Examine in different languages

Examine in Different Languages

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Examine


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Afrikaans
ondersoek
Albanian
shqyrtoj
Amharic
መርምር
Arabic
فحص
Armenian
զննել
Assamese
পৰীক্ষা কৰা
Aymara
uñjaña
Azerbaijani
yoxlamaq
Bambara
ka sɛgɛsɛgɛ
Basque
aztertu
Belarusian
вывучыць
Bengali
পরীক্ষা করা
Bhojpuri
परीछा
Bosnian
ispitati
Bulgarian
разгледайте
Catalan
examinar
Cebuano
susihon
Chinese (Simplified)
检查
Chinese (Traditional)
檢查
Corsican
esaminà
Croatian
ispitati, pregledati
Czech
prozkoumat
Danish
undersøge
Dhivehi
ހޯދާ ބެލުން
Dogri
परखना
Dutch
onderzoeken
English
examine
Esperanto
ekzameni
Estonian
uurima
Ewe
do kpɔ
Filipino (Tagalog)
suriin
Finnish
tutkia
French
examiner
Frisian
ûndersykje
Galician
examinar
Georgian
გამოკვლევა
German
untersuchen
Greek
εξετάζω
Guarani
jehechauka
Gujarati
પરીક્ષણ
Haitian Creole
egzaminen
Hausa
bincika
Hawaiian
e hoʻokolokolo
Hebrew
לִבחוֹן
Hindi
की जांच
Hmong
kuaj xyuas
Hungarian
megvizsgálni
Icelandic
skoða
Igbo
nyochaa
Ilocano
iyeksamen
Indonesian
memeriksa
Irish
scrúdú
Italian
esaminare
Japanese
診る
Javanese
mriksa
Kannada
ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಲು
Kazakh
тексеру
Khmer
ពិនិត្យមើល
Kinyarwanda
gusuzuma
Konkani
चाचणी
Korean
조사하다
Krio
chɛk
Kurdish
îmtîhankirin
Kurdish (Sorani)
تاقیکردنەوە
Kyrgyz
карап чыгуу
Lao
ກວດກາ
Latin
examine
Latvian
izskatīt
Lingala
kotalela
Lithuanian
nagrinėti
Luganda
okukebera
Luxembourgish
ënnersicht
Macedonian
испитува
Maithili
जाँच-पडताल करनाइ
Malagasy
hodinihintsika
Malay
meneliti
Malayalam
പരിശോധിക്കുക
Maltese
eżamina
Maori
tirotiro
Marathi
परीक्षण
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯌꯦꯡꯁꯤꯟꯕ
Mizo
zirchiang
Mongolian
шалгах
Myanmar (Burmese)
ဆန်းစစ်ကြည့်ပါ
Nepali
जाँच गर्नुहोस्
Norwegian
undersøke
Nyanja (Chichewa)
fufuzani
Odia (Oriya)
ପରୀକ୍ଷା କର
Oromo
sakatta'uu
Pashto
معاینه
Persian
معاینه کردن
Polish
zbadać
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
examinar
Punjabi
ਪੜਤਾਲ
Quechua
qawariy
Romanian
examina
Russian
исследовать
Samoan
suesue
Sanskrit
अन्वेषण
Scots Gaelic
sgrùdadh
Sepedi
hlahloba
Serbian
испитати
Sesotho
hlahloba
Shona
ongorora
Sindhi
جاچ
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
පරීක්ෂා කරන්න
Slovak
preskúmať
Slovenian
preučiti
Somali
baaro
Spanish
examinar
Sundanese
nalungtik
Swahili
chunguza
Swedish
undersöka
Tagalog (Filipino)
suriin
Tajik
дида бароем
Tamil
ஆராயுங்கள்
Tatar
тикшерү
Telugu
పరిశీలించండి
Thai
ตรวจสอบ
Tigrinya
ምምርማር
Tsonga
kambela
Turkish
muayene etmek
Turkmen
gözden geçiriň
Twi (Akan)
sɔ hwɛ
Ukrainian
вивчити
Urdu
جانچنا
Uyghur
تەكشۈرۈش
Uzbek
imtihon
Vietnamese
xem xét
Welsh
archwilio
Xhosa
vavanya
Yiddish
ונטערזוכן
Yoruba
se ayewo
Zulu
hlola

