Mortgage in Different Languages
Discover 'Mortgage' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Mortgage
Afrikaans verband | ||
Albanian hipotekë | ||
Amharic የቤት ኪራይ | ||
Arabic الرهن العقاري | ||
Armenian գրավ | ||
Assamese বন্ধক | ||
Aymara iputika | ||
Azerbaijani ipoteka | ||
Bambara sow | ||
Basque hipoteka | ||
Belarusian іпатэка | ||
Bengali বন্ধক | ||
Bhojpuri रैहन | ||
Bosnian hipoteka | ||
Bulgarian ипотека | ||
Catalan hipoteca | ||
Cebuano pagpautang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 抵押 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 抵押 | ||
Corsican mutuale | ||
Croatian hipoteka | ||
Czech hypotéka | ||
Danish pant | ||
Dhivehi މޯގޭޖް | ||
Dogri रैहन | ||
Dutch hypotheek | ||
English mortgage | ||
Esperanto hipoteko | ||
Estonian hüpoteek | ||
Ewe na | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sangla | ||
Finnish kiinnitys | ||
French hypothèque | ||
Frisian hypoteek | ||
Galician hipoteca | ||
Georgian გირაო | ||
German hypothek | ||
Greek στεγαστικών δανείων | ||
Guarani mbo'itaguy | ||
Gujarati ગીરો | ||
Haitian Creole ipotèk | ||
Hausa jingina | ||
Hawaiian molaki | ||
Hebrew משכנתא | ||
Hindi बंधक | ||
Hmong qiv nyiaj yuav tsev | ||
Hungarian jelzálog | ||
Icelandic veð | ||
Igbo nnyefe | ||
Ilocano salda | ||
Indonesian hak tanggungan | ||
Irish morgáiste | ||
Italian mutuo | ||
Japanese モーゲージ | ||
Javanese hipotek | ||
Kannada ಅಡಮಾನ | ||
Kazakh ипотека | ||
Khmer បញ្ចាំ | ||
Kinyarwanda inguzanyo | ||
Konkani घाणाक दवरिल्ली वस्त | ||
Korean 저당 | ||
Krio trɔs | ||
Kurdish dehnê ser mal | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕەهنی خانوبەرە | ||
Kyrgyz ипотека | ||
Lao ການ ຈຳ ນອງ | ||
Latin hypotheca | ||
Latvian hipotēku | ||
Lingala kosimbisa eloko mpo na kodefa | ||
Lithuanian hipoteka | ||
Luganda omusingo | ||
Luxembourgish prêt | ||
Macedonian хипотека | ||
Maithili बंधक | ||
Malagasy antoka | ||
Malay gadai janji | ||
Malayalam ജാമ്യം | ||
Maltese ipoteka | ||
Maori mokete | ||
Marathi तारण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯕꯟꯙꯥꯟ ꯊꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo dahkham | ||
Mongolian моргежийн зээл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အပေါင်ခံ | ||
Nepali धितो | ||
Norwegian boliglån | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kubweza ngongole | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବନ୍ଧକ | ||
Oromo kaffaltii yeroo yeroon ofirraa baasan | ||
Pashto ګروي | ||
Persian رهن | ||
Polish hipoteka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) hipoteca | ||
Punjabi ਗਿਰਵੀਨਾਮਾ | ||
Quechua hipoteca | ||
Romanian credit ipotecar | ||
Russian ипотека | ||
Samoan mokesi | ||
Sanskrit मौर्व | ||
Scots Gaelic morgaids | ||
Sepedi adimiša | ||
Serbian хипотека | ||
Sesotho mokoloto oa ntlo | ||
Shona mogeji | ||
Sindhi گروي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උකස | ||
Slovak hypotéka | ||
Slovenian hipoteka | ||
Somali amaahda guryaha | ||
Spanish hipoteca | ||
Sundanese hipotik | ||
Swahili rehani | ||
Swedish inteckning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mortgage | ||
Tajik ипотека | ||
Tamil அடமானம் | ||
Tatar ипотека | ||
Telugu తాకట్టు | ||
Thai จำนอง | ||
Tigrinya ዕዳ | ||
Tsonga bondo | ||
Turkish ipotek | ||
Turkmen ipoteka | ||
Twi (Akan) awowa | ||
Ukrainian іпотека | ||
Urdu رہن | ||
Uyghur رەنە | ||
Uzbek ipoteka | ||
Vietnamese thế chấp | ||
Welsh morgais | ||
Xhosa ubambiso | ||
Yiddish היפּאָטעק | ||
Yoruba idogo | ||
Zulu imali ebanjiswayo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'verband' originally meant a 'contract' or 'bond' but later came to mean 'mortgage'. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "hipotekë" is derived from the Greek word "hypothēkē" (ὑποθήκη), meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Amharic | The word 'mortgage' (የቤት ኪራይ) in Amharic literally translates to 'house rent', as mortgages are typically used to finance the purchase of a home. |
| Arabic | الرهن العقاري مشتق من معنى "ربط"، وهو عقد يثبت حق الدائن على عقار المدين. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "գրավ" derives from the Persian word "گرو" (garo), which originally referred to a pledge or security. |
