Afrikaans bestuur | ||
Albanian menaxhimi | ||
Amharic አስተዳደር | ||
Arabic إدارة | ||
Armenian կառավարում | ||
Assamese ব্যৱস্থাপনা | ||
Aymara mara | ||
Azerbaijani rəhbərlik | ||
Bambara mara kɛ cogo | ||
Basque kudeaketa | ||
Belarusian кіраванне | ||
Bengali ব্যবস্থাপনা | ||
Bhojpuri प्रबंधन | ||
Bosnian upravljanje | ||
Bulgarian управление | ||
Catalan gestió | ||
Cebuano pagdumala | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 管理 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 管理 | ||
Corsican gestione | ||
Croatian upravljanje | ||
Czech řízení | ||
Danish ledelse | ||
Dhivehi މެނޭޖްމަންޓް | ||
Dogri प्रबंध | ||
Dutch beheer | ||
English management | ||
Esperanto administrado | ||
Estonian juhtimine | ||
Ewe dzikpɔkpɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pamamahala | ||
Finnish hallinto | ||
French la gestion | ||
Frisian behear | ||
Galician xestión | ||
Georgian მენეჯმენტი | ||
German management | ||
Greek διαχείριση | ||
Guarani viru sãmbyhykuaa | ||
Gujarati વ્યવસ્થાપન | ||
Haitian Creole jesyon | ||
Hausa gudanarwa | ||
Hawaiian hoʻokele | ||
Hebrew הַנהָלָה | ||
Hindi प्रबंध | ||
Hmong tswj | ||
Hungarian menedzsment | ||
Icelandic stjórnun | ||
Igbo njikwa | ||
Ilocano panangimaton | ||
Indonesian pengelolaan | ||
Irish bainistíocht | ||
Italian gestione | ||
Japanese 管理 | ||
Javanese manajemen | ||
Kannada ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ | ||
Kazakh басқару | ||
Khmer ការគ្រប់គ្រង | ||
Kinyarwanda imiyoborere | ||
Konkani वेवस्थापन | ||
Korean 조치 | ||
Krio fɔ manɛj | ||
Kurdish serekî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەڕێوەبردن | ||
Kyrgyz башкаруу | ||
Lao ການຄຸ້ມຄອງ | ||
Latin procuratio | ||
Latvian vadība | ||
Lingala kokamba | ||
Lithuanian valdymas | ||
Luganda akaiiko k'abakulu | ||
Luxembourgish gestioun | ||
Macedonian управување | ||
Maithili प्रबंधन | ||
Malagasy management | ||
Malay pengurusan | ||
Malayalam മാനേജുമെന്റ് | ||
Maltese ġestjoni | ||
Maori whakahaere | ||
Marathi व्यवस्थापन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯟꯅꯔꯤꯕ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏ | ||
Mizo enkawltu | ||
Mongolian удирдлага | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု | ||
Nepali व्यवस्थापन | ||
Norwegian ledelse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kasamalidwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପରିଚାଳନା | ||
Oromo hooggansa | ||
Pashto سمبالښت | ||
Persian مدیریت | ||
Polish zarządzanie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) gestão | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਨ | ||
Quechua kamachiy | ||
Romanian management | ||
Russian управление | ||
Samoan pulega | ||
Sanskrit प्रबन्धनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic riaghladh | ||
Sepedi taolo | ||
Serbian управљање | ||
Sesotho tsamaiso | ||
Shona manejimendi | ||
Sindhi انتظاميا | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කළමනාකරණය | ||
Slovak zvládanie | ||
Slovenian upravljanje | ||
Somali maaraynta | ||
Spanish administración | ||
Sundanese manajemén | ||
Swahili usimamizi | ||
Swedish förvaltning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pamamahala | ||
Tajik идоракунӣ | ||
Tamil மேலாண்மை | ||
Tatar идарә итү | ||
Telugu నిర్వహణ | ||
Thai การจัดการ | ||
Tigrinya ምሕደራ | ||
Tsonga vufambisi | ||
Turkish yönetim | ||
Turkmen dolandyryş | ||
Twi (Akan) ntotoeɛ | ||
Ukrainian управління | ||
Urdu انتظام | ||
Uyghur باشقۇرۇش | ||
Uzbek boshqaruv | ||
Vietnamese sự quản lý | ||
Welsh rheoli | ||
Xhosa ulawulo | ||
Yiddish פאַרוואַלטונג | ||
Yoruba isakoso | ||
Zulu ukuphathwa |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "bestuur" is derived from the Dutch word "besturen", meaning "to govern" or "to manage". |
| Albanian | "Menaxhimi" is derived from the Latin word "manus", meaning "hand", and the suffix "-agere", meaning "to lead". |
| Amharic | The word |
| Arabic | إدارة can also mean steering, governance, administration, controlling, directing, regulating, dealing with, and many more. |
| Azerbaijani | In Persian, رهبری (rahbari) means "leadership". |
| Basque | The word “kudeaketa” also refers to the physical act of handling something. |
| Belarusian | The word "кіраванне" can also refer to "steering" or "driving" a vehicle. |
| Bengali | ব্যবস্থাপনা can also mean 'arrangement', 'administration', or 'system' in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | "Upravljanje" derives from the verb "upravljati," meaning "to govern, to control, or to lead." |
| Bulgarian | The word "управление" in Bulgarian can also mean "governance" or "administration." |
| Catalan | The Catalan word gestió derives from the Latin word gestio, meaning 'carrying out' or 'administration'. |
| Cebuano | The word "pagdumala" is said to have originated from the root word "dumala". In English, "dumala" means "to approach" or "to visit". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese word "管理" also means "control" or "administration". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 管理 (guanli) is also used in Chinese to refer to managing a household, an office, or a region. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, 'gestione' also refers to the task of managing a family or household. |
| Croatian | Upravljanje is derived from the Slavic root "prav", meaning "right" or "correct", suggesting the idea of directing or controlling something in a proper or orderly manner. |
