Investigation in different languages

Investigation in Different Languages

Discover 'Investigation' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Investigation


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Afrikaans
ondersoek
Albanian
hetimi
Amharic
ምርመራ
Arabic
تحقيق
Armenian
հետաքննություն
Assamese
তদন্ত
Aymara
yatxataña
Azerbaijani
istintaq
Bambara
sɛgɛsɛgɛli kɛli
Basque
ikerketa
Belarusian
расследаванне
Bengali
তদন্ত
Bhojpuri
जांच के काम हो रहल बा
Bosnian
istraga
Bulgarian
разследване
Catalan
investigació
Cebuano
imbestigasyon
Chinese (Simplified)
调查
Chinese (Traditional)
調查
Corsican
inchiesta
Croatian
istraga
Czech
vyšetřování
Danish
efterforskning
Dhivehi
ތަހުގީގު ކުރަމުންނެވެ
Dogri
जांच कीती
Dutch
onderzoek
English
investigation
Esperanto
esploro
Estonian
uurimine
Ewe
numekuku wɔwɔ
Filipino (Tagalog)
pagsisiyasat
Finnish
tutkinta
French
enquête
Frisian
ûndersyk
Galician
investigación
Georgian
გამოძიება
German
ermittlung
Greek
έρευνα
Guarani
investigación rehegua
Gujarati
તપાસ
Haitian Creole
ankèt
Hausa
bincike
Hawaiian
hoʻokolokolo
Hebrew
חֲקִירָה
Hindi
जाँच पड़ताल
Hmong
kev tshawb nrhiav
Hungarian
vizsgálat
Icelandic
rannsókn
Igbo
nyocha
Ilocano
imbestigasion
Indonesian
penyelidikan
Irish
imscrúdú
Italian
indagine
Japanese
調査
Javanese
investigasi
Kannada
ತನಿಖೆ
Kazakh
тергеу
Khmer
ការស៊ើបអង្កេត
Kinyarwanda
iperereza
Konkani
चवकशी करप
Korean
조사
Krio
invɛstigeshɔn we dɛn de du
Kurdish
lêkolînî
Kurdish (Sorani)
لێکۆڵینەوە
Kyrgyz
тергөө
Lao
ການສືບສວນ
Latin
inquisitio
Latvian
izmeklēšana
Lingala
bolukiluki ya mosala
Lithuanian
tyrimas
Luganda
okunoonyereza
Luxembourgish
enquête
Macedonian
истрага
Maithili
जांच के लिये
Malagasy
fanadihadiana
Malay
penyiasatan
Malayalam
അന്വേഷണം
Maltese
investigazzjoni
Maori
whakawakanga
Marathi
तपास
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯏꯅꯚꯦꯁ꯭ꯇꯤꯒꯦꯁꯟ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫
Mizo
chhui chian a ni
Mongolian
мөрдөн байцаалт
Myanmar (Burmese)
စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေး
Nepali
अनुसन्धान
Norwegian
etterforskning
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kufufuza
Odia (Oriya)
ଅନୁସନ୍ଧାନ
Oromo
qorannoo
Pashto
پلټنې
Persian
تحقیق و بررسی
Polish
dochodzenie
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
investigação
Punjabi
ਪੜਤਾਲ
Quechua
investigacion ruway
Romanian
anchetă
Russian
расследование
Samoan
suesuega
Sanskrit
अन्वेषणम्
Scots Gaelic
sgrùdadh
Sepedi
dinyakišišo
Serbian
истрага
Sesotho
lipatlisiso
Shona
kuferefeta
Sindhi
تحقيق
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
පරීක්ෂණයක්
Slovak
vyšetrovanie
Slovenian
preiskavo
Somali
baaritaanka
Spanish
investigación
Sundanese
panyilidikan
Swahili
uchunguzi
Swedish
undersökning
Tagalog (Filipino)
pagsisiyasat
Tajik
тафтишот
Tamil
விசாரணை
Tatar
тикшерү
Telugu
దర్యాప్తు
Thai
ตรวจสอบ
Tigrinya
መርመራ ምግባር
Tsonga
vulavisisi
Turkish
araştırma
Turkmen
derňew
Twi (Akan)
nhwehwɛmu a wɔyɛ
Ukrainian
розслідування
Urdu
تحقیقات
Uyghur
تەكشۈرۈش
Uzbek
tergov
Vietnamese
cuộc điều tra
Welsh
ymchwiliad
Xhosa
uphando
Yiddish
ויספאָרשונג
Yoruba
iwadi
Zulu
uphenyo

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "ondersoek" also means "research" or "inquiry".
