Afrikaans identifikasie | ||
Albanian identifikimi | ||
Amharic መታወቂያ | ||
Arabic هوية | ||
Armenian նույնականացում | ||
Assamese চিনাক্তকৰণ | ||
Aymara uñt’ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani eyniləşdirmə | ||
Bambara dantigɛli | ||
Basque identifikazioa | ||
Belarusian ідэнтыфікацыя | ||
Bengali সনাক্তকরণ | ||
Bhojpuri पहचान के बारे में बतावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian identifikacija | ||
Bulgarian идентификация | ||
Catalan identificació | ||
Cebuano pag-ila | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 鉴定 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 鑑定 | ||
Corsican identificazione | ||
Croatian identifikacija | ||
Czech identifikace | ||
Danish identifikation | ||
Dhivehi ދެނެގަތުން | ||
Dogri पहचान करना | ||
Dutch identificatie | ||
English identification | ||
Esperanto identigo | ||
Estonian identifitseerimine | ||
Ewe dzesidede ame | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagkakakilanlan | ||
Finnish henkilöllisyystodistus | ||
French identification | ||
Frisian identifikaasje | ||
Galician identificación | ||
Georgian იდენტიფიკაცია | ||
German identifizierung | ||
Greek ταυτοποίηση | ||
Guarani identificación rehegua | ||
Gujarati ઓળખ | ||
Haitian Creole idantifikasyon | ||
Hausa ganewa | ||
Hawaiian ʻikeʻike | ||
Hebrew זיהוי | ||
Hindi पहचान | ||
Hmong daim ntawv qhia npe | ||
Hungarian azonosítás | ||
Icelandic auðkenni | ||
Igbo njirimara | ||
Ilocano pannakailasin | ||
Indonesian identifikasi | ||
Irish aitheantais | ||
Italian identificazione | ||
Japanese 識別 | ||
Javanese identifikasi | ||
Kannada ಗುರುತಿಸುವಿಕೆ | ||
Kazakh сәйкестендіру | ||
Khmer អត្តសញ្ញាណកម្ម | ||
Kinyarwanda indangamuntu | ||
Konkani वळखप | ||
Korean 신분증 | ||
Krio fɔ no pɔsin | ||
Kurdish nasname | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ناسینەوە | ||
Kyrgyz идентификация | ||
Lao ການລະບຸຕົວຕົນ | ||
Latin idem | ||
Latvian identifikācija | ||
Lingala botalisi ya moto | ||
Lithuanian identifikacija | ||
Luganda okuzuula omuntu | ||
Luxembourgish identifikatioun | ||
Macedonian идентификација | ||
Maithili पहचान | ||
Malagasy famantarana | ||
Malay pengenalan diri | ||
Malayalam തിരിച്ചറിയൽ | ||
Maltese identifikazzjoni | ||
Maori tuakiri | ||
Marathi ओळख | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯁꯛ ꯈꯪꯗꯣꯀꯄꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo hriat chian theihna | ||
Mongolian таних | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖော်ထုတ်ခြင်း | ||
Nepali परिचय | ||
Norwegian identifikasjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chizindikiritso | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପରିଚୟ | ||
Oromo adda baasuu | ||
Pashto پیژندنه | ||
Persian شناسایی | ||
Polish identyfikacja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) identificação | ||
Punjabi ਪਛਾਣ | ||
Quechua riqsichiy | ||
Romanian identificare | ||
Russian идентификация | ||
Samoan faʻailoaina | ||
Sanskrit परिचयः | ||
Scots Gaelic aithneachadh | ||
Sepedi go hlaola | ||
Serbian идентификација | ||
Sesotho boitsebiso | ||
Shona chitupa | ||
Sindhi سڃاڻپ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හඳුනා ගැනීම | ||
Slovak identifikácia | ||
Slovenian identifikacija | ||
Somali aqoonsi | ||
Spanish identificación | ||
Sundanese idéntifikasi | ||
Swahili kitambulisho | ||
Swedish identifiering | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagkakakilanlan | ||
Tajik шиносоӣ | ||
Tamil அடையாளம் | ||
Tatar идентификация | ||
Telugu గుర్తింపు | ||
Thai บัตรประจำตัว | ||
Tigrinya መለለዪ መንነት | ||
Tsonga ku tivisiwa | ||
Turkish kimlik | ||
Turkmen şahsyýeti kesgitlemek | ||
Twi (Akan) nkyerɛkyerɛmu a wɔde kyerɛ | ||
Ukrainian ідентифікація | ||
Urdu شناخت | ||
Uyghur كىملىك | ||
Uzbek identifikatsiya qilish | ||
Vietnamese nhận biết | ||
Welsh adnabod | ||
Xhosa ukuchonga | ||
Yiddish לעגיטימאַציע | ||
Yoruba idanimọ | ||
Zulu ukuhlonza |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'identifikasie' is also used in Afrikaans as a term for 'identification parade', a process in which witnesses attempt to identify a suspect from a lineup of similar-looking individuals. |
| Albanian | Identifikimi in Albanian also means 'the process of establishing a person's identity by obtaining an official document'. |
| Amharic | The word "መታወቂያ" can also mean "certificate" or "badge" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | هوية is not only used to signify personal identification documents, but also one's nature and character. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "identification" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Arabic word "ayn", meaning "eye", and the Turkish suffix "-laşma", meaning "to become". It can also refer to the process of identifying with a particular group or idea. |
| Basque | The Basque word "identifikazioa" is derived from the Latin word "identificare", which means "to make the same". |
| Bengali | "সনাক্তকরণ" (identification) comes from the Sanskrit word "সনাক্ত" (sanakta), meaning "united" or "joined." |
| Bosnian | The word "identifikacija" can also refer to the process of establishing a person's identity through means such as fingerprints, DNA, or facial recognition. |
| Bulgarian | "Идентификация" can also mean "self-identification" and "finding something similar" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "identificació" in Catalan can also refer to the act of registering a person or thing. |
| Cebuano | "Pag-ila" is an archaic term for "identification," which is also the name for the process of identifying a corpse by its features. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "鉴定" can also mean to determine the value or authenticity of something. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鑑定 can also mean appraisal or verification |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "identificazione" also has the alternate meaning of "identification of an individual or group". |
