Asset in Different Languages
Discover 'Asset' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Asset
Afrikaans bate | ||
Albanian pasuri | ||
Amharic ንብረት | ||
Arabic الأصول | ||
Armenian ակտիվ | ||
Assamese সম্পত্তি | ||
Aymara aktiwu | ||
Azerbaijani aktiv | ||
Bambara kisɛ | ||
Basque aktiboa | ||
Belarusian актыў | ||
Bengali সম্পদ | ||
Bhojpuri संपत्ति | ||
Bosnian imovina | ||
Bulgarian актив | ||
Catalan actiu | ||
Cebuano kabtangan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 资产 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 資產 | ||
Corsican attivu | ||
Croatian imovina | ||
Czech aktivum | ||
Danish aktiv | ||
Dhivehi މުދާ | ||
Dogri जैदाद | ||
Dutch bedrijfsmiddel | ||
English asset | ||
Esperanto valoraĵo | ||
Estonian vara | ||
Ewe nunɔamese | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) asset | ||
Finnish omaisuus | ||
French atout | ||
Frisian asset | ||
Galician activo | ||
Georgian აქტივი | ||
German anlagegut | ||
Greek περιουσιακό στοιχείο | ||
Guarani kyre'ỹ | ||
Gujarati સંપત્તિ | ||
Haitian Creole avantaj | ||
Hausa kadara | ||
Hawaiian waiwai | ||
Hebrew נכס | ||
Hindi एसेट | ||
Hmong lub cuab tam | ||
Hungarian eszköz | ||
Icelandic eign | ||
Igbo akụ | ||
Ilocano sanikua | ||
Indonesian aset | ||
Irish sócmhainn | ||
Italian risorsa | ||
Japanese 資産 | ||
Javanese bondho | ||
Kannada ಆಸ್ತಿ | ||
Kazakh актив | ||
Khmer ទ្រព្យ | ||
Kinyarwanda umutungo | ||
Konkani असेट | ||
Korean 유산 | ||
Krio valyu tin | ||
Kurdish sermaye | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کەرەستە | ||
Kyrgyz актив | ||
Lao ຊັບສິນ | ||
Latin dignissim | ||
Latvian aktīvs | ||
Lingala biloko | ||
Lithuanian turtas | ||
Luganda eby'obugagga | ||
Luxembourgish verméigen | ||
Macedonian средство | ||
Maithili संपत्ति | ||
Malagasy -pananana | ||
Malay aset | ||
Malayalam അസറ്റ് | ||
Maltese assi | ||
Maori rawa | ||
Marathi मालमत्ता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯜ ꯃꯊꯨꯝ | ||
Mizo thilhlu | ||
Mongolian хөрөнгө | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပိုင်ဆိုင်မှု | ||
Nepali सम्पत्ति | ||
Norwegian ressurs | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chuma | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି | ||
Oromo qabeenya | ||
Pashto پانګه | ||
Persian دارایی | ||
Polish kapitał | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) de ativos | ||
Punjabi ਸੰਪਤੀ | ||
Quechua kawsaq | ||
Romanian activ | ||
Russian актив | ||
Samoan aseta | ||
Sanskrit संपत्ति | ||
Scots Gaelic so-mhaoin | ||
Sepedi phahlo | ||
Serbian имовина | ||
Sesotho letlotlo | ||
Shona asset | ||
Sindhi ملڪيت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වත්කම | ||
Slovak aktívum | ||
Slovenian sredstva | ||
Somali hanti | ||
Spanish activo | ||
Sundanese asét | ||
Swahili mali | ||
Swedish tillgång | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pag-aari | ||
Tajik дороӣ | ||
Tamil சொத்து | ||
Tatar актив | ||
Telugu ఆస్తి | ||
Thai สินทรัพย์ | ||
Tigrinya ጥሪት | ||
Tsonga nhundzu | ||
Turkish varlık | ||
Turkmen aktiw | ||
Twi (Akan) agyapadeɛ | ||
Ukrainian активу | ||
Urdu اثاثہ | ||
Uyghur مۈلۈك | ||
Uzbek aktiv | ||
Vietnamese tài sản | ||
Welsh ased | ||
Xhosa asethi | ||
Yiddish אַסעט | ||
Yoruba dukia | ||
Zulu impahla |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "bate" also refers to a share portfolio, a group of investments, or a stake in a business. |
| Albanian | The word "pasuri" in Albanian is cognate with "pasuria" in Romanian, both words descending from Latin "possessio". |
| Amharic | The word 'ንብረት' is derived from the Semitic root 'n-b-r,' meaning 'to produce' or 'to create,' and can also refer to 'income' or 'wealth'. |
| Arabic | The word "الأصول" in Arabic can also refer to roots, origins, or principles. |
| Armenian | The word "ակտիվ" (asset) in Armenian also means "current" or "active". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "aktiv" in Azerbaijani also means "active" or "energetic". |
| Basque | There are no known etymologies or alternate meanings of "aktiboa" (English: "asset") in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "актыў" (asset) comes from the Latin word "activus" (active). |
| Bengali | The word "সম্পদ" (sampad) comes from the Sanskrit word "sampat" meaning "wealth" or "property". |
| Bosnian | Derived from 'imati', meaning 'to have'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "актив" in Bulgarian also means "balance sheet assets" and "current assets". |
| Catalan | The word "actiu" in Catalan can also mean "active" in the sense of "not passive". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 资产 originally meant "possessions or property" in classical Chinese, but now refers to "assets" in modern Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 資產, or asset in English, can also mean "materials" or "means". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "attivu" is derived from the Italian word "attivo", which means "active" or "positive". |
| Croatian | The word "imovina" in Croatian is derived from the Slavic word "imeti", meaning "to have" or "to possess". |
| Czech | The word "aktivum" can also refer to a state of being active or lively. |
