Index in Different Languages
Discover 'Index' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Index
Afrikaans indeks | ||
Albanian indeksi | ||
Amharic ማውጫ | ||
Arabic فهرس | ||
Armenian ցուցիչ | ||
Assamese সূচী | ||
Aymara índice ukax mä juk’a pachanakanwa | ||
Azerbaijani indeks | ||
Bambara index (index) ye | ||
Basque aurkibidea | ||
Belarusian паказальнік | ||
Bengali সূচক | ||
Bhojpuri सूचकांक के बा | ||
Bosnian indeks | ||
Bulgarian индекс | ||
Catalan índex | ||
Cebuano indeks | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 指数 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 指數 | ||
Corsican indice | ||
Croatian indeks | ||
Czech index | ||
Danish indeks | ||
Dhivehi އިންޑެކްސް އެވެ | ||
Dogri सूचकांक | ||
Dutch inhoudsopgave | ||
English index | ||
Esperanto indekso | ||
Estonian indeks | ||
Ewe index | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) index | ||
Finnish indeksi | ||
French indice | ||
Frisian yndeks | ||
Galician índice | ||
Georgian ინდექსი | ||
German index | ||
Greek δείκτης | ||
Guarani índice rehegua | ||
Gujarati અનુક્રમણિકા | ||
Haitian Creole endèks | ||
Hausa fihirisa | ||
Hawaiian papa kuhikuhi | ||
Hebrew אינדקס | ||
Hindi सूची | ||
Hmong performance index | ||
Hungarian index | ||
Icelandic vísitölu | ||
Igbo ndeksi | ||
Ilocano indeks ti | ||
Indonesian indeks | ||
Irish innéacs | ||
Italian indice | ||
Japanese インデックス | ||
Javanese indeks | ||
Kannada ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕ | ||
Kazakh индекс | ||
Khmer សន្ទស្សន៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda indangagaciro | ||
Konkani अनुक्रमणिका | ||
Korean 인덱스 | ||
Krio indeks | ||
Kurdish naverok | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئیندێکس | ||
Kyrgyz индекс | ||
Lao ດັດຊະນີ | ||
Latin index | ||
Latvian indekss | ||
Lingala index | ||
Lithuanian indeksas | ||
Luganda index | ||
Luxembourgish index | ||
Macedonian индекс | ||
Maithili अनुक्रमणिका | ||
Malagasy fanondroana | ||
Malay indeks | ||
Malayalam സൂചിക | ||
Maltese indiċi | ||
Maori taupū | ||
Marathi अनुक्रमणिका | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯏꯟꯗꯦꯛꯁ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯦꯟ.ꯗꯤ.ꯑꯦ | ||
Mizo index a ni | ||
Mongolian индекс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အညွှန်းကိန်း | ||
Nepali अनुक्रमणिका | ||
Norwegian indeks | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) index | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସୂଚକାଙ୍କ | ||
Oromo indeeksii | ||
Pashto شاخص | ||
Persian فهرست مطالب | ||
Polish indeks | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) índice | ||
Punjabi ਇੰਡੈਕਸ | ||
Quechua indis nisqa | ||
Romanian index | ||
Russian индекс | ||
Samoan faʻasino igoa | ||
Sanskrit अनुक्रमणिका | ||
Scots Gaelic clàr-amais | ||
Sepedi index | ||
Serbian индекс | ||
Sesotho index | ||
Shona index | ||
Sindhi انڊيڪس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දර්ශකය | ||
Slovak index | ||
Slovenian indeks | ||
Somali tusmo | ||
Spanish índice | ||
Sundanese indéks | ||
Swahili faharisi | ||
Swedish index | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) indeks | ||
Tajik нишондиҳанда | ||
Tamil குறியீட்டு | ||
Tatar индексы | ||
Telugu సూచిక | ||
Thai ดัชนี | ||
Tigrinya ኢንዴክስ | ||
Tsonga index | ||
Turkish indeks | ||
Turkmen indeks | ||
Twi (Akan) index no | ||
Ukrainian індекс | ||
Urdu انڈیکس | ||
Uyghur index | ||
Uzbek indeks | ||
Vietnamese mục lục | ||
Welsh mynegai | ||
Xhosa isalathiso | ||
Yiddish אינדעקס | ||
Yoruba atọka | ||
Zulu inkomba |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "indeks" comes from the German word "index" and the Latin word "index", meaning "pointer". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "indeksi" comes from the Latin word "index", which means "pointer" or "indicator". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ማውጫ" also means "table of contents" or "a list of things in order." |
| Arabic | The word 'فهرس' is derived from the root 'ف ر س' meaning 'to separate', 'to distinguish', and 'to mark', indicating its role in distinguishing and marking content in a document. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "indeks" is derived from the Latin word "index," which means "indicator" or "reference point." |
| Basque | It is possible the root of the term "aurkibidea" ("index") was the root of Latin word "arca" ("chest") |
| Belarusian | The word "паказальнік" (index) in Belarusian can have the alternate meaning of "hand" if it is in the instrumental case. |
| Bengali | The word "সূচক" also means "indicator" or "pointer" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "indeks" in Bosnian can also refer to a sign or symbol that points to something. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "индекс" also means "finger on the hand or foot," deriving from the Old Slavonic word ьстъкъпъ |
| Catalan | The word "índex" also refers to a catalog or a list of items accompanied by a reference to their location. |
