Afrikaans handelaar | ||
Albanian tregtar | ||
Amharic አከፋፋይ | ||
Arabic تاجر | ||
Armenian դիլերային | ||
Assamese ডিলাৰ | ||
Aymara aljiri | ||
Azerbaijani diler | ||
Bambara jagokɛla | ||
Basque saltzailea | ||
Belarusian дылер | ||
Bengali ব্যবসায়ী | ||
Bhojpuri डीलर के ह | ||
Bosnian diler | ||
Bulgarian дилър | ||
Catalan distribuïdor | ||
Cebuano negosyante | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 经销商 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 經銷商 | ||
Corsican rivenditore | ||
Croatian trgovac | ||
Czech obchodník | ||
Danish forhandler | ||
Dhivehi ޑީލަރެވެ | ||
Dogri डीलर | ||
Dutch dealer | ||
English dealer | ||
Esperanto komercisto | ||
Estonian edasimüüja | ||
Ewe nudzrala | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) dealer | ||
Finnish jakaja | ||
French marchand | ||
Frisian dealer | ||
Galician concesionario | ||
Georgian დილერი | ||
German händler | ||
Greek έμπορος | ||
Guarani ñemuhára | ||
Gujarati વેપારી | ||
Haitian Creole machann | ||
Hausa dillali | ||
Hawaiian mea kālepa | ||
Hebrew סוֹחֵר | ||
Hindi विक्रेता | ||
Hmong neeg muag | ||
Hungarian kereskedő | ||
Icelandic söluaðili | ||
Igbo onye na-ere ahịa | ||
Ilocano dealer ti aglaklako | ||
Indonesian pedagang | ||
Irish déileálaí | ||
Italian rivenditore | ||
Japanese ディーラー | ||
Javanese bakul | ||
Kannada ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ | ||
Kazakh дилер | ||
Khmer អ្នកចែកបៀ | ||
Kinyarwanda umucuruzi | ||
Konkani विक्रेतो | ||
Korean 상인 | ||
Krio di wan we de sɛl | ||
Kurdish ticar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بریکار | ||
Kyrgyz дилер | ||
Lao ພໍ່ຄ້າ | ||
Latin mangone | ||
Latvian dīleris | ||
Lingala motɛkisi | ||
Lithuanian prekiautojas | ||
Luganda omusuubuzi | ||
Luxembourgish händler | ||
Macedonian дилер | ||
Maithili डीलर | ||
Malagasy mpivarotra | ||
Malay peniaga | ||
Malayalam വ്യാപാരി | ||
Maltese negozjant | ||
Maori kaihokohoko | ||
Marathi विक्रेता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯗꯤꯂꯔ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo dealer a ni | ||
Mongolian дилер | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကုန်သည် | ||
Nepali बिक्रेता | ||
Norwegian forhandler | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wogulitsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଡିଲର | ||
Oromo daldalaa | ||
Pashto سوداګر | ||
Persian فروشنده - دلال | ||
Polish kupiec | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) traficante | ||
Punjabi ਡੀਲਰ | ||
Quechua qhatuq | ||
Romanian dealer | ||
Russian дилер | ||
Samoan tagata faʻatau | ||
Sanskrit व्यापारी | ||
Scots Gaelic reiceadair | ||
Sepedi morekisi | ||
Serbian дилер | ||
Sesotho morekisi | ||
Shona mutengesi | ||
Sindhi ڊيلر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බෙදාහරින්නා | ||
Slovak predajca | ||
Slovenian trgovec | ||
Somali ganacsade | ||
Spanish comerciante | ||
Sundanese dealer | ||
Swahili muuzaji | ||
Swedish -handlare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) negosyante | ||
Tajik дилер | ||
Tamil வியாபாரி | ||
Tatar дилер | ||
Telugu డీలర్ | ||
Thai ตัวแทนจำหน่าย | ||
Tigrinya ነጋዳይ | ||
Tsonga muxavisi wa swilo | ||
Turkish satıcı | ||
Turkmen diler | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔdetɔnfo | ||
Ukrainian дилер | ||
Urdu ڈیلر | ||
Uyghur ساتقۇچى | ||
Uzbek diler | ||
Vietnamese người buôn bán | ||
Welsh deliwr | ||
Xhosa kumthengisi | ||
Yiddish הענדלער | ||
Yoruba alagbata | ||
Zulu umthengisi |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In older Afrikaans 'handelaar' means not only 'dealer', but also 'craftsman,' e.g. a 'timmerhandelaar' (carpenter). |
| Albanian | The word "tregtar" in Albanian derives from the Proto-Albanian word "*trъgъtarъ", meaning "merchant" or "trader". |
| Amharic | The word 'dealer' in Amharic may also refer to a person who distributes cards in a card game or a person who deals with something. |
| Arabic | The word تاجر in Arabic is an agent noun derived from the verb تجر "to trade". In the present day it is most commonly used as a noun to mean "merchant" or "trader" but in the past it could also be used as a verb to mean "to deal in", "to trade in" or "to traffic in". |
| Armenian | The word "դիլերային" (dealer) can also refer to a person or company that buys and sells goods or services on behalf of others. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "diler" in Azerbaijani also means "wisher" or "aspiring". |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "saltzailea" derives from "sal" ("sell") and can also refer to "seller" or "merchant". |
| Belarusian | "Дылер" is cognate with the French word "délier" meaning "to untie" and also the Polish word "dilować" meaning "to trade". |
| Bengali | ব্যবসায়ী' শব্দটি সংস্কৃত 'व्यवसायी' থেকে এসেছে যার অর্থ 'যে ব্যবসা বা ব্যবসায়ে জড়িত'। |
| Bosnian | The word 'diler' in Bosnian can also mean 'vendor' or 'retailer'. |
| Bulgarian | В някои диалекти думата също може да означава 'търговец' (на дрехи или хранителни стоки). |
| Catalan | The etymology of the Catalan word "distribuïdor" comes from the Latin verb "distribuere," meaning to divide or disperse. |