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "ondersoek" derives from the Dutch word "onderzoeken", meaning "to investigate" or "to examine".
AlbanianShqyrtoj is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ske- 'cut' (ultimately related to Sanskrit kṣnāti 'cut, wound' and Old Irish scáilim 'divide').
AmharicThe word "መርምር" is the Amharic translation of the Arabic word "مُرْمُر" which means "salt" or "water-soluble calcium salts".
Arabic"فحص" is also the root for "فخذ" (thigh), "فص" (lobe), "فصيل" (family), "فصاحة" (eloquence), and "تفصيل" (detail).
ArmenianIt derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) and is cognate with the English word “know” and the Latin word “noscere” (“to get to know”).
AzerbaijaniThe word "yoxlamaq" also means "to make sure" or "to check" in Azerbaijani.
BasqueThe Basque word "aztertu" comes from the Proto-Basque word "*aztur", which also means "think" or "consider"
Bengali"পরীক্ষা করা" comes from the Persian word "پريکشد" (parīkṣa) meaning "investigate" as well as Sanskrit "परीক্ষ्" (pārikṣ), with the same meaning.
BosnianThe word "ispitati" also means "to test" in Bosnian.
BulgarianThe word "разгледайте" can also mean "to consider" or "to look into".
CatalanThe Catalan word "examinar" comes from the Latin word "examinare", meaning "to weigh".
CebuanoIn Tagalog, "susihon" also means "keyhole".
Chinese (Simplified)The word "检查" ("examine") in Chinese (Simplified) can also mean "to check" or "to inspect".
Chinese (Traditional)「檢查」是「檢」與「查」兩個字的合成,指仔細的檢視與探查。
CorsicanThe verb "esaminà" derives from the Latin verb "examinare", which means "to weigh", and it is also used in the sense of "to consider", "to investigate", and "to assess".
CroatianThe word "ispitati" originally meant "to question" or "to test,
CzechThe word "prozkoumat" is a derivative of the Czech "zkoumat", ultimately deriving from the Middle Low German "schumen" meaning "to look" and the Middle High German "schouwen" meaning "to see".
DanishDet nyeste danske ordbog over det danske sprog. Definitionen af ordet 'undersøge' er 'at undersøge noget grundigt'
DutchIn archaic Dutch, the word 'onderzoeken' meant both 'to examine' and 'to test the depth of water' and the word's modern meaning probably evolved from there.
EsperantoThe Esperanto word "ekzameni" derives from the Latin word "examinare", meaning "to weigh out" or "to test."
EstonianThe Estonian word "uurima" is related to the Finnish word "uuri" and the Hungarian word "úr", both meaning "master", suggesting an original meaning of "scrutinizing".
FinnishThe word "tutkia" can also refer to the act of investigating or researching.
FrenchIn French, the verb "examiner" can also refer to a doctor's medical examination.
FrisianThe word "ûndersykje" is derived from the Old Frisian word "undersēkia", meaning "to seek out" or "to investigate".
GalicianGalician's "examinar" also means "to weigh the pros and cons"
GermanThe verb "untersuchen" is derived from Middle High German language and composed of the components "under-" (down, underneath) and "suchen" (to search).
Greek"Εξετάζω" also means "to investigate" or "to question".
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "પરીક્ષણ" has alternative meanings including "a trial or experiment" in English.
Haitian CreoleThe Haitian Creole word "egzaminen" (meaning "examine") derives from the French "examiner" and ultimately from the Latin "examinare" (meaning "to weigh").
HausaThe Hausa word "bincika" is also derived from the Arabic word "binna" meaning "investigation".
HawaiianE hoʻokolokolo is a Hawaiian word that can also mean "to care for" or "to raise".
HebrewThe verb "לִבחוֹן" derives from the root "ב.ח.ן", meaning "to test" or "to sift".
Hindiकी जांच' is derived from the Sanskrit verb 'jñā', meaning 'to know' or 'to examine'.
HmongThe word "kuaj xyuas" can also mean to "look at" or "check".
HungarianMegvizsgálni is related to the Hungarian word viz (
IcelandicThe Old Norse word "skoða" could mean "to inspect an animal for defects" or "to examine a person or thing, such as a weapon".
IgboThe word "nyochaa" can also mean "to investigate" or "to search for something" in Igbo.
IndonesianThe Indonesian word "memeriksa" also means "to investigate" or "to inspect."
IrishThe word "scrúdú" in Irish, meaning "examine" or "scrutinize," is a derivative of the Latin word "scrutari," which means "to search."
Italian"Esaminare" comes from the Latin word "examen," which means "weighing" or "test."
Japanese"診" in "診る" is derived from the Chinese character "診", meaning "to look at" or "to examine".
JavaneseThe Javanese word "mriksa" can also refer to the act of investigating, observing, or scrutinizing.
KannadaThe word "ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಲು" has its roots in Sanskrit and means "to test or try".
KazakhThe word "тексеру" ("examine") in Kazakh is derived from the Persian word "teksermak", meaning "to look at" or "to inspect". It is also related to the Arabic word "taksaar", meaning "examination" or "scrutiny".
KhmerThe word ពិនិត្យមើល, which translates to "examine", can also be used to refer to the process of thinking and analyzing something carefully.
Korean조사하다 can also mean 'investigate' or 'research'.
KurdishThe Kurdish word "îmtîhankirin" is thought to be derived from the Arabic word "imtihaan", meaning "test" or "examination".
KyrgyzThe word "карап чыгуу" in Kyrgyz can also mean "to see", "to look at", or "to check".
