Afrikaans voordeel trek | ||
Albanian përfitim | ||
Amharic ጥቅም | ||
Arabic فائدة | ||
Armenian օգուտ | ||
Assamese লাভ | ||
Aymara wakiskiri | ||
Azerbaijani fayda | ||
Bambara tɔnɔ | ||
Basque onura | ||
Belarusian карысць | ||
Bengali উপকার | ||
Bhojpuri फायदा | ||
Bosnian korist | ||
Bulgarian полза | ||
Catalan benefici | ||
Cebuano kaayohan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 效益 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 效益 | ||
Corsican benefiziu | ||
Croatian korist | ||
Czech výhoda | ||
Danish fordel | ||
Dhivehi ފައިދާ | ||
Dogri लाह् | ||
Dutch voordeel | ||
English benefit | ||
Esperanto profito | ||
Estonian kasu | ||
Ewe viɖe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) benepisyo | ||
Finnish hyötyä | ||
French avantage | ||
Frisian foardiel | ||
Galician beneficio | ||
Georgian სარგებელი | ||
German vorteil | ||
Greek όφελος | ||
Guarani jopoipyhy | ||
Gujarati લાભ | ||
Haitian Creole benefis | ||
Hausa fa'ida | ||
Hawaiian pōmaikaʻi | ||
Hebrew תועלת | ||
Hindi फायदा | ||
Hmong txiaj ntsig | ||
Hungarian haszon | ||
Icelandic hagnast | ||
Igbo uru | ||
Ilocano benepisio | ||
Indonesian manfaat | ||
Irish sochar | ||
Italian vantaggio | ||
Japanese メリット | ||
Javanese mupangate | ||
Kannada ಲಾಭ | ||
Kazakh пайда | ||
Khmer ទទួលបានអត្ថប្រយោជន៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda inyungu | ||
Konkani फायदो | ||
Korean 이익 | ||
Krio bɛnifit | ||
Kurdish fêde | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سوود | ||
Kyrgyz пайда | ||
Lao ຜົນປະໂຫຍດ | ||
Latin beneficium | ||
Latvian labumu | ||
Lingala litomba | ||
Lithuanian nauda | ||
Luganda omugaso | ||
Luxembourgish profitéieren | ||
Macedonian корист | ||
Maithili फायदा | ||
Malagasy mahasoa | ||
Malay memberi faedah | ||
Malayalam പ്രയോജനം | ||
Maltese benefiċċju | ||
Maori painga | ||
Marathi फायदा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯟꯅꯕ | ||
Mizo chhawr tangkai | ||
Mongolian ашиг тус | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကျိုးကျေးဇူး | ||
Nepali फाइदा | ||
Norwegian fordel | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) phindu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଲାଭ | ||
Oromo bu'aa | ||
Pashto ګټه | ||
Persian سود | ||
Polish zasiłek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) beneficiar | ||
Punjabi ਲਾਭ | ||
Quechua beneficio | ||
Romanian beneficiu | ||
Russian выгода | ||
Samoan penefiti | ||
Sanskrit लाभः | ||
Scots Gaelic buannachd | ||
Sepedi kholego | ||
Serbian корист | ||
Sesotho rua molemo | ||
Shona kubatsirwa | ||
Sindhi فائدو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රතිලාභ | ||
Slovak prospech | ||
Slovenian korist | ||
Somali faa'iido | ||
Spanish beneficio | ||
Sundanese kauntungan | ||
Swahili faida | ||
Swedish dra nytta av | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) benepisyo | ||
Tajik фоида | ||
Tamil நன்மை | ||
Tatar файда | ||
Telugu ప్రయోజనం | ||
Thai ประโยชน์ | ||
Tigrinya ጥቕሚ | ||
Tsonga mbuyelo | ||
Turkish yarar | ||
Turkmen peýdasy | ||
Twi (Akan) mfasoɔ | ||
Ukrainian вигода | ||
Urdu فائدہ | ||
Uyghur پايدا | ||
Uzbek foyda olish | ||
Vietnamese lợi ích | ||
Welsh budd | ||
Xhosa uncedo | ||
Yiddish נוץ | ||
Yoruba anfani | ||
Zulu inzuzo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Voordeel trek is derived from the Dutch word |
| Albanian | Përfitim comes from Latin "proficīscī" in the sense of setting out; profiting/gaining. |
| Amharic | The word "ጥቅም" could also refer to a "profit". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "فائدة" (fa'idah), meaning "benefit," also refers to "profit" or "interest on a loan". |
| Armenian | "օգուտ" also derives from the Middle Persian word "wtwt" (read "wtuwt") translating to benefit or income |
| Azerbaijani | Fayda also means "interest" particularly in the context of money lending or banking. |
| Basque | The Basque word "onura" is also used to refer to a gift from Nature, such as rainfall or a fertile season. |
| Belarusian | The word "карысць" is cognate with the Russian word "користь" and the Sanskrit word "karya", meaning "work" or "action". |
| Bengali | The word "উপকার" is derived from the Sanskrit word "उपकार" (upkāra), which means "a favor, a good deed, a benefit". |
| Bosnian | "Korist" has its roots in the old Slavic language "korǐstь" meaning "advantage, utility"} |
| Bulgarian | The word "полза" also means "snail" in Bulgarian, suggesting a slow and steady accumulation of benefits. |
| Catalan | Catalan "benefici" derives from Latin "beneficium," meaning "good deed" or "kindness," and also refers to "profit" or "advantage." |
| Cebuano | The root word kaayohan is also found in the terms kaayo (good) and kaayaay (well-being). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 效益 (yìxiào) also means "efficiency" and is used in business contexts. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "效益" (benefit) can also mean "efficiency" or "effectiveness". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "benefiziu" can also refer to a financial aid or a privilege. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "korist" not only means "benefit" but also "interest" on a loan. |