AlbanianThe word "hetimi" is derived from the Proto-Albanian word *het-, meaning "to search" or "to seek"
AmharicThe word ምርመራ also means "to smell" in Amharic.
ArabicThe Arabic word "تحقيق" also means "making something true" or "realizing something."
AzerbaijaniThe word "istintaq" in Azerbaijani originates from the Arabic word "istintaq", which means "inquiry" or "interrogation".
BasqueIn Medieval Basque, the word “ikerketa” meant “to get to know.”
BelarusianThe Belarusian word "расследаванне" originates from the Russian word "расследование," which in turn originates from the Old Church Slavonic word "следъ," meaning "track" or "path."
BengaliThe word "তদন্ত" also refers to searching for a lost thing or a missing person.
BosnianThe word 'istraga' in Bosnian also means 'exploration' or 'inquest', derived from the same root as 'istrazivati' (to investigate).
BulgarianThe Bulgarian word "разследване" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "след" meaning "track", and is also related to the word "слêда" meaning "trail".
CatalanInvestigació' shares its Latin roots with the English word 'vestigation' meaning to follow or track.
CebuanoThe Cebuano word 'imbestigasyon' is derived from the Spanish word 'investigación' and ultimately from the Latin word 'vestigare', meaning 'to trace' or 'to search'.
Chinese (Simplified)Originally meant 'to seek a crime', now means 'to investigate'.
Chinese (Traditional)"調查" is a compound word formed from two Chinese characters: "調", which means to adjust or tune, and "查", which means to examine or inspect.
CorsicanCorsican ``inchiesta`` is derived from the italian word ``inchiesta``, which means ``investigation`` or ``enquiry``.
CroatianThe word 'istraga' is of Slavic origin and is related to the word 'traga', meaning 'trace' or 'path'
CzechThe word "vyšetřování" is derived from the verb "šetřit", meaning "to save", and the prefix "vy-", which gives it the meaning of "to examine" or "to investigate".
DanishThe word 'efterforskning' is derived from the Old Norse words 'eftir' (after) and 'forskning' (investigation or research), and can also refer to historical research, exploration, or police investigation.
DutchThe word "onderzoek" is derived from Middle Dutch "ondsoek", meaning "inquiry" or "examination."
EsperantoThe word "esploro" is derived from an Esperanto root, meaning "to unfold" or "to show".
EstonianIn Estonian "uurimine" also means a "mine", a place where you extract minerals, like gold, from the Earth.
Finnish"Tutkinta" is derived from the word "tutkia" meaning "to examine" or "to scrutinize".
FrenchThe French word "enquête" comes from the Latin word "inquirere," which means "to seek" or "to inquire.
FrisianThe word "ûndersyk" in Frisian ultimately derives from the Old Saxon word "undirseokian," meaning "to search underneath."
GalicianThe Galician word "investigación" also means "inquisition" and derives from the Latin word "Inquisitio".
GermanErmittlung shares its root with Ermittelung, meaning 'avoidance,' as well as with the Middle Low German 'ermieden,' meaning 'to avoid,' and 'ermittelen,' meaning 'to remove' or 'to prevent'.
