Evidence in Different Languages
Discover 'Evidence' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Evidence
Afrikaans getuienis | ||
Albanian prova | ||
Amharic ማስረጃ | ||
Arabic دليل | ||
Armenian ապացույցներ | ||
Assamese প্ৰমাণ | ||
Aymara utjirinaka | ||
Azerbaijani dəlil | ||
Bambara seereya | ||
Basque frogak | ||
Belarusian доказы | ||
Bengali প্রমান | ||
Bhojpuri सबूत | ||
Bosnian dokazi | ||
Bulgarian доказателства | ||
Catalan proves | ||
Cebuano ebidensya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 证据 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 證據 | ||
Corsican evidenza | ||
Croatian dokaz | ||
Czech důkaz | ||
Danish beviser | ||
Dhivehi ހެކި | ||
Dogri सबूत | ||
Dutch bewijs | ||
English evidence | ||
Esperanto evidenteco | ||
Estonian tõendid | ||
Ewe kpeɖodzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ebidensya | ||
Finnish todisteet | ||
French preuve | ||
Frisian bewiis | ||
Galician evidencia | ||
Georgian მტკიცებულებები | ||
German beweise | ||
Greek απόδειξη | ||
Guarani ñembojapyre | ||
Gujarati પુરાવા | ||
Haitian Creole prèv | ||
Hausa shaida | ||
Hawaiian hōʻike hōʻike | ||
Hebrew עֵדוּת | ||
Hindi सबूत | ||
Hmong pov thawj | ||
Hungarian bizonyíték | ||
Icelandic sönnunargögn | ||
Igbo ihe akaebe | ||
Ilocano ebidensia | ||
Indonesian bukti | ||
Irish fianaise | ||
Italian prova | ||
Japanese 証拠 | ||
Javanese bukti-bukti | ||
Kannada ಪುರಾವೆಗಳು | ||
Kazakh дәлелдемелер | ||
Khmer ភស្តុតាង | ||
Kinyarwanda ibimenyetso | ||
Konkani पुरावो | ||
Korean 증거 | ||
Krio pruf | ||
Kurdish delîl | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەڵگە | ||
Kyrgyz далил | ||
Lao ຫຼັກຖານ | ||
Latin quod | ||
Latvian pierādījumi | ||
Lingala elembeteli | ||
Lithuanian įrodymas | ||
Luganda obukakafu | ||
Luxembourgish beweiser | ||
Macedonian доказ | ||
Maithili साक्ष्य | ||
Malagasy porofo | ||
Malay bukti | ||
Malayalam തെളിവ് | ||
Maltese evidenza | ||
Maori taunakitanga | ||
Marathi पुरावा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯥꯈꯤ | ||
Mizo finfiahna | ||
Mongolian нотлох баримт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သက်သေအထောက်အထား | ||
Nepali प्रमाण | ||
Norwegian bevis | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) umboni | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରମାଣ | ||
Oromo ragaa | ||
Pashto ثبوت | ||
Persian شواهد و مدارک | ||
Polish dowód | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) provas | ||
Punjabi ਸਬੂਤ | ||
Quechua evidencia | ||
Romanian dovezi | ||
Russian свидетельство | ||
Samoan molimau | ||
Sanskrit उपपत्तिः | ||
Scots Gaelic fianais | ||
Sepedi bohlatse | ||
Serbian доказ | ||
Sesotho bopaki | ||
Shona humbowo | ||
Sindhi ثبوت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සාක්ෂි | ||
Slovak dôkazy | ||
Slovenian dokazi | ||
Somali caddayn | ||
Spanish evidencia | ||
Sundanese buktina | ||
Swahili ushahidi | ||
Swedish bevis | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ebidensya | ||
Tajik далел | ||
Tamil ஆதாரம் | ||
Tatar дәлилләр | ||
Telugu సాక్ష్యం | ||
Thai หลักฐาน | ||
Tigrinya ማስረጃ | ||
Tsonga vumbhoni | ||
Turkish kanıt | ||
Turkmen subutnama | ||
Twi (Akan) adanseɛ | ||
Ukrainian докази | ||
Urdu ثبوت | ||
Uyghur دەلىل-ئىسپات | ||
Uzbek dalil | ||
Vietnamese chứng cớ | ||
Welsh tystiolaeth | ||
Xhosa ubungqina | ||
Yiddish זאָגן | ||
Yoruba ẹri | ||
Zulu ubufakazi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Getuienis is derived from Dutch getuigenis and was used in legal contexts since the 17th century. It also came to mean "proof" in the form of eyewitness accounts. |
| Albanian | "Prova" comes from the Latin word "proba," which means "test" or "examination." |
| Amharic | The Amharic word ማስረጃ (masreja) has roots in the Semitic language and also means 'to establish' or 'cause to exist' |
| Arabic | دليل, the Arabic word for evidence, also means 'guide'. |
| Azerbaijani | The word “dəlil” has a similar etymology to the Arabic word “dalīl,” meaning “guide” or “proof,” reflecting its role as support for a claim. |
| Basque | "Frogak" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "bhrēĝh-", meaning "to break", hence the meanings "fragment" and "proof". |
