Necessary in Different Languages
Discover 'Necessary' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Necessary
Afrikaans nodig | ||
Albanian e nevojshme | ||
Amharic አስፈላጊ | ||
Arabic ضروري | ||
Armenian անհրաժեշտ է | ||
Assamese প্ৰয়োজনীয় | ||
Aymara wakiskiri | ||
Azerbaijani zəruri | ||
Bambara kan | ||
Basque beharrezkoa | ||
Belarusian неабходна | ||
Bengali প্রয়োজনীয় | ||
Bhojpuri जरूरी | ||
Bosnian potrebno | ||
Bulgarian необходимо | ||
Catalan necessari | ||
Cebuano gikinahanglan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 必要 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 必要 | ||
Corsican necessariu | ||
Croatian potrebno | ||
Czech nutné | ||
Danish nødvendig | ||
Dhivehi ކޮންމެހެން ބޭނުންވާ | ||
Dogri जरूरी | ||
Dutch noodzakelijk | ||
English necessary | ||
Esperanto necesa | ||
Estonian vajalik | ||
Ewe hiã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kailangan | ||
Finnish tarpeen | ||
French nécessaire | ||
Frisian needsaaklik | ||
Galician necesario | ||
Georgian საჭირო | ||
German notwendig | ||
Greek απαραίτητη | ||
Guarani oñeikotevẽva | ||
Gujarati જરૂરી | ||
Haitian Creole nesesè | ||
Hausa zama dole | ||
Hawaiian pono | ||
Hebrew נחוץ | ||
Hindi ज़रूरी | ||
Hmong tsim nyog | ||
Hungarian szükséges | ||
Icelandic nauðsynlegt | ||
Igbo dị mkpa | ||
Ilocano nasken | ||
Indonesian perlu | ||
Irish riachtanach | ||
Italian necessario | ||
Japanese 必要 | ||
Javanese prelu | ||
Kannada ಅಗತ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh қажетті | ||
Khmer ចាំបាច់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ngombwa | ||
Konkani म्हत्वाचें | ||
Korean 필요한 | ||
Krio nid | ||
Kurdish pêwist | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێویست | ||
Kyrgyz зарыл | ||
Lao ມີຄວາມ ຈຳ ເປັນ | ||
Latin necesse | ||
Latvian nepieciešams | ||
Lingala ntina | ||
Lithuanian būtina | ||
Luganda -ya mugaso | ||
Luxembourgish noutwendeg | ||
Macedonian неопходни | ||
Maithili आवश्यकता | ||
Malagasy ilaina | ||
Malay perlu | ||
Malayalam ആവശ്യമാണ് | ||
Maltese meħtieġ | ||
Maori tika | ||
Marathi आवश्यक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯊꯧ ꯇꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo tul | ||
Mongolian шаардлагатай | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လိုအပ်သော | ||
Nepali आवश्यक | ||
Norwegian nødvendig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zofunikira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆବଶ୍ୟକ | ||
Oromo barbaachisaa | ||
Pashto اړین | ||
Persian لازم | ||
Polish niezbędny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) necessário | ||
Punjabi ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ | ||
Quechua manakusqa | ||
Romanian necesar | ||
Russian необходимо | ||
Samoan talafeagai | ||
Sanskrit आवश्यकम् | ||
Scots Gaelic riatanach | ||
Sepedi hlokega | ||
Serbian неопходно | ||
Sesotho hlokahala | ||
Shona zvakafanira | ||
Sindhi ضروري آهي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අවශ්යයි | ||
Slovak nevyhnutné | ||
Slovenian potrebno | ||
Somali lagama maarmaan | ||
Spanish necesario | ||
Sundanese perlu | ||
Swahili lazima | ||
Swedish nödvändig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kailangan | ||
Tajik зарурӣ | ||
Tamil அவசியம் | ||
Tatar кирәк | ||
Telugu అవసరం | ||
Thai จำเป็น | ||
Tigrinya አድላዩ | ||
Tsonga laveka | ||
Turkish gerekli | ||
Turkmen zerur | ||
Twi (Akan) ɛhia | ||
Ukrainian необхідний | ||
Urdu ضروری | ||
Uyghur زۆرۈر | ||
Uzbek zarur | ||
Vietnamese cần thiết | ||
Welsh angenrheidiol | ||
Xhosa iyimfuneko | ||
Yiddish נויטיק | ||
Yoruba pataki | ||
Zulu kudingekile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "nodig" comes from the Dutch word "nodig" which has the same meaning but also means "need" and "want". |
| Albanian | The word "e nevojshme" in Albanian comes from the Latin word "necesse" and also means "need". |
| Amharic | The word "አስፈላጊ" (asfelagi) is derived from the root "ፈላ" (fela), which means "to move" or "to change". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "ضروري" also means "urgent" or "important". |
| Azerbaijani | The word “zəruri” is derived from the Arabic word “darura”, which means “essential” or “urgent”. |
| Basque | The word "beharrezkoa" also means "inevitable" or "obligatory" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "неабходна" shares its etymology with the Latin word "necesse" and can also mean "needful" or "essential". |
| Bengali | The word "প্রয়োজনীয়" is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रयोजन" (prayojana), which means "purpose" or "need." |
| Bosnian | Potrebno is also used to express a need or desire for something, similar to the English word 'needful'. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "необходимо" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *nędьtь meaning "lack" and has secondary meanings such as "misfortune" and "distress". |
| Catalan | The word "necessari" in Catalan, derived from Latin "necessarius," can also mean "close friend" or "spouse" |