Greek"Έρευνα" in Greek, from "ἐρευνάω" ('ereunao'), originally meant "to dig up" or "to search thoroughly"
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "તપાસ" is derived from the Sanskrit root "tap," which means "to heat" or "to burn."
Haitian CreoleHaitian Creole "ankèt" can also mean "exam" and derives from French "enquête".
HausaBincike is also a word used to refer to a microscope, magnifying glass, or any device used to magnify or aid in seeing small objects
Hawaiian"Hoʻokolokolo" can refer to 'research' and other meanings that involve the process of investigation.
HebrewThe word 'חֲקִירָה' also bears religious meaning, referring to a 'biblical examination' or 'study' of the Torah.
Hindi**Jaanch padtaals** can also mean **enquiry** or **scrutiny**.
Hmong"Kev tshawb nrhiav" is a compound word that literally translates to "asking and searching" in Hmong.
Hungarian"Vizsgálat" can refer to a medical exam or an academic test.
IcelandicRannsókn's cognates include the words 'ransack' and 'ransom', which share its base meaning of 'searching' or 'taking by force'.
IgboIn Nigerian Pidgin, "nyocha" is sometimes used to refer to gossip or news.
IndonesianIn Malaysian, the term "siasatan" is commonly used, but it is derived from the Arabic word "tafsīr", which usually refers to exegesis, interpretation, or commentary.
IrishThe second element comes from scrúdú "scrutiny, examination" (from Latin scrutinium).
Italian"Indagine" derives from the Latin verb "indagare" meaning "to track, to trace".
Japanese調査 can mean either “investigation” or “survey”.
JavaneseIn Javanese, "investigasi" may also refer to the act of scrutinizing something in great detail.
KannadaThe Kannada word "ತನಿಖೆ" can also refer to a specific type of legal inquiry conducted by a magistrate or police officer.
KazakhThe term "тергеу" may also refer to a search, an inspection, or an exploration in Kazakh.
KoreanThe word 조사 can also mean 'assistant' or 'surveyor', indicating its broader sense of 'gathering information' beyond criminal investigations.
KurdishThe word "lêkolînî" in Kurdish originally meant "to look at", but now it also means "investigation".
KyrgyzThe word "тергөө" ultimately derives from the Old Turkic word "terig" meaning "to search", "to inquire", or "to investigate".
Latin"Inquisitio" was also used in the medieval legal system to refer to a formal inquiry or investigation carried out by a magistrate or other official.
Latvian"Izmeklēšana" also means "inquiry" and "examination".
LithuanianThe word "tyrimas" is also used in Lithuanian to refer to a medical examination or test.
LuxembourgishIn Luxembourgish, "Enquête" can also refer to a police investigation or a questionnaire.
MacedonianThe modern Macedonian word "истрага" derives from the Ottoman Turkish word for investigation, "istiğā".
MalagasyDerived from "hadihady" (investigation) and "fandinihina" (research), it emphasizes thorough and comprehensive examination.
MalayThe word 'penyiasatan' is derived from the Malay word 'siasat', meaning 'to inquire or investigate,' and the suffix '-an', which forms nouns from verbs.
MalayalamThe Malayalam word "അന്വേഷണം" literally means "search for" or "ask after" and is often used in the context of inquiring about someone's well-being.
Maltese"Investigazzjoni" is derived from the Latin word "investigatio," meaning "a tracking or pursuit; inquiry, examination," and is related to the verb "vestigare," meaning "to track, follow up, search out."
MaoriWhakawakanga has connotations of exploring an issue and making it clear, revealing, or uncovering.
MarathiThe origin of the word "तपास" ("investigation") can be traced to the Sanskrit term "tap" which implies heat, fervor, and the process of extracting the pure essence of substances.
NepaliIn Nepali, "अनुसन्धान" is also used in the context of academic research, referring to a comprehensive inquiry conducted to add to an existing body of knowledge in a particular field of study.
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "etterforskning" is derived from the Old Norse word "eftirspyrja", meaning "to inquire into, investigate".
