Department in Different Languages
Discover 'Department' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Department
Afrikaans departement | ||
Albanian departamenti | ||
Amharic መምሪያ | ||
Arabic قسم | ||
Armenian բաժանմունք | ||
Assamese বিভাগ | ||
Aymara marka | ||
Azerbaijani şöbə | ||
Bambara depariteman | ||
Basque sail | ||
Belarusian кафедры | ||
Bengali বিভাগ | ||
Bhojpuri विभाग | ||
Bosnian odjel | ||
Bulgarian отдел | ||
Catalan departament | ||
Cebuano departamento | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 部 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 部門 | ||
Corsican dipartimentu | ||
Croatian odjel | ||
Czech oddělení | ||
Danish afdeling | ||
Dhivehi ޑިޕާޓްމަންޓް | ||
Dogri मैहकमां | ||
Dutch afdeling | ||
English department | ||
Esperanto fako | ||
Estonian osakond | ||
Ewe dɔwɔƒe ƒe alɔdze | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) departamento | ||
Finnish osasto | ||
French département | ||
Frisian departemint | ||
Galician departamento | ||
Georgian განყოფილება | ||
German abteilung | ||
Greek τμήμα | ||
Guarani jeikorenda | ||
Gujarati વિભાગ | ||
Haitian Creole depatman | ||
Hausa sashen | ||
Hawaiian ʻoihana | ||
Hebrew מַחלָקָה | ||
Hindi विभाग | ||
Hmong department | ||
Hungarian osztály | ||
Icelandic deild | ||
Igbo ngalaba | ||
Ilocano departamento | ||
Indonesian departemen | ||
Irish roinn | ||
Italian dipartimento | ||
Japanese 部門 | ||
Javanese departemen | ||
Kannada ಇಲಾಖೆ | ||
Kazakh бөлім | ||
Khmer នាយកដ្ឋាន | ||
Kinyarwanda ishami | ||
Konkani विभाग | ||
Korean 학과 | ||
Krio dipatmɛnt | ||
Kurdish liq | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەش | ||
Kyrgyz бөлүм | ||
Lao ພະແນກ | ||
Latin department | ||
Latvian nodaļa | ||
Lingala departema | ||
Lithuanian skyrius | ||
Luganda ekibiina | ||
Luxembourgish departement | ||
Macedonian оддел | ||
Maithili विभाग | ||
Malagasy sampan-draharaha | ||
Malay jabatan | ||
Malayalam വകുപ്പ് | ||
Maltese dipartiment | ||
Maori tari | ||
Marathi विभाग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯕꯤꯚꯥꯒ | ||
Mizo pawl | ||
Mongolian хэлтэс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဌာန | ||
Nepali विभाग | ||
Norwegian avdeling | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) dipatimenti | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିଭାଗ | ||
Oromo qajeelcha | ||
Pashto څانګه | ||
Persian بخش | ||
Polish departament | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) departamento | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਭਾਗ | ||
Quechua departamento | ||
Romanian departament | ||
Russian отдел | ||
Samoan matagaluega | ||
Sanskrit विभागः | ||
Scots Gaelic roinn | ||
Sepedi lefapha | ||
Serbian одељење | ||
Sesotho lefapha | ||
Shona department | ||
Sindhi ڊپارٽمينٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ෙදපාර්තෙම්න්තුෙව් | ||
Slovak oddelenie | ||
Slovenian oddelek | ||
Somali waaxda | ||
Spanish departamento | ||
Sundanese departemen | ||
Swahili idara | ||
Swedish avdelning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) departamento | ||
Tajik шӯъба | ||
Tamil துறை | ||
Tatar бүлеге | ||
Telugu విభాగం | ||
Thai สาขา | ||
Tigrinya ክፍሊ | ||
Tsonga ndzawulo | ||
Turkish bölüm | ||
Turkmen bölümi | ||
Twi (Akan) asoɛeɛ | ||
Ukrainian кафедра | ||
Urdu شعبہ | ||
Uyghur تارماق | ||
Uzbek bo'lim | ||
Vietnamese phòng ban | ||
Welsh adran | ||
Xhosa isebe | ||
Yiddish אָפּטיילונג | ||
Yoruba ẹka | ||
Zulu umnyango |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "departement" originally meant "district" but now primarily means "department". |
| Albanian | The word "departamenti" in Albanian derives from the Latin word "dēpārtīre," which means "to separate" or "to divide." |
| Amharic | The word "መምሪያ" can also refer to a section or division within an organization. |
| Arabic | The word 'قسم' also refers to a part of a village in Arabic and originates from the Hebrew "kisma." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "şöbə" is derived from the Persian word "shab", meaning "night", and is related to the idea of a place where people work at night. |
| Basque | Sail comes from "sailak", meaning "branches", so Sail is the department of the branches of the mountains. |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, the word "кафедры" not only means "department," but also can refer to a pulpit, a chair, or even a professorship. |
| Bengali | বিভাগ also has another meaning in the context of administrative divisions in India and Bangladesh. |
| Bosnian | The word "odjel" derives from the Persian word "juzdan" via the Turkish word "cüzdan", meaning "wallet" or "small bag". |
| Bulgarian | The word "отдел" also has an alternate archaic meaning of "an isolated part, a separate piece" |
| Catalan | The word "departament" is derived from the Latin word "departementum", which means "division or section". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "departamento" also means "apartment" and is derived from the Spanish word of the same meaning. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character "部" (Simplified) originally referred to a military division and later came to mean "ministry" or "department". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 部門, a word for department, also referred to as a branch of a ministry, is composed of 部, meaning ministries in China or a part, with 門, a door. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "dipartimentu" can also refer to a subdivision of a province in Italy. |