| Cebuano | "Indeks" also means "list of contents" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 指数（shùzhǐ）一词在中文中还有“权力”和“影响”等含义。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 指數（繁體）指數（繁體）源於拉丁語「indicator」，意指「指示、顯示」 something that points out or indicates something. |
| Corsican | “Indice” derives from the Latin “index”, meaning “the finger that shows”. |
| Croatian | "Indeks" also means "gauge" in Croatian, as in "temperature gauge" (temperaturni indeks). |
| Czech | Index (Czech) can refer to a directory of names or subjects, a stock market indicator, or a mathematical symbol. |
| Danish | The Danish word "indeks" derives from Latin and can also refer to an index number or value in finance or economics. |
| Dutch | The Afrikaans word 'inhoudsopgave' is a calque, a literal translation, of the English phrase 'table of contents'. |
| Esperanto | The word "indekso" derives from Latin and is related to "indico" meaning "to point out". |
| Estonian | Indeks can also refer to a finger or toe joint. |
| Finnish | In addition to meaning 'index', 'indeksi' can also mean 'indice', in the sense of a symptom or evidence of a condition. |
| French | The French word "indice" can also mean "hint" or "proof". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'yndeks' can also mean 'finger pointer'. |
| Georgian | The word ინდექსი in Georgian is derived from the Latin word |
| German | Der Begriff "Index" stammt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet sowohl "Zeigefinger" als auch "Verzeichnis". |
| Greek | The word δείκτης (index) also means 'pointer', 'indicator', 'sign', 'landmark', 'proof', or 'criterion' in Ancient Greek. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "endèks" comes from the French word "index" and also refers to a bookmark, a guide, a signpost, or a reference point. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'fihirisa' can also refer to a list or schedule. |
| Hawaiian | "Papa Kuhikuhi" is also a type of Hawaiian drum, so named because its shape resembles that of an index finger. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, the word "אינדקס" ("index") can also mean a "directory" or a "catalog". |
| Hindi | सूची' शब्द की व्युत्पत्ति संस्कृत शब्द 'सूचि' से है, जिसका अर्थ है 'सूई'। |
| Hmong | The term "performance index" can also refer to a measure of how well a particular investment has performed over a specified period of time. |
| Hungarian | The word "index" in Hungarian refers to a "forefinger" but can also mean "table of contents" or "catalog". |
| Icelandic | "Vísitölu" comes from the Old Icelandic word "vísitall", meaning "index finger", with "vís" meaning "index" and "tölu" meaning "finger". |
| Igbo | Ndeksị in Igbo is borrowed from English and it also means |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "indeks" can also refer to a stock market index or a person's finger. |
| Irish | The word "innéacs" is also used in Irish to refer to a needle, a pointer or a signpost. |
| Italian | The Italian word "indice" can also refer to an accusation or a proof. |
| Japanese | The word "インデックス" (index) is derived from the Latin word "index", meaning "indicator" or "pointer". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "indeks" can also mean a book index, a guide, a sign, a reference, or an indicator. |
| Kannada | The word "ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕ" (index) can also refer to a list of topics covered in a book or other work. |
| Kazakh | Индекс (index) на казахском заимствовано из русского и может также означать "прейскурант" или "список лиц". |
| Korean | 인덱스는 또한 명예직을 가리키며, 예를 들어 인덱스 신문에 기고하는 인덱스 기자를 지칭합니다. |
| Kurdish | "Naverok" is derived from the Persian word "navareh", meaning "sign" or "mark", and can also refer to a landmark or a reference point in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz "индекс" is borrowed from Russian, derived from Latin "index" and Indo-European root "*deik-" (to show) |
| Lao | คำว่า "ດັດຊະນີ" ยังหมายถึง "สารบัญ" หรือ "บัญชีรายชื่อ" ด้วย |
| Latin | The Latin word "index" primarily meant "indicator" or "pointer" but also had meanings such as "list" or "catalogue". |
| Latvian | “Indeks” is taken from German “index,” which originally came from Latin “indicere,” “to show”. |
| Lithuanian | The word can also refer to a sign with the name of a building, street, or location. |
| Luxembourgish | An Index is a list of keywords that reference all the words appearing in the text. |
| Macedonian | The word "индекс" can also refer to a table of contents or a list of data. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "Fanondroana" originally meant "a way or route" before coming to mean "index". |
| Malay | "Indeks" derives from the Latin word "index," which means "pointer" or "indicator." |
| Malayalam | The word "സൂചിക" (index) can also mean "needle", "list", or "table of contents" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | Despite being related to the English word "index", "indiċi" in Maltese also means "hint" or "tip". |
