Afrikaans kamer | ||
Albanian dhoma | ||
Amharic ክፍል | ||
Arabic غرفة | ||
Armenian պալատ | ||
Assamese চেম্বাৰ | ||
Aymara cámara ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani kamera | ||
Bambara so kɔnɔ | ||
Basque ganbera | ||
Belarusian палата | ||
Bengali চেম্বার | ||
Bhojpuri चैम्बर के बा | ||
Bosnian komora | ||
Bulgarian камера | ||
Catalan cambra | ||
Cebuano kamara | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 室 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 室 | ||
Corsican camara | ||
Croatian komora | ||
Czech komora | ||
Danish kammer | ||
Dhivehi ޗެމްބަރެވެ | ||
Dogri चैंबर दा | ||
Dutch kamer | ||
English chamber | ||
Esperanto ĉambro | ||
Estonian koda | ||
Ewe xɔ me | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) silid | ||
Finnish kammio | ||
French chambre | ||
Frisian keamer | ||
Galician cámara | ||
Georgian პალატა | ||
German kammer | ||
Greek θάλαμος - δωμάτιο | ||
Guarani cámara | ||
Gujarati ખંડ | ||
Haitian Creole chanm | ||
Hausa ɗakin | ||
Hawaiian keʻena | ||
Hebrew תָא | ||
Hindi कक्ष | ||
Hmong chav | ||
Hungarian kamra | ||
Icelandic hólf | ||
Igbo ime ụlọ | ||
Ilocano kamara | ||
Indonesian ruang | ||
Irish seomra | ||
Italian camera | ||
Japanese チャンバー | ||
Javanese kamar | ||
Kannada ಕೋಣೆ | ||
Kazakh камера | ||
Khmer អង្គជំនុំជម្រះ | ||
Kinyarwanda urugereko | ||
Konkani चेंबरांतलें | ||
Korean 방 | ||
Krio chamba we de na di rum | ||
Kurdish erzaqxane | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ژوور | ||
Kyrgyz камера | ||
Lao ຫ້ອງ | ||
Latin aethereum thalamum | ||
Latvian kamerā | ||
Lingala chambre ya ndako | ||
Lithuanian kamera | ||
Luganda ekisenge | ||
Luxembourgish chamber | ||
Macedonian комора | ||
Maithili कक्ष | ||
Malagasy efi-trano | ||
Malay ruang | ||
Malayalam അറ | ||
Maltese kamra | ||
Maori ruuma | ||
Marathi चेंबर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯦꯝꯕꯔꯗꯥ ꯂꯩ꯫ | ||
Mizo chamber-ah dah a ni | ||
Mongolian танхим | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အခန်း | ||
Nepali कोठा | ||
Norwegian kammer | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chipinda | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚାମ୍ବର | ||
Oromo golee | ||
Pashto خونه | ||
Persian محفظه - اتاق | ||
Polish izba | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) câmara | ||
Punjabi ਚੈਂਬਰ | ||
Quechua cámara | ||
Romanian cameră | ||
Russian камера | ||
Samoan potu | ||
Sanskrit कक्षः | ||
Scots Gaelic seòmar | ||
Sepedi kamore ya | ||
Serbian комора | ||
Sesotho kamore | ||
Shona chamber | ||
Sindhi چيمبر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කුටිය | ||
Slovak komora | ||
Slovenian komora | ||
Somali qolka | ||
Spanish cámara | ||
Sundanese kamer | ||
Swahili chumba | ||
Swedish kammare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) silid | ||
Tajik палата | ||
Tamil அறை | ||
Tatar палата | ||
Telugu గది | ||
Thai ห้อง | ||
Tigrinya ቻምበር | ||
Tsonga kamara ra kamara | ||
Turkish bölme | ||
Turkmen kamera | ||
Twi (Akan) dan mu | ||
Ukrainian палата | ||
Urdu چیمبر | ||
Uyghur كامېر | ||
Uzbek kamera | ||
Vietnamese buồng | ||
Welsh siambr | ||
Xhosa igumbi | ||
Yiddish קאמער | ||
Yoruba iyẹwu | ||
Zulu ikamelo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans word "kamer" also used in other meanings like "the House of Representatives", "a body of members belonging to the same trade, profession, etc.", "a prison cell" |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the word "dhoma" derives from the Latin "domus", meaning "house" or "room", and is related to the English word "dome" and the Italian word "duomo" (cathedral). |
| Amharic | The word "ክፍል" in Amharic also refers to a group of people who fulfill a specific task together, such as a church group or a school class. |
| Arabic | Originally, 'ghurfah' meant a cave or nook, hence its use for any confined space. |
| Armenian | The word "պալատ" also has the archaic meaning of "court" or "palace". |
| Azerbaijani | "Kamera" can also refer to the camera in a car, as in "maşın kamerası" |
| Basque | Its Basque etymology is related to the word "ganbil", which means "small space" or "cupboard". |
| Belarusian | The word "палата" is also used to refer to different types of institutions or organizations in Belarus, such as medical clinics, hospitals, or political chambers. |
| Bengali | The word 'chamber' comes from the Latin word 'camera', which means 'room' or 'chamber'. It can also refer to a legislative body, such as the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. |
| Bosnian | In old Bosnian, 'komora' could also refer to a basement, bathroom, or shed. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "камера" can also refer to a "room" or a "cell". |
| Catalan | "Cambra" also means "parliament" in Catalan, especially the regional parliament of Catalonia. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "kamara" also refers to the legislative branch of government. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 室, from 室 (home), also means 'home' in Shangshu (書經). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Originally referred to the 'bed chamber' and later extended to mean 'room' and 'house'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "camara" (chamber) is derived from the Latin word "camera" (room, chamber), which in turn comes from the Greek word "kamara" (vaulted ceiling). |
