Branch in Different Languages
Discover 'Branch' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Branch
Afrikaans tak | ||
Albanian dega | ||
Amharic ቅርንጫፍ | ||
Arabic فرع شجرة | ||
Armenian մասնաճյուղ | ||
Assamese শাখা | ||
Aymara sukursala | ||
Azerbaijani filial | ||
Bambara bolofara | ||
Basque adarra | ||
Belarusian філіял | ||
Bengali শাখা | ||
Bhojpuri साखा | ||
Bosnian grana | ||
Bulgarian клон | ||
Catalan branca | ||
Cebuano sanga | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 科 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 科 | ||
Corsican ramu | ||
Croatian podružnica | ||
Czech větev | ||
Danish afdeling | ||
Dhivehi ބްރާންޗް | ||
Dogri ब्रांच | ||
Dutch afdeling | ||
English branch | ||
Esperanto branĉo | ||
Estonian haru | ||
Ewe alɔdze | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sangay | ||
Finnish haara | ||
French branche | ||
Frisian tûke | ||
Galician rama | ||
Georgian ფილიალი | ||
German ast | ||
Greek κλαδί | ||
Guarani yvyrarakã | ||
Gujarati શાખા | ||
Haitian Creole branch | ||
Hausa reshe | ||
Hawaiian lālā | ||
Hebrew ענף | ||
Hindi डाली | ||
Hmong ceg | ||
Hungarian ág | ||
Icelandic útibú | ||
Igbo alaka ụlọ ọrụ | ||
Ilocano sanga | ||
Indonesian cabang | ||
Irish géaga | ||
Italian ramo | ||
Japanese ブランチ | ||
Javanese cabang | ||
Kannada ಶಾಖೆ | ||
Kazakh филиал | ||
Khmer សាខា | ||
Kinyarwanda ishami | ||
Konkani शाखा | ||
Korean 분기 | ||
Krio branch | ||
Kurdish liq | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لق | ||
Kyrgyz филиал | ||
Lao ສາຂາ | ||
Latin genere | ||
Latvian zars | ||
Lingala eteni | ||
Lithuanian atšaka | ||
Luganda olusaga | ||
Luxembourgish branche | ||
Macedonian гранка | ||
Maithili डाढ़ि | ||
Malagasy sampana | ||
Malay cawangan | ||
Malayalam ശാഖ | ||
Maltese fergħa | ||
Maori peka | ||
Marathi शाखा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯁꯥ | ||
Mizo tawpeng | ||
Mongolian салбар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဌာနခွဲ | ||
Nepali साखा | ||
Norwegian gren | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nthambi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶାଖା | ||
Oromo damee | ||
Pashto څانګه | ||
Persian شاخه | ||
Polish gałąź | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ramo | ||
Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਖਾ | ||
Quechua kallma | ||
Romanian ramură | ||
Russian филиал | ||
Samoan lala | ||
Sanskrit शाखा | ||
Scots Gaelic meur | ||
Sepedi lekala | ||
Serbian грана | ||
Sesotho lekaleng | ||
Shona bazi | ||
Sindhi شاخ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ශාඛාව | ||
Slovak pobočka | ||
Slovenian podružnica | ||
Somali laan | ||
Spanish rama | ||
Sundanese dahan | ||
Swahili tawi | ||
Swedish gren | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sangay | ||
Tajik филиал | ||
Tamil கிளை | ||
Tatar филиал | ||
Telugu శాఖ | ||
Thai สาขา | ||
Tigrinya ቅርንጫፍ | ||
Tsonga rhavi | ||
Turkish şube | ||
Turkmen şahasy | ||
Twi (Akan) fa | ||
Ukrainian відділення | ||
Urdu شاخ | ||
Uyghur شۆبە | ||
Uzbek filial | ||
Vietnamese chi nhánh | ||
Welsh cangen | ||
Xhosa isebe | ||
Yiddish צווייַג | ||
Yoruba ẹka | ||
Zulu igatsha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Tak" is related to the Old English "tac", which refers to a prong, a point or a sharp projection. |
| Albanian | In Greek, “dega” means “hand” or “branch,” and in Albanian, it refers to the extended family who share a common ancestor, i.e., their “hand” or “branch.” |
| Amharic | The word "ቅርንጫፍ" is also used to refer to the trunk of a tree in some contexts, such as when the trunk is being chopped down. |
| Arabic | In the context of programming, 'فرع شجرة' can also refer to a 'branch' in a data structure. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "filial" also means "pious, devoted to one's parents" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "adarra" is also used in Basque to refer to a limb, a branch of a family tree, or a tributary of a river. |
| Belarusian | "Філіял" is a cognate of the Russian word "филиал" and comes from the Latin word "filius" meaning "son". |
| Bengali | The word "শাখা" can also refer to an offshoot, a branch of knowledge, or a division of an organization. |
| Bosnian | Grana may also refer to 'a unit of measure', 'a type of marble', 'a part of the chloroplast', or a 'unit of measure for precious stones' in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "клон" in Bulgarian has an alternate meaning of "clone", derived from the Greek word "klōn" meaning "twig". |
| Catalan | In botany, the term 'branca' also refers to the primary divisions of the root system of a plant. |
| Cebuano | The Filipino term 'sanga' likely shares a proto-Austronesian root with its Cebuano cognate. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Traditional Chinese, "科" can refer specifically to the imperial examination system. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "科" can also refer to scientific examination or a scientific or artistic subject. |
| Corsican | Corsican "ramu" also means "bouquet", as in "ramu di fiori" (bouquet of flowers). |