| Danish | The word "aktiv" is derived from the Latin "actus," meaning "deed" or "action," and also has the alternate meaning of "active" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "Bedrijfsmiddel" (asset) derives from the words "bedrijf" (business) and "middel" (means), and refers to the resources used by a business to achieve its objectives. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "valoraĵo" is derived from "valoro" (value), and can also refer to a valuable object or a treasure. |
| Estonian | The word "vara" in Estonian has several meanings, one of which is "asset", but can also refer to an animal's pelt, or a piece of land. |
| Finnish | "Omaisuus" means "property or asset" in English, but its etymology comes from the Finnish word "omainen" meaning "close or relative". |
| French | "Atout" is a term used in card games to refer to the trump card, and it originates from the French phrase "à tout," meaning "to everything." |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "goed" can mean "asset", "property", or "wealth". |
| Galician | In Galician, "activo" also means "lively, active, energetic" and "wealth". |
| Georgian | The word "აქტივი" in Georgian comes from the Latin word "activus", meaning "active" or "productive". |
| German | "Anlagegut" is a composite noun, consisting of "Anlage" ("investment" or "facility") and "Gut" ("property" or "asset"). |
| Greek | The word can also refer to a person's estate or property. |
| Haitian Creole | Derived from the French word "avantage", meaning "advantage", "benefit", and used in Creole to refer to possessions, resources, and capabilities. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "kadara" has an alternate meaning of "treasure". |
| Hawaiian | The word "waiwai" also means "water" in Hawaiian and is related to the word "wai" meaning "fresh water" or "spring". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "נכס" has the alternate meaning of "property". |
| Hindi | In Hindi, "एसेट" (asset) is also used figuratively to refer to a valuable attribute or quality of a person or thing. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "lub cuab tam" can also mean "wealth" or "property." |
| Hungarian | The word eszköz derives from the verb ‘esz’, meaning ‘to eat’, referring to something of nutritional value. The same root word gave rise to the words ‘étel’ (food) and ‘étkezés’ (meal). |
| Icelandic | Eign is derived from the Old Norse word "eign" which can also mean "property" or "ownership". |
| Igbo | Akụ, a word used in Igbo to describe assets, has the connotation of wealth and abundance, and is related to the word akụna (riches). |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "aset" originates from the Dutch word "acten", which means "documents" or "deeds". |
| Irish | The word "sócmhainn" is thought to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ḱow-," which also gave rise to the Latin word "pecus" (cattle) and the English word "fee" |
| Italian | "Risorsa" is derived from the Latin "resursus", meaning "a rising up". It also has the alternate meaning of "a means"} |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "資産" (asset) is a compound noun of the words "財" (wealth) and "産" (production). |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "bondho" which means "asset" can also mean "friend" or "capital". |
| Kannada | The word "ಆಸ್ತಿ" has an alternate meaning of "wealth" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | "Актив" (asset) in Kazakh also means "the state of being in force and effect or existence" |
| Khmer | The word "ទ្រព្យ" can also refer to "property" or "wealth". |
| Korean | The Korean word "유산" ("asset") can also refer to a heritage or legacy from one's ancestors. |
| Kurdish | The word "sermaye" originally meant "capital" in Kurdish, but it has also come to mean "asset" in modern usage. |
| Kyrgyz | The term "актив" in Kyrgyz can also refer to the "positive side" or "advantage" of something. |
| Lao | In Thai, the same word can also be used for "property, wealth, assets" and is often paired with its near synonym "ทรัพย์" for emphasis. |
| Latin | Dignissim comes from the Latin verb "dignor," meaning "to deem worthy" or "to think well of," also being an adverb meaning "in a manner worthy of respect." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "aktīvs" is derived from the Latin "activus" meaning "ready for action", and is also related to the English word "active". |
| Lithuanian | The word, "turtas," in Lithuanian is a derivative of the word, "turėti," meaning "to have" or "to hold" something of value. |
| Luxembourgish | "Vermeigen" derives from the old French term "moebile" (property), whereas its alternative term "Bi" is derived from the word "biens" (possessions) |
| Macedonian | The word "средство" in Macedonian can also refer to a means, instrument, or method used to achieve or fulfill something. |
| Malagasy | Malagasy -pananana is derived from the root word -ana or -anana, meaning to bring, hold, or possess. |
| Malay | In the 17th century, aset referred to a person's character and behavior. |
| Malayalam | "അസറ്റ്" is derived from the Malay word "aset", meaning "property" or "wealth". |
| Maltese | Similar to words in English with French origin like "assault" and "assemble" (which both involve gathering), "assi" likely comes from the same Latin source, "adsistere". |