| Cebuano | The Tagalog word 'kailangan' (to need) is derived from the Proto-Austronesian term *kailangan, which also means "to be necessary." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "必要(bixu)" also means "indispensable" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "必要" is the traditional Chinese form of the simplified "必须" |
| Corsican | Corsican "necessariu" from Latin "necessarius," meaning "that which cannot be avoided," while Italian "necessario" means "poor." |
| Croatian | "Potrebno" is also used with the meaning "poor" (in the financial sense) or "needy" in the Croatian language and is derived from a Slavic root. |
| Czech | The Czech word "nutné" is related to "need" (i.e. having to do something), but has the additional meaning "essential" (i.e. being important). |
| Danish | The Danish word "nødvendig" is derived from the Old Norse word "nauðsyn", meaning "need". |
| Dutch | The word "noodzakelijk" is derived from the Middle Dutch "noet" (need) and "zakelijk" (relating to a matter). |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "necesa" comes from Latin "necesse" which can also mean "fateful, unavoidable, destined, inevitable," and shares a root with "nexus." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "vajalik" originated from the Proto-Finnic word "wačali" which means "lacking" |
| Finnish | While 'tarpeen' has cognates in other Uralic languages, the Finnish word is distinct in its meaning as 'necessary'. |
| French | Nécessaire can also mean "makeup kit", "toilet bag" (when it is masculine) |
| Frisian | "Needsaaklik" comes from the Old Frisian words "nēdsaaklik" or "nēdseklik" and "nēd" meaning compulsion, constraint or necessity. |
| Galician | In Galician, "necesario" can also mean "toilet", deriving from Latin "necessarium" |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "საჭირო" (necessary) is derived from the verb "ჭირს" (to need) and originally meant "something that is needed for living". |
| German | "Notwendig" also means "inevitable" or "unavoidable" in German. |
| Greek | "Απαραίτητη" means "indispensable" in Greek, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root *par- "to pass through". |
| Haitian Creole | "Nesese" likely derives from the French word "nécessaire." |
| Hausa | There is no alternative meaning for "Zama dole" in Hausa, and its etymology is not recorded. |
| Hawaiian | "Pono" also means righteous, proper, fitting, or correct in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "נחוץ" (necessary) comes from the root word "חץ" (arrow), indicating a pointed object or an imperative need. |
| Hindi | The word "ज़रूरी" is derived from the Persian word "zorori", meaning "essential". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word for necessary, "tsim nyog," also means "must" or "have to." |
| Hungarian | "Szükséges" is an old Hungarian word, with its root in Turkish. |
| Icelandic | The word "nauðsynlegt" is derived from the Old Norse word "nauðsyn," which means "necessity, need, or compulsion." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'dị mkpa' (necessary) is etymologically related to 'mkpa' (need or importance), indicating that something is both needful and important. |
| Indonesian | The word "perlu" in Indonesian also carries the meaning of "to need", as in "Saya perlu uang" ("I need money"). |
| Irish | Although 'riachtanach' is used most often in Irish to mean 'necessary', the word itself more literally translates to 'coming to an end', 'reaching conclusion'. |
| Italian | The Italian word "necessario" comes from the Latin "necesse," meaning "compulsory" or "inevitable," and can also refer to a privy or toilet. |
| Japanese | "必要" originated from the Chinese word "必用", which means "what must be used". |
| Javanese | The word "prelu" can also mean "essential" or "fundamental". |
| Kannada | Alternate meanings of "ಅಗತ್ಯ" include "obligation" and "need", while it derives from Sanskrit "आगत्य" (āgatya), meaning "arrival" or "coming." |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "қажетті" is derived from the Persian word "kārz", meaning "work" or "need". |
| Korean | 필요한 is also a compound word formed from '필(必)' meaning 'surely' and '요(要)' meaning 'necessity'. |
| Kurdish | The word "pêwist" in Kurdish has a wider meaning than its common English translation, "necessary". It can also refer to something that is obligatory, unavoidable, or inevitable. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "зарыл" in Kyrgyz, meaning "necessary", also has the connotation of "urgent" or "indispensable". |
| Latin | Nec esse is a Latin phrase that literally means 'it is not possible to not', |
| Latvian | The Latvian term "nepieciešams" shares similarities with other Indo-European words, with possible roots traced back to "necesse" from Latin or "deik-" in Proto-Indo-European, both implying constraints or obligations. |
| Lithuanian | The word "būtina" may also refer to a "compulsory subject". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "noutwendeg" comes from the Middle High German word "notdürftig", which means "poor" or "needy". |
| Macedonian | The word "неопходни" is derived from the Greek word "ανάγκη", meaning "necessity" or "need". It can also mean "essential", "indispensable", or "requisite". |
