Care in Different Languages
Discover 'Care' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Care
Afrikaans watter | ||
Albanian të cilat | ||
Amharic የትኛው | ||
Arabic التي | ||
Armenian որը | ||
Assamese যত্ন লোৱা | ||
Aymara uñjaña | ||
Azerbaijani hansı | ||
Bambara ladonni | ||
Basque zein | ||
Belarusian якія | ||
Bengali যা | ||
Bhojpuri देखभाल कइल जाला | ||
Bosnian koji | ||
Bulgarian който | ||
Catalan quin | ||
Cebuano nga | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 哪一个 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 哪一個 | ||
Corsican chì | ||
Croatian koji | ||
Czech který | ||
Danish hvilken | ||
Dhivehi އަޅާލުން | ||
Dogri परवाह करना | ||
Dutch welke | ||
English care | ||
Esperanto kiu | ||
Estonian mis | ||
Ewe beléle na ame | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pangangalaga | ||
Finnish mikä | ||
French lequel | ||
Frisian hokker | ||
Galician cal | ||
Georgian რომელიც | ||
German welche | ||
Greek οι οποίες | ||
Guarani ñangareko | ||
Gujarati જે | ||
Haitian Creole ki | ||
Hausa wanne | ||
Hawaiian ka mea | ||
Hebrew איזה | ||
Hindi कौन कौन से | ||
Hmong uas | ||
Hungarian melyik | ||
Icelandic sem | ||
Igbo kedu | ||
Ilocano panangaywan | ||
Indonesian yang | ||
Irish atá | ||
Italian quale | ||
Japanese これ | ||
Javanese kang | ||
Kannada ಇದು | ||
Kazakh қайсысы | ||
Khmer ដែល | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwitonzi | ||
Konkani काळजी घेवप | ||
Korean 어느 | ||
Krio kia fɔ yu | ||
Kurdish kîjan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گرنگیدان | ||
Kyrgyz кайсы | ||
Lao ເຊິ່ງ | ||
Latin quod | ||
Latvian kas | ||
Lingala soin | ||
Lithuanian kuri | ||
Luganda okulabirira | ||
Luxembourgish déi | ||
Macedonian кои | ||
Maithili देखभाल | ||
Malagasy iza | ||
Malay yang mana | ||
Malayalam ഏത് | ||
Maltese liema | ||
Maori e | ||
Marathi जे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯦꯌꯔ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo care | ||
Mongolian аль нь | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဘယ် | ||
Nepali कुन | ||
Norwegian hvilken | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) amene | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଯତ୍ନ | ||
Oromo kunuunsa | ||
Pashto کوم | ||
Persian که | ||
Polish który | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) qual | ||
Punjabi ਕਿਹੜਾ | ||
Quechua cuidado | ||
Romanian care | ||
Russian который | ||
Samoan lea | ||
Sanskrit care | ||
Scots Gaelic a tha | ||
Sepedi tlhokomelo | ||
Serbian која | ||
Sesotho e leng | ||
Shona izvo | ||
Sindhi ڪھڙي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කුමන | ||
Slovak ktoré | ||
Slovenian ki | ||
Somali taas oo ah | ||
Spanish cuales | ||
Sundanese kang | ||
Swahili ambayo | ||
Swedish som | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) alin | ||
Tajik ки | ||
Tamil எந்த | ||
Tatar кайгырту | ||
Telugu ఇది | ||
Thai ที่ | ||
Tigrinya ክንክን | ||
Tsonga ku khathalela | ||
Turkish hangi | ||
Turkmen ideg | ||
Twi (Akan) hwɛ | ||
Ukrainian котрий | ||
Urdu کونسا | ||
Uyghur پەرۋىش | ||
Uzbek qaysi | ||
Vietnamese cái nào | ||
Welsh sydd | ||
Xhosa eyiphi | ||
Yiddish וואָס | ||
Yoruba kini | ||
Zulu okuyi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "watter" in Afrikaans is derived from the Old Dutch word "wachter," which means "watchman" or "guard." |
| Albanian | In northern dialects of Albania, "të cilat" has a plural form, "t'cilat", which is used when referring to multiple items. |
| Amharic | The word "የትኛው" can also mean "which one" or "who" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | "التي" also means "who" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "որը" can also refer to a type of cheese made from sheep's milk. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "hansı" can also refer to a concern or duty related to a particular matter or responsibility. |
| Basque | In addition to meaning “care,” “zein” can also mean “attention” in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "якія" can also refer to a "kind" of something or to "health" in some dialects. |
| Bengali | The word "যা" (care) in Bengali can also mean "to go" or "to move". |
| Bosnian | “Koji” is a term used in Bosnian to refer to a type of care or attention, but it also relates to the concept of “taking care of” or “providing for” something or someone. |
| Bulgarian | "който" is a Bulgarian word used to indicate both "that" and "who" in English; it is the closest Bulgarian equivalent to the English relative pronoun "who", and is derived from the Old Bulgarian word "кыто". |
| Catalan | "Quina" (care) in Catalan is derived from the Latin word "cura" meaning "charge" or "treatment". |
| Cebuano | The word "nga" also means "for, in order that" and "may, might, should" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 哪一个 can also mean “which one” |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 哪一個 is used to talk about the past in the conditional mood, which can be translated to "if" or "whether". |
