Investigate in Different Languages
Discover 'Investigate' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Investigate
Afrikaans ondersoek | ||
Albanian hetoj | ||
Amharic መርምር | ||
Arabic التحقيق | ||
Armenian ուսումնասիրել | ||
Assamese অনুসন্ধান কৰা | ||
Aymara yatxataña | ||
Azerbaijani araşdırmaq | ||
Bambara ka fɛsɛfɛsɛ | ||
Basque ikertu | ||
Belarusian расследаваць | ||
Bengali তদন্ত | ||
Bhojpuri छीन-बीन कईल | ||
Bosnian istražiti | ||
Bulgarian разследва | ||
Catalan investigar | ||
Cebuano pag-imbestiga | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 调查 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 調查 | ||
Corsican investigà | ||
Croatian istraga | ||
Czech vyšetřovat | ||
Danish undersøge | ||
Dhivehi ތަޙުޤީޤުކުރުން | ||
Dogri तफ्तीश करना | ||
Dutch onderzoeken | ||
English investigate | ||
Esperanto esplori | ||
Estonian uurima | ||
Ewe ku nu me | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) imbestigahan | ||
Finnish tutkia | ||
French enquêter | ||
Frisian ûndersykje | ||
Galician investigar | ||
Georgian გამოიძიოს | ||
German untersuchen | ||
Greek ερευνώ | ||
Guarani hapykuerereka | ||
Gujarati તપાસ | ||
Haitian Creole mennen ankèt | ||
Hausa bincika | ||
Hawaiian e hoʻokolokolo | ||
Hebrew לַחקוֹר | ||
Hindi छान - बीन करना | ||
Hmong tshawb nrhiav | ||
Hungarian kivizsgálni | ||
Icelandic rannsaka | ||
Igbo ichoputa | ||
Ilocano imbestigaran | ||
Indonesian menyelidiki | ||
Irish imscrúdú | ||
Italian indagare | ||
Japanese 調査する | ||
Javanese nyelidiki | ||
Kannada ತನಿಖೆ | ||
Kazakh тергеу | ||
Khmer ស៊ើបអង្កេត | ||
Kinyarwanda gukora iperereza | ||
Konkani तपास करप | ||
Korean 조사하다 | ||
Krio tray fɔ no | ||
Kurdish lêkolîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لێکۆڵینەوە | ||
Kyrgyz тергөө | ||
Lao ສືບສວນ | ||
Latin investigate | ||
Latvian izmeklēt | ||
Lingala kolandela | ||
Lithuanian ištirti | ||
Luganda okunoonyereza | ||
Luxembourgish ermëttelen | ||
Macedonian истражи | ||
Maithili जाँच-पड़ताल करनाइ | ||
Malagasy fanadihadiana | ||
Malay siasat | ||
Malayalam അന്വേഷിക്കുക | ||
Maltese tinvestiga | ||
Maori tirotiro | ||
Marathi चौकशी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯤꯖꯤꯟ ꯍꯨꯝꯖꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo chhuichiang | ||
Mongolian шалгах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေး | ||
Nepali अनुसन्धान | ||
Norwegian undersøke | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) fufuzani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅନୁସନ୍ଧାନ କର | | ||
Oromo qorachuu | ||
Pashto پلټنه | ||
Persian تحقیق کردن | ||
Polish zbadać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) investigar | ||
Punjabi ਪੜਤਾਲ | ||
Quechua qawaykachay | ||
Romanian investiga | ||
Russian исследовать | ||
Samoan suesue | ||
Sanskrit परिनयति | ||
Scots Gaelic sgrùdadh | ||
Sepedi nyakišiša | ||
Serbian истражити | ||
Sesotho batlisisa | ||
Shona tsvaga | ||
Sindhi تحقيق ڪريو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විමර්ශනය | ||
Slovak vyšetrovať | ||
Slovenian preiskati | ||
Somali baarid | ||
Spanish investigar | ||
Sundanese nalungtik | ||
Swahili chunguza | ||
Swedish undersöka | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) imbestigahan | ||
Tajik тафтиш кунед | ||
Tamil விசாரணை | ||
Tatar тикшерү | ||
Telugu దర్యాప్తు | ||
Thai สอบสวน | ||
Tigrinya መርምር | ||
Tsonga lavisisa | ||
Turkish incelemek | ||
Turkmen derňe | ||
Twi (Akan) hwehwɛ mu | ||
Ukrainian дослідити | ||
Urdu چھان بین | ||
Uyghur تەكشۈرۈش | ||
Uzbek tergov qilish | ||
Vietnamese điều tra | ||
Welsh ymchwilio | ||
Xhosa phanda | ||
Yiddish פאָרשן | ||
Yoruba se iwadi | ||
Zulu phenya |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Ondesoek" is cognate with the Dutch "onderzoek", and both go back to Proto-Germanic *and-sukjaną (“search for something lost”) |
| Albanian | "Hetoj" is derived from Proto-Albanian "*hɛdʰ-to-" (to ask), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European root "*(s)kʰed-" (to ask, inquire), found also in Greek "ἱκνέομαι" (hiknéomai, to come, reach, arrive). |
| Amharic | The word "መርምር" in Amharic also refers to examination, research, or inquiry. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "التحقيق" not only means "investigate," but also refers to "verification" or "examination." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "araşdırmaq" is derived from the Persian word "araştan", which means "to search" or "to inquire." |
| Basque | "Ikertu" is the Basque translation of the Spanish word "investigar". It originates from the Latin word "inquirere", meaning "to search" or "to inquire". |
| Belarusian | In addition to its primary meaning of "investigate," "расследаваць" can also mean "to study" or "to examine." |
| Bengali | The word "তদন্ত" (investigate) in Bengali also means "to ascertain" or "to find out". |
| Bosnian | "Istražiti" is related to "istraga," which is a noun meaning "research," or "exploration." |
| Bulgarian | "Разследвам" (investigate) derives from a word meaning "trail" and "inquiry"" |
| Catalan | "Investigar" en catalán significa "ir a una isla" o "visitar". |
