Commander in Different Languages
Discover 'Commander' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Commander
Afrikaans bevelvoerder | ||
Albanian komandant | ||
Amharic አዛዥ | ||
Arabic القائد | ||
Armenian հրամանատար | ||
Assamese সেনাপতি | ||
Aymara comandante | ||
Azerbaijani komandir | ||
Bambara komandan | ||
Basque komandantea | ||
Belarusian камандзір | ||
Bengali সেনাপতি | ||
Bhojpuri कमांडर के नाम से जानल जाला | ||
Bosnian komandante | ||
Bulgarian командир | ||
Catalan comandant | ||
Cebuano kumander | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 指挥官 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 指揮官 | ||
Corsican cumandante | ||
Croatian zapovjednik | ||
Czech velitel | ||
Danish kommandør | ||
Dhivehi ކޮމާންޑަރެވެ | ||
Dogri कमांडर जी | ||
Dutch commandant | ||
English commander | ||
Esperanto majoro | ||
Estonian komandör | ||
Ewe aʋafiagã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kumander | ||
Finnish komentaja | ||
French le commandant | ||
Frisian kommandant | ||
Galician comandante | ||
Georgian მეთაური | ||
German kommandant | ||
Greek διοικητής | ||
Guarani comandante | ||
Gujarati કમાન્ડર | ||
Haitian Creole kòmandan | ||
Hausa kwamanda | ||
Hawaiian ʻalihikaua | ||
Hebrew מְפַקֵד | ||
Hindi कमांडर | ||
Hmong tus thawj coj | ||
Hungarian parancsnok | ||
Icelandic yfirmaður | ||
Igbo ọchịagha | ||
Ilocano komander | ||
Indonesian komandan | ||
Irish ceannasaí | ||
Italian comandante | ||
Japanese 司令官 | ||
Javanese komandan | ||
Kannada ಕಮಾಂಡರ್ | ||
Kazakh командир | ||
Khmer មេបញ្ជាការ | ||
Kinyarwanda umuyobozi | ||
Konkani सेनापती आशिल्लो | ||
Korean 사령관 | ||
Krio kɔmanda fɔ di kɔmanda | ||
Kurdish fermandar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فەرماندە | ||
Kyrgyz командир | ||
Lao ຜູ້ບັນຊາການ | ||
Latin praeceptorem | ||
Latvian komandieris | ||
Lingala mokonzi ya basoda | ||
Lithuanian vadas | ||
Luganda omuduumizi w’amagye | ||
Luxembourgish kommandant | ||
Macedonian командант | ||
Maithili सेनापति | ||
Malagasy mpitari-tafika | ||
Malay panglima | ||
Malayalam കമാൻഡർ | ||
Maltese kmandant | ||
Maori rangatira | ||
Marathi सेनापती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯃꯥꯟꯗꯔ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯊꯧ ꯄꯨꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo commander a ni | ||
Mongolian командлагч | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တပ်မှူး | ||
Nepali कमाण्डर | ||
Norwegian kommandør | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mtsogoleri | ||
Odia (Oriya) କମାଣ୍ଡର | | ||
Oromo ajajaa | ||
Pashto قوماندان | ||
Persian فرمانده | ||
Polish dowódca | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) comandante | ||
Punjabi ਕਮਾਂਡਰ | ||
Quechua kamachiq | ||
Romanian comandant | ||
Russian командир | ||
Samoan taʻitaʻiʻau | ||
Sanskrit सेनापतिः | ||
Scots Gaelic chomanndair | ||
Sepedi molaodi wa molao | ||
Serbian командант | ||
Sesotho molaoli | ||
Shona mutungamiri | ||
Sindhi ڪمانڊر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කමාන්ඩර් | ||
Slovak veliteľ | ||
Slovenian poveljnik | ||
Somali taliye | ||
Spanish comandante | ||
Sundanese komandan | ||
Swahili kamanda | ||
Swedish befälhavare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kumander | ||
Tajik командир | ||
Tamil தளபதி | ||
Tatar командир | ||
Telugu కమాండర్ | ||
Thai ผบ | ||
Tigrinya ኣዛዚ | ||
Tsonga murhangeri wa masocha | ||
Turkish komutan | ||
Turkmen serkerdesi | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔsahene | ||
Ukrainian командир | ||
Urdu کمانڈر | ||
Uyghur قوماندان | ||
Uzbek qo'mondon | ||
Vietnamese chỉ huy | ||
Welsh cadlywydd | ||
Xhosa umphathi | ||
Yiddish קאָמאַנדיר | ||
Yoruba balogun | ||
Zulu umphathi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The etymology of "bevelvoerder" in Afrikaans is "bevel" (command) and "voerder" (leader), and its alternative meaning is "military commander". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, “komandant” also refers to a leader or military figure, and is related to the word “komandë” meaning command or order. |
| Amharic | The word 'አዛዥ' can also refer to a police officer in some contexts. |
| Arabic | القائد is derived from the verb "قاد" (to lead), and can also mean "leader" or "chief." |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "հրամանատար" ("commander") is derived from the Persian word "فرمانده" and ultimately from the Indo-European root "*dher-," meaning "to hold, carry." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "komandir" is of French origin and also means "a person who holds a position of command in the army or other military organization" in Russian. |
| Basque | In addition to "commander," "komandantea" in Basque can also mean "leader," "chief," or "captain." |
| Belarusian | The word "камандзір" comes from the French "commandant", which in turn derives from the Latin "commandare" (to command). |
| Bengali | "সেনাপতি" (Sanskrit: senāpatI) is derived from the root "senā" (Sanskrit: senā) meaning "army". |
| Bosnian | The word "komandante" in Bosnian directly translates as "commander" and originates from Italian and Latin |
| Bulgarian | The word "командир" is of French origin and originally referred to the commander of a military unit. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "comandant" can also refer to a military or police lieutenant. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "kumander" can also refer to a military strategist, a gang leader, or a guerrilla leader. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Its original meaning was an officer in control of military affairs, especially the deployment of troops in a battle. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 指揮官 is composed of two Chinese characters: 指揮 (zhǐhuī), meaning 'to command', and 官 (guān), meaning 'official'. It can also refer to a conductor (of an orchestra or choir). |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "cumandante" can also refer to a leader of a political or social group. |