LatinThe Latin verb "examinare" meant "to weigh something carefully".
LatvianThe verb "izskatīt" is derived from the prefix "iz-", meaning "out of" or "completely," and the verb "skatīt", meaning "to look at" or "to examine."
LithuanianThe Lithuanian word "nagrinėti" can also mean "to investigate" or "to study".
LuxembourgishËnnersicht can also mean "to see" or "to understand."
MacedonianThe word "испитува" in Macedonian originates from the Slavic root "испыт" meaning "to test" or "to put to the test".
MalagasyThe word "hodinihintsika" comes from the root "hintsy", which means "question".
MalayThe word "meneliti" can also mean "to research" or "to investigate".
MalteseThe word 'eżamina' also means 'review' or 'critique' in Maltese.
MaoriMaori word 'tirotiro' means, to look at, to gaze at, to watch and also means to examine by looking closely.
MarathiThe word "परीक्षण" in Marathi also means "test" or "trial."
MongolianThe verb шалгах is closely related to the noun шал "mind", which refers to the "inner" or "hidden" aspects of something.
Norwegian"Undersøke" comes from "under" (under) and "søke" (seek). The Old Norse version, "undersækja," meant to "look or search thoroughly."
Nyanja (Chichewa)In some contexts fufuzani can also mean to 'probe', like checking a wound.
PashtoThe word "معاینه" derives from the Arabic word "معاينة" meaning "observation or examination."
PersianThe word "معاینه کردن" can also mean "to take measurements" or "to inspect".
PolishThe Polish word "zbadać" is cognate to the Russian word "изучить" and the Lithuanian word "ištirti".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)"Examinar" also means to verify a bank balance or to consider and weigh a matter in the Portuguese spoken in Portugal and Brazil.
Punjabiਪੜਤਾਲ ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-Iranian word *paṛi-tṛ- (to investigate thoroughly).
RomanianIn Romanian, "examina" also means "to weigh" or "to test", deriving from Latin "examen", meaning "the tongue of a balance scale".
RussianThe root of "исследовать" ("examine") is "след" ("track") which also gave Russian the word "следствие" ("investigation").
SamoanThe word "suesue" can also mean "search", "look for", or "investigate" in Samoan.
Scots GaelicThe word "sgrùdadh" can also mean "to investigate", "to inspect", or "to search".
Serbian"Испытати" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word *iskŭsĭti*, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peisk- ("to bind, fix").
SesothoThe word "hlahloba" in Sesotho shares an etymological root with "lahla" ("open") and denotes the process of opening up something to examine its contents.
ShonaThe verb `ongorora` can also mean to "investigate", "audit" or "inspect."
SindhiThe verb "جاچ" is the Sindhi equivalent of the English word "examine".
SlovakThe verb "preskúmať" derives from the Old Czech "skusit" and is also related to the word "skúška" (test).
SlovenianThe verb "preučiti" can also mean "study" or "investigate".
SomaliBaaro shares etymology with the word beer or biir ('search', 'study', 'inquiry') or baar ('research').
SpanishThe word "examinar" entered Castilian from Latin, where it meant "weigh" (literally or figuratively).
Sundanese"Nyalungtik" juga berarti "mengajak makan" atau "mengajak makan di rumah".
SwahiliThe word "chunguza" in Swahili is derived from the Persian word "chungan" meaning "hook" or "catch" and "za" which means "to". It implies the act of using a hook or catch to carefully inspect or investigate something.
Swedish"Undersöka" in Swedish stems from "under" (below) and "söka" (seek), hence "seek beneath".
Tagalog (Filipino)The Tagalog word "suriin" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *suri, which also means "to write" or "to draw".
TajikThe word "дида бароем" in Tajik comes from the Persian word "دیدار بارئیدن" which means "to see" or "to meet".
Thai"สอบ" in "ตรวจสอบ" derives from the Pali noun "savana" and the Pali verbal root “suv(a)-" with a meaning of "hearing","learning", especially about religious matters.
TurkishMuayene etmek, 'muayyen' (definite) kelimesinden türemiş olup bir şeyi net bir şekilde görmek, inceleyerek anlamak demektir.
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "вивчити" derives from the Indo-European root *weik- (meaning "to separate") and is cognate with the Latin word "vincere" (meaning "to conquer").
UrduThe word "جانچنا" can also mean "to investigate" or "to inquire".
UzbekThe word "Imtihon" also means "test" or "trial" in Uzbek.
Vietnamese"Xem xét" is a Sino-Vietnamese word which originally meant "to see and think carefully about something" in Chinese.
WelshThe word "archwilio" is derived from the Welsh words "arch" (chief) and "gwylio" (to watch or observe), suggesting the idea of carefully scrutinizing or monitoring something.
XhosaIt is the name of a certain type of plant, and is also used to describe someone who is nosy and inquisitive.
YiddishThe Yiddish word 'וונטערזוכן' ('examine') comes from the German word 'untersuchen' ('to examine'), which itself is a compound of the words 'unter' (meaning 'under') and 'suchen' (meaning 'to seek').
YorubaThe verb "se ayewo'' also figuratively means "do due diligence''.
ZuluThe word "hlola" also means "to look at" or "to inspect" in Zulu.
EnglishThe word "examine" derives from the Latin "examinare", meaning "to weigh" or "to ponder".

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