian, the phrase "на страну" means not only "aside" but also "from one's mind".
SesothoIn Sesotho, the word "thoko" also denotes a hidden or secret compartment.
ShonaThe word "parutivi" in Shona also means "on the side" or "next to".
SindhiThe word "هڪ طرف" can also mean "to one side" or "out of the way" in various contexts.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)Sinhala word "පසෙකට" (aside) comes from Sanskrit "pasya-kata" and can mean "to glance at" or "to look at furtively".
Slovak"Stranou" can be also used as an adverb meaning "separately", "apart".
SlovenianThe word "na stran" has a double meaning, also meaning "to the side", as in "to put aside".
Somali'Dhinac' can also mean 'side' or 'direction' in Somali.
SpanishFrom Latin word 'apartare' meaning "separate, set apart".
SundaneseThe term "disisieun" in Sundanese can also denote "to put to one side" or "to leave for later" in English.
SwahiliThe Swahili word "kando" derives from the Arabic phrase "kana dhu", meaning "turn to one side".
SwedishIn Swedish, "åt sidan" also refers to putting something away or discarding it.
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "tumabi" in Tagalog, meaning "to move away from", has a similar form to the word "tabi" in Japanese, which means "to step aside".
TajikThe word "канор" can also mean "aside" in Tajik.
TamilThe word 'ஒதுக்கி' can also refer to a person who is isolated or excluded from society.
TeluguThe word "పక్కన" can also refer to "by the side" or "near" in Telugu.
ThaiThe word "กัน" may also refer to a preposition meaning "against" when preceded by a verb or "to prevent" followed by a noun.
TurkishKenara is also used to refer to the edge or border of something.
UkrainianThe word 'осторонь' also means 'away' or 'at a distance'.
UrduThe word "ایک طرف" literally means "one side" in Urdu and can also mean "away" or "apart".
UzbekThe word "chetga" can also refer to a "side" or a "wing" of a building or organization.
VietnameseThe Vietnamese word "qua một bên" also means "over there" or "on the other side".
WelshThe Welsh word "o'r neilltu" also means "apart" or "separate".
XhosaThe Xhosa word "ecaleni" also means "on the side," "nearby," or "adjacent."
YiddishThe word “באַזונדער” originally meant “in particular” in Yiddish, while in modern Hebrew it retains both the original meaning and the meaning “in addition.”
YorubaThe word lẹgbẹẹ is also used figuratively to mean 'to avoid' or 'to escape' something.
ZuluThe word "eceleni" is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-ken-," which means "to turn aside or away."
EnglishIn drama, an aside is a remark spoken by an actor that is not intended to be heard by other characters onstage.

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