Minister in Different Languages
Discover 'Minister' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Minister
Afrikaans predikant | ||
Albanian ministri | ||
Amharic ሚኒስትር | ||
Arabic وزير | ||
Armenian նախարար | ||
Assamese মন্ত্ৰী | ||
Aymara ministro | ||
Azerbaijani nazir | ||
Bambara minisiri | ||
Basque ministroa | ||
Belarusian міністр | ||
Bengali মন্ত্রী | ||
Bhojpuri मंत्री के बा | ||
Bosnian ministre | ||
Bulgarian министър | ||
Catalan ministre | ||
Cebuano ministro | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 部长 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 部長 | ||
Corsican ministru | ||
Croatian ministar | ||
Czech ministr | ||
Danish minister | ||
Dhivehi މިނިސްޓަރު ޑރ | ||
Dogri मंत्री जी | ||
Dutch minister | ||
English minister | ||
Esperanto ministro | ||
Estonian minister | ||
Ewe subɔla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ministro | ||
Finnish ministeri | ||
French ministre | ||
Frisian minister | ||
Galician ministro | ||
Georgian მინისტრი | ||
German minister | ||
Greek υπουργός | ||
Guarani ministro | ||
Gujarati મંત્રી | ||
Haitian Creole minis | ||
Hausa ministan | ||
Hawaiian kuhina | ||
Hebrew שר בממשלה | ||
Hindi मंत्री | ||
Hmong txhawb pab | ||
Hungarian miniszter | ||
Icelandic ráðherra | ||
Igbo ozi | ||
Ilocano ministro | ||
Indonesian menteri | ||
Irish aire | ||
Italian ministro | ||
Japanese 大臣 | ||
Javanese mentri | ||
Kannada ಮಂತ್ರಿ | ||
Kazakh министр | ||
Khmer រដ្ឋមន្រ្តី | ||
Kinyarwanda minisitiri | ||
Konkani मंत्री | ||
Korean 장관 | ||
Krio minista | ||
Kurdish wezîr | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وەزیر | ||
Kyrgyz министр | ||
Lao ລັດຖະມົນຕີ | ||
Latin minister | ||
Latvian ministrs | ||
Lingala ministre | ||
Lithuanian ministras | ||
Luganda minisita | ||
Luxembourgish minister | ||
Macedonian министер | ||
Maithili मंत्री | ||
Malagasy fanompoam-pivavahana | ||
Malay menteri | ||
Malayalam മന്ത്രി | ||
Maltese ministru | ||
Maori minita | ||
Marathi मंत्री | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯟꯠꯔꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯑꯦꯝ | ||
Mizo rawngbawltu a ni | ||
Mongolian сайд | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဝန်ကြီး | ||
Nepali मन्त्री | ||
Norwegian minister | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mtumiki | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ | ||
Oromo ministeera | ||
Pashto وزیر | ||
Persian وزیر | ||
Polish minister | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ministro | ||
Punjabi ਮੰਤਰੀ | ||
Quechua ministro | ||
Romanian ministru | ||
Russian министр | ||
Samoan faifeau | ||
Sanskrit मन्त्री | ||
Scots Gaelic ministear | ||
Sepedi moruti | ||
Serbian министре | ||
Sesotho mosebeletsi | ||
Shona mushumiri | ||
Sindhi وزير | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඇමැති | ||
Slovak minister | ||
Slovenian minister | ||
Somali wasiirka | ||
Spanish ministro | ||
Sundanese menteri | ||
Swahili waziri | ||
Swedish minister | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ministro | ||
Tajik вазир | ||
Tamil அமைச்சர் | ||
Tatar министр | ||
Telugu మంత్రి | ||
Thai รัฐมนตรี | ||
Tigrinya ሚኒስተር | ||
Tsonga mufundhisi | ||
Turkish bakan | ||
Turkmen ministri | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔsomfo | ||
Ukrainian міністр | ||
Urdu وزیر | ||
Uyghur مىنىستىر | ||
Uzbek vazir | ||
Vietnamese bộ trưởng, mục sư | ||
Welsh gweinidog | ||
Xhosa umphathiswa | ||
Yiddish מיניסטער | ||
Yoruba iranse | ||
Zulu ungqongqoshe |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Its alternate meaning, "teacher," derives from the Old Frisian "predeker," meaning the person who reads the "prediche" (sermon). |
| Albanian | The word 'ministri' in Albanian is derived from the Latin word 'ministerium', meaning 'service' or 'ministry'. |
| Amharic | The word "ሚኒስትር" ("minister") in Amharic can also refer to a government official or a religious leader. |
| Arabic | The term "وزير" (minister) in Arabic is derived from the root "وزر" which also means "burden". |
| Armenian | "Nakharar" derives from the Persian word "na-khvar" meaning "not eating," and referred to the tax exemption from the king that they enjoyed. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "nazir" can also mean "overseer", "superintendent", or "foreman" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "ministroa" is a loanword from Spanish, and is used in Basque to refer to a member of a government or an ordained clergyman, as well as the head of a non-public organisation. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian term "міністр" is derived from the Latin word "minister", meaning "servant" or "assistant". It also has the alternative meaning of "member of a government department". |
| Bengali | The word "মন্ত্রী" comes from the Sanskrit word "मंत्री" (mantri), meaning "counselor" or "advisor". |
| Bosnian | The word 'ministre' in Bosnian also refers to a government department or a person in charge of a particular branch of government. |
| Bulgarian | The word "министър" also means "agent" or "assistant" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "ministre" has the same meaning as the English word "minister" but also has the alternate meaning of "servant" or "helper". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "ministro" also refers to a male godmother who presents the child during baptism. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "部长” (bùzhǎng), meaning "minister," is composed of the characters "部" (bù), meaning "department," and "长" (zhǎng), meaning "head". Therefore, the term "部长" is used to refer to the head of a government department. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 部長 (部長) can also refer to the head of a department in a company or organization. |
