Afrikaans organiseer | ||
Albanian organizoj | ||
Amharic አደራጅ | ||
Arabic تنظم | ||
Armenian կազմակերպել | ||
Assamese সংগঠিত কৰা | ||
Aymara wakicht’aña | ||
Azerbaijani təşkil etmək | ||
Bambara labɛn | ||
Basque antolatu | ||
Belarusian арганізаваць | ||
Bengali সংগঠিত করা | ||
Bhojpuri संगठित करे के बा | ||
Bosnian organizovati | ||
Bulgarian организира | ||
Catalan organitzar | ||
Cebuano organisar | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 组织 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 組織 | ||
Corsican urganizà | ||
Croatian organizirati | ||
Czech organizovat | ||
Danish organisere | ||
Dhivehi އިންތިޒާމުކުރުން | ||
Dogri संगठित करना | ||
Dutch organiseren | ||
English organize | ||
Esperanto organizi | ||
Estonian korraldama | ||
Ewe wɔ ɖoɖo ɖe nu ŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ayusin | ||
Finnish järjestää | ||
French organiser | ||
Frisian organisearje | ||
Galician organizar | ||
Georgian ორგანიზება | ||
German organisieren | ||
Greek οργανώνω | ||
Guarani omohenda | ||
Gujarati ગોઠવો | ||
Haitian Creole òganize | ||
Hausa tsara | ||
Hawaiian hoʻonohonoho | ||
Hebrew לְאַרגֵן | ||
Hindi व्यवस्थित | ||
Hmong txhim tsa | ||
Hungarian szervez | ||
Icelandic skipuleggja | ||
Igbo hazie | ||
Ilocano mangorganisar | ||
Indonesian mengatur | ||
Irish eagrú | ||
Italian organizzare | ||
Japanese 整理する | ||
Javanese ngatur | ||
Kannada ಸಂಘಟಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh ұйымдастыру | ||
Khmer រៀបចំ | ||
Kinyarwanda tegura | ||
Konkani संघटीत करप | ||
Korean 구성 | ||
Krio ɔganayz | ||
Kurdish sazkirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕێکبخەن | ||
Kyrgyz уюштуруу | ||
Lao ຈັດຕັ້ງ | ||
Latin organize | ||
Latvian organizēt | ||
Lingala kobongisa makambo | ||
Lithuanian organizuoti | ||
Luganda okutegeka | ||
Luxembourgish organiséieren | ||
Macedonian организира | ||
Maithili संगठित करब | ||
Malagasy mandamina | ||
Malay mengatur | ||
Malayalam ഓർഗനൈസുചെയ്യുക | ||
Maltese torganizza | ||
Maori whakarite | ||
Marathi आयोजित करा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯣꯔꯒꯅꯥꯏꯖ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo buatsaih rawh | ||
Mongolian зохион байгуулах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စုစည်း | ||
Nepali संगठित गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian organisere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kulinganiza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଂଗଠିତ କର | | ||
Oromo gurmaa’uu | ||
Pashto تنظیم کړئ | ||
Persian سازمان دادن | ||
Polish zorganizować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) organizar | ||
Punjabi ਸੰਗਠਿਤ | ||
Quechua organizay | ||
Romanian organiza | ||
Russian организовать | ||
Samoan faʻatulaga | ||
Sanskrit संगठित कर | ||
Scots Gaelic cuir air dòigh | ||
Sepedi rulaganya | ||
Serbian организовати | ||
Sesotho hlophisa | ||
Shona kuronga | ||
Sindhi منظم ڪريو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සංවිධානය කරනවා | ||
Slovak organizovať | ||
Slovenian organizirati | ||
Somali abaabul | ||
Spanish organizar | ||
Sundanese ngatur | ||
Swahili panga | ||
Swedish organisera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ayusin | ||
Tajik ташкил кунанд | ||
Tamil ஒழுங்கமைக்க | ||
Tatar оештыру | ||
Telugu నిర్వహించండి | ||
Thai จัดระเบียบ | ||
Tigrinya ምውዳብ | ||
Tsonga hlela | ||
Turkish düzenlemek | ||
Turkmen tertiplemek | ||
Twi (Akan) nhyehyɛe | ||
Ukrainian організувати | ||
Urdu منظم | ||
Uyghur تەشكىللەڭ | ||
Uzbek tashkil qilish | ||
Vietnamese tổ chức | ||
Welsh trefnu | ||
Xhosa hlela | ||
Yiddish אָרגאַניזירן | ||
Yoruba ṣeto | ||
Zulu ukuhlela |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "organiseer" can also mean "to be busy" or "to put in order." |
| Albanian | "Organizoj" derives originally from the latinized Greek "oganizos" through Old High German "organisôn," meaning a system of principles of organization or administration |
| Amharic | The Amharic word አደራጅ derives from the Ge'ez word አደረገ, which means "to do" or "to make". |
| Arabic | The word "تنظم" also means "to regulate" or "to adjust" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The verb "təşkil etmək" originates from the Persian verb "tertib etmek", which also means "to arrange" or "to compose". |