Nyanja (Chichewa)Kufufuza can also mean 'to search' or 'to inspect' something in Nyanja.
PashtoThe word "پلټنې" in Pashto also means "inquiry" or "examination".
PersianThis word is derived from Arabic and means 'inquiry' and 'research' in addition to 'investigation'.
PolishThe noun dochodzenie's root stems from dochodzić, which means 'to complete,' with the addition of the suffix -enie that forms action nouns.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)Portuguese "investigação" derives from Latin verb "investigare", meaning both "to search" and "to track".
RomanianThe word "anchetă" is a loan from the French "enquête", meaning a formal inquiry or investigation.
RussianРасследование is also used in Russian to refer to the act of research or exploration.
SamoanSamoan term "suesuega" can also refer to the "process of finding out someone's family".
Scots GaelicDerived from Old Irish scrúd and related to the word scrúdú ('scrutiny'), from an old Celtic root meaning 'to search thoroughly'.
SerbianThe word "истрага" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *strogъ, meaning "to arrange" or "to set in order."
Sesotho'Lipatlisiso' stems from the root '-patlis-', meaning 'to look carefully' or 'to examine', and is related to the noun 'mapatlisiso', meaning 'scrutiny'.
ShonaThe word "kuferefeta" in Shona is derived from the Proto-Bantu *kwerep, a word meaning to ask around and discover something.
Sindhiتحقيق also means 'to make' or 'to do' in Sindhi.
Slovak"Vyšetrovanie" is also used in the context of criminal investigations in Slovak."}
SlovenianThe word "preiskavo" in Slovenian also carries the meaning of "search" or "inquiry".
SomaliThe word 'baaritaanka' is derived from the root verb 'baar', meaning 'to search' or 'to inquire'
SpanishThe term "investigación" can also mean a scientific journal published by a university or research institution.
SundaneseThe word 'panyilidikan' is derived from the root word 'silik', meaning 'to scrutinize or examine'.
SwahiliThe word "uchunguzi" can also refer to a type of plant found in East Africa, known for its medicinal properties.
SwedishThe word "undersökning" can also mean "examination" or "inquiry".
Tagalog (Filipino)The word 'pagsisiyasat' can also refer to the act of inspecting or examining something.
TajikThe word "тафтишот" (investigation) comes from the Persian word "tafteesh", which in turn is derived from the Arabic word "taftish" (to search or examine).
Tamil"விசாரணை" (investigation) also means 'inquiry' in Tamil.
TeluguThe word దర్యాప్తు is derived from the Persian word 'daryāft' meaning 'to acquire knowledge'.
Thaiตรวจสอบ (trutsop) also can means 'to check', 'to examine', 'to audit'
TurkishIn Ottoman Turkish "araştırmak" means "to make a judgment" or "to make a trial".
UkrainianThe word "розслідування" comes from the Ukrainian word "слід", which means "track" or "trace".
UrduThe word "تحقیقات" comes from Arabic and can also mean inquiries, studies, or research.
UzbekThe Uzbek word "tergov" derives ultimately from the Persian word for "asking" and "investigation".
VietnameseCuộc điều tra is the Vietnamese word for investigation, but it can also mean "investigation of a crime" or "inquiry".
WelshThe word 'ymchwiliad' shares its root with 'chwilio', meaning 'seek' or 'search', in Welsh.
XhosaIn some African languages like Xhosa, the word "uphando" can also refer to a "scientific research" or "inquiry"
YiddishThe Yiddish word "ויספאָרשונג" can also mean "experiment" or "research".
YorubaThe Yoruba word "iwadi" can also refer to a person's character or disposition.
ZuluThe Zulu word "uphenyo" can also refer to a judicial inquiry or a scientific experiment.
EnglishThe word 'investigation' shares an etymological root with 'inquisition' and 'vestigial', suggesting a connection to searching, inquiry, and remains.

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