| Croatian | In Slovenian, the word 'komora' means 'chamber' and is also used to refer to the 'lower house' of parliament. |
| Czech | The word "komora" in Czech also means "room", "cabinet", "storeroom", "cell", "chamber", or "compartment". |
| Danish | The word "kammer" can also refer to a small room or closet in Danish. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "kamer" is related to the English "chimney", possibly deriving from a prehistoric substrate language. |
| Esperanto | "Ĉambro" also means the bullet's chamber |
| Estonian | "Koda" has a number of synonyms in Estonian, including "tuba", "ruum", and "saal". |
| Finnish | The word "kammio" also refers to a small room, typically used for storage or as a bedroom. |
| French | In legal usage, "chambre" can also refer to the meeting of a group of judges, typically at an appellate court or a high court. |
| Frisian | The word keamer also means 'cellar' in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "cámara" comes from Latin and also refers to a "bell tower." |
| Georgian | The word "პალატა" derives from the Persian word "pardeh", meaning "curtain" or "wall." |
| German | The word "Kammer" in German has diverse meanings, including a small room, a legislative body, or the treasury. |
| Greek | The word θάλαμος is derived from the verb θάλλω "to bloom" and referred in antiquity to "the inner room of a house" or to "the bedchamber". |
| Gujarati | The word "ખંડ" can also refer to a room or a division of a building. |
| Haitian Creole | 'Chanm' is a Haitian Creole word that is derived from the French word 'chambre' and may also refer to a bedroom or a room in a house. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word ɗakin (chamber) may also refer to the chamber of a gun or the chamber of a parliament. |
| Hawaiian | The word “ke‘ena” derives from Proto-Austronesian *qinaC 'house.' |
| Hebrew | The word "תָא" also means "cell" or "compartment". |
| Hindi | The word "कक्ष" (kaksha) in Hindi can also refer to a classroom, a period of time, or a compartment. |
| Hmong | In Hmong, "chav" can also mean "a hole in the ground". |
| Hungarian | "Kamra" (chamber) originated from the Latin "camera", which also means "archway" or "vaulted ceiling." |
| Icelandic | The noun "hólf" is also an older term for a type of ship and a place where meetings were held. |
| Igbo | Ime ụlọ means 'chamber' in Igbo, but can also mean 'the inner room of a house'. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "ruang" can also refer to a room, space, or area. |
| Irish | Seomra is cognate with "simulacrum" and originally meant "likeness, appearance"} |
| Italian | The word 'Camera' in Italian can also refer to a room in a house or an administrative office. |
| Japanese | The word "チャンバー" is derived from the English word "chamber", which can also mean a legislative body or a group of people with special powers. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "kamar" can refer to a room in a house, the inner space of an object, or a womb. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, the word "ಕೋಣೆ" (kōṇe) can also refer to a "room" or a "compartment". |
| Kazakh | Слово "камера" также имеет значение "палата" в законодательных или общественных учреждениях. |
| Khmer | The term 'angkor chum num chumroh' in Khmer is also used to describe a parliament building, a legislative assembly, or a council |
| Korean | The word "방" can also mean "room" or "direction" depending on the context. |
| Kurdish | The word "erzaqxane" also means "storage room" or "warehouse" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word “камера” has an alternate meaning of “cell”. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ຫ້ອງ" can also mean "room","compartment" or "department" depending on the context. |
| Latin | In ancient Greek, the word “thalamos” referred to a bedchamber in a house, but in Latin “aethereum thalamum” meant “heavenly chamber”. |
| Latvian | The word "kamerā" in Latvian also means the main room of a traditional Latvian homestead. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "kamera" can also refer to a prison cell, a camera, or a photographic device. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Chamber" also means "room" or "hall". |
| Macedonian | The word "комора" in Macedonian also means "pantry" or "storeroom" and derives from the Proto-Slavic word *komora, meaning "room" or "chamber". |
| Malagasy | The word "efi-trano" can also mean "stomach" or "belly" in Malagasy, reflecting the shared semantic origin of the words for "chamber" and "internal space" in many languages. |
| Malay | The Indonesian word "ruang" originates from the Sanskrit "vrta" meaning "enclosure" and also shares a semantic connection to the English "wreathe". |
| Malayalam | Malayalam word "അറ" (chamber), cognate with Sanskrit word "गुहा" (cave), also refers to a secret or hidden place in colloquial usage. |
| Maltese | The term 'kamra' in Maltese can refer to a room, a specific type of room used for meetings or discussions, a room within a palace or monastery, a small room used for storage or other purposes, or even a small, confined space |