| Croatian | "Identifikacija" comes from Latin "identifico" meaning to recognize or establish the identity of someone or something. |
| Czech | The Czech word "identifikace" is ultimately derived from the Latin "identificare", meaning "to make identical" and "to understand". |
| Danish | In addition to "identification", "identfikikation" can denote "identity document". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, 'identificatie' can also refer to the act of identifying or verifying something. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto "identigo" can also mean "sameness" or a "duplicate". |
| Estonian | The word "identifitseerimine" means "making known" and derives from "tuntma õppima," meaning "to get to know." |
| Finnish | The word “henkilöllisyystodistus” in Finnish literally means “certificate of personality”. |
| French | The word "identification" in French can also mean "registration" or "proof of identity." |
| Frisian | The word "identifikaasje" is derived from the Latin word "identificare", meaning "to make the same" or "to establish the identity of". |
| Galician | In Galician, "identificación" can also mean "certificate of identity". |
| Georgian | The word "identification" comes from the Latin word "identificare", meaning "to make identical." |
| German | The German word "Identifizierung" is derived from the Latin word "identificare", meaning "to make the same" or "to recognize". |
| Greek | The word "ταυτοποίηση" comes from the Greek root "ταυτόν", meaning "the same," and the suffix "-ποίηση", meaning "making," indicating the process of establishing identity. |
| Gujarati | ओळख (ōḷakh) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'अभिज्ञान' (abhijñāna), meaning 'recognition' or 'identification'. In Gujarati, it is also used to refer to one's 'identity' or 'self-awareness'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "idantifikasyon" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "identification" and also has the alternate meaning of "proof of identity". |
| Hausa | Derived from "gani," which means "to recognize," and "wa," a suffix for abstract nouns. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word ʻikeʻike can also mean "knowledge" or "understanding." |
| Hebrew | Aside from the general meaning, "זיהוי" can also mean to recognize or to be recognized. |
| Hindi | Its roots come from the Sanskrit word 'jnana' ('knowledge') and 'pahi' ('protection or understanding'). |
| Hmong | Daim ntawv qhia npe is a Hmong compound word comprising daim ('card; paper'), ntawv ('letter; book'), and qhia ('to tell') in order to render an English identification card. |
| Hungarian | The term "azonosítás" also denotes the process of authentication. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, auðkenni was originally a word for "a distinguishing mark". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'njirimara' derives from the phrase 'iji na m'ara,' meaning 'to be seen and known,' emphasizing the concept of visibility and recognition. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'identifikasi' also carries the meaning of 'to be identified' and 'to become known'. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'aitheantais' also has meanings related to knowledge and recognition. |
| Italian | Identificazione comes from the Latin 'identificare', meaning 'to establish or prove identity'. |
| Japanese | " identification" in Japanese kanji 識別, lit. "recognize and distinguish". |
| Javanese | "Identifikasi" means "to find out" in the Javanese language, but can also refer to "a mark of distinction" or "a way of identifying something". |
| Kannada | The word "ಗುರುತಿಸುವಿಕೆ" literally translates to "making something recognisable" and is also used to refer to "recognising" or "identifying". |
| Kazakh | The word "сәйкестендіру" can also mean "to match" or "to correspond" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word also denotes the legal recognition of a person as having certain characteristics or status, and it is also used in psychology to describe the process by which an individual acquires a sense of self. |
| Korean | The word 신분증 (identification) is composed of the words 신분 (status, position) and 증 (proof) |
| Kurdish | The etymology of 'nasname' in Kurdish can be linked to its components, with 'nas' referring to 'identification', 'sign', or 'trace' and 'name' meaning 'name', together creating a multidimensional word for identification. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "идентификация" is derived from the Russian word "идентификация" which in turn comes from the Latin word "identificare" meaning "to make identical". |
| Latin | The Latin word "idem" can also mean "the same" or "likewise". |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "identifikācija" also means "identity card". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, the word "identifikacija" is derived from the Latin word "identifier", meaning to make known, and can also refer to a personal document used to prove one's identity. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Identifikatioun" (identification) in Luxembourgish is derived from Latin "identifīcātiō", which also refers to "making the same" and "declaration as the same". |
| Macedonian | "Идентификација" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "идѣти" (ideti), meaning "to go". |
| Malagasy | The word "famantarana" can also refer to the process of establishing or verifying someone's identity. |