| Cebuano | The term 'negosyante' can also refer to a person engaged in business or trade more generally. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "经销商" literally means "distributor of goods" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "經銷商" in Chinese can mean not only a dealer, but also an agent or distributor. |
| Corsican | The word 'rivenditore' in Corsican means 'dealer', but can also mean 'purchaser'. |
| Croatian | The word 'trgovac' can also mean 'merchant', 'storekeeper', or 'salesperson' in Croatian. |
| Czech | Obchodník is also used to refer to a shopkeeper or businessman in Czech. |
| Danish | In Danish, 'forhandler' can also mean 'retailer', 'distributor', or 'agent'. |
| Dutch | The word "dealer" in Dutch can also refer to a person who distributes something, such as a newspaper or magazine vendor. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "komercisto" can also mean "salesman" or "trader". |
| Estonian | "Edasimüüja" is a loanword from German, meaning "retailer". "Eda" here means "on" or "forward", and "müüja" means "seller". |
| Finnish | Jakaja can also mean 'divider' based on its relation to the word jaka, meaning 'to divide'. |
| French | The word |
| Frisian | In some Frisian dialects "dealer" has the meaning of "one that walks in the swamp." |
| Galician | In Galician, "concesionario" means "dealer" but also "concessionaire" and is used to refer to a person or company that has been granted a concession by a government or other authority. |
| German | The word "Händler" in German can refer to a trader, a merchant, or a vendor. |
| Greek | The word "έμπορος", meaning "dealer," comes from the root "εμπορ", meaning "to buy or sell," and is related to the words "εμπόριον", meaning "marketplace," and "εμπορία", meaning "trade." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati term "વેપારી" also refers to people in various economic professions like a shop owner or merchant |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'machann' is also used to describe a person who sells or trades goods informally in the streets or markets. |
| Hausa | "Dillali" also refers to a male messenger of good and bad, especially as a royal crier, town-crier, or messenger in West Africa. |
| Hawaiian | The word "mea kālepa" also means "a thing that is made ready". |
| Hebrew | "סוֹחֵר" can also mean "trader" or "merchant" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word for dealer, "विक्रेता," can also refer to a seller or a vendor. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "neeg muag" can also mean "store" or "seller" |
| Hungarian | Kereskedő's alternate meanings include 'retailer', 'trader', and 'merchant'. |
| Icelandic | The word "söluaðili" is derived from the Old Norse word "sölumaðr," meaning "salesman" or "merchant." |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "onye na-ere ahịa" literally translates to "one who sells in the market," highlighting the market-centric nature of the Igbo trading culture. |
| Indonesian | The word 'pedagang' is related to 'dagang' meaning 'trade' and also means 'salesperson' or 'trader'. |
| Irish | "Déileálaí" can have a variety of meanings depending on context, but usually refers to someone who engages regularly in a particular activity or trade. |
| Italian | In Italian, "rivenditore" also means "retailer" or "reseller". |
| Japanese | The pronunciation and spelling of "ディーラー" derive from the English word "dealer" but may also refer to a sales clerk in a retail store. |
| Javanese | The word "bakul" in Javanese also means "basket" or "container". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ" can also mean "a peddler" or "a petty trader". |
| Kazakh | The word "дилер" in Kazakh can also refer to a "representative" or "agent". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word for dealer, អ្នកចែកបៀ, is rooted in the word for "distribute" or "give out". |
| Korean | The term "상인" can also refer to "business" or "trade" in the archaic sense, and the term "商人" is a compound noun meaning "business" or "trade". |
| Kurdish | Ticar, meaning 'dealer' in Kurdish, can also refer to a 'merchant' or a 'trader'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "дилер" in Kyrgyz can also refer to a "broker" or an "intermediary" in business or financial transactions. |
| Latin | The Latin word "mangone" can also mean "horse trader" or "pimp". |
| Latvian | In Latvian, dīleris' also refers to a salesperson who promotes, sells and negotiates a wide range of consumer and business products |
| Lithuanian | "Prekiautojas" in Lithuanian shares the same root with the word "prekyba" meaning "trade" and "pirkti" meaning "to buy". |
| Macedonian | The word "дилер" in Macedonian is derived from "дил" "deal", and can also refer to "дистрибутер" "distributor". |
| Malagasy | The word "mpivarotra" also means "trader" or "seller" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | 'Peniaga' also means 'peddler', 'trader', 'vendor', or 'salesman'. |
| Maltese | "Negozjant" also refers to a retail establishment. |
