Hire in Different Languages
Discover 'Hire' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Hire
Afrikaans huur | ||
Albanian punësoj | ||
Amharic መቅጠር | ||
Arabic توظيف | ||
Armenian վարձել | ||
Assamese ভাড়া কৰা | ||
Aymara achikaña | ||
Azerbaijani işə götürmək | ||
Bambara ka ta baara la | ||
Basque kontratatu | ||
Belarusian наймаць | ||
Bengali ভাড়া | ||
Bhojpuri किराया प दिहल | ||
Bosnian unajmiti | ||
Bulgarian наемам | ||
Catalan llogar | ||
Cebuano pagsuhol | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 聘请 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 聘請 | ||
Corsican piglia | ||
Croatian najam | ||
Czech pronájem | ||
Danish leje | ||
Dhivehi ކުއްޔަށްހިފުން | ||
Dogri कराए पर देना | ||
Dutch huren | ||
English hire | ||
Esperanto dungi | ||
Estonian palgata | ||
Ewe da | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) upa | ||
Finnish vuokraus | ||
French louer | ||
Frisian hiere | ||
Galician contratar | ||
Georgian დაქირავება | ||
German mieten | ||
Greek ενοικίαση | ||
Guarani jasyporuka | ||
Gujarati ભાડે | ||
Haitian Creole anboche | ||
Hausa haya | ||
Hawaiian hoʻolimalima | ||
Hebrew לִשְׂכּוֹר | ||
Hindi किराये | ||
Hmong ntiav | ||
Hungarian bérel | ||
Icelandic ráða | ||
Igbo iku iku | ||
Ilocano abangan | ||
Indonesian mempekerjakan | ||
Irish fruiliú | ||
Italian assumere | ||
Japanese 雇う | ||
Javanese nyewa | ||
Kannada ಬಾಡಿಗೆಗೆ | ||
Kazakh жалдау | ||
Khmer ជួល | ||
Kinyarwanda hire | ||
Konkani भाड्यान घेवप | ||
Korean 고용 | ||
Krio tek pɔsin | ||
Kurdish îcarkirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەکرێ گرتن | ||
Kyrgyz жалдоо | ||
Lao ຈ້າງ | ||
Latin mercede operis sui | ||
Latvian noma | ||
Lingala kozwa na mosala | ||
Lithuanian samdyti | ||
Luganda okupangisa | ||
Luxembourgish astellen | ||
Macedonian вработи | ||
Maithili काज पर राखू | ||
Malagasy karamako | ||
Malay mengupah | ||
Malayalam വാടകയ്ക്കെടുക്കുക | ||
Maltese kiri | ||
Maori utu | ||
Marathi भाड्याने | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯦꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo chhawr | ||
Mongolian ажилд авах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ငှားရန် | ||
Nepali भाडामा लिनुहोस् | ||
Norwegian ansette | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ganyu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନିଯୁକ୍ତି | ||
Oromo qacaruu | ||
Pashto کرایه | ||
Persian استخدام | ||
Polish zatrudnić | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) contratar | ||
Punjabi ਭਾੜੇ | ||
Quechua alquilay | ||
Romanian închiriere | ||
Russian прокат | ||
Samoan totogi | ||
Sanskrit भृति | ||
Scots Gaelic fastadh | ||
Sepedi thwala | ||
Serbian унајмити | ||
Sesotho hira | ||
Shona hire | ||
Sindhi ڪرائي تي ڏيڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කුලියට ගන්න | ||
Slovak najať | ||
Slovenian najem | ||
Somali kiraysasho | ||
Spanish alquiler | ||
Sundanese ngupahan | ||
Swahili kuajiri | ||
Swedish hyra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) umarkila | ||
Tajik киро кардан | ||
Tamil வாடகைக்கு | ||
Tatar яллау | ||
Telugu కిరాయి | ||
Thai จ้าง | ||
Tigrinya ቁፀር | ||
Tsonga thola | ||
Turkish kiralama | ||
Turkmen hakyna tutmak | ||
Twi (Akan) han | ||
Ukrainian найняти | ||
Urdu کرایہ پر لینا | ||
Uyghur تەكلىپ قىلىش | ||
Uzbek yollash | ||
Vietnamese thuê | ||
Welsh llogi | ||
Xhosa ukuqesha | ||
Yiddish דינגען | ||
Yoruba bẹwẹ | ||
Zulu qasha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In older usage, "huur" was occasionally used to mean "rent". |
| Albanian | The word "punësoj" is derived from the Latin word "pono", meaning "to place" or "to put", and has been used in Albanian since the 15th century. |
| Amharic | The word "መቅጠር" can also mean "lease". |
| Arabic | The term "توظيف" derives from the root "وظف" meaning "to place" or "to assign," reflecting the act of assigning a role or task to an individual through employment. |
| Armenian | Վարձել is also used in the sense of "to pay for, rent, or lease something". |
| Azerbaijani | "İşə götürmək" sözü, köken olarak "işi üstüne almak" anlamına gelen "götürmek" fiilinden türemiştir. |
| Basque | The verb ‘kontratatu’ can be traced back to the Latin verb ‘contractare’ (to contract), and in Basque it can also have the meaning of ‘to engage’ or ‘to acquire’. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "наймаць" also means "to pay", "to charge", or "to rent". |
| Bengali | "ভাড়া" can also mean "rent" or "freight" in different contexts. |
| Bosnian | "Unajmljati" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*najǫti" which also means "to hire". |
| Bulgarian | The word наемам can also mean "to rent" or "to lease". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "llogar" is related to the English word "location". This is because it originally referred to the act of renting a place to live, but over time it came to be used more generally for any kind of hiring. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 聘请 can also refer to the recruitment of guests or officials for ceremonial occasions, with the alternate meaning of "to invite." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 聘請 (literally “to invite to work”) |
