Dependent in Different Languages
Discover 'Dependent' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Dependent
Afrikaans afhanklik | ||
Albanian i varur | ||
Amharic ጥገኛ | ||
Arabic يعتمد | ||
Armenian կախյալ | ||
Assamese নিৰ্ভৰশীল | ||
Aymara ukat dependiente ukhamawa | ||
Azerbaijani asılıdır | ||
Bambara a bɛ tali kɛ a la | ||
Basque menpekoa | ||
Belarusian залежны | ||
Bengali নির্ভরশীল | ||
Bhojpuri निर्भर बा | ||
Bosnian zavisni | ||
Bulgarian зависим | ||
Catalan dependent | ||
Cebuano nagsalig | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 依赖的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 依賴的 | ||
Corsican dipendente | ||
Croatian ovisna | ||
Czech závislý | ||
Danish afhængig | ||
Dhivehi ޑިޕެންޑެންޓް | ||
Dogri आश्रित | ||
Dutch afhankelijk | ||
English dependent | ||
Esperanto dependa | ||
Estonian ülalpeetav | ||
Ewe ame si dzi woanɔ te ɖo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) umaasa | ||
Finnish riippuvainen | ||
French dépendant | ||
Frisian ôfhinklik | ||
Galician dependente | ||
Georgian დამოკიდებული | ||
German abhängig | ||
Greek εξαρτώμενος | ||
Guarani dependiente rehegua | ||
Gujarati આશ્રિત | ||
Haitian Creole depandan | ||
Hausa dogara | ||
Hawaiian kaukaʻi | ||
Hebrew תלוי | ||
Hindi आश्रित | ||
Hmong vam khom | ||
Hungarian függő | ||
Icelandic háð | ||
Igbo dabere | ||
Ilocano agpannuray | ||
Indonesian tergantung | ||
Irish spleách | ||
Italian dipendente | ||
Japanese 依存 | ||
Javanese gumantung | ||
Kannada ಅವಲಂಬಿತ | ||
Kazakh тәуелді | ||
Khmer ពឹងផ្អែក | ||
Kinyarwanda biterwa | ||
Konkani अवलंबून आशिल्लें | ||
Korean 매달린 | ||
Krio dipɛndent | ||
Kurdish pêvgrêdane | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وابەستە | ||
Kyrgyz көз каранды | ||
Lao ຂຶ້ນກັບ | ||
Latin dependens | ||
Latvian atkarīgs | ||
Lingala oyo etali yango | ||
Lithuanian priklausomas | ||
Luganda eyeesigama ku muntu | ||
Luxembourgish ofhängeg | ||
Macedonian зависни | ||
Maithili आश्रित | ||
Malagasy miantehitra | ||
Malay bergantung | ||
Malayalam ആശ്രിത | ||
Maltese dipendenti | ||
Maori whakawhirinaki | ||
Marathi अवलंबून | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯗꯤꯄꯦꯟꯗꯦꯟꯇ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo dependent a ni | ||
Mongolian хамааралтай | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မှီခို | ||
Nepali आश्रित | ||
Norwegian avhengig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wodalira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନିର୍ଭରଶୀଳ | | ||
Oromo hirkataa ta’uu isaati | ||
Pashto منحصر | ||
Persian وابسته | ||
Polish zależny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) dependente | ||
Punjabi ਨਿਰਭਰ | ||
Quechua dependiente nisqa | ||
Romanian dependent | ||
Russian зависимый | ||
Samoan faʻalagolago | ||
Sanskrit आश्रितः | ||
Scots Gaelic an urra | ||
Sepedi itšetlehile ka | ||
Serbian зависни | ||
Sesotho itshetlehileng | ||
Shona kutsamira | ||
Sindhi منحصر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) යැපෙන්නන් | ||
Slovak závislý | ||
Slovenian odvisni | ||
Somali ku tiirsan | ||
Spanish dependiente | ||
Sundanese gumantung | ||
Swahili tegemezi | ||
Swedish beroende | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) umaasa | ||
Tajik вобаста | ||
Tamil சார்ந்தது | ||
Tatar бәйле | ||
Telugu ఆధారపడి ఉంటుంది | ||
Thai ขึ้นอยู่กับ | ||
Tigrinya ጽግዕተኛ እዩ። | ||
Tsonga swi titshege hi swona | ||
Turkish bağımlı | ||
Turkmen baglydyr | ||
Twi (Akan) a ɔde ne ho to so | ||
Ukrainian залежний | ||
Urdu منحصر | ||
Uyghur بېقىنىش | ||
Uzbek qaram | ||
Vietnamese phụ thuộc | ||
Welsh dibynnol | ||
Xhosa oxhomekeke kuye | ||
Yiddish אָפענגיק | ||
Yoruba ti o gbẹkẹle | ||
Zulu oncikile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Afhanklik" is derived from the Dutch "aanhangen," meaning "to follow," and also denotes "addiction" as a dependence on an external substance. |
| Albanian | "I varur" originates from the Proto-Albanian word *waru(̯)-, meaning "bad, evil, poor, miserable". |
| Amharic | The word 'ጥገኛ' has historical meanings such as 'beggar' and 'indigent'. |