| Croatian | The word “zapovjednik” derives from the verb “zapovijedati” - “to command”, “to order” and suffix “-nik” which usually denotes person or profession. |
| Czech | The word 'velitel' also has informal meanings such as 'dude' or 'mate'. |
| Danish | In Danish, "kommandør" has an additional meaning: "officer of the Order of the Dannebrog" |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "commandant" literally translates to "have in hand", or "be in command of", highlighting the person's authority. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "majoro" comes from the Latin word "maior", meaning "greater/elder". |
| Estonian | Estonian "komandör" derives from French "commandeur" and Swedish "kommendör". |
| Finnish | The word "komentaja" also shares roots with "komena" (decree) and "komennoissa" (in charge). |
| French | Derived from Latin "commendare" meaning "to entrust to"} |
| Frisian | Frisian "kommandant" can also mean "commando unit". |
| Galician | In Galician, "comandante" can also refer to a military rank below captain, equivalent to lieutenant commander in the navy or major in the army. |
| German | The word Kommandant may also refer to the commander of a military unit in some German-speaking contexts. |
| Greek | Διοικητής, meaning “administrator” in Greek, is etymologically linked to the verb “διοικώ” (“to administer”), which itself derives from δίκη (“justice”) and οίκος (“house”). |
| Gujarati | The word "командер" ("commander") in Russian has also an alternative meaning - a military rank (below the captain and above the lieutenant-commander). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kòmandan" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "commandant". |
| Hausa | Kwamanda derives from kwama (to govern, control) or from komanda (European-derived). |
| Hawaiian | ʻAlihikaua is also a term for a military or police officer who leads a group of men. |
| Hebrew | In addition to 'commander' it can also mean 'inspector' or 'accountant'. |
| Hindi | The word "commander" in Hindi is also used to refer to a police inspector. |
| Hungarian | From Turkish 'başbuğ' (chieftain, leader). The second element 'nok' is from German 'knök' (knot) |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, 'yfirmaður' additionally meant 'overseer' or 'chief' and was a term for a commander of a leidangr, a type of naval levy. |
| Igbo | "Ọchịagha" is etymologically related to the word "ọchị", meaning "hold on", and "agha", meaning "war", suggesting the role of a commander in holding the fort during battles. |
| Indonesian | The word "komandan" is derived from the Dutch word "commandant", which in turn comes from the Latin word "commandare", meaning "to entrust". |
| Italian | The Italian word "comandante" is derived from the Latin word "commandāre" (to command, entrust) and can also refer to the captain of a ship or aircraft. |
| Japanese | The word "司令官" is also used in Japanese to refer to the commander of a military force, but it can also mean "commander-in-chief" or "supreme commander". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'komandan' can refer to a military officer, a leader of a group, or a person in charge of a task. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, ಕಮಾಂಡರ್ (commander) derives from the Sanskrit word 'kamanda' meaning 'a handle of a bow'. The word holds the alternative meaning of 'chief'. |
| Kazakh | The word "командир" can also mean "leader" or "chief" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | "사령관" can also be translated as "general" or "admiral" in English, depending on the context. |
| Kurdish | The word "fermandar" in Kurdish originates from the Persian word "farmandār" which means "one who holds a command or authority." |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "командир" can also refer to a military rank or a captain of a ship. |
| Latin | The word "praeceptorem" can also refer to an overseer, instructor, or supervisor. |
| Latvian | In Livonian, this word meant "senior vassal". |
| Lithuanian | The word "vadas" is also used to refer to a "leader" or "chieftain". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Kommandant" refers to a police officer or other law enforcement agent rather than a military commander. |
| Macedonian | The word "командант" comes from the French word "commandant", which in turn comes from the Latin word "commandare", meaning "to entrust". |
| Malay | "Panglima" derives from the Sanskrit "pramukha" which means "foremost", "chief" or "commander" and was originally a Tamil title for a military leader or commander. |
| Malayalam | കമാൻഡർ (Commander) is also used to refer to the leader of a military or paramilitary unit in Malayalam, as well as the head of a ship's crew. |
| Maltese | The word "kmandant" in Maltese is derived from the Italian word "comandante", which means "commander" or "leader". |
| Maori | The term "rangatira" also denoted a member of the warrior aristocracy that comprised the elite social class in Maori society. |
| Marathi | The word "सेनापती" (senāpati) in Marathi comes from the Sanskrit word "सेनापति" (senāpati), which means "leader of an army" or "commander-in-chief." |