| Corsican | The word "piglia" comes from the Latin verb "pigere", meaning "to be lazy", which in turn stems from the Proto-Indo-European root "peig-“, meaning "to hang back". This suggests that the original sense of the word was "to be unwilling to do something", and only later came to mean "to hire someone to do something for you". Similar semantic shifts occurred with the words "rent" (from the Old English "rendan", meaning "to tear away") and "lend" (from the Old English "lanan", meaning "to give"). |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'najam' is also related to the Slavic root 'jem' which means 'to take' or 'to seize'. |
| Czech | Pronájem (hire) is a derivative of the verb pronajmout (to rent out) and has the same root as najem (rent). |
| Danish | Leje is derived from the Proto-Germanic word *laikijō, meaning "to grant", and originally meant "to lend" rather than "to hire". |
| Dutch | In archaic or formal contexts, "huren" can also mean "to rent" but is considered outdated. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "dungi" also means "to engage" or "to employ" in English. |
| Estonian | "Palgata" has an alternate meaning in the Estonian language as a verb meaning "to fire". |
| Finnish | Vuokraus is derived from the German word "verkaufen," which means "to sell." |
| French | The French word "louer" comes from the Latin word "locare", meaning "to place or let out". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "hiere" can also refer to a shepherd's crook. |
| Galician | "Contratar" in Galician can also mean "to subscribe". |
| Georgian | The word "დაქირავება" in Georgian can also refer to the act of borrowing something or someone, not just hiring. |
| German | "Mieten" also means "to clean" and is used in the context of cleaning a crime scene. |
| Greek | Ενοικίαση derives from the Greek word οίκος (house) and means literally "making use of a house or a building." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ભાડે" is derived from Sanskrit "भाड़" meaning "share" or "portion" as in the term "Bhaade" of "Bhagavad Gita", which implies a fractional share given as rent by tenants under a tenancy agreement. |
| Haitian Creole | "Anboche" is derived from French "embaucher" or English "engage" and can also mean "involve" or "recruit." |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'haya' also means 'rent' and is derived from the Arabic word 'hiyya', meaning 'possession'. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hoʻolimalima" also means "to work for wages". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לִשְׂכּוֹר" can also mean "to be drunk" and is cognate with the Arabic "سَكِرَ" with the same meaning. |
| Hindi | The word 'किराये' (hire) in Hindi comes from the Sanskrit word 'कीरात' (kirāta), which means 'hunter' or 'barbarian'. |
| Hmong | The word "ntiav" is also used as a particle that gives the meaning of "in order to" or "so that" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The noun "bérel" can also mean "lease" and the verb "bérel" can mean "to rent" or "to lease". |
| Icelandic | Icelandic "ráða" derives from "ráð", meaning counsel, advice or consultation. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "iku iku" also means "to go out and fetch" or "to carry out an errand." |
| Indonesian | Mempekerjakan is also sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to engaging someone to do a task or provide a service, even if it is not strictly in the context of employment. |
| Irish | "Fruiliú" is derived from the Old Irish "fochraic" meaning "to leave" or "to abandon" and the suffix "-iú" indicating an action or process. |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "assumere" also means "to adopt" or "to take on" (a role or responsibility). |
| Japanese | 雇う is derived from the Proto-Japonic root *ko- "to work". |
| Javanese | In Old Javanese, nyewa means both 'borrow' and 'rent' while in modern Javanese, it only means 'rent' |
| Kannada | The word "ಬಾಡಿಗೆಗೆ" in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "bhaataka" meaning "rent" or "wages" and is also used to refer to a "lease". |
| Kazakh | The word "жалдау" originally meant "payment for services" and still has this meaning in some contexts. |
| Khmer | The word "ជួល" can also refer to something that is done in exchange for payment. |
| Korean | The word '고용' (hire) in Korean is derived from the Middle Chinese word '雇庸', which originally meant 'to use (labor) for pay'. |
| Kurdish | İcarkirin also means "rent" in Kurdish and is derived from the Persian word "ejāre". |
| Kyrgyz | The verb жалдоо may also refer to military conscription, or the forced use of prisoners-of-war as laborers. |
| Lao | ຈ້າງ can also mean "to invite" or "to request" in Lao. |
| Latin | The Latin phrase "mercede operis sui" can also refer to the reward for a service or the wages for work. |
| Latvian | The word "noma" in Latvian also means "to take" or "to seize" and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem- meaning "to take, seize, or distribute." |
| Lithuanian | "Samdyti" shares its root with Baltic words for "son" and may have carried the ancient meaning of "to adopt". |
| Luxembourgish | "Astellen" is derived from the French word "installer" and also means "to set up" or "to install". |
| Macedonian | The verb "вработи" can also mean "to give a job to" or "to employ". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "karamako" also refers to the action of hiring, payment of wages, and the amount of payment for a given job. |