| Czech | The Czech word "výhoda" can also mean advantage, privilege, or bonus, depending on context. |
| Danish | The Danish word "fordel" also has a second meaning: advantage. |
| Dutch | In German, "Vorteil" also means "advantage" and likely shares the same root with "voordeel".} |
| Esperanto | "Profito" originates from the Latin word "proficere" meaning "to move forward, make progress, or succeed." |
| Estonian | The word "kasu" can also refer to the profit or gain resulting from a transaction or enterprise. |
| Finnish | The word "hyötyä" originates from the Proto-Finnic word *hupi "joy, gain, benefit". |
| French | The word "avantage" derives from the Latin "ad-vante" meaning "to come to advantage". |
| Frisian | Foardiel, meaning "benefit" in Frisian, also refers to a traditional Frisian form of social welfare. |
| Galician | Galician word "beneficio" has meanings not found in the Spanish word, like "profit". |
| Georgian | "სარგებელი" derives from an Old Georgian root "*sarg-i" which refers to "gain", "profit", and "advantage" and is cognate with Kartvelian words denoting the concepts of "gain", "income", "profit". |
| German | The German word "Vorteil" is derived from an Old High German term meaning "favorable position," while the French word "avantage" is derived from a Latin term meaning "advantage." |
| Greek | "Όφελος" can also mean ”debt”, originating from the fact that a benefit is a debt one owes to another. |
| Gujarati | The word "લાભ" (lābh) is derived from the Sanskrit word "labh" meaning "profit, gain, advantage". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "benefis" can also mean "advantage" or "favor." |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "fa'ida" can also refer to the profit or gain made from a financial transaction. |
| Hawaiian | The word 'pōmaikaʻi' in Hawaiian can also mean 'good luck' or 'blessing'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "תועלת" also means "result" or "product of a process" |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "फायदा" also translates to "profit" or "advantage" in English. |
| Hmong | The word "txiaj ntsig" can also mean "advantage" or "gain". |
| Hungarian | The word "haszon" also means "profit" in Hungarian, derived from the Turkic word "kasgan" meaning "to earn". |
| Icelandic | The Old Norse origin of "hagnast" refers to a good harvest, which was considered beneficial. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "uru" also means "life," suggesting a deep connection between the two concepts in Igbo culture. |
| Indonesian | "Manfaat" also means "incantation" in Indonesian, derived from the Sanskrit word "mantra". |
| Irish | The Irish word "sochar" can also mean "interest" on a loan or investment. |
| Italian | The Italian word "vantaggio" derives from the Latin "vantagium", meaning "an advantage or gain". |
| Japanese | "メリット" (meritto) comes from the English word "merit" which itself comes from Latin "meritum" (desert, earning). |
| Javanese | The word 'mupangate' is also used to refer to a gift or offering, especially one given to a superior or elder. |
| Kannada | "ಲಾಭ" means "profit" in Sanskrit, and "victory" in Pali. |
| Kazakh | "Пайда" means not only "benefit", but also "profit, gain, advantage, utility." |
| Khmer | The word also means to accept or to receive, indicating a reciprocal relationship between the giver and receiver. |
| Korean | "이익" (benefit) also means "profit" in the context of business or economics. |
| Kurdish | The word "fêde" in Kurdish is likely derived from the Persian word "faedah" meaning "use" or "profit". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "пайда" in Kyrgyz can also mean "profit" or "gain". |
| Latin | In Latin, "beneficium" also referred to a feudal grant of land or other property in exchange for military or other services. |
| Latvian | The word "labums" can also mean "advantage" or "profit" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | Nauda is cognate with the words 'naudinga' (useful), 'naudokis' (use), and 'naudotas' (used). |
| Macedonian | The word "корист" (benefit) in Macedonian has Slavic roots and is related to the word "корень" (root), indicating something that brings sustenance or growth. |
| Malagasy | The word "mahasoa" is derived from the verb "soa" meaning "better" and the prefix "ma" meaning "very" or "intensively". |
| Malay | The Malay word "memberi faedah" is derived from the Sanskrit word "priya, |
| Malayalam | "പ്രയോജനം" is derived from the Sanskrit word "prayojana" which means "purpose, advantage, benefit." |
| Maltese | The word 'benefiċċju' is derived from the Latin word 'beneficium', which means 'a favor' or 'a kindness'. |
| Maori | Painga can also mean "interest" on a loan or investment in Maori. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "फायदा" is derived from the Arabic word "fāʾida" meaning "advantage" or "gain". |
| Mongolian | The word "ашиг тус" also refers to the traditional Mongolian art form of lyrical prose and song performed with a horsehead fiddle. |