| Azerbaijani | "İpoteka" is originally a Greek word meaning "security" or "pledge". |
| Basque | The Basque word "hipoteka" is of Greek origin: a compound of "hypo" (under) and "theke" (deposit), or literally "something placed underneath." |
| Belarusian | The word "іпатэка" is derived from the Greek word "hypotheke" and has the same meaning in Belarusian and Russian. |
| Bengali | বন্ধক' (mortgage) has been derived from the old Bengali term 'বন্ধ-করা,' which referred to holding something as collateral while borrowing money. |
| Bosnian | The word "hipoteka" is derived from Late Latin word hypotheca meaning pledge or security, which itself comes from the Greek word hypothēkē. |
| Bulgarian | The word "ипотека" is derived from the Greek "υποθήκη" and can also mean "pledge" or "guarantee". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "hipoteca" derives from the Late Latin "hypotheca", meaning "pledge". |
| Cebuano | "Pagpautang" is also used to refer to lending money informally. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 抵押 can mean either 'mortgage' or 'guarantee'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "抵押" originally meant "to hold something and borrow money" in ancient China. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "mutuale" is derived from the Latin word "mutuum," meaning "loan," and also refers to a mutual aid society. |
| Croatian | Hipoteka is a Croatian word derived from the Greek word 'hypotheka', meaning 'pledge' or 'security'. |
| Czech | The word "hypotéka" is derived from the Greek word "hypotheke", which means "pledge" or "security". |
| Danish | In Danish, "pant" is also the word for "pledge" or "pawn". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "hypotheek" comes from the Greek word "hypotheke," meaning "under pledge." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "hipoteko" comes from the Greek word "hypotheke" which means "pledge" or "security". |
| Estonian | Its alternate meaning is "pawn" and the word comes from German "Hypothek". |
| Finnish | The word "kiinnitys" can also refer to a "fastening" or "attachment" in Finnish. |
| French | The French word "hypothèque" derives from the Greek "hypothēkē," meaning "pledge" or "security," and is related to the English word "hypothecate." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'hypoteek' originates from the Greek 'hypothekê', meaning 'pledge' and the Late Latin 'hypotheca'. Alternatively, it can also refer to a pledge or collateral security. |
| Galician | The Galician word "hipoteca" comes from the latin "hypotheca", and it also means "pledge" or "surety" in a general sense. |
| Georgian | The word "გირაო" derives from the Persian word "گرو" (garo), meaning "pledge" or "security." |
| German | The term "Hypothek" derives from the Greek word "hypothēkē", meaning "pledge" or "surety". |
| Greek | The Greek word "στεγαστικών δανείων" is derived from the words "στέγαστρο" (meaning "housing") and "δάνειο" (meaning "loan"). |
| Gujarati | Etymology: From Hindi गिरवी (girvī), ultimately from Persian گرو (garū), itself from Old Persian *garu- ('to take captive'). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "ipotèk" is derived from the French word "hypothèque", which in turn comes from the Greek word "hypothēkē", meaning "a pledge" or "security". |
| Hausa | The word "jingina" in Hausa is derived from the Arabic word "janna", meaning "to pluck or gather fruits". |
| Hawaiian | Molaki in Hawaiian comes from the English word "mortgage" and originally meant "interest on loan" and "to collect". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "משכנתא" ('mortgage') shares etymological roots with the word "משכן" ('mortgage'), but it has a more specific legal connotation. |
| Hindi | The word "बंधक" in Hindi, meaning "mortgage," is derived from the Sanskrit word "बंध," meaning "to bind," and the suffix "-क," meaning "act or process." |
| Hmong | The Hmong term "qiv nyiaj yuav tsev" literally translates to "lend money to buy a house", reflecting the concept of borrowing funds to finance a property purchase. |
| Hungarian | The word "jelzálog" is derived from the German "Siegel" (seal) and "legen" (to lay), referring to the practice of sealing a document to secure a loan. |