| Czech | The word "řízení" in Czech also means "driving" or "steering". |
| Danish | The Danish word 'ledelse' derives from the Proto-Germanic root *laidjaną, meaning "to lead" or "to cause to go". |
| Dutch | Beheer is derived from the Old Dutch word 'beheren', meaning 'to care for' or 'to look after', and is related to the German word 'bewahren', meaning 'to keep safe'. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "administrado" also means "administration" or "ministry" in English. |
| Estonian | While "juhtimine" primarily translates as "management" in English, it can also refer to "leadership" or "guidance" in certain contexts. |
| Finnish | The word "hallinto" in Finnish originally meant "control" or "administration" and is related to the word "hallita" ("to control" or "to govern"). |
| French | The French word "gestion" derives from the Latin word "gerere," meaning "to carry out" or "to administer." |
| Frisian | The word "behear" in Frisian is derived from the Old Frisian word "biher" or "biherre," meaning "guardian, administrator, or steward." |
| Galician | "Xestión" derives from the Latin word "gestio", meaning "action". In Galician, "xestión" also denotes "administration" or "governance". |
| German | In German, "Management" can also refer to the act of leading or organizing something. |
| Greek | The word "διαχείριση" in Greek also means "handling" or "administration" and comes from the root word "χειρίζομαι," which means "to handle" or "to manage." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "jesyon" may refer to both "management" in general and to "project management" specifically. |
| Hausa | The alternate meaning of "gudanarwa" is a manager who is the head of a department. |
| Hawaiian | "Hoʻokele" also means "to steer," "to navigate," or "to guide" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word 'הַנהָלָה' can also mean 'guidance' or 'leadership'. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "प्रबंध" comes from the Sanskrit word "प्रबंधः", which means "arrangement, management, or control". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tswj" also has the meaning of "to control" and "to govern". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "menedzsment" comes from the German "Management", which in turn comes from the French "ménagement", meaning "care".} |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "stjórnun" comes from the Old Norse word "stýra" meaning "to steer". |
| Igbo | "Njinkwa" in Igbo can also mean "nurturing" or "guiding". |
| Indonesian | "Pengelolaan" comes from the Old Javanese word *pangalola*, meaning "to control" or "to administer." |
| Irish | The word "bainistíocht" in Irish also refers to the action of controlling or regulating something. |
| Italian | The word "gestione" in Italian also derives from the Latin word "gestio," meaning "carrying" or "bearing." |
| Japanese | Originally an accounting term, "kanri" also means managing a person or object and can carry connotations of control or manipulation. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'manajemen' ('management') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'mantrana' (meaning 'consultation') and has connotations of leadership, advice, and deliberation. |
| Kannada | The term "nirvahane" in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit words "Nir" and "Vaha", meaning "to execute or carry out efficiently or skillfully." |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "басқару" comes from the verb "басқар-" meaning "to guide" or "to direct" and can also refer to "administration" or "governance". |
| Khmer | The word 'ការគ្រប់គ្រង' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'ग्राम' (grāma) meaning 'village', and originally referred to the administration of a village or district. |
| Korean | The word 조치 (management) originally meant 'to regulate or control,' and is related to the Chinese word 治理 (zhìlǐ), which means 'to govern or rule'. |
| Kurdish | The word "serekî" can also refer to "guiding" or "leadership" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | 'Башкаруу' is related to the word 'баш' meaning 'head' or 'leader', and also 'башка' meaning 'something different' or 'other'. |
| Lao | คำนี้มาจากภาษาบาลี: "คเมน" แปลว่า "ดูแล" "อุปถัมภ์" "ป้องกัน" |
| Latin | The Latin word "procuratio" also means "provision" and "procurement". |
| Latvian | "Vadība" in Latvian also means "conduit" and "plumbing". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "valdymas" is derived from the verb "valdyti" meaning "to govern, to manage, to control". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Gestioun" is derived from the French word "gestion", meaning "administration" or "management". |
| Macedonian | The word "управување" (management) in Macedonian also refers to "control", "domination", or "governance" |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "fitantanana" (management) means "the act of governing or controlling" and "management" (in English). |
| Malay | The Malay word 'pengurusan' comes from the verb 'urus' meaning 'to handle' or 'to administer', and carries connotations of leadership, control, and organization. |
| Malayalam | The term 'മാനേജുമെന്റ്' (management) in Malayalam is derived from the French word 'ménagement,' which means 'management of a household.' |
| Maori | In Maori, 'whakahaere' can also mean 'to conduct' or 'to lead'. |