| Arabic | The word "يعتمد" can also mean "rely on" or "depend on" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "կախյալ" (kaxyal) derives from the Proto-Armenian word "*kaxay-l" which signifies "to be hanging", and is also cognate with the Persian word "kāhish" (reduction) and the Kurdish word "kax" (hook). |
| Azerbaijani | The word "asılıdır" also means 'hanged' or 'hung' in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Menpekoa" comes from a Medieval Latin term for a feudal dependent of a knight or noble, via the Old Asturleonese form "menpengo". |
| Belarusian | In some dialects, "залежны" means "remote" or "backwater". |
| Bengali | The word "নির্ভরশীল" can also be used to describe a person who is reliant on others for their livelihood. |
| Bosnian | "Zavisni" can also refer to a type of traditional Bosnian folk music. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "зависим" ultimately comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "зависити", meaning "to hang" or "to depend". |
| Catalan | The Spanish word "dependiente" is not etymologically related to the Catalan "dependent," a noun referring to a mathematical relationship or an adjective for something that hangs, which derives from the Latin word for "hang." |
| Cebuano | "Nagsalig" is derived from the Tagalog word "salig" meaning "to rely on" or "to depend on". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 依赖的 can also mean “rely” or “trust”. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「依賴的」一詞亦可解作「寄生的」或「倚賴的」 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, 'dipendente' also means 'member of the same political party' or 'sympathiser' |
| Croatian | The Latin root "ovisna" is related to a sheep; it came to refer to a person in thrall of someone who could protect them. The Latin verb ""ovis"" means "to protect" but also "to make someone a slave", which reflects the ancient reality that serfdom offered many peasants in exchange for security. |
| Czech | Závislý can also mean "addicted" and has roots similar to its meaning as "dependent" but the original meaning may be related more to being suspended from something. |
| Danish | Danish word “afhængig” was derived from |
| Dutch | "Het Nederlandse woord "afhankelijk" is etymologisch verwant aan "afhangen" (hangen aan), en betekent naast afhankelijkheid ook "hangend" (bv. een hangend schaap)." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'dependa' can also refer to a person who relies heavily on others for support, especially a spouse or family member. |
| Estonian | "Ülalpeetav" is derived from the Estonian word "ülal pidama", meaning "to support" or "to maintain". |
| Finnish | Finnish "riippuvainen" is not related to its cognate in Hungarian, meaning "envious". This is due to an early semantic shift. |
| French | The French word « dépendant » can also mean « slope » in geometric contexts. |
| Frisian | The word "ôfhinklik" has multiple meanings in Frisian, including "dependent," "contingent," and "subordinate." |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "dependente" can also mean "employee" or "worker" in a shop or business. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word “დამოკიდებული,” which today means “dependent,” has its origins in the Persian language where it meant “suspended.” |
| German | The German word "abhängig" can also mean "inclined" or "sloping" in reference to a surface. |
| Greek | The word “εξαρτώμενος” (dependent) is derived from the verb “εξαρτάω” (to hang from), and can also mean “attached to” or “subordinate.” |
| Gujarati | "આશ્રિત" भी एक ऐसा शब्द है जो हिंदू धर्म और संस्कृति में कई अर्थ रखता है। |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "depandan" shares the same etymology as the French word "dépendance," both tracing back to the Latin "dependere" |
| Hausa | The word 'dogara' in Hausa also refers to a type of traditional headgear worn by Hausa men. |
| Hawaiian | "Kaukaʻi" has its root in the Proto-Oceanic root word "*taukai" which also means to "feed or nourish" |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "תלוי" (pronounced "ta-loo-ee") derives from the root "תלה" (pronounced "ta-lah"), which means "to hang" or "to suspend". |
