Guide in Different Languages
Discover 'Guide' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Guide
Afrikaans gids | ||
Albanian udhëzues | ||
Amharic መመሪያ | ||
Arabic يرشد | ||
Armenian ուղեցույց | ||
Assamese নিৰ্দেশনা দিয়া | ||
Aymara irpiri | ||
Azerbaijani bələdçi | ||
Bambara bereminɛbaa | ||
Basque gida | ||
Belarusian кіраўніцтва | ||
Bengali গাইড | ||
Bhojpuri मार्गदर्शन | ||
Bosnian vodič | ||
Bulgarian ръководство | ||
Catalan guia | ||
Cebuano giya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 指南 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 指南 | ||
Corsican guida | ||
Croatian vodič | ||
Czech průvodce | ||
Danish guide | ||
Dhivehi މަގުދައްކައިދިނުން | ||
Dogri गाइड | ||
Dutch gids | ||
English guide | ||
Esperanto gvidilo | ||
Estonian giid | ||
Ewe fia afɔɖoƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gabay | ||
Finnish opas | ||
French guider | ||
Frisian gids | ||
Galician guía | ||
Georgian სახელმძღვანელო | ||
German leiten | ||
Greek οδηγός | ||
Guarani moakãhára | ||
Gujarati માર્ગદર્શન | ||
Haitian Creole gid | ||
Hausa jagora | ||
Hawaiian alakaʻi | ||
Hebrew להנחות | ||
Hindi मार्गदर्शक | ||
Hmong phau ntawv qhia | ||
Hungarian útmutató | ||
Icelandic leiðarvísir | ||
Igbo ndu | ||
Ilocano giya | ||
Indonesian panduan | ||
Irish treoir | ||
Italian guida | ||
Japanese ガイド | ||
Javanese pandhuan | ||
Kannada ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿ | ||
Kazakh нұсқаулық | ||
Khmer ណែនាំ | ||
Kinyarwanda umuyobozi | ||
Konkani मार्गदर्शन | ||
Korean 안내서 | ||
Krio gayd | ||
Kurdish birêvebir | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕێنوێنی | ||
Kyrgyz гид | ||
Lao ຄູ່ມື | ||
Latin dux | ||
Latvian vadīt | ||
Lingala kokamba | ||
Lithuanian vadovas | ||
Luganda okulungamya | ||
Luxembourgish guide | ||
Macedonian водич | ||
Maithili मार्गदर्शक | ||
Malagasy torolalana | ||
Malay panduan | ||
Malayalam ഗൈഡ് | ||
Maltese gwida | ||
Maori kaiarahi | ||
Marathi मार्गदर्शन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯝꯖꯤꯡ ꯂꯝꯇꯥꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo kaihruai | ||
Mongolian гарын авлага | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လမ်းပြ | ||
Nepali गाईड | ||
Norwegian guide | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wotsogolera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗାଇଡ୍ | ||
Oromo kallattii kennuu | ||
Pashto لارښود | ||
Persian راهنما | ||
Polish przewodnik | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) guia | ||
Punjabi ਗਾਈਡ | ||
Quechua qatina | ||
Romanian ghid | ||
Russian руководство | ||
Samoan taiala | ||
Sanskrit मार्गदर्शकः | ||
Scots Gaelic stiùireadh | ||
Sepedi hlahla | ||
Serbian водич | ||
Sesotho tataisa | ||
Shona nhungamiro | ||
Sindhi رهنمائي ڪندڙ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මගපෙන්වීම | ||
Slovak sprievodca | ||
Slovenian vodnik | ||
Somali hage | ||
Spanish guía | ||
Sundanese pituduh | ||
Swahili mwongozo | ||
Swedish guide | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gabay | ||
Tajik дастур | ||
Tamil வழிகாட்டி | ||
Tatar кулланма | ||
Telugu గైడ్ | ||
Thai คู่มือ | ||
Tigrinya ሓጋዚ | ||
Tsonga letela | ||
Turkish kılavuz | ||
Turkmen gollanma | ||
Twi (Akan) kyerɛ kwan | ||
Ukrainian путівник | ||
Urdu رہنما | ||
Uyghur يېتەكچى | ||
Uzbek qo'llanma | ||
Vietnamese hướng dẫn | ||
Welsh canllaw | ||
Xhosa isikhokelo | ||
Yiddish פירער | ||
Yoruba itọsọna | ||
Zulu umhlahlandlela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "gids" originates from the Dutch word "leidsman," which refers to a person who leads the way. |
| Albanian | Derived from Proto-Albanian *udhi, meaning “way, path, journey” |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "መመሪያ" can also mean "order, instruction, lesson, or tutorial". |
| Arabic | The noun "مرشد" (guide) also signifies a "teacher" who instructs students in religious disciplines. |
| Armenian | The word "ուղեցույց" can also refer to a handbook or manual, such as a tourist guide or a user manual for a device. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "bələdçi" is derived from the Persian word "rahbar" meaning "leader" and also refers to a person who shows the way. |
| Basque | "Gida" is also the Basque word for "food or sustenance." |
| Bengali | The word "গাইড" can also mean "cow" in Bengali, as it originates from the Sanskrit word "go", meaning "cow". |
| Bosnian | The word 'vodič' (guide) is cognate with 'voditi' (lead), implying a guide's ability to lead a person through a place or process. |
| Bulgarian | The word "ръководство" in Bulgarian also means "management" or "leadership". |
| Catalan | The word "guia" in Catalan derives from the Latin "guida", itself derived from the Indo-European root "weh_", meaning "to lead". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "giya" may also have originated from the Spanish word "guía" or the Hokkien word "kiat" (guide). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "指南" can refer to the south, a magnet, or a manual depending on the context. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "指南"在中文里除了有"指南针"的意思外，还指在行动上起示范作用的行为或人。 |
| Corsican | "Guida" can also mean a string used to hold and guide animals |