| Croatian | The word "odjel" in Croatian can also refer to a section or a division within an organization. |
| Czech | Oddělení is derived from the Old Czech word "oddieliti," meaning "to separate". |
| Danish | In Denmark, "afdeling" also refers to a ward in a hospital or a part of a large store. |
| Dutch | "Afdeling" in Dutch can mean a section in a book, an organizational unit, and an administrative subdivision of a country. |
| Esperanto | The word "fako" derives from the Latin word "factio," meaning "making" or "doing." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "osakond" may also refer to a subdivision within an organization or a section within a book. |
| Finnish | In the 1800s, "osasto" referred to the ward of a hospital, a section of an army, or the part of a building containing the apartments for one family. |
| French | The French word "département", in addition to its administrative meaning, can also refer to a type of storage unit in a dresser or wardrobe. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "departemint" is derived from the French "département" and can also refer to a room in a building. |
| Galician | The Galician word "departamento" can also refer to a "room" or a "flat" in some areas. |
| German | The word "Abteilung" also means "detachment" or "battalion" in a military context. |
| Greek | Greek "τμήμα" derives from τέμνω, "to cut" as in an anatomical cross-section. |
| Gujarati | The word "વિભાગ" can also mean "part", "section", or "branch" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "depatman" in Haitian Creole derives from the French word "département", which also means "department". In Haitian Creole, "depatman" can additionally refer to a government ministry or agency. |
| Hausa | The word "sashen" also means "in the case of" or "with regard to" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | ʻOihana also means 'business' or 'profession'. |
| Hebrew | The word "מחלקה" also connotes a class or category of something. |
| Hindi | विभाग or Vibhag is also used to refer "separation", "classification", "section", and "branch" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word "department" in Hmong can also refer to a "section" or "branch" of a government or organization. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "osztály" can also refer to a school class or rank in the military. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "deild" can refer to a university faculty or a section of a newspaper. |
| Igbo | Ngalaba also means 'a small basket used in the ancient era for holding kola nuts or other precious items'. |
| Indonesian | In French and Indonesian, "département" / "departemen" can also refer to a territorial district within a country. |
| Irish | "Roinn" is derived from the Old Irish word "ruan", meaning "secret" or "mystery", and was originally used to refer to a secret council or group. |
| Italian | "Dipartimento" originally meant the territory governed by the head of a Roman "decuria" — a military group of soldiers. |
| Japanese | 部門 can also mean "class" or "branch" in a wider sense. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "departemen" can also refer to a room or a building. |
| Kannada | "ಇಲಾಖೆ" can also mean "a group of people who work together or do something together". |
| Kazakh | Etymology: the word 'бөлім' is of Turkic origin. |
| Korean | "학과(Hak-kwa)" is also a Sino-Korean word meaning "subject" or "field of study". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "liq" can also refer to the "area" where livestock are kept or to the "place" where people gather. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "бөлүм" originally meant "part" in Mongolian, with its modern meaning as "department" being of Russian origin. |
| Lao | The word ພັນຕເ ("department") derives from Sanskrit, and is cognate with นำเน ("office"). |
| Latin | "Department" comes from the Latin word "departimere", meaning "to divide" or "to distribute." |
| Latvian | Although nodaļa primarily means "department" in Latvian, it can also mean "chapter" or "section" in certain contexts. |
| Lithuanian | The word "skyrius" derives from the verb "skirti", meaning "to separate" or "to divide". It can also refer to a room or compartment in a building. |
| Macedonian | The term "oddel" also relates to the concept of a separate part of an entity or a separate area of activity or responsibility. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "sampan-draharaha" evolved from an old Sanskrit term meaning 'to hold together' or 'to support'. |
| Malay | In Malay, 'jabatan' can also refer to a position or post, such as a 'high jabatan' or 'low jabatan'. This usage of the word stems from its root in Arabic, 'jabha', meaning 'forehead' or 'position' |
