Occur in different languages

Occur in Different Languages

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Occur


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Afrikaans
gebeur
Albanian
ndodhin
Amharic
ይከሰታል
Arabic
تحدث
Armenian
առաջանալ
Assamese
ঘটে
Aymara
makiptaña
Azerbaijani
baş verir
Bambara
ka kɛ
Basque
gertatu
Belarusian
адбываюцца
Bengali
ঘটতে পারে
Bhojpuri
होखल
Bosnian
dogoditi se
Bulgarian
възникне
Catalan
es produeixen
Cebuano
mahitabo
Chinese (Simplified)
发生
Chinese (Traditional)
發生
Corsican
accade
Croatian
nastaju
Czech
nastat
Danish
forekomme
Dhivehi
ދިމާވެއެވެ
Dogri
घटना होना
Dutch
optreden
English
occur
Esperanto
okazi
Estonian
tekkida
Ewe
dzᴐ
Filipino (Tagalog)
mangyari
Finnish
esiintyä
French
se produire
Frisian
foarkomme
Galician
ocorrer
Georgian
მოხდეს
German
auftreten
Greek
συμβούν
Guarani
oiko
Gujarati
થાય છે
Haitian Creole
rive
Hausa
faruwa
Hawaiian
hanana
Hebrew
מתרחש
Hindi
पाए जाते हैं
Hmong
tshwm sim
Hungarian
előfordul
Icelandic
eiga sér stað
Igbo
ime
Ilocano
mapasamak
Indonesian
terjadi
Irish
tarlú
Italian
si verificano
Japanese
発生する
Javanese
kelakon
Kannada
ಸಂಭವಿಸುತ್ತದೆ
Kazakh
орын алады
Khmer
កើតឡើង
Kinyarwanda
bibaho
Konkani
घडटा
Korean
나오다
Krio
apin
Kurdish
borîn
Kurdish (Sorani)
ڕوودان
Kyrgyz
пайда болот
Lao
ເກີດຂື້ນ
Latin
fieri
Latvian
rodas
Lingala
kosalema
Lithuanian
atsirasti
Luganda
okubeerawo
Luxembourgish
optrieden
Macedonian
се случуваат
Maithili
धटित
Malagasy
mitranga
Malay
berlaku
Malayalam
സംഭവിക്കുന്നു
Maltese
iseħħu
Maori
puta
Marathi
उद्भवू
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯊꯣꯛꯄ
Mizo
thleng
Mongolian
тохиолдох
Myanmar (Burmese)
ပေါ်ပေါက်လာတယ်
Nepali
देखा पर्दछ
Norwegian
skje
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kuchitika
Odia (Oriya)
ଘଟେ |
Oromo
ta'uu
Pashto
پیښیږي
Persian
به وقوع پیوستن
Polish
pojawić się
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
ocorrer
Punjabi
ਵਾਪਰ
Quechua
tukuy
Romanian
apar
Russian
происходить
Samoan
tupu
Sanskrit
सम्भवते
Scots Gaelic
tachairt
Sepedi
hlaga
Serbian
настају
Sesotho
etsahala
Shona
kuitika
Sindhi
ٿئي ٿو
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
සිදු වේ
Slovak
nastať
Slovenian
pojavijo
Somali
dhacaan
Spanish
ocurrir
Sundanese
kajadian
Swahili
kutokea
Swedish
inträffa
Tagalog (Filipino)
mangyari
Tajik
рух медиҳад
Tamil
ஏற்படும்
Tatar
була
Telugu
సంభవిస్తుంది
Thai
เกิดขึ้น
Tigrinya
ይፍፀም
Tsonga
humelela
Turkish
meydana gelmek
Turkmen
bolup geçýär
Twi (Akan)
si gyinaeɛ
Ukrainian
відбуваються
Urdu
واقع
Uyghur
يۈز بېرىدۇ
Uzbek
sodir bo'lishi
Vietnamese
xảy ra
Welsh
digwydd
Xhosa
yenzeka
Yiddish
פּאַסירן
Yoruba
waye
Zulu
zenzeka