| Marathi | व्यवस्थापन originates from the Sanskrit word 'vyavastha', meaning a system or order. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "удирдлага" can also mean "leadership". |
| Nepali | व्यवस्थापन (vyavasthapan) is a Sanskrit term derived from 'sthā' (to stand) and 'āp' (to reach) and refers to the act of organizing, directing, and controlling an organization to achieve its goals. |
| Norwegian | The word "ledelse" can also refer to a specific type of Norwegian dance, known as "leik". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kasamalidwe" derives from the root verb "ku-sama" meaning "to control, regulate, or govern." |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "management" can also refer to "handling" or "control". |
| Persian | The Persian word "مدیریت" comes from the Arabic word "مدار" which means "to revolve around" and refers to the idea of "guiding" and "controlling". |
| Polish | The word "zarządzanie" in Polish may derive from a verb meaning "to steer" or "to govern". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese term 'gestão', which means 'management', can also mean 'pregnancy' in medical contexts. |
| Punjabi | The word "प्रबन्धन" is of Sanskrit origin, composed of the words "प्र" (pra), meaning "forward," and "बन्धन" (bandhana), meaning "binding," implying "organizing or arranging in a systematic way." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "management" comes from the French word "ménagement", meaning "care" or "handling". |
| Russian | The word "управление" can also mean "control" or "governance" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "pulega" also means "authority" or "power". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'riaghladh' in Scots Gaelic originates from the Old Norse word 'regla', meaning 'rule' or 'law'. |
| Serbian | The word 'управљање' comes from the same root as the word 'управа' meaning 'governance' and 'рука' meaning 'hand' suggesting notions of guidance, direction, and control. |
| Sesotho | "Tsamaiso" is derived from the word "saamaisa", which means to arrange, prepare, provide or set up. |
| Shona | The word "manejimendi" in Shona shares its root with the English word "manage" but can also refer to the act of controlling or directing. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "انتظاميا" (_intizāmiyā_) is cognate with the Urdu word _intizām_ ("order, management") and the Arabic word _nizām_ ("order, system"). |
| Slovak | "Zvládanie" also means "coping" or "handling". |
| Slovenian | Upravljanje can also refer to the act of steering a vehicle. |
| Somali | "Maaraynta" in Somali, meaning "management," may originate from the root "mara" ("to pass, to go through"), suggesting a process or progression. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the noun «administración» derives from the Latin «administratio», meaning «conduct, direction», and it also refers to the action of managing an organization or a business. |
| Sundanese | The word "manajemén" comes from the Dutch word "management," and has the same meaning in Sundanese |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "usimamizi" can also refer to "guidance" or "supervision". |
| Swedish | The word "förvaltning" is not solely used for "management", but also for "administration" and "stewardship" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'pamamahala' comes from 'pama' (to take care) and 'mahala' (price or value), and initially meant 'taking care of valuables'. |
| Tajik | The word “идоракунӣ” comes from the Persian word “اداره”, which can also mean “office” or “administration”. |
| Tamil | "மேலாண்மை" is derived from the Sanskrit word "मूलमान्" (mūlamān), meaning "root" or "foundation", indicating its role in providing the basis for effective organizational operations. |
| Telugu | The word "నిర్వహణ" (management) is derived from the Sanskrit root "√वह्" (to bear, to carry), and can also mean "sustenance" or "maintenance". |
| Thai | The Thai word "การจัดการ" (pronounced "gaan-jaht-gaan") can also mean "to arrange" or "to organize". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "yönetim" comes from the Arabic word "ummatun", meaning "people". |
| Ukrainian | The word "управління" in Ukrainian can also refer to a government agency or department. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "انتظام" (management) originates from the Arabic word "نظم" (order), and also has the alternate meaning of "arrangement" or "organization". |
| Uzbek | The word "boshqaruv" comes from the Persian word "boshan" and the Turkic suffix "-uv", and can also mean "dominion" or "control". |
| Vietnamese | The word "sự quản lý" in Vietnamese can also refer to "control" or "administration". |
| Welsh | Rheoli can also refer to a rule or regulation in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | Ulawulo, derived from the verb 'lawula' ('to govern'), also carries the connotation of 'control' and 'administration'. |
| Yiddish | 'פאַרוואַלטונג' comes from German 'Verwaltung,' meaning management or administration, but can also refer to government or authority. |
| Yoruba | 'Isakoso' is a Yoruba word derived from the verb 'koso,' meaning 'to rule or govern,' and the prefix 'i,' which denotes an abstract noun. |
| Zulu | The term 'ukuphathwa' is derived from the Zulu word 'ukuphatha', meaning 'to hold or to control'. |
| English | The word "management" originated from the Italian word "maneggiare", which means "to handle". |