| Maori | The word "rawa" also means "space" and "place" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "मालमत्ता" ("asset") in Marathi is derived from the word "माल" ("goods") and the suffix "-मत्ता" ("possession"), meaning "possession of goods" |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "хөрөнгө" can also mean "wealth", "property", or "capital" depending on the context in which it is used. |
| Nepali | The word "सम्पत्ति" can also mean "property" or "wealth" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "ressurs" is derived from the French word "ressource", which in turn comes from the Latin word "resurgis", meaning "to rise again". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chuma" can also refer to a metal tool or weapon in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | The word "پانګه" also means "base" or "foundation" in Pashto. |
| Persian | In Persian, "دارایی" (asset) comes from the root "دار" (to have), also seen in words like "دارو" (medicine, literally "that which one has") and "دارنده" (owner). |
| Polish | Polish "kapitał" from Latin "capitalis" meaning "of the head" can also mean "capital (sentence)" or "initial capital (money)" depending on the context. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In financial accounting, "de ativos" derives from Latin word "activos", which denotes an "active state" or a "state of possession". |
| Romanian | The Romanian noun "activ" (asset) comes from the Latin word "activus" (active), which in turn is derived from the verb "agere" (to do or act). |
| Russian | In Russian, "актив" also refers to financial assets, such as stocks and bonds, as well as to the most active part of a population or organization. |
| Samoan | "Aseta" has a secondary meaning in Samoan, which translates to "something bad that is done" |
| Scots Gaelic | So-mhaoin derives from Old Gaelic "só" (good) and "maoin" (wealth), signifying its role as a valuable possession. |
| Serbian | The word "имовина" in Serbian literally translates to "what is had", meaning possessions or property. |
| Sesotho | The word "letlotlo" also carries the secondary meaning of "benefit" or "usefulness" within the context of an action or object's characteristics. |
| Shona | The Shona word 'pfuma' can also mean 'wealth' or 'riches'. |
| Sindhi | The word "ملڪيت" (asset) in Sindhi is derived from the Arabic word "ملک" (possession), meaning property, wealth, or an object of value. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Sinhala term "වත්කම" originates from Sanskrit and was initially used in a broad sense to mean possessions or goods. |
| Slovak | The word "aktívum" is derived from the Latin word "activus" meaning "active". |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "sredstva" can also refer to "funds" or "resources". |
| Somali | In Somali, "hanti" is derived from the Proto-Somali *ʔáŋkì ('possessions, property') and is related to the word "hanuun" ('wealth') and "hantid" ('to collect'). |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "activo" also means "active" or "current" in English. |
| Sundanese | "Asét" is likely derived from the Arabic word "asl" meaning "origin", "basis", or "capital". |
| Swahili | The word "mali" can also refer to a dowry or a bride price in some Swahili-speaking communities. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "tillgång" also means "access" or "opportunity". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "pag-aari" is derived from the word "ari" which means "lord" or "master" in Old Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "дороӣ" in Tajik can also mean "property" or "wealth". |
| Tamil | Tamil word 'சொத்து' likely originates from the root 'சொல்' meaning 'to speak' or 'to own'. |
| Telugu | The word "ఆస్తి" also means "property" or "wealth" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "สินทรัพย์" (asset) in Thai comes from the Sanskrit word "संपत्ति" (sampatti), meaning "property" or "wealth." |
| Turkish | "Varlık" also means "existence" in Turkish, coming from the verb "var" (to be). |
| Ukrainian | The word "активу" in Ukrainian can also refer to a person or group of people who are active in a particular area or field. |
| Urdu | The word "اثاثہ" originally meant "a piece of cloth spread on the ground" in Arabic, and is related to the word "فرس" (meaning "carpet"). |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "aktiv" is derived from the Arabic word "al-akht" (meaning "to possess") and also refers to "the property of a corporation". |
| Vietnamese | 'Tài sản' originates from the Chinese word '財產', meaning 'wealth' or 'property'. |
| Welsh | In the Welsh language, the word "ased" can also refer to a type of plant known as wood avens. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "asethi" is derived from the verb "sethwa," meaning "to build," implying the notion of acquiring or accumulating possessions. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "אַסעט" can also mean "breath". |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, "dukia" can also refer to property or valuable possessions, particularly land and buildings. |
| Zulu | The word "impahla" can also refer to a "resource" or "possession" in Zulu language. |
| English | The word "asset" originally meant "something useful" in French, and is related to the word "enough". |