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "gebeur" in Afrikaans derives from the Dutch "gebeuren", which also means "to happen" or "to take place."
AlbanianThe verb "ndodh" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰew-, meaning "to be" or "to become".
AmharicThe verb ይከሰታል (yekeseta) can also mean "to become" or "to be born."
ArabicThe verb 'حدث' (occur) in Arabic also means 'tell the story of'.
AzerbaijaniThe verb "baş verir" in Azerbaijani can also mean "to happen, to take place, to arise, to come up".
BasqueThe word "gertatu" also means, in another sense (of the word), "take place".
BengaliThe Bengali word "ঘটতে পারে" can also translate to "can happen" or "it is possible for".
Bosnian"Dogoditi se" can also mean "to happen upon, to encounter".
BulgarianThe word "възникне" can also mean "to arise", "to come into being".
CatalanThe Spanish "es produeixen" and the Catalan "es produeixen" mean entirely different things, even though they're spelled the same.
CebuanoThe Cebuano word "mahitabo" has cognates in Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, indicating its long history in the Austronesian language family.
Chinese (Simplified)The Chinese word "发生" (fāshēng) is also used to mean "to happen" or "to take place".
Chinese (Traditional)發生 also means "to give birth to" or "to appear".
CorsicanThe word "accade" can also be used in Corsican to mean accident, happening or event
CroatianThe verb "nastaju" also means "to arise" or "to come into being" in Croatian.
CzechThe verb "nastat" in Czech also means "to come into existence" or "to begin to exist".
Danish''Forekomme'' is a Danish word that can mean ''to occur'', ''to be found'', or ''to appear''.
DutchThe word "optreden" can also mean "to perform" in Dutch, as in a musical or theatrical performance.
EsperantoThe word "okazi" comes from the Esperanto word "okaze", which means "to happen, occur, or take place."
EstonianTekkida originates from the German word “tech” or “Dach” which means “roof”
FinnishThe word "esiintyä" literally means "to show "appear" or "perform" in Finnish.
FrenchIn film and theatre, the reflexive form *se produire* means “to perform, act,” while in literature it denotes “the happening of an event.”
FrisianThe word "foarkomme" in Frisian is derived from Old Frisian "forekuma", meaning "to come before"
GalicianThe verb "ocorrer" derives from the Latin phrase "obcurrere", meaning "to go towards".
GeorgianThe word "მოხდეს" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*gʰenh₁-", meaning "to strike, kill". It can also mean "to happen" or "to take place".
German"Auftreten" can also mean "to appear" in the context of a stage play or other performance.
GreekThe word "συμβούν" can also mean "happen" or "take place."
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "થાય છે" can also mean "come to an end" or "to be over".
Haitian CreoleThe Haitian Creole word "rive" is derived from the French word "river" meaning "to flow" and can also mean "to happen" or "to take place".
HausaFaruwa shares its root with faruwa ('to happen') and furuta ('to bring about').
HawaiianThe word "hanana" can also mean "to do" or "to make".
HebrewThe Hebrew word "מתרחש" ("occur") is derived from the root "ר-ח-ש" (resh-chet-shin), meaning "rustling" or "murmuring", suggesting the idea of something happening quietly or gradually.
HindiThe Hindi word for occur, 'पाए जाते हैं', is a compound of the verb 'पाना' (to get) and the participle 'जाते' (to go), implying a gradual process of discovery or emergence.
HmongThe word "tshwm sim" also means "appear" or "be evident".
HungarianThe word "előfordul" can also mean "to happen" or "to be found".
IcelandicEiga sér stað, which means "to occur" in Icelandic, is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *sta-, meaning "to stand".
IgboThe Igbo word "ime" also carries the meaning of "time" or "timing," indicating both the happening and the temporal context of an event.
Indonesian"Terjadi" can also mean "to take place", "to happen" or "to materialize."
IrishThe word "tarlú" also means "to fall out" or "to happen".
Italian"If verificano" means "occur" in Italian, but it also means "are verified" and "are found".
Japanese"発生する" can also mean "be born" or "take place" in Japanese.
JavaneseThe Javanese word "kelakon" can also refer to a "coincidence" or a "fateful encounter."
KazakhThe Kazakh "орын алады" also means "to take place" or "to occur".
KhmerThe word កើតឡើង (keurt leueng) translates to “to occur,” “to happen,” or “to come into existence.”
KoreanThe word "나오다" also means "come out" or "be born."
KurdishThe word "borîn" also means "to create" or "to bring into existence" in Kurdish.
KyrgyzThe word "пайда болот" can also mean "to happen" or "to take place".
LaoIn Thai and Khmer, the word is pronounced "kit" and means to raise; to build; or to establish something.
LatinIn Latin, "fieri" not only means "to occur" but also "to be made" or "to become."
LatvianIn the sense of "to take place," the word "rodas" stems from Proto-Indo-European root *ret- (to run).
Lithuanian"Atsirasti" is related to the verb "siūti" (to sew) and shares a common root with "statyti" (to build), "įsistatyti" (to install), and "įstatyti" (to put into place).
LuxembourgishThe verb "optrieden" is derived from the Middle High German "zutragen", meaning to approach or happen.
