Afrikaans lidmaatskap | ||
Albanian anëtarësimi | ||
Amharic አባልነት | ||
Arabic عضوية | ||
Armenian անդամակցություն | ||
Assamese সদস্যপদ | ||
Aymara miembros ukanaka | ||
Azerbaijani üzvlük | ||
Bambara tɔndenw ye | ||
Basque kide izatea | ||
Belarusian сяброўства | ||
Bengali সদস্যপদ | ||
Bhojpuri सदस्यता के बा | ||
Bosnian članstvo | ||
Bulgarian членство | ||
Catalan membresía | ||
Cebuano pagkamiyembro | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 会员资格 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 會員資格 | ||
Corsican appartenenza | ||
Croatian članstvo | ||
Czech členství | ||
Danish medlemskab | ||
Dhivehi މެމްބަރުކަން | ||
Dogri सदस्यता | ||
Dutch lidmaatschap | ||
English membership | ||
Esperanto membreco | ||
Estonian liikmelisus | ||
Ewe hamevinyenye | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagiging kasapi | ||
Finnish jäsenyys | ||
French adhésion | ||
Frisian lidmaatskip | ||
Galician adhesión | ||
Georgian წევრობა | ||
German mitgliedschaft | ||
Greek ιδιότητα μέλους | ||
Guarani membresía rehegua | ||
Gujarati સભ્યપદ | ||
Haitian Creole manm | ||
Hausa membobinsu | ||
Hawaiian lālā | ||
Hebrew חֲבֵרוּת | ||
Hindi सदस्यता | ||
Hmong kev ua tswv cuab | ||
Hungarian tagság | ||
Icelandic aðild | ||
Igbo otu | ||
Ilocano kinamiembro | ||
Indonesian keanggotaan | ||
Irish ballraíocht | ||
Italian l'appartenenza | ||
Japanese メンバーシップ | ||
Javanese anggota | ||
Kannada ಸದಸ್ಯತ್ವ | ||
Kazakh мүшелік | ||
Khmer សមាជិកភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda abanyamuryango | ||
Konkani वांगडीपण मेळटा | ||
Korean 멤버십 | ||
Krio mɛmbaship fɔ bi mɛmba | ||
Kurdish endamî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەندامێتی | ||
Kyrgyz мүчөлүк | ||
Lao ສະມາຊິກ | ||
Latin membership | ||
Latvian dalība | ||
Lingala kozala ba membres | ||
Lithuanian narystė | ||
Luganda obwammemba | ||
Luxembourgish memberschaft | ||
Macedonian членство | ||
Maithili सदस्यता | ||
Malagasy mpikambana | ||
Malay keahlian | ||
Malayalam അംഗത്വം | ||
Maltese sħubija | ||
Maori mema | ||
Marathi सदस्यता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯦꯝꯕꯔꯁꯤꯞ ꯂꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo member nihna a ni | ||
Mongolian гишүүнчлэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အသင်းဝင် | ||
Nepali सदस्यता | ||
Norwegian medlemskap | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) umembala | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଦସ୍ୟତା | ||
Oromo miseensummaa | ||
Pashto غړیتوب | ||
Persian عضویت | ||
Polish członkostwo | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) filiação | ||
Punjabi ਸਦੱਸਤਾ | ||
Quechua miembron kay | ||
Romanian calitatea de membru | ||
Russian членство | ||
Samoan avea ma sui auai | ||
Sanskrit सदस्यता | ||
Scots Gaelic ballrachd | ||
Sepedi boleloko | ||
Serbian чланство | ||
Sesotho botho | ||
Shona nhengo | ||
Sindhi رڪنيت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සාමාජිකත්වය | ||
Slovak členstvo | ||
Slovenian članstvo | ||
Somali xubinnimada | ||
Spanish afiliación | ||
Sundanese kaanggotaan | ||
Swahili uanachama | ||
Swedish medlemskap | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagiging kasapi | ||
Tajik узвият | ||
Tamil உறுப்பினர் | ||
Tatar әгъза | ||
Telugu సభ్యత్వం | ||
Thai การเป็นสมาชิก | ||
Tigrinya ኣባልነት | ||
Tsonga vuxirho | ||
Turkish üyelik | ||
Turkmen agzalyk | ||
Twi (Akan) asɔremma a wɔyɛ | ||
Ukrainian членство | ||
Urdu رکنیت | ||
Uyghur ئەزالىق | ||
Uzbek a'zolik | ||
Vietnamese thành viên | ||
Welsh aelodaeth | ||
Xhosa ubulungu | ||
Yiddish מיטגלידערשאַפט | ||
Yoruba ẹgbẹ | ||
Zulu ubulungu |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Lidmaatskap comes from the Dutch word "lidmaatschap" (membership), which is in turn derived from the Middle Dutch "lidmaet" (member) and the Old Saxon "lid" (limb). |
| Albanian | The word "anëtarësimi" is derived from the Albanian word "anëtar" meaning "member" and the suffix "-im" which indicates a process or action. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "አባልነት" is related to the word "አባል", which means "part" and refers to the idea of belonging to a group. |