| Nepali | The word "फाइदा" is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्राप्ति" meaning "acquisition" or "gain". |
| Norwegian | The word "fordel" is derived from the Old Norse "fordæli" meaning "advantage" or "superiority" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Phindu" also connotes profit when associated with trade or business. |
| Pashto | The word "ګټه" can also mean "profit" or "gain" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "سود" (benefit) in Persian also means "profit" or "interest on a loan". |
| Polish | The Polish word "zasiłek" comes from the Old Polish word "zasilić", meaning "to support" or "to provide with something." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "beneficiar" also means "to process" (e.g., coffee beans) or "to refine" (e.g., metals). |
| Punjabi | In Sikhism, "ਲਾਭ" (labh) also refers to a type of verse within the Guru Granth Sahib that expresses gratitude for divine blessings. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word beneficiu is borrowed from Latin, where beneficium originally meant "kindness" or "favor." |
| Russian | "Выгода" (benefit) derives from "выгодь" (profit) which in turn derives from the Old Russian word "годь" (year, season). Hence, benefit originally meant an annual or seasonal income. |
| Samoan | The word “penefiti” comes from the English word “benefit”, which originated in the 14th-century Middle English word “benefet”, that comes itself from the 13th-century Anglo-French “benfait”, that ultimately comes from the Latin word “beneficiō.” |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "buannachd" comes from the Old Irish "buan", meaning "lasting" or "permanent", and refers to something that is beneficial or advantageous in the long term. |
| Serbian | The word "корист" in Serbian, meaning "benefit," is also used to describe a person's "utility" or "merits." |
| Sesotho | The word "rua molemo" (meaning benefit) can also mean a blessing or favor. |
| Shona | Kubatsirwa has its root in the verb -batsira "to help," and can thus imply a general act of kindness. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "فائدو" is borrowed from Arabic, where it has the same meaning; it can also be used to mean "profit". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word also means "interest" or "profit" in a financial context. |
| Slovak | The word "prospech" in Slovak comes from the Latin word "profectus" meaning "progress". It can also mean "profit" or "advantage". |
| Slovenian | The word 'korist' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'korь', meaning 'use, advantage, or profit'. |
| Somali | The word "faa'iido" has no additional meanings or etymological roots beyond its primary meaning as "benefit" in Somali. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "beneficio" also means "profit" or "advantage". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "kauntungan" can also mean "profit" or "gain". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "faida" also means "excess" or "profit" in Arabic. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word 'dra nytta av' comes from an Old Norse verb meaning 'to pull' or 'to drag'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "benepisyo" is derived from the Spanish word "beneficio", which means "favor" or "advantage". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "фоида" is derived from the Persian word "فایده" (fāyda), which means "benefit, advantage, profit". |
| Tamil | The word "நன்மை" can also mean "goodness, virtue, merit, or auspiciousness" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "ప్రయోజనం" in Telugu means "benefit" in English and is derived from the Sanskrit word "prayojanam" meaning "purpose" or "goal." |
| Thai | ประโยชน์ (prayo:t) comes from Sanskrit and can also mean 'usefulness' or 'advantage' similar to the English word 'utility'. |
| Turkish | The word "yarar" is also used as a synonym for "help" or "support" in Turkish in certain contexts. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "вигода" also means "advantage" or "comfort". |
| Urdu | The word "فائدہ" can also mean "use" or "advantage". |
| Uzbek | The word "foyda olish" also means "to earn" in Uzbek, indicating a wider sense of gain or profit derived from an action or situation. |
| Vietnamese | The word "lợi ích" (benefit) is derived from two Sino-Vietnamese words: "lợi" (profit) and "ích" (advantage). |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "budd" derives from the Proto-Celtic root *bud-, meaning "victory" or "profit" |
| Xhosa | Uncedo originates from the word 'cedo' or 'cebo' which means 'to ask' or 'to request' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish 'נוץ' ('benefit') comes from Middle High German 'genuz,' which also meant 'benefit' or 'help.' |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, "anfani" also means "chance" or "opportunity". |
| Zulu | "Inzuzo" in Zulu also means "advantage," "profit," or "gain." |
| English | "Benefit" comes from the Latin word "beneficium," which originally meant "kindness" or "favor, "} |