MacedonianThe Macedonian word "се случуваат" can also mean "to take place" or "to happen".
Malagasy"Mitranga" also means "to happen" or "to take place".
MalayThe Indonesian word "berlaku" (occur), originally meaning "be in force," shares an etymology with the Malay "berkuasa" (be powerful).
MalayalamAlthough "സംഭവിക്കുന്നു" usually means "to occur", it can also mean "to be possible" or "to happen with certainty."
MalteseThe Maltese verb "iseħħu" is also used to express "to happen" or "to take place".
MaoriIn Maori, "puta" can also mean "to appear", "to emerge", or "to be disclosed or revealed."
MarathiIn addition to 'occur', 'उद्भवू' can also mean 'to rise' or 'to be born'.
MongolianThe word "тохиолдох" can also mean "to happen", "to chance upon", or "to come across" in Mongolian.
NepaliThe word "देखा पर्दछ" comes from the Sanskrit verb "drish", meaning "to see".
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "skje" is cognate with English "shew" and German "geschehen" and ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰḗ-.
Nyanja (Chichewa)"Kuchitika" can also mean to happen, take place, or come to pass.
PashtoThe word "پیښیږي" in Pashto is cognate with the Persian word "پیش آمدن" (pesh aamadan) and the Sanskrit word "प्राप्" (praap), meaning "to attain" or "to arrive."
Persian"به وقوع پیوستن" means "to happen" in Persian, and it can also be used as a noun meaning "an event". Its etymology is from the Arabic/Persian word "وقوع", which means "occurrence".
PolishThe word "pojawić się" (occur) in Polish is derived from the word "pojaw" (appearance) and means "to appear" or "to come into view". It can also refer to a sudden or unexpected event.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)"Ocorrer" can also mean "to help" in Portuguese, a meaning not shared in English.
PunjabiThe word 'ਵਾਪਰ' (‘occur’) in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word 'व्यापर्' ( व्यापार ), which means ‘business’, ‘activity’, ‘undertaking’ or ‘occupation’.
RomanianThe Romanian word "apar" has no etymological connection to its English equivalent; instead, it is derived from the Latin "apparēre" (to become visible).
Russian"Происходить" also means "to descend" or "to come from".
SamoanIn Samoan, "tupu" can also refer to growth or development.
Scots GaelicIn Gaelic, "tachairt" has many meanings, including "belonging to the people" and "a gift from the people".
SerbianThe word "настају" can also mean "to come into being" or "to start."
SesothoThe word "etsahala" can also mean "to come about" or "to happen."
ShonaThe noun "kuitika" used in the sense of "an occurrence" is formed through nominalization of the verb "kuitika" meaning "to happen".
SindhiThe Sindhi word “ٿئي ٿو” (occur) is derived from the Sanskrit word “स्थ” (to stand), and also means 'to be present'.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)In linguistics, the term "සිදු වේ" is also used for an "event" or "instance".
SlovakThe word "nastať" also means "to begin" and comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "nastati", which had the same meaning.
SlovenianPojavijo shares a common root with the word "poyavlenie", which means "appearance" or "manifestation" in Russian and other Slavic languages.
Somali"Dhacaan" can also be used in a more formal or literary context, meaning "consequence" or "ramification."
SpanishIn Spanish, "ocurrir" can also mean "to happen by chance" or "to come to mind".
SundaneseThe root word of "kajadian" is the noun "kajadan" meaning "the place where something occurred" which in turn is derived from the verb "kajadi" meaning "to happen/occur".
SwahiliThe word "kutokea" in Swahili also means "to originate" or "to come from".
SwedishThe word "inträffa" is derived from the Old Swedish word "inträffa", meaning "to happen".
Tagalog (Filipino)Mangyari can also mean "to happen" or "to take place."}
TajikThe Tajik phrase "рух медиҳад" can also mean "to take place" or "to happen".
Tamilஏற்படும் also means 'to get' or 'to receive' and is related to the word 'to get' in English.
ThaiThe Thai word "เกิดขึ้น" (เกิดขึ้น) can also refer to the beginning of an event or action.
TurkishMeydana gelmek also means "to become clear" or "to become known" in Turkish.
Ukrainian"Відбуваються" derives from the verb "відбувати," which means "to serve" or "to carry out," adding the reflexive particle "ся." It can also mean "to take place" or "to happen."
UrduThe word "واقع" also means "to fall" in Urdu.
UzbekIn Persian, "sodir bo'lish" comes from the word "sodir" (event) and means "to happen".
VietnameseXảy ra derives from the Sino-Vietnamese word 事 (sử), which can also mean 'event', 'incident' or 'thing', denoting the various possible meanings of the word.
WelshThe Welsh word "digwydd" also means "to be born" or "to descend from".
Xhosa"Yenzeka" is a word in Xhosa that means "occur," but it also has a broader meaning in the context of the Xhosa culture and philosophy.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "פּאַסירן" (pasirn) also means "to happen" and is derived from the French word "passer" (to pass).
YorubaThe word "waye" in Yoruba can also mean "happen" or "come to pass."
ZuluThe Zulu word "zenzeka" can also refer to the act of "making an appearance" or "showing up."
EnglishThe word "occur" derives from the Latin word "occurere," meaning "to meet" or "to run against."

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