| Cebuano | "Pag-imbestiga" (investigation) is derived from the Spanish word "investigación" (investigation), which in turn originates from the Latin word "vestigare" (track, find out). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word “调查” initially referred to the measurement of land area. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 在早期，“调查”的本义是“勘验尸体，追究死因”，借指审问罪犯，引申为一般意义上的“查访研究，探求真相。” |
| Corsican | Corsican "investigà" derives from Latin "investigāre", meaning to search thoroughly or examine in detail. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "istraga" comes from the verb "istragati," meaning "inquire or scrutinize." |
| Czech | "Vyšetřovat" also means "clean up a crime scene." |
| Danish | The noun "undersøgelse" can refer to an "investigation", "inquiry" or "examination". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, 'onderzoeken' initially meant 'to search under' but evolved to mean 'investigate' or 'examine'. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "esplori" derives from the French word "explorer" which means to scout or search. |
| Estonian | The verb "uurima" also has the alternative meaning of "to inquire" or "to ask." |
| Finnish | "Tutkia" is derived from the Proto-Finnic verb *tutk-, meaning "to grope" or "to examine". |
| French | From the Latin "inquirere", meaning "to seek into". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ûndersykje" is derived from the Old Frisian word "undersakje", meaning "to seek out" or "to inquire into". The word can also be used with the meaning of "to search" or "to examine". |
| Galician | Galician word "investigar" derives from Latin "investigare" (track down, search out) and also means "to find out, to inquire." |
| German | "Untersuchen" comes from Middle High German "untersuochen," meaning "to search under". |
| Greek | The word "ερευνώ" (erevnow) has the same root as "έρως" (eros), suggesting a connection between investigation and passionate pursuit. |
| Gujarati | The term 'તપાસ' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'tāp' meaning 'to burn or purify' and can also refer to a test or examination. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "mennen ankèt" comes from the French word "mener enquête" and means "to conduct an investigation". |
| Hausa | "Bincika" also means to reveal/show/demonstrate in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word "e hoʻokolokolo" can also mean "to study" or "to inquire into". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word 'לחקור' can also mean 'to search' or 'to inquire'. |
| Hindi | The term "छान - बीन करना" is derived from the terms छान (to sieve or filter) and बीन (to pick out or select) meaning to examine carefully or investigate. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tshawb nrhiav" can also mean "to search" or "to inquire." |
| Hungarian | "Kivizsgálni" is a verb that is derived from the noun "kivizsgálás", which in turn is derived from the verb "vizsgál" (to examine). It can also be used to mean "to examine thoroughly" or "to investigate formally (e.g. in medical practice)". |
| Icelandic | "Rann" in "rannsaka" means "robbery", "search" and "to take away" which might reflect that investigations historically had the aspect of searching and robbing. |
| Igbo | Ichoputa is derived from the Igbo words 'icho' ('look') and 'puta' ('come out'), likely referring to the act of uncovering hidden information. |
| Indonesian | "Menyelidiki" has several meanings such as "to trace" and "to find out" in addition to "to investigate." |
| Irish | "Imscrúdú" is a verb in Irish which can also mean "to examine" or "to explore." |
| Italian | The word "indagare" derives from the Latin "indagare," meaning "to trace or search out." |
| Japanese | 調査する can also be read as "chousasuru" or "tousasuru". |
| Javanese | The word "nyelidiki" also means "to search for information" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ತನಿಖೆ" can also refer to the act of inquiring or examining something. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "тергеу" is derived from the Turkic root "terg-", meaning "to search". |
| Korean | "조사하다" could also refer to research conducted on a particular subject to find out information, and can be synonymous with "연구하다". |
| Kurdish | The word lêkolîn is derived from a Persian word that means 'to seek' or 'to find' |
| Kyrgyz | The word "тергөө" is also used in the sense of "to explore" or "to study". |
| Lao | The word "ສືບສວນ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "svīkṣaṇa", which means "to examine, inspect, or investigate." |
| Latin | In Latin, 'investigare' originally meant 'to track or trace', from 'in' (in, into) + 'vestigare' (to track). |
| Latvian | "Izmeklēt" literally means "to search out", coming from the Latvian word "meklēt" which means "to search". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "ištirti" originates from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ster-**, meaning "to spread out" or "to scatter". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "ermëttelen" comes from the Old High German word "ermitteln", which means "to discover" or "to determine". |
| Macedonian | The word "истражи" is derived from the Slavic root "strag", meaning "fear", and originally meant "to be afraid of something." |