| Croatian | The Croatian 'podružnica' comes via Medieval Latin from Latin provincia 'a province' (originally a part of territory outside Italy) from the verb provincere 'conquer'. This sense of 'province' is first found in English from the mid to late 1400s. |
| Czech | The word "větev" also has the meanings "branch of a family tree" or "part of a river". |
| Danish | The Danish word "afdeling" shares its etymology with the English words "defeat" and "department" |
| Dutch | Afdeling is also an administrative unit within the Dutch East Indies, similar to a province. |
| Esperanto | Branĉo derives from the French word branche, which can also mean "part" or "sector". |
| Estonian | "Haru" is also a female given name in Japanese, meaning "spring", sharing the same root with the Estonian word. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "haara" can also refer to a fork in a road or a river. |
| French | French "branche" also means "line" of a company, "section" or "division" of an administration, or a "part" of a family. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "tûke" also refers to a type of bread or cake in some regions of the Netherlands. |
| Galician | The Galician word "rama" can also refer to a limb or branch of a family. |
| Georgian | The word "ფილიალი" is derived from the Greek word "φιλία" meaning "friendship" or "love". |
| German | The word "Ast" in German can also refer to a flaw or blemish on an object's surface. |
| Greek | In Cypriot dialect, "κλαδί" additionally means "small tree", and in some regions of Greece it refers to the "beam" of a scale. |
| Gujarati | The word "શાખા" (branch) in Gujarati derives from Sanskrit and also means "department" or "division" |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole verb 'branche' (to branch) is derived from the French verb 'brancher' which also means to hook up, join, or connect. |
| Hausa | The word "reshe" (branch) in Hausa can also refer to "a limb of the body" or "a part of a whole". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, lālā also refers to the stalks of sugar cane and the veins in the body. |
| Hebrew | The word `ענף` ('branch') derives from the root ע-נ-ו ('to sprout, grow'). It shares an etymological relation with terms for 'eye' (`עין`) |
| Hindi | The word "डाली" not only means "branch" in Hindi but also refers to a twig, bouquet, or tassel. |
| Hmong | The word 'ceg' can also mean 'to be forked' or 'to diverge', and is related to the word 'cex', which means 'to divide'. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "ág" also refers to a stage of a river's development when meanders form. |
| Icelandic | The word "útibú" also means "outsider" or "someone who doesn't belong." |
| Indonesian | "Cabang" in Indonesian also means "branch office" or "branch of a company". |
| Irish | The word "géaga" can also refer to a twig or a bough, and is related to the Welsh word "gwydd" meaning "tree". |
| Italian | The Italian word "ramo" can also refer to a "business branch" or a "category". |
| Japanese | The word "ブランチ" (branch) in Japanese can also refer to a meal eaten between breakfast and lunch. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "cabang" shares an etymology with the Indonesian word "cabang" and the Malaysian word "cabang", which all mean "branch" in their respective languages |
| Kannada | In Kannada, the word "ಶಾಖೆ" also refers to a branch office, affiliate, or franchise. |
| Kazakh | In Russian, the word "филиал" can also refer to a church, while in Polish and Serbo-Croatian it means a church or monastery branch. |
| Khmer | The word សាខា is the Khmer root for various terms referring to branches, arms, and even a branch office. |
| Korean | The Korean word "분기" ("branch") can also refer to a tributary of a river, a turning point, or a junction. |
| Kurdish | The word "liq" can also refer to a tree, a rod, or a handle. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "филиал" is derived from the Russian word "филиал" (branch), which itself comes from the Latin word "filius" (son). |
| Lao | ສາຂາ also means "division" of a company or "arm" of a tree. |
| Latin | "Generare" is the derivative of a word which also contains the notion of "procreation", i.e. "generare" and this is the ultimate origin of the French words "gendre" meaning "son-in-law" and "gendre" meaning "son-in-law in law" |
| Latvian | The word "zars" in Latvian is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰrés-, meaning "to grow" or "to cut". |
| Lithuanian | The word "atšaka" can also refer to a branch of a family or organisation. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Branche" can also refer to a profession or a field of activity. |
| Macedonian | In Russian, "гранка" also means "facet" or "proof sheet". |
| Malagasy | SAMPANA is thought to have derived from the word SAMBAIKA meaning "to be born", and thus carries the notion of "offspring" or "scion". |
| Malay | The word “cawangan” in Malay can also refer to "limb", a branch of a subject, or an agency of a company. |
