Keep in Different Languages
Discover 'Keep' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Keep
Afrikaans hou | ||
Albanian mbaj | ||
Amharic ጠብቅ | ||
Arabic احتفظ | ||
Armenian պահել | ||
Assamese ৰাখক | ||
Aymara mantiniña | ||
Azerbaijani saxlamaq | ||
Bambara k'a mara | ||
Basque gorde | ||
Belarusian трымаць | ||
Bengali রাখা | ||
Bhojpuri रख्खल | ||
Bosnian zadržati | ||
Bulgarian пазя | ||
Catalan mantenir | ||
Cebuano ipadayon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 保持 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 保持 | ||
Corsican mantene | ||
Croatian zadržati | ||
Czech držet | ||
Danish holde | ||
Dhivehi ބެހެއްޓުން | ||
Dogri रक्खो | ||
Dutch houden | ||
English keep | ||
Esperanto konservi | ||
Estonian hoidke | ||
Ewe le aɖe asi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) panatilihin | ||
Finnish pitää | ||
French garder | ||
Frisian hâlde | ||
Galician manter | ||
Georgian შენარჩუნება | ||
German behalten | ||
Greek διατήρηση | ||
Guarani jeguereko | ||
Gujarati રાખવું | ||
Haitian Creole kenbe | ||
Hausa kiyaye | ||
Hawaiian mālama | ||
Hebrew לִשְׁמוֹר | ||
Hindi रखना | ||
Hmong ceev | ||
Hungarian tart | ||
Icelandic halda | ||
Igbo jigide | ||
Ilocano pagtalinaeden | ||
Indonesian menjaga | ||
Irish choinneáil | ||
Italian mantenere | ||
Japanese 保つ | ||
Javanese tetep | ||
Kannada ಇರಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh сақтау | ||
Khmer រក្សា | ||
Kinyarwanda komeza | ||
Konkani दवरचें | ||
Korean 유지 | ||
Krio kip | ||
Kurdish didesthiştin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پاراستن | ||
Kyrgyz сактоо | ||
Lao ຮັກສາ | ||
Latin custodi | ||
Latvian paturēt | ||
Lingala kobatela | ||
Lithuanian išlaikyti | ||
Luganda okutereka | ||
Luxembourgish halen | ||
Macedonian задржи | ||
Maithili राखू | ||
Malagasy foana | ||
Malay jaga | ||
Malayalam സൂക്ഷിക്കുക | ||
Maltese żomm | ||
Maori pupuri | ||
Marathi ठेवा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo vawngtha | ||
Mongolian хадгалах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စောင့်ပါ | ||
Nepali राख्न | ||
Norwegian beholde | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sungani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ରଖ | ||
Oromo qabi | ||
Pashto ساتل | ||
Persian نگاه داشتن | ||
Polish trzymać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) manter | ||
Punjabi ਰੱਖੋ | ||
Quechua takyachiy | ||
Romanian a pastra | ||
Russian хранить | ||
Samoan tausi | ||
Sanskrit स्थापय | ||
Scots Gaelic cùm | ||
Sepedi boloka | ||
Serbian задржати | ||
Sesotho boloka | ||
Shona chengeta | ||
Sindhi رکيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තබා ගන්න | ||
Slovak zachovať | ||
Slovenian obdrži | ||
Somali hayn | ||
Spanish mantener | ||
Sundanese jaga | ||
Swahili weka | ||
Swedish ha kvar | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) panatilihin | ||
Tajik нигоҳ доред | ||
Tamil வை | ||
Tatar саклагыз | ||
Telugu ఉంచండి | ||
Thai เก็บไว้ | ||
Tigrinya ኣፅንሕ | ||
Tsonga hlayisa | ||
Turkish tut | ||
Turkmen sakla | ||
Twi (Akan) kora | ||
Ukrainian тримати | ||
Urdu رکھنا | ||
Uyghur ساقلاپ تۇرۇڭ | ||
Uzbek saqlamoq | ||
Vietnamese giữ | ||
Welsh cadw | ||
Xhosa gcina | ||
Yiddish האַלטן | ||
Yoruba tọju | ||
Zulu gcina |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "hou" has origins in Old French "holer" and Old Dutch "holden". |
| Albanian | Mbaj means 'hold' or 'grip' in Albanian, in addition to 'keep' |
| Amharic | The Amharic word ጠብቅ also means "to lay flat" or "to spread out". |
| Arabic | The word "احتفظ" in Arabic derives from the root "حفظ" which means to memorize or guard, and also relates to the concept of protection or custody. |
| Armenian | The word "պահել" (keep) in Armenian is derived from the Indo-European root *peh₂- ("to guard") and is related to the English word "pastor." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "saxlamaq" can also mean "to protect", "to preserve", or "to guard". |
| Basque | The word 'gorde' can also be used to refer to a place of refuge. |
| Belarusian | The word “трымаць” (keep) in Belarusian also means to hold, to detain, or to sustain. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "রাখা" (rakha) also means "to leave" or "to deposit" something. |
| Bosnian | The word 'zadržati' can also mean 'to delay' or 'to hold back'. |
| Bulgarian | The verb "пазя" in Bulgarian also has the meaning of "to protect" or "to guard". |
| Catalan | While `mantenir` usually means `keep`, it can also mean `maintain`, `sustain`, or `support`. |
| Cebuano | "Ipadayon" is derived from the Spanish word "adelante" which means "forward" or "continue". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 保持 can also mean to take care of, safeguard, or uphold something. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "保持 (keep)", from "保" (guard, protect) and "持" (hold, maintain). |