| Hindi | 'आश्रित' (aashrit) in Sanskrit means 'one who has taken shelter'. |
| Hmong | The second and third syllables of vam khom, "khom," may refer to a younger relative, such as a child or nephew. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian and Estonian, the word for "dependent" or "hanging" can also refer to the "curtain." |
| Icelandic | "Háð" in Icelandic originally referred to animals kept in a herd or flock, and can still be used to describe domesticated or semi-domesticated grazing livestock. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word “dabere” can also mean “support” or “be responsible for”. |
| Indonesian | Tergantung is derived from the Javanese word |
| Irish | The Gaelic word "spleách" not only means "dependent," but also "spleen," suggesting a connection between the physical and emotional states of being dependent. |
| Italian | The Italian word for "dependent" ("dipendente") also means an "employee". |
| Japanese | The word 依存 (izon) can also mean "to adhere to" or "to rely on". |
| Javanese | The word "gumantung" (dependent) in the Javanese language can also refer to "hung" or "suspended". |
| Kannada | The word also conveys meanings such as 'reliant' and 'leaning'. |
| Kazakh | The word 'тәуелді' in Kazakh can also refer to a person who is addicted to a substance or activity. |
| Korean | 매달린 can also mean "hanging" or "suspended". |
| Kurdish | The word "pêvgrêdane" is derived from the Persian word "paband" which means "dependent" or "tied up". |
| Kyrgyz | The first part of the word, «көз», translates to «eye,» while the second part, «каранды», can also mean «darkness» or «blindness». |
| Latin | "Dependens" in Latin comes from the verb "dependere," meaning "to hang." |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "atkarīgs" can also mean "inclined" or "addicted." |
| Lithuanian | "Priklausomas" in Lithuanian derives from the word "priklausoti," meaning "to belong" or "to be connected to." |
| Luxembourgish | In French, one of the meanings of "dépendant" is "leaning", reflecting the etymological origin of "ofhängeg" in Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | The word "зависни" can also mean "addicted" or "hooked" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "miantehitra" in Malagasy is derived from the word "iantehitra", meaning "to rest upon" or "to lean on". |
| Malay | The word "bergantung" in Malay can also mean "hanging" or "suspended". |
| Malayalam | The word "ആശ്രിത" (āśrita) in Malayalam is derived from the Sanskrit word "आश्रित" (āśrita), which also means "dependent" or "reliant", but can also refer to a "disciple" or "follower". Additionally, in Malayalam, "ആശ്രിത" (āśrita) can refer to a "poor person" or "menial laborer". |
| Maltese | The word "dipendenti" in Maltese comes from the Latin word "dependens", meaning "hanging down" or "attached to". |
| Maori | The term "whakawhirinaki" in Māori can also refer to someone who is reliant or beholden to another individual or entity. |
| Marathi | The word "अवलंबून" comes from the Sanskrit root "lamb" meaning "to hang". As a result, it also means "suspended" or "hanging" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The word "хамааралтай" also means "related to" or "connected to" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | မှီခို originates from Pali, and has alternate meanings as “to adhere”, “to rely”, or “to trust”. |
| Nepali | The word 'आश्रित' can also mean 'refugee' or 'dependent on' in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "avhengig" can also mean "addicted". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Wodalira" can also mean "someone who is not well off". |
| Pashto | "منحصر" derives from the Arabic word "نَحْصَرُ", meaning "to confine, restrict, or surround." |
| Persian | وابسته in Persian can refer to someone or something that is tied or attached to something else, or to a particular outcome or event. |