| Belarusian | In Polish, the root "dokaz" has the meaning of "proof" and is a synonym for the word "dowód" |
| Bengali | প্রমান (evidence) is also used to refer to a measurement, a standard, or a proof. |
| Bosnian | The word "dokazi" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*dokazъ", meaning "proof". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "доказателства" comes from the root "доказвам" meaning "to prove" and shares its root with the verb "доказвам се" meaning "to prove oneself". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "proves" not only means "evidence" but also "test" and "exam". |
| Cebuano | "Ebidensya" in Cebuano originated from Spanish "evidencia", and can also refer to a person who testifies in court. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "证据" in Chinese is derived from the root word "証", meaning "to witness" or "to testify". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 證據 is a compound word in Chinese that means something that is clear and visible. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "evidenza" shares its origin and meaning with the French word "évidence" and the Italian word "evidenza". In addition to meaning "evidence," "evidenza" can also refer to the act of making something clear or obvious. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "dokaz" also means "proof" or "argument". |
| Czech | The word "důkaz" can also refer to "proof" or "verification". |
| Danish | The Danish word "beviser" also refers to a "proof" in mathematics or logic. |
| Dutch | 'Bewijs' (evidence) also means 'proof', 'demonstration', and 'certificate'. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word “evidenteco” relates to “evido” (“proof”), and it also has the meaning of “obviousness”. |
| Estonian | Estonian word "tõendid" is derived from the Proto-Finnic *toténa - to prove, to establish, to bear witness |
| Finnish | Todisteet means not only evidence but can also refer to means of proving something, like a witness or a receipt. |
| French | The French word "preuve" derives from the Latin word "probare," meaning "to test, try out, or approve." |
| Frisian | The word 'bewiis' is cognate to 'bewize' in West Frisian and to 'bewijs' in Dutch, but unlike in Dutch it is only used in the sense of 'written document'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "evidencia" can also mean "appearance", "look" or "semblance". In this sense, it is similar to the Spanish "evidencia" meaning "appearance." |
| German | The German word "Beweise" can also refer to a mathematical demonstration, as in "Beweis einer Behauptung" (proof of a proposition). |
| Greek | The Greek word "απόδειξη" can also refer to a mathematical demonstration, a receipt or a proof. |
| Gujarati | The word "પુરાવા" may also refer to proof, testimony, or confirmation. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "prèv" is derived from the French word "preuve" and can also mean "proof" or "certificate". |
| Hausa | The word shaida, meaning evidence in Hausa, has the additional connotation of proof or testimony, often used in a legal context. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hōʻike hōʻike" originates from the Hawaiian term meaning "manifestation" or "showing". |
| Hebrew | The word also carries the connotation of the testimony of witnesses in a legal setting, as in the phrase "לעשות עֵדוּת" (to bear witness). |
| Hindi | The word |
| Hmong | "Cov pov thawj" (evidence in Hmong) is etymologically rooted in "tsawj", meaning "to prove" and "pov" meaning "the thing." |
| Hungarian | "Bizonyíték" is derived from the verb "bizonyít" which means to prove, certify, demonstrate, establish, show, or verify. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "sönnunargögn" derives from the Old Norse words "sönnun" (truth) and "gögn" (data), meaning "data that establishes the truth" |
| Igbo | Ihe akaebe also refers to a physical object or document presented as proof or verification of the truth of a statement |