| Corsican | The word "chì" in Corsican can also refer to affection, love, or a person's appearance. |
| Croatian | "Koji" is both the indefinite form of the Croatian adjective "kakav" (what kind of) and a verb meaning "to hoe". |
| Czech | The word "který" in Czech can also mean "which". |
| Danish | "Hvilken" is the Scandinavian cognate of the English "wheel" and the German "Rad". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "welke" originates from the Old Germanic word "waelhisk"," meaning "foreign" or "Celtic." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'kiu' derives from the Hungarian word 'kér', meaning 'to ask or plead'. |
| Estonian | "Mis" also means "about" or "concerning" in the context of a question or request. |
| Finnish | "Mikä" also means a "type" or "a kind", e.g. "mikä tämä on?" ('what is this?'). |
| French | The French word "lequel" (which) comes from the Latin word "qualis" (of what kind), and can also mean "which one" or "which of them". |
| Frisian | Hokker in Frisian is cognate with English 'hug', referring to care both in the sense of attention and affection and the sense of physical protection or worry. |
| Galician | The word "cal" in Galician can also mean "heat" or "fever". |
| Georgian | The word "რომელიც" in Georgian derives from the Proto-Kartvelian root "*mw-e" meaning "to look after", and is also cognate with the Nakh-Daghestanian word "мугъ" (mugh) meaning "to care". |
| German | "Welche" can also refer to an old unit of measure. In some areas it was equivalent to 2.71 liters, and in others 1.35 or 0.71 liters. |
| Greek | The word "οι οποίες" can also refer to a Greek mythical creature, the Oread. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "જે" can also mean "heed" or "attention". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "ki" in Haitian Creole can also mean "to take care of," "to look after," or "to protect." |
| Hausa | 'Wanne' is also used to refer to the 'object of care'. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "ka mea" also refers to "the thing" or "the object". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "איזה" ("care") also has the meaning of "which", "what" or "some" depending on context. |
| Hindi | The word "कौन कौन से" in Hindi can also mean "which ones" or "whichever". |
| Hmong | The word "uas" also means "to raise" or "to rear" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | "Melyik" is derived from "mely" + "-ik" and is the accusative form of the interrogative pronoun used to ask "which". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "sem" can also refer to a person's appearance, reputation, or honor. |
| Igbo | In another context, 'Kedu' can be an inquiry, meaning 'How are you?' |
| Indonesian | "Yang" in Indonesian can also mean "the one who" or "that which". |
| Irish | The Irish word "atá" derives from the Proto-Celtic root "*ato-," meaning "to care for," and is cognate with the Latin word "aten-," meaning "attention." |
| Italian | The word "quale" in Italian can also mean "which" or "what kind of," and is derived from the Latin word "qualis." |
| Japanese | The word "これ" can also mean "this" or "it". |
| Javanese | The word "kang" in Javanese also means "elder brother" or "older sibling". |
| Kannada | The word 'ಇದು' can also mean 'this' or 'it' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "қайсысы" in Kazakh can also refer to a type of dried fruit, specifically apricots. |
| Khmer | "ដែល" can also mean "which" or "that" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The word 어느 (care) also means 'which,' and is often used in questions to ask about an unspecified thing or person. |
| Kurdish | There is a word in Kurdish Sorani, 'kîjan', which can mean 'care', 'worry' or 'thought'. |
| Kyrgyz | In Old Kyrgyz, "кайсы" was used as a term for a specific type of tribute payment, often involving animals. |
| Lao | The word "ເຊິ່ງ" in Lao is thought to have originated from the Sanskrit word "क्षिपति" (kṣipati), meaning "to throw" or "to place." |
| Latin | "Quod" also refers to a prison or detention center in medieval England and other countries. |
| Latvian | “Kas” is related to the Old Prussian word “kasit” (to protect) and the Lithuanian word “kasti” (to dig), as well as to the Latin word “cavere” (to beware). |
| Lithuanian | The word "kuri" in Lithuanian is also related to the word "kura" which means "hearth" or "fireplace". |
| Macedonian | The word 'кои' in Macedonian can also refer to an area or a district, as well as a type of traditional Macedonian dance. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "IZA" also means "to have a responsibility" or "to be in charge of something". |
| Malay | The Indonesian word "yang mana" literally translates to "which one", but it is also used to mean "care". |