| Corsican | Corsican word "ministru" ("minister") also designates a member of the Confraternity of the Penitents |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "ministar" is derived from the Latin word "minister", meaning "servant" or "attendant". |
| Czech | The Czech word "ministr" comes from the Latin word "minister", meaning "servant" or "attendant". |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "minister" can also refer to a priest or pastor. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "minister" can also refer to a cabinet member or a church pastor. |
| Esperanto | "Ministro" also means "attendant" or "servant" in Latin and Esperanto. |
| Estonian | Lisaks religioossetele ühendustele, kasutatakse sõna 'minister' ka riigiametite nimetamises, nagu näiteks välisminister või justiitsminister. |
| Finnish | "Ministērium" in Latin refers to the position, office, or duties of a minister, which in turn comes from the older word "mīnistrāre", meaning "to serve". |
| French | The French word "ministre" can also refer to a member of a religious order or a high-ranking official in a government, such as a prime minister. |
| Frisian | It's originally a Latin word that means "servant" |
| Galician | The Galician word "ministro" can also refer to a religious official that assists a priest during mass. |
| German | The German word "minister" can also refer to a servant or a personal assistant. |
| Greek | The Greek word "υπουργός" can also refer to a servant or attendant. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "મંત્રી"("minister") also means an advisor, a counselor, or a consultant. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "minis" in Haitian Creole also means "servant" or "helper". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "minista" (minister) is derived from the English word "minister," and also means 'representative' or 'agent'. |
| Hawaiian | In modern Hawaiian, "kuhina" can refer to a church deacon, a cabinet minister, or an advisor to a chief. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "שר בממשלה" can also be used to refer to a member of the Israeli parliament (Knesset), an ordained rabbi, or an administrative officer. |
| Hindi | The word "मंत्री" derives from the root "मन्" meaning "to think" and originally meant "counselor" or "advisor". |
| Hmong | The word "txhawb pab" can also mean "shepherd" or "pastor". |
| Hungarian | "Miniszter" derives from the Latin "minister", meaning "servant, attendant". |
| Icelandic | The word "ráðherra" derives from the Old Norse "ráðherr", meaning "counselor to the king", and "herra", meaning "lord" or "master". |
| Igbo | Derived from the verb 'ozo', which means 'to speak' |
| Indonesian | The word "menteri" is derived from the Sanskrit word "mantri", meaning "advisor" or "counselor". |
| Irish | The word "aire" also means a "noble" or a "lord" in Middle Irish and Old Irish. |
| Italian | In Italian, ministro can also mean 'servant', 'agent', or 'official'. |
| Japanese | The word "大臣" in Japanese can also refer to the head of a Buddhist temple. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "mentri" can also refer to supernatural advisors to a ruler. |
| Kannada | From Sanskrit 'mantrin', 'mantrī', 'mantriṇa', or 'mantra', meaning 'counselor', 'advisor', or 'trusted official' |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word “министр” has additional meanings like “official, official’s assistant, government official” |
| Khmer | រដ្ឋមន្រ្តី (radthamontrei) in Khmer also refers to those who work in the public service, such as teachers and doctors. |
| Korean | 장관 can also refer to an internal organ, specifically the intestines. |
| Kurdish | The word "wezîr" is derived from the Arabic word "wazeer" (وزير), meaning "burden bearer" or "helper". |
| Kyrgyz | The word 'министр' is derived from the Latin word 'minister', meaning 'servant' or 'attendant'. |
| Latin | In Latin, "minister" derives from the root "minus" which carries the connotation of "lesser" or "subordinate." |
| Latvian | The word "ministrs" in Latvian derives from the German "minister" and denotes "attendant" or "one who serves". Also in Latvian, "ministrs" refers to "head of ministry", but not to a member of the cabinet. |
| Lithuanian | The word "ministras" can also refer to a servant or assistant in a religious or non-religious context. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish term "Minister" can also refer to a member of the government or an employee in the public service. |
| Macedonian | The word minister in Macedonian can refer to a government, a cabinet, the entire governing body of a municipality, or a representative who is not head of the ministry but is still charged with duties within it. |
| Malagasy | The word 'fanompoam-pivavahana' comes from two words meaning 'servant of God' and 'carrier of the word'. |
| Malay | The word 'Menteri' in Malay is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Mantrin', which means 'counselor' or 'advisor'. |
| Malayalam | The word 'മന്ത്രി' can also refer to a trusted advisor or close official in a position of authority. |
| Maltese | "Ministru" is an alteration of the Italian "ministro," which is derived from the Latin "minister," meaning "servant". |