| Indonesian | Related to or derived from the word "bukti", meaning "to prove" or "proof" in Old Javanese. |
| Irish | The word "fianaise" can also refer to the process of giving evidence. |
| Italian | "Prova" comes from the Latin word "probare," which means "to test" or "to prove". |
| Japanese | The word "証拠" (shouko) originally meant "something that has been proved" or "something that is true." |
| Javanese | In the Javanese language, "bukti-bukti" has alternate meanings relating to clues, signs, or indications, extending beyond its primary meaning of "evidence." |
| Kannada | The word "ಪುರಾವೆಗಳು" can also refer to "proof" or "testimony" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "дәлелдемелер" not only means "evidence" but also means "proofs" and "arguments". |
| Khmer | The word "ភស្តុតាង" (evidence) in Khmer is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रत्यक्ष" ( प्रत्यक्ष ), which means "direct perception" or "immediate experience". |
| Korean | In Middle Korean, "증거" also meant "proof of innocence". |
| Kurdish | "Delîl" is also used as a term for "guide" or "proof" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "далил" also has a meaning in Kyrgyz as "proof". |
| Latin | The Latin "quod" originally meant "that which" and could refer to evidence, a circumstance, a legal charge, or a reason. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "pierādījumi" comes from the verb "pierādīt" (to prove), which itself is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁rew- (to speak), suggesting that evidence was originally something that was spoken or declared. |
| Lithuanian | The word "įrodymas" derives from the verb "rodyti," meaning "to show" or "to indicate," and also relates to the words "rodyklė" (arrow) and "įrodyti" (to prove). |
| Luxembourgish | In the sense of “evidence,” Beweiser also means “certificate,” as in a medical certificate or a birth certificate. |
| Macedonian | Доказ in Macedonian can also mean proof, testimony, document, or a legal instrument. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "POROFO" also means "the proof of a thing". |
| Malay | From the Proto-Austronesian root *bukit, meaning "hill" or "mountain". |
| Malayalam | The word തെളിവ്, meaning 'evidence', is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *teḷi, meaning 'to appear' or 'to be visible'. It is related to the Tamil word தெளிவு (teḷivu), meaning 'clarity' or 'brightness'. |
| Maltese | Maltese word "evidenza" is derived from Latin word "evidentia", meaning both "evidence" and "obviousness". |
| Maori | Although its primary meaning is 'evidence', 'taunakitanga' has other meanings, such as 'proof', 'sign' and 'confirmation'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "पुरावा" can also mean "old" or "ancient" |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian noun “нотлох баримт”, meaning 'evidence', is derived from “нотлох”, meaning 'to prove', and “баримт”, meaning 'document' or 'proof' |
| Nepali | The word 'प्रमाण' (pramāṇa) in Nepali can also mean 'proof', 'authority', 'measurement', 'criterion', 'sign', or 'knowledge'. |
| Norwegian | The word «bevis» means both «burden of proof» and «evidence». Both these words are connected to the Latin *vis* that means both force and sight; but in the word «bevis» force is the primary meaning; in «visibility» sight is. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "umboni" in Nyanja (Chichewa) also means "testimony" or "proof". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "ثبوت" can also mean "proof" or "testimony." |
| Persian | The word "شواهد و مدارک" comes from the Arabic word "شهد", meaning "to witness", and is often used in the context of proof or testimony. |
| Polish | "Dowód" in Polish originally meant a soldier's proof of service and was only later extended to mean evidence in court. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Latin, "probare" means "to prove"; in Portuguese, "provar" also means "to taste". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਸਬੂਤ" (sabūt) originates from the Sanskrit word "प्रमाण" (pramāna), meaning "measure" or "proof". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "dovezi" originates from the Polish word "dowod", meaning "proof". |