| Malay | Mengupah in Malay, meaning to hire, also carries the connotation of |
| Maltese | The word "kiri" in Maltese may also refer to a payment for the use of something, such as a house or farm. |
| Maori | "Utu" can also mean "revenge" or "requital". |
| Marathi | The word भाड्याने also refers to "rent" and "wages". |
| Mongolian | The word "ажилд авах" can also mean "to work" or "to be employed" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word भाडामा लिनुहोस् is derived from the Sanskrit root "bhad" meaning "to take" and "ma" meaning "to hire". It can also refer to "renting" or "leasing" in a more general sense. |
| Norwegian | The word "ansette" is cognate with the Dutch word "aannemen", which means "to take on" or "to accept". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In addition to its literal meaning, "ganyu" can also refer to renting or borrowing something. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کرایه" can also refer to rent, fare, or toll. |
| Persian | "استخدام" (istekhdam) can also mean "employment" or "recruitment". |
| Polish | The verb 'zatrudnić' is also used as a legal term in a passive sense, meaning 'to be subject to a judicial penalty'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese “contratar” comes from the Latin “contrahere”, “contract, draw together”. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਭਾੜੇ' can also refer to a type of tax levied on land in the Punjab region. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "închiriere" can also refer to the process of renting or leasing a property or vehicle. |
| Russian | "Прокат" (hire) derives from "прокатывать" (to roll out, extend) as something for hire often needed to be stretched out. |
| Samoan | The verb 'totogi' can also refer to the concept of 'paying back', as in repaying a debt or returning a favour. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Fastadh" can also mean "abode" or "dwelling-place" in Scots Gaelic, as well as "place of holding". |
| Serbian | The verb "унајмити" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "наимати", which means "to hire, to take on lease". |
| Sesotho | The word 'hira' means to "pay rent" or "borrow money with interest" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | In Shona, "hire" also means "to employ" and "to rent out". |
| Sindhi | The term ڪرائي تي ڏيڻ derives from the root word 'ڪراءُ,' meaning 'rent or hiring,' and refers to the act of providing something for temporary use in exchange for payment. |
| Slovak | The word "najať" in Slovak also means "to rent" or "to lease". |
| Slovenian | Najem can also be used as the noun of action for the verb "najeti", meaning "renting", "hiring", but also "taking on" a particular task. |
| Somali | The Somali word "kiraysasho" can also mean "leasing" or "renting". |
| Spanish | The word "alquiler" derives from the Arabic word "alkirāʾ", meaning "lease". Originally, the term referred specifically to the rental of animals for labor, but over time it came to be used for the general sense of "hiring". |
| Sundanese | Etymology: 'ngupah' (borrowed from Javanese) + '-an' (suffix forming nouns from verbs) |
| Swahili | "Kuajiri" also means "to employ" or "to engage the services of someone." |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "hyra" is a doublet of the German " Heuer", likely deriving from the Middle Low German "huren" meaning "to rent". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "umarkila" can also refer to renting, or paying for a particular period of time. |
| Tajik | The word "киро кардан" in Tajik can also refer to a type of small knife or dagger. |
| Tamil | The word 'வாடகைக்கு' comes from the Sanskrit word 'वाट', meaning 'way' or 'road', and originally referred to a fee paid for the use of a road or ferry. |
| Telugu | The word "కిరాయి" is derived from the Sanskrit word "कराड" (karaḍ), meaning "tax" or "levy" |
| Thai | 'จ้าง' (pronounced 'chang') means to both hire someone and to give someone an assignment to complete. |
| Turkish | Kiralama originally means 'to bring someone to the village' and refers to the action of giving land for cultivation in exchange for a share of the harvest. |
| Ukrainian | The word "найняти" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*najьnati", which originally meant "to force" or "to subdue". |
| Uzbek | The word "yollash" can also mean "to send" or "to dispatch" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "Thuê" also means "rent" or "lease". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "llogi" originated from the Latin word "locare", meaning "to place" or "to lease". |
| Xhosa | The word 'ukuqesha' in Xhosa can also refer to the process of borrowing something or obtaining a loan |
| Yiddish | "דינגען" (literally "dingen" in German) is also used in Yiddish to mean "to order" or "to request" in a sense similar to German "bestellen". |
| Yoruba | Bẹwẹ shares the same etymology with 'bẹ̀rẹ̀', both meaning 'to start' or 'to initiate'. |
| Zulu | Qasha is also used to mean 'to beg' in the context of asking for money. |
| English | Historically, the word hire could also refer to a reward or payment for services rendered. |