Afrikaans riglyn | ||
Albanian udhëzues | ||
Amharic መመሪያ | ||
Arabic المبدأ التوجيهي | ||
Armenian ուղենիշը | ||
Assamese গাইডলাইন | ||
Aymara guia ukaxa mä juk’a pachanakwa lurasi | ||
Azerbaijani təlimat | ||
Bambara bilasiralikan ye | ||
Basque jarraibide | ||
Belarusian арыенцір | ||
Bengali গাইডলাইন | ||
Bhojpuri गाइडलाइन के बा | ||
Bosnian smjernica | ||
Bulgarian насока | ||
Catalan pauta | ||
Cebuano panudlo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 指导方针 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 指導方針 | ||
Corsican guida | ||
Croatian smjernica | ||
Czech pokyn | ||
Danish retningslinje | ||
Dhivehi ގައިޑްލައިން އެވެ | ||
Dogri दिशा-निर्देश देना | ||
Dutch richtlijn | ||
English guideline | ||
Esperanto gvidlinio | ||
Estonian juhtnöör | ||
Ewe mɔfiame | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) patnubay | ||
Finnish ohje | ||
French ligne directrice | ||
Frisian rjochtline | ||
Galician pauta | ||
Georgian სახელმძღვანელო | ||
German richtlinie | ||
Greek κατευθυντήρια γραμμή | ||
Guarani ñemboguatarã | ||
Gujarati માર્ગદર્શિકા | ||
Haitian Creole gid | ||
Hausa jagora | ||
Hawaiian alakaʻi | ||
Hebrew קַו מַנחֶה | ||
Hindi दिशानिर्देश | ||
Hmong cov txheej txheem | ||
Hungarian irányelv | ||
Icelandic leiðbeiningar | ||
Igbo ndu | ||
Ilocano pagannurotan | ||
Indonesian pedoman | ||
Irish treoirlíne | ||
Italian orientamento | ||
Japanese ガイドライン | ||
Javanese pandhuan | ||
Kannada ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ | ||
Kazakh нұсқаулық | ||
Khmer គោលការណ៍ណែនាំ | ||
Kinyarwanda umurongo ngenderwaho | ||
Konkani मार्गदर्शक तत्वां | ||
Korean 지침 | ||
Krio gaydlayn | ||
Kurdish rêbername | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕێنمایی | ||
Kyrgyz колдонмо | ||
Lao ແນວທາງ | ||
Latin ratio, | ||
Latvian vadlīnijas | ||
Lingala litambwisi ya litambwisi | ||
Lithuanian gairės | ||
Luganda obulagirizi | ||
Luxembourgish richtlinn | ||
Macedonian упатство | ||
Maithili दिशानिर्देश | ||
Malagasy tondrozotra | ||
Malay garis panduan | ||
Malayalam മാർഗരേഖ | ||
Maltese linja gwida | ||
Maori aratohu | ||
Marathi मार्गदर्शक सूचना | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯒꯥꯏꯗꯂꯥꯏꯅꯁꯤꯡ ꯌꯥꯑꯣꯔꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo kaihhruaina a ni | ||
Mongolian удирдамж | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လမ်းပြ | ||
Nepali दिशानिर्देश | ||
Norwegian retningslinje | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) malangizo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦେଶାବଳୀ | ||
Oromo qajeelfama | ||
Pashto لارښود | ||
Persian راهنما | ||
Polish wytyczna | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) diretriz | ||
Punjabi ਸੇਧ | ||
Quechua kamachiy | ||
Romanian ghid | ||
Russian руководство | ||
Samoan taiala | ||
Sanskrit मार्गदर्शिका | ||
Scots Gaelic stiùireadh | ||
Sepedi tlhahlo | ||
Serbian смерница | ||
Sesotho tataiso | ||
Shona nhungamiro | ||
Sindhi رهنمائي وارو رستو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මාර්ගෝපදේශය | ||
Slovak vodítko | ||
Slovenian smernica | ||
Somali tilmaamaha | ||
Spanish guía | ||
Sundanese padoman | ||
Swahili mwongozo | ||
Swedish riktlinje | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) patnubay | ||
Tajik дастур | ||
Tamil வழிகாட்டல் | ||
Tatar күрсәтмә | ||
Telugu మార్గదర్శకం | ||
Thai แนวปฏิบัติ | ||
Tigrinya መምርሒ | ||
Tsonga nkongomiso | ||
Turkish yönerge | ||
Turkmen görkezmesi | ||
Twi (Akan) akwankyerɛ | ||
Ukrainian орієнтир | ||
Urdu ہدایت نامہ | ||
Uyghur كۆرسەتمە | ||
Uzbek ko'rsatma | ||
Vietnamese hướng dẫn | ||
Welsh canllaw | ||
Xhosa isikhokelo | ||
Yiddish גיידליין | ||
Yoruba ìtọnisọnà | ||
Zulu umhlahlandlela |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "riglyn" also means "straight line" and originates from the Dutch word "richtlijn". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "udhëzues" originally meant "pathway" and is related to the word "udhë" (road). |
| Amharic | The word "መመሪያ" can also mean "direction" or "instruction" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word is derived from the Arabic word ''مبدأ'' (principle) and ''توجيهي'' (directive). This word is not used in the Quran, but it is used in the Hadith, which are the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad. |
| Azerbaijani | An alternate meaning of "təlimat" in Azerbaijani is "instruction". |
| Basque | The term "jarraibide" is also used to refer to an experimental or trial procedure. |
| Belarusian | "Арыенцір" means "guideline" in Belarusian, but it also has other meanings, such as "landmark" or "reference point." |
| Bengali | গাইডলাইন শব্দটি মূলত ইংরেজি "guideline" থেকে এসেছে। |
| Bosnian | "Smjernica" can also mean "compass" or "pointer" in Bosnian |
| Bulgarian | "Насока" has 2 meanings in Bulgarian: "guideline" and "direction". The word is derived from the Old Slavic word "наськъ", meaning "direction, way, instruction." |
| Catalan | The word pauta shares a common root with the word pausa and has meanings related to musical rhythm. |