| Icelandic | The word "veð" is derived from the Old Norse word "vað" meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, the word |
| Indonesian | "Hak Tanggungan" is Indonesian for "mortgage" and literally means "the right to hold". |
| Irish | The term "morgáiste" in modern Irish derives from the Old Irish word "morgid" meaning "pledge". |
| Italian | The Italian word "mutuo" ultimately derives from the Latin "mutuus," meaning "reciprocal" or "mutual." |
| Japanese | The word "mortgage" in Japanese is written as "モーゲージ" and literally means "dead deposit". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "hipotek" means "to tie up", referring to the pledging of property as collateral for a loan. |
| Kannada | The word 'अडमान' (pronounced 'aDamaan') is derived from two Kannada words 'अड' (pronounced 'aD'), meaning 'to block or obstruct', and 'मान' (pronounced 'maan'), meaning 'pride or respect'. It can also mean 'pledge' or 'collateral'. |
| Kazakh | The word "ипотека" comes from the Greek word "hypotheke", meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Khmer | The word "បញ្ចាំ" (mortgage) is a loanword from Sanskrit "bandhaka," meaning a pledge or bond. |
| Korean | The Korean word '저당', meaning 'mortgage', originates from the Chinese term '抵當' which refers to an object used as collateral in exchange for a loan. |
| Kurdish | The term "dehnê ser mal" literally translates to "lay on the property" in Kurdish and refers to a security interest in property. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ипотека" (mortgage) originally comes from the Greek word "ὑποθήκη" (hypotheke) meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Latin | Hypotheca can also mean 'pledge' or 'security', and is derived from the Greek word 'hypothēkē' |
| Latvian | The word "hipotēku" comes from the Greek word "hypotheke", which means "a pledge" or "a security". |
| Lithuanian | The word "hipoteka" in Lithuanian derives from the Greek word "hypotheke", meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Prêt" in Luxembourgish can also mean "loan" or "advance". |
| Macedonian | The word "хипотека" derives from the Greek word "ὑποθήκη", meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Malagasy | The word "antoka" in Malagasy is derived from the Malay word "hutang" meaning "debt". |
| Malay | The term "gadai janji" originates from the Arabic word "gadairah", meaning "a written promise of payment secured by an object of value, such as an asset or real estate". |
| Malayalam | The word "ജാമ്യം" can also mean a security deposited with a creditor to guarantee repayment of a debt. |
| Maltese | Maltese "ipoteka" comes from Medieval Greek "hypotheke", meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Maori | The word "mokete" in Māori can also refer to a traditional Māori cloak made of flax or feathers. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "तारण" derives from the Sanskrit word "तृण" meaning "to cross over" or "to pass beyond". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word for mortgage, "моргежийн зээл," does not have any alternate meanings or etymological roots beyond its primary definition as a financial agreement. |
| Nepali | The word 'धितो' can alternatively mean 'guarantee' or 'security' in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "boliglån" literally means "housing loan" and is related to the German "Baudarlehen" and Dutch "bouwkrediet". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The term "kubweza ngongole" (mortgage) in Nyanja (Chichewa) is an idiomatic expression meaning "to pay in return" as in to repay a loan. |
| Pashto | The word "ګروي" in Pashto can also refer to a pledge or security given for a loan. |
| Persian | The word "رهن" is derived from the Middle Persian word "rahēn", which meant "pledge, security". It is cognate with the Arabic word "رهن", which has the same meaning. |
| Polish | The word "hipoteka" comes from the Greek word "hypotheke" meaning "a pledge". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'hipoteca' comes from the Greek 'hypotheke', meaning 'pledge' or 'security'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "credit ipotecar" literally translates to "hypothecated credit" and refers to a type of secured loan where the borrower pledges real estate as collateral. |