| Corsican | The word "mantene" in Corsican comes from the Latin "mantenere", meaning "to hold" or "to support". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "zadržati" also means "to delay" or "to hold back". |
| Czech | The word "držet" in Czech can also mean "to hold" or "to adhere to". |
| Danish | The word "holde" also means "to support" or "to maintain" in Danish. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "houden" also means "to adhere to" or "to observe" a rule or law. |
| Esperanto | "Konservi" is also used to refer to a type of canned food and is often used as the plural of the word "konservo" (canned food) |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "hoidke" shares its root with the Latvian word "gudris" (wise) and was originally used in the sense of "to take care of" or "to keep safe". |
| Finnish | "Pitää" also means "must" and "need" in Finnish. |
| French | The word "garder" in French can also mean "to watch over" or "to look after". |
| Frisian | The word "hâlde" can also mean "hold" or "have" in Frisian. |
| Galician | Galician "manter" also means "cover" or "protect" and derives from the Latin "manere" (remain). |
| German | "Behalten" shares its root with "habit" and "have" and has the alternate meaning "to wear". |
| Greek | "Διατήρηση" can refer to the preservation of objects or the maintenance of a state or condition. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "રાખવું" can also mean to preserve, maintain, observe, or hold in mind or memory. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "kenbe" also means "hold" or "grasp" in addition to "keep". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, 'kiyaye' also means 'to maintain, preserve, or protect'. |
| Hawaiian | Hawaiian word "mālama" also means "to care for" or "to protect". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word לִשְׁמוֹר can also mean "to observe" or "to guard". |
| Hindi | In Vedic Sanskrit, "rakṣati" meant to protect or guard. |
| Hmong | The word "ceev" in Hmong also means "to have," "to hold," or "to possess." |
| Hungarian | Tart, a verb meaning "to keep," derives from the word "tarti,'' likely of Slavic origin. |
| Icelandic | The word "halda" is also used in the sense of protection or defense, as in the phrase "halda á hendur" (to keep in one's hands). |
| Igbo | The word "jigide" also means "to preserve" or "to maintain" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word "menjaga" can also refer to the act of protecting or caring for something. |
| Irish | The Irish "choinneáil" has cognates in several languages including French "congé" (leave) and Romanian "concediu" (holiday) |
| Italian | The verb "mantenere" is derived from the Latin "manere" (to stay), and also means "to maintain", "to support", or "to uphold". |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "保つ" (hojiru) can also mean "to hold", "to contain", "to retain", or "to support". |
| Javanese | "Tetep" in Javanese can also mean "continue" or "persist." |
| Kannada | The word "ಇರಿಸಿ" can also mean "to place" or "to set down". |
| Kazakh | The word "сақтау" can also mean "to save" or "to preserve" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The verb "រក្សា" (rak-sa) in Khmer can also mean "to protect" or "to guard". |
| Korean | In Middle Korean, '유지' also meant 'save' not just in the sense of keeping something but also in the sense of saving something that is about to be lost. |
| Kurdish | The word "didesthiştin" in Kurdish also has the alternate meaning of "support and maintain". |
| Kyrgyz | "Сактоо" also means "to hold" or "to prevent" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | "ຮັກສາ" is also a term for a type of traditional medicine practiced in Laos, involving the use of herbs and other natural remedies. |
| Latin | The word "custodire" can also mean "to take a census" in ecclesiastical contexts, reflecting its underlying sense of "watching over". |
| Latvian | The Latvian "paturēt" is derived from the Indo-European root "*pet" (to rule), suggesting a connection to the notion of authority or dominance through ownership. |
| Lithuanian | The word "išlaikyti" is cognate with the Latin "solvere", meaning "to loosen" or "to pay". It can also mean "to pass" or "to survive". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "halen" in Luxembourgish can also mean "to watch" or "to guard". |
| Macedonian | "Задржи" comes from the Proto-Slavic *deržati "to hold, keep", and is cognate with other Slavic languages such as Polish trzymać, Russian держать, and Czech držet. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "foana" can also mean "always" or "all the time". |
| Malay | The word "jaga" in Malay has the same root as "jaga" in Sanskrit, which means "watch" or "guard". |
| Maltese | 'Żomm' in Maltese also means 'hold' or 'seize', akin to the French 'saisir' or the Italian 'sequestrare'. |
| Maori | The word "pupuri" in Maori can also refer to the holding of a meeting, an item, or a place. |