| Arabic | عضوية refers to body parts when the vowel is lengthened, but membership when it is shortened. |
| Azerbaijani | The term "üzvlük" is also used in Azerbaijani to refer to a "limb" or "organ of the body." |
| Basque | "Kide izatea" (literally "being a member") is a noun used to refer to the status of being a member of an organization or group. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "сяброўства" ("membership") also means "friendship" or "comradeship" and is a key concept in Belarusian culture. |
| Bengali | সদস্যপদ (membership) শব্দটির আরও এক অর্থ হলো অংশগ্রহণ। |
| Bosnian | The word "članstvo" is derived from the verb "činiti" (to do), and also refers to a set of rules and regulations. |
| Bulgarian | The word "членство" can also mean "organ" or "limb" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "membresía" comes from latin and also refers to a part of a body or object. |
| Cebuano | 'Pagkamiyembro' is a noun in Cebuano that literally means 'the state of being a member' and can also refer to a group of members. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | '会员资格'也指会员的资格或资格条件。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 會員資格一詞源自拉丁文的 membrum 意指身體的一部分,引申為團體的一分子 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "appartenenza" can also refer to a group of people or organizations sharing a common goal or interest. |
| Croatian | "Članstvo" derives from "član" ("/member/n."), which in the 13th c. was "kla(d)no" ("log" or "tree trunk"), lending evidence to Slavic social structure as a kind of tribal log or council. |
| Czech | Členství is also used to refer to a particular member of an organization. |
| Danish | The word "medlemskab" in Danish is a compound word made up of the words "med" (with) and "lem" (limb), originally meaning "togetherness". |
| Dutch | The word "lidmaatschap" in Dutch is derived from the Old Dutch word "lithmata", meaning "community" or "association". |
| Esperanto | Membreco's etymology is a blend of "membro" (member) and "ko" (group). |
| Estonian | "Liikmelisus" originates from "liige" (member), a derivate of "liik" (kind, sort), which is also present in "liikuma" (to move), and means belonging in a certain social group. |
| Finnish | The etymology of jäsenyys derives from the word "jäsen" meaning "limb" and refers to belonging to a group or organization. |
| French | Adhésion derives from the Latin word haerere, meaning 'to cleave to', and originally referred to the act of pledging support or allegiance to a cause or organization. |
| Frisian | The word “lidmaatskip“ is derived from the Dutch “lidmaatschappij”, meaning both “association” and “insurance company”. |
| Galician | The term "adhesión" in Galician derives from the Latin word "adhaerere", meaning "to stick to" or "to cleave to". |
| German | The word 'Mitgliedschaft' derives from 'Glied' ('limb') and '-schaft' (-ship), suggesting membership as a way of being connected to an organization, like limbs to the torso. |
| Greek | Ιδιότητα μέλους is also a legal term referring to a member's rights and responsibilities within an organization. |
| Gujarati | The word "સભ્યપદ" can also refer to a member of a political party or organization. |
| Haitian Creole | The word " manm " in Haitian Creole also means "group of people" and "set of people". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "membobinsu" derives from the English word "membership" |
| Hawaiian | Lālā is also used to refer to a member of a group or organization. |
| Hebrew | The term in modern Hebrew, 'חֲבֵרוּת' ('membership'), derives from the Hebrew Bible, where it meant a 'community' or 'association'. This term was often used in a religious context to refer to the community of Israelites. |
| Hindi | The word " सदस्यता " (membership) is derived from the Sanskrit root " sad " (to sit), and refers to the act of being part of a group or organization. |
| Hungarian | The word "tagság" can also mean "society" or "guild" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | Aðild derives from the Old Norse word 'aðili', meaning 'nobility', and is related to the Old English word 'æþel', meaning 'noble'. |