| Polish | The etymology of the Polish word "zależny" traces back to the Old Church Slavonic root "legti", meaning "to lie" or "to recline". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "dependente" can also mean "clerk" or "employee", particularly in the context of a store or office. |
| Punjabi | ਨਿਰਭਰ (nirbhar) in Punjabi translates to |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "dependent" can also mean "annex" or "outbuilding". |
| Russian | "Зависимый" also means "addict" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "faʻalagolago" derives from the root "faʻa", meaning "to do" or "to make", and "golago", meaning "to hang" or "to be suspended". |
| Scots Gaelic | 'An urra' is a Gaelic word for someone who is dependent on others, such as a child or an elder. |
| Serbian | The word "зависни" in Serbian can also mean "addicted" or "addictive". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "itshetlehileng" can also refer to a person who is always relying on others for help. |
| Shona | The word "kutsamira" can also refer to "leaning against" an object or person and "supporting oneself" with a stick or other object. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "منحصر" also means "restricted" or "confined". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term 'යැපෙන්නන්' (yaepennan) in Sinhalese refers to individuals who rely on others for financial support or sustenance. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "závislý" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "zavisъ", which meant "connected" or "attached". |
| Slovenian | The word "odvisni" may also refer to "dependents" in a tax context. |
| Somali | "Tiirsan" can also mean "leaning on" or "depending on" something. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "dependiente" also means "sales clerk" or "shop assistant" |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "gumantung" also means "hung", "suspended", or "attached". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "tegemezi" comes from the root "-teg-" meaning "to lean on". |
| Swedish | The word "beroende" in Swedish can also mean "addiction". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "umaasa" can also mean "to depend on" or "to trust". |
| Tajik | The word "вобаста" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "وابسته" meaning "reliant" or "attached". |
| Tamil | The word சார்ந்தது is derived from the verb சார் (join), implying a state of being attached or connected. |
| Thai | The Thai word “ขึ้นอยู่กับ” (dependent) is literally translated as “to rise with” or “to be above.” |
| Turkish | The word "bağımlı" in Turkish can also mean "addict" or "substance abuser." |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "залежний" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "длъгъ", which means "debt" or "obligation", and it originally referred to a person who was bound to another by a debt or Verpflichtung. |
| Urdu | "منحصر" derives from the Arabic word "حصر" meaning "restriction" or "confinement," reflecting the idea of dependence on something that confines or limits one's options. |
| Uzbek | The word "qaram" in Uzbek is derived from the Old Turkic word "qara", meaning "black" or "dark", and can also refer to a person who is under the protection or guardianship of another. |
| Vietnamese | "Dân tộc phụ thuộc" (dependent people) is used for the people of color (blacks) in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "dibynnol" in Welsh can also refer to "reliance" or "trust". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "oxhomekeke kuye" can also mean "to lean on" or "to rely on" |
| Yiddish | אָפענגיק derives from the German word abhängig, meaning "dependent" or "subordinate." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ti o gbẹkẹle" literally translates to "what is leaned on". |
| Zulu | This word may have derived from a term referring to hanging or dangling below something. |
| English | "Dependent" derives from Latin "dependere," meaning both "to hang" and "to be contingent upon." |