| Cebuano | "Panudlo" may originally mean "to point towards" or "to show the way" in the Cebuano language. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 指导方针作为中医术语时,意为疾病的诊断和治疗原理,相当于西医中的'指南' |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 指導方針 can have other meanings such as advice, direction, suggestion, or policy. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "guida" can also mean "a type of large, traditional Corsican knife". |
| Croatian | The word "smjernica" is derived from the verb "smjeriti" meaning "to point" or "to direct". It can also refer to a principle or rule that guides one's actions or thoughts. |
| Czech | The word "pokyn" comes from the Old Czech word "pokynyti", meaning "to beckon" or "to nod". |
| Danish | In Danish the word "retningslinje" comes from the word "retning" which means direction and "linje" which means line. |
| Dutch | In Dutch "richtlijn" shares its root with "richting," meaning direction, and can mean guideline, direction or rule. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "juhtnöör" is a compound word consisting of "juht" (guide) and "nöör" (cord), and originally meant a guiding rope or a rope that leads the way. |
| Finnish | In addition to its literal meaning, "ohje" can also refer to a recipe, instruction, or advice. |
| French | The word 'ligne directrice' in French also means 'directrix' in English, a straight line that guides the motion of a plane curve. |
| Frisian | The word 'rjochtline' is derived from the Old Frisian words 'rjocht' (straight) and 'line' (line). It can also refer to a principle or rule that guides someone's actions. |
| Galician | The toponym 'Pauta', Galician for 'guideline', is thought to derive from a term meaning 'the highest point in a mountain range', in reference to its status as a boundary maker. |
| German | Richtlinie is derived from the German words 'Richt' (direction) and 'Linie' (line), originally referring to a physical line of guidance. |
| Greek | The word κατευθυντήρια γραμμή (plural κατευθυντήριες γραμμές) comes from κατεύθυνση (meaning “direction”) and the noun γραμμή (meaning “line”). |
| Haitian Creole | Gid is rooted in French "guide" |
| Hausa | The word "jagora" also refers to a type of dance performed by women during weddings and other celebrations. |
| Hawaiian | The word "alakaʻi" in Hawaiian also means "that which lights the way" or "leader." |
| Hebrew | "קַו מַנחֶה" is a phrase that literally translates to "lead line." |
| Hindi | The word "दिशानिर्देश" is derived from the Sanskrit words "दिशा" ("direction") and "निर्देश" ("instruction"). |
| Hungarian | The word "irányelv" is also used to refer to a political directive or a principle of conduct. |
| Icelandic | The word "leiðbeiningar" derives from the Old Norse word "leið" (path) and "beining" (direction). |
| Igbo | "Ndu" in Igbo also means "life" or "way of life". |
| Indonesian | "Pedoman" is a borrowing from Dutch, where "ped" refers to "foot" and "oman" to "man" (i.e. an individual who leads the way by walking ahead). |
| Irish | The Irish word "treoirlíne" is derived from the Latin word "trahere," meaning "to draw" or "to pull." |
| Italian | The word "orientamento" also means "sexual orientation" in Italian. |
| Japanese | The word "ガイドライン" (gaidorain) is derived from the English word "guideline", and it can also mean "principle" or "standard" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "pandhuan" is also used to refer to a "road" or "way". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ" is also used in Kannada texts in its Sanskrit sense of a guideline for behavior and conduct. |
| Kazakh | The word "нұсқаулық" can also refer to an instruction manual or a set of rules. |
| Korean | The word "지침" (guideline) in Korean also has the meaning of "compass" |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "rêbername" is derived from the Persian word "rāhbar" (leader, guide) and can also refer to a "manifesto" or "programmatic document". |
| Kyrgyz | "Колдонмо" is also used in the context of religious law to provide guidance within Islamic jurisprudence. |
| Latin | In Latin, "ratio" can also mean "reason" or "proportion." |
| Latvian | The word "vadlīnijas" in Latvian derives from the French word "ligne" meaning "line" and refers to a line that guides or directs, such as a boundary line. |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian "gairės" derives from the verb "vesti" (to guide), suggesting its role as a guiding principle. |
| Macedonian | The word 'упатство' in Macedonian has its Slavic root in the word 'put' (meaning 'path'), suggesting its original meaning as 'direction' or 'guidance'. |
| Malagasy | The word 'tondrozotra' in Malagasy is derived from the verb 'mandroso', meaning 'to guide' and is also used to describe a guiding principle or a rule. |
| Malay | "Garis panduan" means "guideline" in Malay but is literally "a line of guidance". |