| Igbo | Otu also means 'society' in Igbo, indicating the social aspect of belonging. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "keanggotaan" can refer to membership in an organization or to the rights and duties associated therewith, and is derived from the word "anggota" meaning "member". |
| Italian | "L'appartenenza" derives from the Latin "appartēre," meaning "to pertain to" and from "pars, partis" (a part)" |
| Japanese | メンバーシップ (membership) derives from the English word "member," meaning a part of a group or organization. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "anggota" also means body part or committee member. |
| Kannada | The word "ಸದಸ್ಯತ್ವ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सदस्यता" (sadasyatā), which means "membership" or "affiliation."} |
| Kazakh | "мүшелік" is also the Kazakh equivalent of "member" in the context of an organization or a body. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word សមាជិកភាព (membership) is derived from the Sanskrit word "samajika," which means "belonging to a society or community." |
| Korean | The word "멤버십" is derived from the English word "member" and the suffix "-ship", and can also refer to a group of people who share a common interest or profession. |
| Kurdish | In Zazaki, the word 'endamî' does not mean 'membership' but instead denotes 'part, portion'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мүчөлүк" can also refer to "belonging, affiliation, connection, or association" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | In some contexts, ສະມາຊິກ can also refer to the rank of a monk or the participants in a group activity. |
| Latin | In Latin, "membership" means "body of members" or "corporate body". |
| Latvian | "Dalība" in Latvian also means="participation," coming from verb "dalīt" meaning to "divide," referring to "distributing roles" (dalot lomas) in a shared activity. |
| Lithuanian | "Narystė" is a Lithuanian word derived from the verb "naryti", meaning "to dive" or "to plunge". It can also refer to a "membership" in an organization. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Memberschaft" can also refer to the number of members in a group or organization. |
| Macedonian | The word "членство" can also refer to a person who is a member of an organization or group. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "mpikambana" can also mean "participants" or "fellowship." |
| Malay | 'Keahlian' is derived from the Proto-Austronesian form '*qahi' meaning 'to own' or 'to have'. In Malay, it has extended to also mean 'skill', 'expertise', or 'ability'. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "അംഗത്വം" (membership) has its etymology in Sanskrit where it means "belonging to a limb", also denoting membership of a group or organization. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "sħubija" also means "partnership" or "association". |
| Maori | The Maori word "mema" also means "part" or "portion". |
| Marathi | The word 'सदस्यता' ('membership') in Marathi comes from the Sanskrit word 'सदस्य' ('member'), which originally meant 'part of a limb'. |
| Mongolian | "Гишүүнчлэл" (membership) stems from "гишүүн" (member) and can mean membership, participation, or affiliation with an organization or group. |
| Nepali | The word "सदस्यता" ("membership") in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "सदस्य" ("member"), which means "part of a group or organization". It can also refer to the state of being a member, or the fees or dues paid to maintain membership. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word 'medlemskap' is derived from the Old Norse word 'meðalmskapr', which meant 'fellowship' or 'community'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "umembala" originally meant "a group of people who share a common interest". |
| Pashto | غړیتوب can also mean "being a member of a group or organization" or "the state of being a member of a group or organization" |
| Persian | عضویت can also refer to the act of being a member or the state of being a member. |