| Croatian | In Serbian, the word 'vodič' has two meanings: 'a water supply' and 'a guide'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "průvodce" can also refer to a parade or procession. |
| Danish | Its etymology may also suggest the meanings of 'signpost' or 'landmark' |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "gids" originates from the Old French "guide" and has a cognate in the English word "guide" but also refers to a theatrical program. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "gvidilo" can also refer to a guidebook or manual. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "giid" also means "lead" or "conduct". |
| Finnish | The word "opas" may derive from the Sami word "uoppa", meaning "a hole"} |
| French | The word "guider" in French can also refer to a thread or string used to guide a needle or a line in fishing. |
| Frisian | "Gids" is derived from the West Frisian "gîdse" or Middle Dutch "gidse", and originally meant messenger, envoy or diplomat. |
| Galician | The Galician word 'guía' also means 'string of animals being led by a herdsman or shepherd', from the Latin 'viam', meaning 'way'. |
| German | Leiten, meaning 'to guide' in modern German, originally meant 'to lead water', which is still one of its meanings. |
| Greek | The name for the Greek national anthem literally translates to “hymn to freedom”. |
| Gujarati | The word "માર્ગદર્શન" is derived from the Sanskrit root "mārga", meaning "path" or "way", and "darśana", meaning "to see" or "to show". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "gid" in Haitian Creole can also mean "to lead" or "to show the way". |
| Hausa | Jagora, which literally means "someone who shows the way," can also be used figuratively to refer to leaders who provide guidance and direction. |
| Hawaiian | The word "alakaʻi" also refers to a person who leads or directs others in a particular field or area of knowledge. |
| Hebrew | The word "להנחות" in Hebrew can also mean "to take for granted" or "to assume". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "मार्गदर्शक" (marg darshak) is derived from the Sanskrit terms "मार्ग" (path) and "दर्शक" (shower), together meaning "one who shows the way or guides." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "phau ntawv qhia" literally means "book that shows the way" or "book to see the way". |
| Hungarian | The word 'útmutató' literally means 'road-shower' in Hungarian, referring to someone who shows the way by walking ahead and sprinkling water on the path. |
| Icelandic | Leiðarvísir can also refer to a 'compass' or 'roadmap'. |
| Igbo | Igbo 'ndụ' (guide) derives from the verb 'du' (to stay), with the prefix 'n-' meaning 'in a state of'. |
| Indonesian | The word 'panduan' can also refer to a code of conduct or a set of rules. |
| Irish | The word 'treoir' not only means 'guide' but also means 'guidebook' or 'directory' in Irish. |
| Italian | The Italian word "guida" comes from the Latin word "ducere", meaning "to lead". |
| Japanese | (In Japanese, ガイド can also refer to a TV guide or travel guide book.) |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "pandhuan" can also refer to a signpost or a way of guidance. |
| Kannada | The word "ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿ" (mārgadarśi) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "मार्गदर्शिन्" (mārga-darśin), which means "one who shows the way" or "a guide". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word “нұсқаулық” is derived from the Arabic word “نسخه,” which originally referred to a medicinal potion or recipe. |
| Khmer | The word "ណែនាំ" can also refer to teaching, advising, or giving instructions. |
| Korean | 안내서 (an-nae-seo) is a compound word of 안내 (an-nae; 'guide') and 서 (seo; 'book') |
| Kurdish | The word "birêvebir" is a compound word formed from the roots "bir", meaning "one" or "single", and "êvebir", meaning "path". It suggests the notion of a single or unique path leading to the desired destination. |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz word "гид" (guide) is originated from the Persian word "هدایت" (guidance). |
| Lao | Also translates to 'manual' or 'instruction book' |
| Latin | In the Roman military, the term "dux" also referred to a commander of an auxiliary unit. |
| Latvian | "Vadīt" in Latvian comes from the Proto-Baltic root *wed- meaning "to lead" or "to carry". |
| Lithuanian | "Vadovas" is derived from the Indo-European root "*wed-", meaning "to go" or "to lead." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "guide" also means "rope" in English. |
| Macedonian | The word 'водич' is also used in Russian, derived from 'водитель', and in Serbian, likely originating from a common Slavic root. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "Torolalana" also means "one who shows the way". |
| Malay | The word "panduan" derives from the Sanskrit word "pandita" meaning "learned person" and is also used in Indonesian and Javanese with the same meaning. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഗൈഡ്" derives from the French word "guider" meaning "to lead" or "to direct." |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "gwida" is both a "guide" and a "rule" or "precept". |