| Malayalam | The word "ഏത്" in Malayalam also means "which" or "what". |
| Maltese | The word 'liema' originates from the Semitic root 'w-l-y', meaning protection, and is related to 'il-wieled', meaning 'to give birth'. |
| Maori | The Maori word 'e' refers to both the 'care' of people and the 'preservation' of objects. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "जे" can also refer to a particular place or location. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "аль нь" comes from the Proto-Mongolic "*al-an" meaning "to be careful" or "to be cautious". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ဘယ်" can also mean "to look after" or "to protect". |
| Nepali | The word "कुन" derives from the Sanskrit word "कुन्त" meaning "to be bent or crippled," also used figuratively to mean "to be anxious or worried." |
| Norwegian | The word "hvilken" in Norwegian is derived from the Old Norse word "hverr", meaning "each" or "every". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "amene" has multiple meanings, including "care", "attention", "concern", and "kindness". |
| Pashto | The word "کوم" has other meanings, such as "desire" or "longing" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "که" can also refer to the conjunctive suffix denoting "who", "which", "that", or "whom". |
| Polish | "Który" derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- "who? which? what?" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "qual" in Portuguese, meaning "care," can also be used figuratively to mean "quality" or "attention to detail." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਿਹੜਾ" in Punjabi can also mean "which" or "what" when used in a question. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "grija" can also mean concern, worry, or responsibility. |
| Russian | The Russian word "который" can also mean "who", "which", or "that" in English. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "lea" also means "thought" or "worry". |
| Scots Gaelic | "A tha" in Scots Gaelic can also mean 'respect' |
| Serbian | The word 'која' ('care') is of Slavic origin and is related to the words for 'worry' and 'anxiety'. |
| Sesotho | "E leng" also means "I see" or "I understand". |
| Shona | The word "izvo" also means "to love" or "to be concerned about". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ڪھڙي" also means worry and anxiety. |
| Slovak | The word "ktoré" in Slovak, meaning "care," is also an adverb that means "perhaps" or "maybe." |
| Slovenian | The word 'ki' in Slovene has a dual meaning: one denoting concern and worry, the other denoting responsibility and the action of caring. |
| Somali | The Somali word "taas oo ah" can also mean "concern" or "consideration". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "cuales," meaning "which" originally derived from the Latin words "qualis" and "quales". |
| Sundanese | Sundanese kang meaning "to care" is related to "mother" in Javanese because of its use in addressing a person in the way he is taken care of. |
| Swahili | The word "ambayo" can also mean "the one which" or "that which" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "som" can also mean "as", "how", or "who". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "alin" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *alin, which also means "to watch" or "to guard." |
| Tajik | The word "ки" in Tajik can also refer to the act of cleaning or grooming, and is derived from the Persian word "كردن" (kardan). |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'எந்த' (care) originally meant 'to hold' or 'to support.' |
| Telugu | The word "ఇది" in Telugu can also mean "this" or "it". |
| Thai | "ที่" can also mean "position", "place", "in", "at", or "on". |
| Turkish | The word "hangi" can also mean "which" or "what" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "котрий" in Ukrainian is related to the Old Church Slavonic word "которъ", meaning "which" or "who." |
| Urdu | کونسا means "which" in Urdu. It is derived from the Persian word "kuns" meaning "which" or "what," and the suffix "-sa" indicating uncertainty or indefiniteness. |
| Uzbek | The word "qaysi" also means "apricot" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Cái nào" literally means "which thing" or "what" in Vietnamese, and can also be used to express a preference or choice in an indirect manner. |
| Welsh | The word "sydd" in Welsh also means "being," "existence," or "occurrence." |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'eyiphi' can also mean 'respect' or 'caution' |
| Yiddish | וואָס may also mean "what" or "how," depending on context. |
| Yoruba | One of the alternate meanings of 'kini' is 'what' or 'which' |
| Zulu | The word 'okuyi' is also used to describe a person who is kind and thoughtful. |
| English | The word "care" derives from the Middle English word "carien," meaning "to grieve" or "to mourn." |