| Polish | "Czlonkostwo" literally translates to "limbship" from "czlonek" (limb), a reference to the "body" of an organization and its parts (members). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "filiação" derives from the Latin word "filius" (son) and originally meant "legal relationship between a child and its father". |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, the word "ਸਦੱਸਤਾ" (sadassata) can also refer to the position of a member in a group or organization. |
| Romanian | Calitatea de membru comes from the Romanian word "calitate", meaning "quality" or "qualification". |
| Russian | The word "членство" has roots in the word "член" ("member") and shares a stem with the words "членораздельный" ("articulate") and "членение" ("division"). |
| Samoan | "Avea ma sui auai" is derived from the words meaning "to gather together" and "to be in company with." |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "ballrachd" comes from the Gaelic word "ballr" meaning "round" or "sphere" |
| Serbian | The word "чланство" can also refer to a member of a family or an organization. |
| Sesotho | The word "botho" also holds connotations with the concepts of "unity" and "community" |
| Shona | "Nhengo" is also used in Shona to mean "membership dues" or "subscription fees." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word رڪنيت also means "a member" in addition to its meaning of "membership." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | This word in Sinhala was adopted from the French word 'société'. |
| Slovak | "Členstvo" is derived from the verb "členiť sa" (to divide) and refers to a group of people united by a common interest or purpose. |
| Slovenian | The word "članstvo" in Slovenian can also refer to the number of members in an organization. |
| Somali | The word "xubinnimada" can also be used to describe the status of being a member of a group or organization. |
| Spanish | "Afiliación" can also mean "affiliation" or "association" with a group or organization. |
| Sundanese | The word "kaanggotaan" in Sundanese also means "membership" in Indonesian and "belonging to" in English. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, 'uanachama' also refers to the status of being a member, or the group of members. |
| Swedish | The word "medlemskap" is derived from the Old Norse word "lið", meaning "band" or "troop". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "узвият" is closely related to the Persian word "عضويت" and the Arabic word "عُضوية". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'உறுப்பினர்' etymologically means 'an organ of the body' and is used in the context of 'membership' in organizations. |
| Telugu | The word "సభ్యత్వం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सभ्यता" which means "civilization" or "culture". |
| Thai | The word 'การเป็นสมาชิก' comes from the verb 'เป็น' (to be) and the noun 'สมาชิก' (member). |
| Turkish | Üyelik is derived from "üye", meaning "member," and "-lik", a suffix denoting a state or condition. |
| Ukrainian | The word членство can also refer to the anatomy of the human body, such as limbs or organs. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "رکنیت" can also mean "pillar", "element" or "ingredient". |
| Uzbek | The word "A'zolik" is also used to refer to the contribution or fee paid by a member to join an organization or group. |
| Vietnamese | The word "thành viên" is a combination of the words "thành" (city) and "viên" (member), meaning "member of the city" or "citizen." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "aelodaeth" has roots in the noun "aelod" (limb, member) and the suffix "-aeth" (state, quality), conveying a sense of belonging or attachment. |
| Xhosa | Isixhosa word 'ubulungu' is also a derivative of the word 'uluntu', which means 'humanness' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "מיטגלידערשאַפט" can also mean "fellowship" or "affiliation." |
| Yoruba | Ẹgbẹ also signifies a group or association of people working together or pursuing a common interest. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ubulungu' can also refer to the position of a member within a social or political group. |
| English | The word 'membership' comes from the Old English word 'membre', meaning 'limb' or 'part of a body'. |