| Malagasy | The word "ilaina" can also mean "obligation" or "duty" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Perlu" stems from the Proto-Austronesian word "*pəlu", which means "to need" or "to be required." |
| Maltese | From a Semitic root meaning 'to make poor', also the origin of 'muħħ' (brain) |
| Maori | 'Tika' in Maori can also refer to a sacred mark or symbol on the forehead or face. |
| Marathi | The word "आवश्यक" is an adjective derived from the word "आवश्य", which means "need, want, or requirement" in Sanskrit, and has the same meaning in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The word "шаардлагатай" originally meant "obligatory" or "compulsory". Nowadays, it is used to mean "necessary" in a more general sense. |
| Nepali | "आवश्यक" can also mean 'required', 'requisite', or 'essential'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "nødvendig" is ultimately derived from the Latin word "necessitas," meaning "constraint". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Zofunikira can also mean "important" or "obligatory." |
| Pashto | The word "اړین" can also refer to something that is essential or indispensable. |
| Persian | In Persian, "لازم" (lāzem) has roots in Arabic and can also mean "connected" or "attached". |
| Polish | The word "niezbędny" also means "impossible" in Polish, derived from the negation of "być" (to be) and the word "zbędny" (disposable). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese “necessário” also means "toilet". Both meanings come from Latin "necessarius", meaning something that can't be avoided. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word 'necesar' originates from Latin 'necesse' meaning 'fateful'. |
| Russian | The word «необходимо» comes from the Old Church Slavonic word «нєобходимъ», which means «forced, inevitable». |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "talafeagai" originally meant "to meet a need". |
| Scots Gaelic | In the older forms of the word 'riatanach' its first syllable was pronounced "ri" as opposed to today's "re". "Ri" is an older form of "ro", as in "ro-fheudar", or "must". |
| Serbian | "Неопходно" (neohodno) comes from the Proto-Slavic *nędъ, meaning "poverty", "want", or "need". It is related to the Russian надо (nado), meaning "must" or "should" and the Polish niedostatek (niedostatek), meaning "lack" or "deficiency." |
| Shona | "Zvakafanira" can also mean "obligatory" or "it is befitting." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අවශ්යයි" (avashyayi) in Sinhala is derived from the Sanskrit word "आवश्यक" (āvashyaka), which means "essential" or "indispensable." |
| Slovak | The word "nevyhnutné" in Slovak is cognate with the Russian word "неизбежный", meaning "inevitable". |
| Slovenian | The word "potrebno" in Slovenian likely derives from the Slavic root "potrebъ", meaning "need" or "requirement." |
| Spanish | "Necesario" derives from the Latin "necessarius," meaning "essential" or "indispensable." |
| Sundanese | The word "perlu" in Sundanese also means "need" or "lack". |
| Swahili | "Lazima" derives from the Arabic word "laazim" (لزوم), meaning "necessary" or "compulsory." |
| Swedish | While "nödvändig" shares its origin with English "need", it can also mean "sufficient" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Kailangan" is the Tagalog word for "necessary," a word which also means "need," "requirement," and "demand." |
| Tajik | The word "зарурӣ" can also mean "urgent" or "important". |
| Telugu | The word "అవసరం" (avasaaram) in Telugu derives from the Sanskrit word "आवश्यक" (aavashyak), meaning "needful" or "requisite". |
| Thai | จำเป็น (จำ - เป็น) - จดจำไว้เป็นสิ่งจำเป็น (necessary) |
| Turkish | The word "gerekli" is derived from the Arabic word "gerek", meaning "need" or "want". |
| Ukrainian | "Необхідний" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*potreba (*need)", which also gave rise to the Russian word "нужда" (*need). In the Ukrainian language, "необхідний" has acquired the additional meaning of "urgent" or "indispensable". |
| Urdu | ضروری comes from Arabic ضرور meaning 'essential, indispensable' and has alternate meanings of 'urgent' in Hindi and 'must' in Bengali. |
| Uzbek | "Zarur" has the same root with the word "zarurat" which means "situation of helplessness". |
| Vietnamese | Cần thiết derives from the Chinese concept of “necessity,” and it originally meant “urgent” or “pressing.” |
| Welsh | "Angenrheidiol" is ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₃enǵʰ-", meaning "to bind". |
| Xhosa | The word iyimfuneko comes from the Xhosa root verb 'funda,' meaning to learn, which is also the root of the word for 'school', 'isikolo,' and 'education', 'emfundo.' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word נויטיק also means 'distressed' and is related to the German 'nötig' (distressed) and the Old Norse nauðr (distress). |
| Yoruba | Pataki in Yoruba can also mean 'obliged' or 'required' when used in certain contexts. |
| Zulu | The word 'kudingekile' can also be used to refer to an essential or crucial element or action. |
| English | The word "necessary" comes from the Latin "necessarius," meaning "impossible to do without." |