| Malay | Pengenalan diri also refers to a person's understanding of their own qualities, strengths, and weaknesses. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "identifikazzjoni" is derived from the French word "identification" and can also refer to a person's identity card. |
| Maori | The Maori word "tuakiri" ("identification") comes from the Proto-Polynesian word "takiri", meaning "to show, to point out, to identify" or "to recognise, to know". |
| Marathi | ओळख (Identification) also refers to recognition and acquaintance in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The term "таних" also refers specifically to identification documents, especially passports and identity cards. |
| Nepali | "परिचय" is used both for "identification" as well as "introduction" in Nepali |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "identifikasjon" derives from the Latin word "identificare", meaning "to make identical". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chizindikiritso" can also refer to an identity card or a passport. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پیژندنه" can also mean "recognition" or "awareness". |
| Persian | The word "شناسایی" is derived from the Arabic word "عرف" meaning "knowledge" or "recognition". |
| Polish | The word "identyfikacja" is Polish for "identification" and "ID-ing". The latter in Polish is also referred to as "legitymowanie". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Identificação" also means "identification document" and can refer to an official document with your photograph and personal information on it. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "Identificare" stems from the Latin word "identificare", meaning "to make the same" or "to recognize". |
| Russian | The word "identification" in Russian ("идентификация") also implies the concept of "establishment" or "confirmation" of something's identity or existence. |
| Samoan | In the Hawaiian language, "ho'ailona" is to "make known" and "ho'ailona" also means "to identify". In the Marquesan language, "ho'e'a" means "to make known". The Samoan word "fa'ailo" means "to reveal, to display" or "to mark" and the Samoan word "fa'ailoaina" means "identification". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Aithneachadh" in Scots Gaelic may also refer to 'identification', 'knowledge' or 'acquaintance'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "идентификација" (identification) derives from the French word "identification" and also means "testimony" or "proof of identity." |
| Sesotho | The word "boitsebiso" is also used to refer to the act of revealing or disclosing something. |
| Shona | The word "chitupa" can also mean "a sign" or "a mark". |
| Sindhi | The word "سڃاڻپ" also means "acquaintance" or "recognition". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word හඳුනා ගැනීම also means 'to recognize' or 'to ascertain', highlighting its versatile nature in describing the process of identifying something. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "identifikácia" (identification) comes from the Latin word "identitas", meaning "sameness" or "oneness". |
| Slovenian | The word 'identifikacija' comes from the Latin word 'identificare', which means 'to make the same'. |
| Somali | The word "aqoonsi" can also refer to a badge or a passport. |
| Spanish | The word "identificación" comes from the Latin word "identificare", meaning "to make the same". |
| Sundanese | Sundanese "idéntifikasi" also carries the connotations of knowing someone through their face |
| Swahili | The word "kitambulisho" can also refer to an identification card or a passport. |
| Swedish | Identifiering is a Swedish word stemming from the verb identifiera, which means "to identify" and is derived from the Latin word "identificare". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "pagkakakilanlan" is derived from the root word "kakilala", meaning "to know" or "to be acquainted with". |
| Tajik | The word "шиносоӣ" can also mean "identification" in the context of determining a person's identity. |
| Tamil | "அடையாளம்" also translates to "a symbol", which could mean an object standing in as a manifestation of an abstract, or even a mathematical symbol for an abstract number, function, etc. |
| Telugu | The word "గుర్తింపు" can also refer to "recognition" or "identification of an object". |
| Thai | "บัตรประจำตัว" is a compound word, combining "บัตร" (card) and "ประจำตัว" (belonging to oneself), meaning "identification card". |
| Turkish | Kimlik in Turkish comes from the Arabic word كمال/kamāl, which means totality or beauty. |
| Ukrainian | "Ідентифікація" is derived from Latin "identificare" and also has the meaning of "recognition". |
| Urdu | شناخت is also used to mean "recognition", and figuratively "the realization of something". |
| Uzbek | "Identifikatsiya qilish" means "identification" and also means "authentication." |
| Vietnamese | The word "nhận biết" comes from the Sino-Vietnamese word "認識", which means "cognitive understanding" or "recognition." |
| Welsh | The word adnabod is composed of the prefix 'ad' meaning 'to' and the noun 'nabod' meaning 'knowledge'. |
| Xhosa | The word "ukuchonga" in Xhosa also means "to point out" or "to indicate with the finger" |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לעגיטימאַציע" ultimately derives from the Latin word "legitimatio," meaning "the act of making legitimate". |
| Yoruba | The word "idanimọ" in Yoruba also means "recognition" or "awareness". |
| Zulu | "Ukuhlonza" literally means "to track someone down" in Zulu. |
| English | The word identification comes from the Latin identificare, meaning to make the same. |