| Malayalam | 'ശാഖ' also refers to the division / department of an organization in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'fergħa' may also refer to a person's descendants or lineage. |
| Maori | The Maori word |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "शाखा" derives from the Sanskrit word "शाख" meaning "part or section" and also refers to a "stream" or "river". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "салбар" not only means "branch," but also "separate" or "distinct." |
| Nepali | The word "साखा" can also refer to a "friend" or "associate" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "gren" in Norwegian is also used to refer to a division or branch of a family tree. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The verb 'kutamba' means 'to spread out' and 'ntambi' is the noun form of that verb. |
| Pashto | The word "څانګه" can also refer to a section, division, or subgroup within an organization or entity. |
| Persian | In Persian, شاخه (branch) can also refer to a party in a political system or to a line of descent |
| Polish | "Gałąź" in Polish not only means "branch" but also a side road |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'ramo' also means 'business sector' or 'occupation' in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਸ਼ਾਖਾ' also implies a 'section' of a religious text in Sikhism. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "ramură" has an etymological origin in the Slavic word "ramę", and can also refer to a division or subdivision, like a section of a tree, or a branch of a business or organization. |
| Russian | "Филиал" is derived from the Greek word "phyle", meaning "leaf", and originally referred to a shoot or branch off the main stem of a tree. |
| Samoan | The word "lala" in Samoan can also refer to a limb of the body or a tributary of a river. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, the word "meur" is the singular form of "meuran" and originally meant "wood" or "timber". |
| Serbian | In the context of mathematics, "грана" can also mean "axis" or "coordinate axis". |
| Sesotho | "Lekaleng" also denotes an 'assistant or deputy' of a headman in some areas. |
| Shona | Shona bazi is a homonym, also meaning "a kind of tree used to make rope" and "a unit of time equivalent to one night". |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "شاخ" also means "pride" or "boast". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'ශාඛාව' can also refer to a bank branch or a branch of a political party or organization. |
| Slovak | The word "pobočka" is derived from the Slovak word "poboč" meaning "beside" or "adjacent". |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "podružnica" can also refer to an affiliate or subsidiary company. |
| Somali | It is derived from the Proto-Somali word “laaə” which means "leaf”. |
| Spanish | The word "rama" in Spanish originally comes from the Sanskrit word "ramaka" meaning "pleasant", and is also used to refer to a type of Indian dance. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "dahan" can also mean "fire" or "burning sensation". |
| Swahili | The word 'tawi' in Swahili can also mean 'family branch' or 'clan'. |
| Swedish | Gren is also used to mean border or limit, e.g. "gränslandet" (the borderland). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "sangay" can also refer to a clan, a river, or even a particular type of tree. |
| Tajik | The word «филиал» could have the meaning of «division» in the context of an organization or institution |
| Tamil | Kilai is also a common Tamil name for women meaning "parrot". |
| Telugu | The word "శాఖ" in Telugu has alternate meanings including "department", "section", or "chapter". |
| Thai | The word "สาขา" in Thai can also mean "field of study". |
| Turkish | In Ottoman Turkish, "şube" could also refer to a prison cell or a room in a madhouse or monastery. |
| Ukrainian | The word 'відділення' has two possible etymologies, one of which is related to the Ukrainian noun 'відділ' ('department') while the other one is related to the Ukrainian verb 'ділити' ('to divide'). |
| Urdu | شاخ can also mean 'antler', 'horn', 'ray', or 'beam'. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "filial" can also mean "an associate" or "a business unit". |
| Vietnamese | "Chi nhánh" also means "agency" or "affiliate" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | In Welsh mythology, the word ‘cangen’ could refer to a sacred grove or temple. |
| Xhosa | The word "isebe" can also refer to the "handle" of a tool or weapon in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word צווייַג (tsveyg) is related to the German word "zweig" (branch), both of which are derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷʰey- "to grow". |
| Yoruba | The word "ẹka" in Yoruba also means "family" or "clan", and is related to the word "ẹgbẹ", meaning "society" or "association". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'igatsha' can also refer to a tributary or a clan. |
| English | The word 'branch' derives from the Old French 'branche' and is related to 'bramble', 'briar', and 'sprout'. |