| Maori | The Maori word "kaihokohoko" can also refer to a "middleman" or "agent" in a business transaction. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "विक्रेता" (dealer) is derived from the Sanskrit word "विक्री" (sale), meaning "one who sells" or "a seller". |
| Mongolian | The word "дилер" can also mean "trader" or "agent" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | In Hindi, the word बिक्रेता ("bekarte") can also mean "seller" |
| Norwegian | The word “forhandler” originally meant “advance payment” and is related to the word “handel” (trade) |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "wogulitsa" in Nyanja (Chichewa) comes from the Yao language word "wogololi", meaning "a person who deals in small goods". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "سوداګر" can also mean "merchant" or "trader". |
| Persian | The Persian word "فروشنده - دلال" can also refer to a broker or an intermediary. |
| Polish | The Polish word "kupiec" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *kupьcь, which also meant "buyer". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Traficante derives from the root 'trafic', meaning 'trade' or 'commerce', suggesting the illegal trade in drugs or other contraband. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, the word "ਡੀਲਰ" can also mean "seller" or "supplier" while in English, it specifically refers to someone who engages in trading a specific substance. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "dealer" can also mean "distributor" or "retailer". |
| Russian | "Дилер" derives from the English "dealer," but it can also mean "croupier" in a casino game. |
| Samoan | The word "tagata faʻatau" in Samoan can also refer to a negotiator or intermediary in business transactions. |
| Scots Gaelic | In 19th century usage, 'reiceadair' also meant an official in charge of a prison or public institution. |
| Serbian | "Дилер" can also mean "distributor" or "stockist" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word 'morekisi' can also refer to a person who is always asking for favors or money. |
| Shona | The word "mutengesi" can also mean "trader" or "shopkeeper" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "ڊيلر" in Sindhi can also mean "businessman" or "trader". |
| Slovak | In the 16th century the word predajca in Slovak could also mean a betrayer |
| Slovenian | "Trgovec" can also mean "shopkeeper" or "retailer". |
| Somali | The word ganacsade literally means "trader" and is related to the verb ganacso, "to trade." |
| Spanish | Comerciante, meaning 'merchant' in Spanish, derives from the Latin 'commercium,' denoting 'trade' or 'commerce'. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "dealer" comes from the Javanese word "daler", which means "money changer" or "broker". |
| Swahili | "Muuzaji" also means "seller" in Swahili, and can refer to a person who sells goods or services. |
| Swedish | The word '-handlare' is a suffixed form of the Swedish word 'handla', meaning 'to trade' or 'to act'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Philippine Spanish, 'negosyante' meant 'businessperson', from the Spanish 'negociante', meaning the same. |
| Tajik | The etymology of “дилер” is most likely Persian, from “dillal” (“broker”), which is in turn from the Arabic “dallāl” (“one who leads or directs”). As such, it may refer to someone who introduces one party to another for the purposes of making a sale. |
| Telugu | The word "డీలర్" (dealer) in Telugu can also refer to a broker or middleman. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ตัวแทนจำหน่าย" comes from the English word "dealer," but it also has the alternate meaning of "agent." |
| Turkish | Though "satıcı" primarily refers to a "seller" in Turkish, it can also mean a "vendor" or "peddler" in some contexts. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "дилер" can also refer to a trader, stockbroker, or businessman. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "ڈیلر" (dealer) has its root in the English word "deal", meaning "to engage in business transactions". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "diler" can also mean "beggar" or "one who asks for something". |
| Vietnamese | The word "người buôn bán" can also mean "merchant" or "trader". |
| Welsh | The word 'deliwr' can also refer to a messenger or deliverer in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | Xhosa speakers can also use the word 'kumthengisi' to refer to a 'seller' or 'trader'. |
| Yiddish | The term "הענדלער" also refers to the Jewish custom of making a match and arranging a marriage for an eligible man or woman. |
| Yoruba | The word "alagbata" also means "one who distributes" in Yoruba, hinting at the dealer's role in distributing goods. |
| Zulu | The word 'umthengisi' comes from the verb 'thenga' meaning 'to buy' and can also refer to a trader or salesman. |
| English | The word "dealer" has different meanings depending on the context, including a person who sells goods, a person who distributes drugs, and a person who deals cards in a game. |