| Marathi | The word 'ठेवा' in Marathi also means 'deposit' or 'bet' |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "хадгалах" can also mean "to protect" or "to save". |
| Nepali | The word "राख्न" also means "to put" or "to place" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Beholde" also means "to keep" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word “sungani” derives from the Sanskrit word “saṃ-grahaṇam”, which means "taking, grasping, holding, seizing, taking captive, capturing". |
| Pashto | "ساتل" is derived from an old Persian word "*sātala/"" meaning "a large box" and is cognate with the Sanskrit word "shatala" meaning "platform or stage". |
| Persian | The word "نگاه داشتن" in Persian can also mean "to be in charge of" or "to take care of". |
| Polish | The word "trzymać" also means "to hold" or "to have" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "manter" can also mean "to sustain", "to preserve", or "to maintain." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਰੱਖੋ" (rakho) in Punjabi can also mean "to put" or "to place". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word „a pastra” is derived from the Latin word “pascere”, meaning “to feed, protect”. |
| Russian | Originally хранить derived from the Old Slavic хранити – "to hide, to protect, to guard, to hide, to preserve or store for future use (to conceal, guard, hide, shelter, lock, enclose, and even bury)" |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "tausi" can also mean "to preserve", "to save", or "to maintain". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'cùm' can also mean 'protect, restrain or preserve'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "задржати" can also refer to the act of holding something back or delaying it. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "boloka" also signifies holding, preserving, and protecting something or someone. |
| Shona | "Chengeta" is derived from the Proto-Bantu *kʷeŋɡa, and also means "to protect, look after, or care for." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "رکيو" not only means "keep" but also a "piece of land reserved for the cattle to graze." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Sinhala word "තබා ගන්න" comes from the Prakrit word "tappa gaṇati", and also means "to save" or "to store". |
| Slovak | The verb "zachovať" also means "to preserve" or "to maintain" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The Slovene word "obdrži" (keep), akin to "obtain" and "maintain", shares roots with "obdržati" (keep) in Serbo-Croatian, "держати" (hold) in Ukrainian, and "держать" (hold) in Russian. |
| Somali | The word “hayn” can also mean “fence” or “guard” in Somali. |
| Spanish | The verb "mantener" comes from the Latin "manere", meaning "to remain" or "to stay". |
| Sundanese | The word 'jaga' in Sundanese means both 'keep' and 'guard', reflecting its dual role in protecting and preserving. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "weka" can also mean "to place" or "to put". |
| Swedish | "Hå kvar" (keep) is etymologically related to the Swedish phrase "hålla kvar" (hold on to), reinforcing the idea of retaining possession or ownership. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Panatilihin" (to keep) also means "to abide by" in Tagalog. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, the word "வை" can refer to an arrangement, plan, or design, as well as a deposit or collection. |
| Telugu | 'ఉంచండి' shares its root word with 'ఉక్కు' (iron) and originally meant 'to place on top of an iron foundation' |
| Thai | The word "เก็บไว้" can also refer to "storing something for later use" or "putting something away for safekeeping". |
| Turkish | "Tut" also means "to hold" and "to arrest" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "Тримати" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "*deržati", meaning to hold, support, or control. |
| Urdu | The word "رکھنا" also means "put" or "place". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "saqlamoq" (keep) originates from the Persian word "sakhtan" (to build) and also denotes "to store" and "to save". |
| Vietnamese | "Giữ" also means "to guard, to protect, to hold, to keep in custody, to preserve, to maintain, to sustain, or to retain". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "cadw" can also mean "preserve", "protect", or "guard". |
| Xhosa | "Gcina" has no alternate meanings in Xhosa and is not derived from any other word with a different meaning. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "האַלטן" (haltn) also means "to hold" or "to seize". |
| Yoruba | In some contexts, the word can also mean protect or preserve. |
| Zulu | The word "gcina" can also mean "to protect", "to guard", or "to maintain" in Zulu. |
| English | As a noun, "keep" originally meant a stronghold, fortress, or tower; over time, it came to refer to any large house or manor. |