| Maori | In Maori, 'minita' can also refer to a servant, attendant, or aide. |
| Marathi | मंत्री (minister) comes from the Sanskrit word mantrin, which originally meant 'counselor or advisor'. |
| Mongolian | The word "сайд" meaning "minister" is cognate with the Russian word "святой" and the Turkic word "саит". It can also be used to refer to a "saint" or a "holy person". |
| Nepali | The word 'मन्त्री' (mantri) is derived from Sanskrit and also means 'counselor' or 'adviser'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "minister" means both "minister" and "priest". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "mtumiki" can also mean a servant, an assistant, or an associate. |
| Pashto | The word "وزیر" can also refer to the chief minister, the most senior official in a ministry. |
| Persian | The word "وزیر" has been derived from the Arabic word "وَزَرَ" meaning "to bear a burden" or "to support". |
| Polish | In Polish, the word minister has additional religious and historical senses, including the meaning 'altar boy'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese ministro comes from Latin minister (servant), while English minister comes from Latin ministerium (service). |
| Punjabi | The word "ਮੰਤਰੀ" in Punjabi shares its origin with the English word "mantra", derived from the Sanskrit word "mantrana" meaning "counsel", and hence also refers to an advisor or counselor. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "ministru" comes from the Latin "minister" meaning "servant", and also refers to members of certain religious orders. |
| Russian | Russian "министр" derives from Latin "minister" via German "Minister", referring to a servant who assists in divine service and eventually to a government official. |
| Samoan | The word "faifeau" can also be a term of respect for an older male, not necessarily a minister. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word 'ministear' comes from the Latin 'minister', meaning 'servant' or 'attendant'. |
| Serbian | "Ministri" is related to "mind" (мислити, misliti), with a semantic change from "advisor" to "administrator or official". |
| Sesotho | The word "mosebeletsi" comes from the root "sebele" which means "to serve". |
| Shona | The word "mushumiri" in Shona has its roots in the verb "shumira", meaning "to serve" or "to attend to", signifying the role of a minister as a servant to the people. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "وزير" comes from the Arabic language and also means "aide" or "counselor". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "ඇමැති" is cognate with the Tamil word "அமச்சு" and ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word "आमात्य" (āmatya), meaning "advisor" or "minister". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "minister" can also mean "deacon" or "pastor". |
| Slovenian | The word "minister" originated from the Latin word "ministrare", meaning "to serve". |
| Somali | "Wasiirka" is derived from the Arabic word "wazir", meaning "helper" or "counselor." |
| Spanish | Spanish "ministro" shares a root with "minor," a priest's assistant. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word “menteri” also means “helper” or “servant”. |
| Swahili | The word "waziri" in Swahili originates from the Arabic word "wazir," which means "helper," and initially referred to a ruler's chief advisor. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "minister" also refers to an assistant in a pharmacy or a government department. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "ministro" can also mean "agent", "representative", or "envoy" in English. |
| Tajik | The word "вазир" originates from the Arabic word "wizār", which means "burden bearer". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'அமைச்சர்' can also refer to a member of a village council or a high-ranking official in a palace. |
| Telugu | The word 'మంత్రి' or 'Mantri' in Telugu can also refer to a counselor or a cabinet minister. |
| Thai | In Sanskrit, where the word originates, it denotes a counselor or advisor. |
| Turkish | In the Ottoman Turkish, "Bakan" was used to refer to the supervisor or guardian of the Sultanate's children and female members, as well as to a government official with administrative responsibilities. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "міністр" (minister) derives from the Latin word "minister," meaning "servant" or "attendant." |
| Urdu | The word "وزیر" (wazir) comes from the Persian word "vizir", which means "burden bearer" or "helper". |
| Uzbek | The word "vazir" is of Persian origin, and it can also refer to a "weight" or "burden" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Bộ trưởng, mục sư (minister) in Vietnamese originates from the Old French word "menistre" meaning "servant" and "official." |
| Welsh | The word 'gweinidog' in Welsh can also refer to a servant, deacon, or attendant. |
| Xhosa | 'Umphathiswa' originates from the verb 'phatha', meaning 'to give', and the prefix 'um-' forming a noun indicating an agent, thus suggesting 'one who gives'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "מיניסטער" can also mean "attendant" or "functionary". |
| Yoruba | The word "iranse" in Yoruba ultimately derives from the Arabic "wazir" meaning "adviser", and its initial meaning was "royal adviser". |
| Zulu | "Ungqongqoshe" also means a "messenger" and historically refers to a "king's deputy." |
| English | The word "minister" can also refer to a senior representative of a government department or a member of the clergy. |