| Maori | In Maori mythology, "ruuma" also refers to a subterranean dwelling place for the dead and a type of canoe bailer |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "चेंबर" derives from the Sanskrit word "चम्बर" meaning "skin, hide". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "танхим" can also refer to a room or hall used for official or ceremonial purposes. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Myanmar, "အခန်း" can also refer to a small room or a section of a building. |
| Nepali | "कोठा" can also refer to a room within a larger building or a specific part of a house or palace. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "kammer" can refer to a friend or a cell in the body, and derives from the Middle Low German "kamere" (room). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chipinda" in Nyanja could also mean "hut". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "خونه" can also mean "house" or, in some dialects, "room." |
| Persian | The word "محفظه" also means "compartment" or "container" in Persian. |
| Polish | "Izba" can also mean a type of hut in Russian and Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word “câmara” comes from the Latin “camera”, which means “room” or “vault”. |
| Punjabi | "ਚੈਂਬਰ" (chamber) in Punjabi can also mean a group of people with similar interests or goals, or a place where legal or administrative proceedings are held. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "cameră" is derived from the Latin "camera", meaning "room, chamber, or vault". |
| Russian | In Russian, the word "камера" can also refer to a prison cell or a camera, the device used for taking pictures. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "potu" can also refer to a room or a group of people that meets for a specific purpose. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "seòmar" initially meant a "private chapel" in Gaelic before its meaning evolved to "chamber". |
| Serbian | The word 'комора' also means a small room or a pantry in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "kamore" in Sesotho is derived from the Bantu root "-kamu" meaning "to enclose, shut in" and originally referred to a small, enclosed space or hut. |
| Shona | The Shona word 'chamber' is related to the Zulu term 'tshambara' ('meeting place, or court'). |
| Sindhi | "چيمبر" can also mean "a place where people sit together" or "a room in a house" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "කුටිය" (kuṭiya) in Sinhala can also refer to a small room or a hut, and comes from the Sanskrit word "कुटी" (kuṭi), meaning "cottage" or "hermitage". |
| Slovak | In the Polish language, the term "komora" refers to a specific type of storage room or utility space. |
| Slovenian | The word "komora" in Slovenian can also mean a "cell" or a "room". |
| Somali | The Somali word "qolka" also means "room" or "compartment" in the context of architecture and space. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word cámara has its origin in the Greek word "kamara" which referred to an arched roof or vaulted ceiling. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, 'kamer' also refers to a room or a house, highlighting its multifunctional nature. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "chumba" can refer to both a physical room and a section within a larger structure or organization. |
| Swedish | Kammare, meaning chamber in Swedish, shares etymology with the Russian word kamora, meaning storeroom or cabin. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Silid" is cognate (from the same ancestral root) to the Indonesian "bilik", |
| Tajik | Палата is an archaic word for a large room or a building in Russian, from which the Tajik слово пала́та derives its meaning of a legislature or representative assembly. |
| Tamil | 'அறை' ('chamber') also refers to the act of grinding or pounding, as well as a grinding stone or mortar. |
| Telugu | The word "గది" can also refer to a "room" or a "compartment". |
| Thai | In Thai, "ห้อง" ("chamber") also means "room" and can refer to a specific part of a building or a unit of volume. |
| Turkish | Turkish word 'bölme' is derived from the Persian word 'bölmek' meaning 'to divide' or 'to separate'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "палата" also has historical meanings of "tent" or "ward", and is related to the Latin "palatium" (palace). |
| Urdu | This is pronounced as “chambehr”; it is also an Urdu term and is derived from English. The alternative meaning in English can be “a hollow space” but in Urdu, chamber, or “chambehr” is a “room”. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "kamera" also refers to a prison cell. |
| Vietnamese | In the Central region, the word "buồng" also refers to a compartment in a boat or a space for passengers on a ship. |
| Welsh | The word "siambr" is cognate with "chamber" in English, as well as "chambre" in French and "cámara" in Spanish, all ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kem- |
| Xhosa | The word "igumbi" also refers to a traditional Xhosa hut or dwelling. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאמער" can also refer to a private room in a house or to a compartment on a train. |
| Yoruba | "Yẹwu" also refers to a sacred room where the orisa Esu is worshipped. |
| Zulu | 'Ikamelo' can also mean 'prison' in Zulu |
| English | The word "chamber" derives from the Latin word "camera" (room, chamber), which is related to the Greek term "kamara" (vault or arched roof) and the Sanskrit word "kamara" (room or chamber). |