| Russian | The Russian word "свидетельство" can also refer to a document, such as a birth certificate, which is an official record of a particular fact or event, or to the ceremony of witnessing a marriage or other event. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word for "evidence" "molimau" also means "witness" and is derived from the verb "moli" meaning "to speak". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Fianais" literally translates as "witnessing" or "testifying" in Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "доказ" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *dok-, meaning "to show" or "to point out." |
| Sesotho | The term 'bopaki' has alternate meanings in legal contexts, referring to evidence submitted during court trials. |
| Shona | The Shona word “humbowo” also means a footprint or a mark left by someone or something. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ثبوت" derives from the Arabic word "ثبات" (stability) and also means "proof" or "confirmation" in the Sindhi language. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "සාක්ෂි" (evidence) in Sinhala originates from the Sanskrit word "साक्षी" (witness, knowledge), ultimately derived from the root "सच्" (to tell, to speak). |
| Slovak | Dôkazy also means "proof" in Slovak, and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *dokazъ, which means "witness". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "dokazi" is cognate with the Russian word "доказательство" (dokazatelstvo), both ultimately deriving from the Proto-Slavic root *dokazati, meaning "to prove". |
| Somali | The word "caddayn" in Somali can also refer to testimony, a witness, or a piece of information |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "evidencia" also means "fact, data, or proof", "certainty", and "clarity or obviousness". |
| Sundanese | The word "buktina" is derived from the root word "bukti", which means "proof" or "evidence". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "ushahidi" also means "testimony" and "proof". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "bevis" is derived from an Old Norse word "bevi" meaning "reason," "cause," and "proof," and is related to "bewies" meaning "to prove, show." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Ebidensya" in Tagalog likely originates from the Spanish word "evidencia", reflecting the influence of Spanish on Filipino language and legal system. |
| Tajik | The word "далел" in Tajik can also mean a "proof", "sign", or "indication". |
| Tamil | The word can also mean 'proof', 'reason', 'cause', or 'basis'. |
| Telugu | The verb form of సాక్ష్యం, साक्ष, comes from the Sanskrit language and means to witness or observe. |
| Thai | หลักฐาน' may also refer to a 'pillar' in architecture or the 'reason' for something in philosophy. |
| Turkish | The word "kanıt" in Turkish originated from the Persian word "günahit" meaning "proof" and also "sin". |
| Ukrainian | The word 'докази' is connected to the verbs 'доказати' ('to prove') and 'докукати' ('to pester'). |
| Urdu | The word "ثبوت" also means "stability" or "firmness". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "dalil" also means "proof", "sign", "argument", or "symptom". |
| Vietnamese | Chứng cớ in Vietnamese comes from Hán tự 證據, |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "tystiolaeth" can also mean "testimony" or "proof". |
| Xhosa | "Ubungqina" is also used to describe a witness in a legal context. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "זאָגן" (zogn) also means "to say" or "to tell". |
| Yoruba | The word "ẹri" (evidence) in Yoruba can also mean "witness" or "testimony". |
| Zulu | The word ubufakazi has different interpretations depending on how it is used, e.g. as an idiom. |
| English | The word evidence derives from the Latin term "evidentia", meaning "clearness" or "visibility," and also carries the connotation of "proof" or "demonstration." |