| Mongolian | It is also a term for a sports team's captain. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word “တပ်မှူး” in Myanmar language is derived from the Sanskrit word “pati” which means “lord” and “senāpati” which means “army commander”. In ancient Myanmar, it was used to refer to a military leader or a governor. |
| Nepali | In some contexts, 'कमाण्डर' can also refer to 'conductor' (e.g. of an orchestra) or 'leader' of a team or group. |
| Norwegian | "Kommandør" also refers to a specific rank in the Norwegian navy, equivalent to a captain or commodore in other navies. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Mtsogoleri" also refers to a military officer holding a rank equivalent to a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. |
| Pashto | Pashto word 'قوماندان' ('commander') originates from the Arabic word' قومند',' an Ottoman military rank. |
| Persian | The word "فرمانده" is derived from the Old Persian word "fra-mandayta", meaning "one who gives orders". |
| Polish | Polish word "dowódca" originates from the verb "dowodzić" meaning "to prove" or "to demonstrate", indicating the commander's role in guiding and directing their troops. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Comandante" in Portuguese means both "commander" and "captain of a ship". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਮਾਂਡਰ" is derived from the French word "commander", which in turn comes from the Latin word "commandare", meaning "to entrust". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "comandant" can also refer to the head of a military school or the commander of a military academy. |
| Russian | In Russian, "командир" can also refer to a leader of a military unit or a group of people. |
| Samoan | The word "taʻitaʻiʻau" is derived from the words "taʻi" (to lead) and "tau" (a path or course). |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word for 'lieutenant' is derived from 'chomanndair', indicating a subordinate commander. |
| Serbian | The word "командант" also refers to a commanding officer in a military unit or organization in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | Molaoli also means a 'senior traditional doctor' or a 'chief in charge of initiating young men'. |
| Shona | The word "mutungamiri" is derived from the verb "tungamira" (to lead), and the prefix "mu" (a person). |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word ڪمانڊر (commander) is also used as a title for a military or naval officer commanding a unit or ship. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word is also used to refer to military officers in general, especially in historical contexts |
| Slovak | The word "veliteľ" can also refer to a commander of a sports team or a conductor of a musical ensemble. |
| Slovenian | Poveljnik derives from the Proto-Slavic word *velьje, meaning "great" or "senior". |
| Somali | The word 'taliye' also means 'general, leader, or guide' in Somali. |
| Spanish | In Cuba, 'comandante' is a military rank and term of respect for revolutionary leaders. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "komandan" is derived from the Dutch word "commandant", meaning "commander of a military unit". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kamanda" can also refer to a type of traditional shield or a military rank. |
| Swedish | Befälhavare is derived from the words 'befallning' ('order') and 'havare' ('holder'). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term "kumander" in Tagalog can also be used to refer to a warlord or a guerrilla leader. |
| Tajik | The word "командир" is also used to refer to the leader of a group of people, such as a team or a family, in Tajikistan |
| Tamil | The word "தளபதி" (commander) in Tamil is derived from the Sanskrit word "dala-pati," which can also mean "field marshal" or "leader of an army division." |
| Telugu | The term 'commander' originates from the Latin word 'commandare', which means 'to entrust' or 'to put in charge'. |
| Thai | In Thai, the word “ผบ” can also be understood as a shortened form of “ผู้รับผิดชอบ” (pronounced: puu-raap-pid-chop), translating to “responsible person. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "komutan" derives from the French "commandant" and also refers to a military rank equivalent to major. |
| Ukrainian | In Russian, "командир" can also refer to a leader of a group of civilians (e.g. a youth group leader). |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "کمانڈر" also means "chief" or "leader" in a general sense, beyond military contexts. |
| Vietnamese | The word "chỉ huy" can also refer to a conductor or a general in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | A commander (a chieftain, a captain) or in modern usage, a military rank which may vary greatly in the different regiments. |
| Xhosa | In its archaic form, 'umphathi' also refers to the chief's right-hand man or advisor. |
| Yiddish | The word "קאָמאַנדיר" in Yiddish is derived from the French "commander" and the Latin "commandare", meaning "to intrust." |
| Yoruba | Balogun, meaning "commander," also refers to historical military leaders, deities, lineages, or a chief with military responsibilities among the Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word "umphathi" derives from the verb "ukuphatha" (to hold), signifying the commander's authority and responsibility. |
| English | The word "commander" derives from the Latin "commandare," meaning "to entrust" or "to put in charge." |