| Maltese | The word "dipartiment" can also refer to a section of a faculty in a university. |
| Maori | 'tari' originally referred to the carved slabs of wood used to adorn the outside of meeting houses. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "विभाग" (vibhāg) can also mean "division" or "category". |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the word "хэлтэс" (department) originally meant "a collection of horses". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "विभाग" (department) can also refer to a portion, category, section, area, or field. |
| Norwegian | The word "avdeling" derives from the Old Norse "afdeiling", meaning "a separation or division". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The original meaning of "dipatimenti" was probably "the government". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "څانګه" could also mean "wing, branch." |
| Persian | The word "bakhsh" can also mean "a gift" or "a grant" in Persian. |
| Polish | The Polish word "departament" also refers to a large retail store. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "departamento" can also refer to an administrative division within a municipality, or to a room or suite in a building. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਵਿਭਾਗ" is derived from Sanskrit and also means "part, section, division, category, or branch." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "departament" can also refer to a subdivision of a large organization, such as a university or a business. |
| Russian | In Russian, the word "отдел" can also refer to a division within a scientific institution or a section of a book or archive. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word "matagaluega" also refers to a specific type of traditional canoe. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Roinn" can also mean "share" or "portion" depending on context. |
| Serbian | "Одељење" comes from the verb "оделити", which means "to separate" or "to divide". |
| Sesotho | The word 'lefapha' also means 'side' in Sesotho, highlighting the division of responsibilities within a department. |
| Shona | The word ‘dhipatimendi’ in Shona does not have any other meanings beyond the primary one of ‘department’, and it was borrowed from English. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ڊپارٽمينٽ" (department) is derived from the Persian word "ديوان" (administration) and is also used to refer to a branch of government or a section of an organization. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Derived from the Old French word "departement", meaning "a part or division of a country". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "oddelenie" can also refer to a hospital ward or a military unit. |
| Slovenian | The word "oddelek" has the same root as "oddeliti", to separate. |
| Somali | The word 'waax' in Somali means 'to split', and '-da' forms a noun from the verb, signifying a 'place of division' or 'department'. |
| Spanish | "Departamento" can also mean "province" or "state" in Spanish-speaking countries. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "departemen" is also used to refer to a group of people who work in an office, an office building or complex, or government agency. |
| Swahili | "Idara" also means "institution" or "establishment". |
| Swedish | Swedish "avdelning" comes from the French "avant-garde" and thus also means "vanguard" or "advance guard". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Departamento" also means a type of apartment or flat in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "шӯъба" can also mean a part, division, or section. |
| Tamil | "துறை" also refers to a |
| Telugu | విభాగం may also refer to a division or a part of a whole. |
| Thai | "สาขา" originally meant a "branch of a tree" and now also refers to an academic subject or organizational unit. |
| Turkish | "Bölüm" can also mean "division" or "chapter" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | Etymology: Greek καθέδρα (kathedra, “chair”); the same root as the word cathedral. |
| Urdu | 'شعبہ' derives from the Arabic word 'sha'ba' meaning branch |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "Bo'lim" can also refer to a "section" or a "branch". |
| Vietnamese | The word "Phòng ban" also means "room" or "chamber" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "adran" is also related to the word "adranc", meaning "part" or "share". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "isebe" can also refer to a section or area of land. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אָפּטיילונג" (department) is derived from the German word "Abteilung" and can also refer to a section or division within an organization. |
| Yoruba | The word "ẹka" in Yoruba can also mean "a section of a town or village with its own chief or head." |
| Zulu | Umnyango is a Zulu word that can also refer to a company or an organization. |
| English | The term 'department' finds its root in the medieval era when it referred to separate physical spaces in monasteries for specific functions. |