| Maori | In Maori mythology, taupū can also refer to a female priestess or a first-born female child, highlighting the significance of women in Maori society. |
| Marathi | The word अनुक्रमणिका originates from the Sanskrit word 'anukrama' which means 'following the order', and is also a technical term for a type of Vedic index. |
| Mongolian | "Индекс" is Mongolian word used to mean either the mathematical term 'index' or the Mongolian term 'index' |
| Nepali | The word 'अनुक्रमणिका' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'अनुक्रम', meaning 'in order'. It can also refer to a sequence, arrangement, or system. |
| Norwegian | "Indeks" also means "index finger" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "chingwe" can also mean a sign or indication. |
| Pashto | "شاخص" (index) is a Persian loanword in Pashto, which shares the same etymology and alternate meanings as its Persian cognate. |
| Persian | فهرست |
| Polish | "Indeks" can mean "index", "register", "directory", or "table of contents" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Índice" can also mean "ratio", "fraction", or "percentage" in Portuguese. |
| Romanian | In the Romanian language, the word "index" can also refer to the little finger or to the table of contents in a book. |
| Russian | In addition to the meaning “index,” the word "индекс" can have other connotations such as a “subject catalog” in a book or “stock index”. |
| Samoan | The word "faʻasino igoa" literally translates to "pointing to a name". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Clàr-amais" also means "great love" in Scots Gaelic, highlighting the importance of referencing and keeping track of information. |
| Serbian | Индекс is derived from the Latin word "index", meaning "pointer" or "indicator". |
| Sesotho | The word "index" in Sesotho also means "forefinger" or "pointer". |
| Shona | In Shona, "index" can also refer to the "forefinger" or "a pointed stick used for digging". |
| Sindhi | The word "انڊيڪس" (index) in Sindhi can also refer to a table of contents or a measure of economic performance. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "දර්ශකය" can also refer to a "witness" or "indicator". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "index" is also used to refer to the numbers in a table of contents or a list of topics in a book. |
| Slovenian | In Slovene, the word "indeks" also refers to a name given to a specific person, place, or thing, such as an index number. |
| Somali | The word "tusmo" in Somali likely originates from the root "tus," meaning "to point". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "índice" comes from the Latin word "index," which originally meant "forefinger" but later came to be used in a figurative sense to refer to any sign or indication. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "indéks" also refers to a traditional woven mat used for sleeping. |
| Swahili | The word 'faharisi' is derived from the Arabic word 'fāris,' meaning 'horseman' or 'knight,' which is also the root of other Swahili words related to counting, such as 'hesabu' ('arithmetic') and 'hesabu ya farasi' ('horse racing'). |
| Swedish | In addition to its mathematical and computing meanings, "index" also refers to thumbs and forefingers in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "indeks" also means "forefinger" |
| Tamil | குறியீட்டு also means 'symbol' and is used to denote an object that is significant of something else due to association or convention. |
| Telugu | సూచిక, meaning "index", also has an alternate meaning of "needle" or "pointer" in Telugu. |
| Thai | "ดัชนี" (index) in Thai may derive from the Sanskrit and Pali word "anujñā," meaning "to make known, point out, or guide." |
| Turkish | In Turkish, 'indeks' can also refer to a list of names or terms at the end of a book or on a document. |
| Ukrainian | The word "індекс" (index) in Ukrainian can also refer to the number of a bus or tram route. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, the word 'انڈیکس' (index) can also refer to the number assigned to a chapter or verse in a religious text or to the number assigned to a criminal offence. |
| Uzbek | "Indeks" is a Latin word that also means "finger" and "indicator" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Mục lục" (index) is also a traditional style of Vietnamese poetry. |
| Welsh | The word 'mynegai' is also used in Welsh to refer to a list of contents or a register. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "Isalathiso" can also mean "a finger that points" or "a signpost." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אינדעקס" also means "finger" and is related to the German word "Zeigefinger" (literally "pointing-finger" or "index finger"). |
| Yoruba | The word 'àtọ̀ka' can also mean 'pointer', 'hand' or 'finger'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "inkomba" also means to "put on clothing". |
| English | The word "index" can refer to a sign or mark that points to something, or to a systematic arrangement of items, such as a table of contents or an alphabetized list. |