| Malagasy | The word "fanadihadiana" can also mean "to study" or "to examine" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Siasat" can also mean "politics" or "a plan" in Malay. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "tinvestiga" is derived from the Italian word "investigare", meaning "to investigate", and has a similar meaning in Maltese. |
| Maori | "Tirotiro" can also mean 'spy' or 'watch', while its plural form, 'tirotirotiro', refers to 'peeping' or 'spying'. |
| Marathi | "चौकशी" is derived from the word "चौक", meaning "square" or "court", and refers to the process of examining or questioning someone in a formal setting. |
| Mongolian | The word "шалгах" also means "to inquire, to ask, to question" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | अनुसंधान is derived from the Sanskrit words 'anu' (after) and 'sandhana' (search), and also means 'research' or 'exploration'. |
| Norwegian | Undersøke is a Norwegian word meaning 'to investigate' and comes from two words: under, meaning 'under' or 'below', and søke, meaning 'to seek'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'fufuzani' originates from a verb that primarily refers to searching for food. |
| Pashto | پلټنه in Pashto comes from the word 'پل' meaning 'to go', suggesting an active search. |
| Persian | The Persian word "تحقیق کردن" can also refer to the act of studying or researching a particular topic. |
| Polish | The word "zbadać" can also mean "to examine" or "to check" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word 'investigar' originally meant 'to follow a trail' or 'to search for' something. |
| Romanian | "Investiga" means "to investigate" in Romanian, but is etymologically unrelated to the English word "investigate." |
| Russian | "Исследовать" means not only "investigate", but also "explore" and "study". |
| Samoan | Sue sue can also mean 'to sniffle' or 'to search for fleas' in Samoan |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "sgrùdadh" can also mean "to scrutinize" or "to examine". |
| Serbian | The verb 'истражити' can also mean 'to search' or 'to explore' in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "batlisisa" is also used to refer to an "investigation" or "inquiry". |
| Shona | The word "tsvaga" is ultimately derived from the Proto-Bantu word "-sag-, -cag" meaning "to search" or "to look for". |
| Sindhi | "تحقيق ڪريو" originates from Arabic and also means "to probe" or "to examine." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | විමර්ශනය comes from the Sanskrit root 'mriś', meaning 'to search, examine, or investigate' and is also related to the English word 'mystery'. |
| Slovak | "Vyšetrovať" is derived from the verb "šetrovať", meaning "to save" or "to protect". |
| Slovenian | Preiskati has a second meaning, 'to transplant', which comes from the German word 'verpflanzen' |
| Somali | "Baarid" also refers to a traditional Somali game involving poetry and riddles. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "investigar" originally meant to "follow tracks" in Latin. |
| Sundanese | "Nalingtik" also means "look for a clue", "hunt" or "follow the trace". In Javanese and Malay, "nalungtik" means "digging holes" |
| Swahili | The verb "chunguza" in Swahili can also mean "to examine" or "to analyze" |
| Swedish | The word "undersöka" in Swedish literally means "to look under". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | From Spanish "investigar" which is from Latin "vestigare" meaning "to trace out". |
| Tajik | The word “тафтиш кунед” comes from the Persian word “taftan”, meaning “to examine” or “to search”. |
| Telugu | దర్యాప్తు is derived from the Persian word 'daryaft' which means 'to find out' or 'to understand'. |
| Thai | สอบสวน comes from the word สอบสวน which means "to ask". The word has been used in the sense of "to question" since the 13th century. |
| Turkish | Ince (fine, thin) + le (verb making suffix) > ince-le (to make something fine or thin, to examine) |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word “дослідити” (“investigate”) derives from the Proto-Slavic word *dosьlěditi, meaning “to follow after”. |
| Urdu | "چھان بین" can also mean "scrutiny," "inquiry," or "examination" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word 'tergov qilish' in the Uzbek language may also refer to 'inquire' or 'look into' beyond its primary meaning of 'investigate'. |
| Vietnamese | The word "điều tra" can also mean "inquiry" or "survey". |
| Welsh | 'Ymachwilio' is the Welsh verb for 'investigate' but also has archaic meanings of 'to inquire' and 'to ask'. |
| Xhosa | "Phanda" also means "to be suspicious or doubtful." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאָרשן" is derived from the Proto-Germanic verb *furhjan-, meaning "to investigate" or "to explore." |
| Yoruba | The verb "se iwadi" in Yoruba also denotes the act of researching, studying, or examining something in depth. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "phenya" also means "to expose", "to reveal", or "to make known". |
| English | The word "investigate" comes from the Latin word "vestigare," meaning "to track or trace," and is related to the word "vestigium," meaning "footprint." |