| Russian | "Ипотека" восходит к греческому слову "hypotheke" и изначально означала "залог, заклад". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, “mokesi” means both “mortgage” and “to be tied up”. |
| Scots Gaelic | The term 'morgaids' originates from the Gaelic phrase 'mor ghaoid', meaning 'great pledge' or 'great security'. |
| Serbian | "Хипотека" is used in Serbian as a direct translation from Greek "hypotheca" meaning "pledge" or "collateral". |
| Sesotho | The word derives from the phrase 'mokoloto oa ntlo', which means 'the debt of the house' in plural. |
| Shona | Its usage has also been extended to refer to a person who has lent a sum of money for a fixed period, and is, therefore, in a position to demand repayment of the loan on the due date. |
| Sindhi | The word "گروي" in Sindhi shares its root with the Persian word "گرو" (garo), meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'උකස' (mortgage) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'कृष' (to cultivate), and originally meant a loan for agricultural purposes. |
| Slovak | Slovak word "hypotéka" was derived from Greek and Latin words meaning "pledge" and "under hand". |
| Slovenian | Slovene "hipoteka" is ultimately derived from the Greek "hypothēkē" - "pledge, pawn" |
| Somali | The word "amaahda guryaha" in Somali, a term for mortgage, can also refer to "house loans." |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "hipoteca" derives from the Greek "hypotheke" meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Sundanese | "Hipotik" derives from the Dutch "hypotheek" and also means "pawn". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "rehani" is derived from the Arabic word "rahn", meaning "pledge", and is used in Swahili to denote a mortgage, pawn, or pledge. |
| Swedish | The word "inteckning" in Swedish is derived from the German word "Eintragung" and originally meant "entry in a public register". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "mortgage" comes from the Old French word "mort gage", which means "dead pledge". |
| Tajik | The word "ипотека" comes from the Greek word "hypotheke", meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Tamil | The word "அடமானம்" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अदायम्" (adāyam), meaning "to give or receive". It can also refer to a pledge or security deposit. |
| Telugu | "తాకట్టు" is derived from the Sanskrit word "sthāpayati," meaning "to place or fix."} |
| Thai | The word "จำนอง" can also mean "to pledge" or "to pawn". |
| Turkish | The word "ipotek" in Turkish is derived from the Greek word "hypotheke", meaning "pledge" or "security". |
| Ukrainian | Іпотека (Ukrainian for mortgage) originates from Greek "hypotheke" (застава), "hypothetos" (заставлений) or "hypotithenai" (закладати). |
| Urdu | "رہن" is also one of the synonyms of the word "pledge" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "ipoteka" originates from the French "hypothèque" via the Russian "ипотека" and means both "mortgage" and "security". |
| Vietnamese | "Thế chấp" in Vietnamese originates from the Chinese phrase "世質", which literally means "generation mortgage" and signifies a long-term agreement. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "morgais" derives from the Old French "morgage" and shares its meaning of "pledge" or "security". |
| Xhosa | The word 'ubambiso' is derived from the verb 'ukubamba', meaning 'to hold' or 'to possess', and the suffix '-iso', which denotes an action or process. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish word "היפּאָטעק" "mortgage", from French via Polish, ultimately from Greek word for pledging and holding fast. |
| Yoruba | "Idogo" also means "a house inherited by many children" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word "imali ebanjiswayo" refers to a mortgage but can also mean "loaned money". |
| English | The word 'mortgage' derives from the Old French word 'mort,' meaning 'dead,' and 'gage,' meaning 'pledge,' referring to the transfer of property as security for a loan. |