| Maori | Kaiarahi also means 'navigator' or 'person who finds the way' in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word मार्गदर्शन is derived from the Sanskrit word मार्ग ('path') and दर्शन ('sight'), meaning 'to show the way'. |
| Nepali | गाईड ("guide") is a loanword from English, originally derived from Old French "guier". In Nepal, it is used not only for a person leading others, but also as a noun meaning "line" or "rule to guide a carpenter or similar worker." |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "guide" can also mean "husband," or "a path"} |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'wotsogolera' is also used in Nyanja to refer to a leader or a person who provides direction. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "لارښود" can also refer to a spiritual or moral leader, mentor, or advisor. |
| Persian | راهنما comes from the Arabic word 'rahad' (straight path) and it also means 'one who shows the right path' in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "przewodnik" also means "conductor" (electricity, heat, etc.), or "transmitter" (e.g. of disease). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "guia" in Portuguese originated from the Latin word "guiare", meaning "to show the way". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word 'ਗਾਈਡ' has its origins in the English or French word guide meaning 'a person or book giving information on a subject'. |
| Romanian | The word "ghid" in Romanian also has the alternate meaning of "manual" or "tutorial". |
| Russian | The word 'руководство' can also refer to a handbook, manual, or set of instructions. |
| Samoan | Tai means 'to lead or to show the way'. |
| Scots Gaelic | Stiuireadh comes from the Old Irish verb "snaidhim", which means "to direct" and is cognate with the English verb steer. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "Водич" (guide) derives from the Old Slavic root "*vodъ," meaning "to lead or guide"} |
| Sesotho | In Zulu and Xhosa, the equivalent term 'tataisa' is also a slang word for a policeman. |
| Shona | The word "nhungamiro" is derived from the verb "kunga", which means "to go" or "to travel". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "මගපෙන්වීම" can also mean "to lead the way" or "to show the way". |
| Slovak | The word "sprievodca" originates from the Proto-Slavic word "*provodь", meaning "one who leads". |
| Slovenian | The word "vodnik" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "vodьnikь", meaning "one who leads". |
| Somali | The word "hage" also means "leader" or "shepherd" in Somali. |
| Spanish | "Guía" can also mean "leash" and comes from the Latin "via" (way, path)" |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word `pituduh` can also refer to a teacher, advisor, or leader. |
| Swahili | The word "mwongozo" in Swahili is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-ongola", meaning "to follow, lead, or show the way". It is related to the verb "-ongoza", which means "to guide, lead, or direct". It can also refer to a person who provides guidance or direction. |
| Swedish | Guide derives from the Old Frankish word "wita", meaning "to observe, to see, know, foresee", from the Proto-Germanic word "witan", to see. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Gabay" in Tagalog also means "map" or a "chart" for navigation. |
| Tajik | The word "дастур" in Tajik also means "rule", "custom", or "teaching". |
| Telugu | The word "గైడ్" can also refer to a manual or book that provides instruction or information. |
| Thai | คู่มือ (guide) comes from the Sanskrit word 'kamala' meaning 'lotus' and the Thai word 'mu' meaning 'hand', likely indicating that the book was traditionally kept in the hand like a lotus flower. |
| Turkish | Kökeni "yol gösteren" anlamına gelen Arapça "kılav" kelimesinden gelen "kılavuz" kelimesi, Türkçede "kılavuz kuş", "kılavuz yıldız" gibi tamlamalarda da kullanılmaktadır. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "путівник" not only means "guide" but also refers to a "guidebook" or a "navigator". |
| Urdu | The word "رہنما" can also mean "leader" or "conductor" (as of an orchestra). |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "qo'llanma" traces its roots to the Persian "rūznāme" meaning "journal" or "diary". |
| Vietnamese | "Hướng dẫn" also means "to instruct" or "to show the way" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | "Canllaw" can also refer to the act of leading or controlling a process or system. |
| Xhosa | The term "Isikhokelo" in Xhosa can also refer to a leader or a teacher. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פירער" (pīrer) can also mean "leader" or "director". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "umhlahlandlela" is rooted in the word "hlahlandlela" meaning "to guide," and can also refer to a person who shows others the way. |
| English | The word "guide" comes from the Old French "guier," meaning "to lead or direct," which in turn derives from the Latin "ducere," meaning "to lead". |