| Malayalam | മാർഗരേഖ is derived from Sanskrit 'marga' meaning path or way and 'rekha' meaning line, hence 'guideline'. |
| Maltese | "Linja gwida" is the Maltese phrase for "guideline", derived from the Italian "linea guida" (literally "guiding line"). |
| Maori | The word aratohu originally meant 'to make a path' and is related to the word ara ('path') and tohu ('sign'). |
| Marathi | The term 'मार्गदर्शक सूचना' derives from the Sanskrit words 'मार्ग' (path) and 'दर्श' (to show), indicating its role as a guiding principle. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word 'удирдамж' can also mean 'instruction' or 'regulation'. |
| Nepali | In Sanskrit, "दिशानिर्देश" means "guide" (दिशा : direction; निर्देश : giving) or "instruction" (निर्देश : command) |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "retningslinje" is also a directional compass marker on roads and trails. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'malangizo' may also refer to a rule, regulation, or instruction. |
| Pashto | The word ″لارښود″ is also used metaphorically to describe "a mentor" or "a spiritual guide." |
| Persian | The Persian word "راهنما" also means "guide". |
| Polish | The word "wytyczna" comes from the verb "wytyczyć", meaning "to mark out" or "to trace". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "diretriz" comes from the Latin "dirigere," meaning "to direct" and is related to the English words "direct" and "direction." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸੇਧ" (guideline) in Punjabi is derived from the word "ਸਧ" (to direct) and originally meant "a way, a path". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "ghid" originally stemmed from the Hungarian word "guide". |
| Russian | The original meaning of "руководство" is "hand-writing". |
| Samoan | "Taiala" also means "a law, a rule, a regulation or a principle". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "stiùireadh" can also refer to "steering" or "the action of steering or directing". |
| Serbian | Alternately, "смерница" can mean either a "boundary line between two villages or fields" or a "boundary between different types of forests". |
| Sesotho | The word tataiso in Sesotho also refers to a path, route, direction, or course. |
| Shona | The word "nhungamiro" also means a principle or rule. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word is derived from the Sanskrit word “Mārga” (path) and “Upadēśa” (instruction). |
| Slovak | Vodítko is also a Slovak word for leash, or a rope used to tie an animal. |
| Slovenian | The word "smernica" is derived from the verb "smeriti," meaning to direct or guide. |
| Somali | The word "tilmaamaha" is derived from the Arabic word "dalil" meaning "guide" or "indication". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "guía" comes from the Latin word "via" (road), and in addition to meaning "guideline", it can also mean "guide", "path", or "direction". |
| Sundanese | Padoman is also a word for 'standard' or 'rule' in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word 'mwongozo' can also be used to refer to a 'compass' or a 'map' in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "riktlinje" in Swedish is derived from the German word "Richtlinie" and means "a set of rules or principles that guide action or behavior." |
| Tajik | The word "дастур" is derived from the Persian word "دستور" and can also mean "instruction" or "rule". |
| Telugu | మార్గదర్శకం is derived from the Sanskrit word 'मार्ग', meaning 'path', and 'दर्शक', meaning 'showing'. It can also refer to a code of conduct or a set of principles. |
| Thai | แนวปฏิบัติ also translates to rule, principle, or practice in English. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "yönerge" derives from the verb "yöneltmek" meaning "to direct, to guide, to orient" and the suffix "-ge" forming nouns of action, instrument, or place. |
| Ukrainian | The word "орієнтир" in Ukrainian is also used figuratively to describe guiding principles or standards of conduct or thought. |
| Uzbek | The word "ko'rsatma" can also refer to a demonstration or a performance. |
| Vietnamese | The word "hướng dẫn" is derived from the Chinese word "訓導" (xùn dǎo), which means "to teach and guide." |
| Welsh | Canllaw derives from the Old English word 'candelweg' meaning 'candle road', and refers to the practice of placing candles in windows or along paths to guide travellers during dark winter nights. |
| Xhosa | A variant of the word is 'isikhohloko', meaning 'a rule or principle' |
| Yiddish | גיידליין is also a Yiddish word for 'a way of life' or 'a set of principles'. |
| Yoruba | "Ìtọnisọnà" literally means "that which makes a path straight" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | "Umhlahlandlela" is derived from the Zulu verb "ukulahla", meaning "to throw" or "to guide". |
| English | In the construction industry, 'guideline' means a horizontal member that guides a window sash, as well as an architectural drawing that shows a vertical section of a building. |