| Basque | "Antolatzen dut": I arrange/order things or people. |
| Bengali | The word "সংগঠিত করা" can also mean "to arrange" or "to put in order". |
| Bosnian | Organizovati also means 'to establish' or 'to create', stemming from the French word 'organiser'. |
| Bulgarian | In addition to meaning "organize," "организира" can also mean "to prepare," "to provide," or "to obtain". |
| Catalan | The word "organitzar" is borrowed from French "organiser", which is derived from Latin "organizare", meaning “to provide with organs”. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 组织 in Chinese shares the same root as 組織 in Japanese Kanji, which means 'weave' or 'organize'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 組織 is also used as a suffix to form words that describe a group or team, such as 團體 (organization) |
| Corsican | The Corsican verb "urganizà" likely derives from the Greek "organon" meaning "tool" or "instrument". |
| Croatian | "Organizirati" also means "regulate" and comes from the root "organ" (Gr.), which refers to a complex whole consisting of differentiated and coordinated parts |
| Czech | Czech word "organizovat" stems from the German "organisieren" and Russian "организовывать". |
| Danish | In Danish, "organisere" can also mean "to donate organs". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "organiseren" is derived from the Greek word "organizo", meaning "to put in working order". In addition to its literal meaning of "to organize", it can also refer to "to arrange" or "to structure". |
| Esperanto | It derives from Latin "ordo", which means order, and the Greek suffix "-ize", which means to make. |
| Estonian | Korraldama derives from "korralik" meaning "orderly," with cognates in Finnish and Karelian. |
| Finnish | "Järjestää" is derived from the Proto-Uralic root *järk, meaning "order" or "sequence." |
| French | Its alternate meaning in French is "person in charge of organizing events"} |
| Frisian | The word "organisearje" shares its Proto-Germanic root with "organizer" in English. |
| Galician | In Galician, "organizar" also means "to gather" or "to assemble" something. |
| German | "Organisieren" comes from Greek "organon," meaning "tool." |
| Greek | The Greek word "οργανώνω" comes from the word "όργανον" (organ), meaning a tool or instrument, and implies "arranging" or "putting in order". |
| Gujarati | "ગોઠવો" in Gujarati relates to the act of arranging, positioning, or preparing something in a specific order or manner. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "òganize" also means "to get ready" or "to make something happen." |
| Hausa | In the context of a household, "tsara" can also mean "to keep one's compound tidy and free of unwanted items or debris". |
| Hawaiian | The term "hoʻonohonoho" originated from the words "hono" (joint) and "hoʻo" (cause to), indicating the act of connecting or putting various elements together. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew verb 'לְאַרגֵן' ('organize') is derived from the Latin noun 'organum,' meaning 'instrument' or 'tool.' |
| Hindi | व्यवस्थित also means "methodical" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | 'Txhim tsa' literally means 'put in order' in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The word "szervez" is also used to mean "structure" or "compose" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "skipuleggja" in Icelandic originally meant "to sail away", hence its use in the context of "organizing" a voyage. |
| Igbo | The Igbo verb 'hazie' can also mean 'to prepare' or 'to make ready'. |
| Indonesian | Mengatur is derived from the Dutch word "reglement", meaning "regulation" or "law". It can also mean "to arrange" or "to order". |
| Italian | "Organizzare" can also refer to playing or singing music. |
| Japanese | 整理する can also mean "to clean up" or "to tidy up". |
| Javanese | "Ngatur" also has an alternate meaning as "put up" in a physical or mental space, such as placing something in position or setting up plans. |
| Kannada | ಸಂಘಟಿಸಿ (saṃghaṭisi) is a word derived from Sanskrit, its alternate meaning in Kannada is 'to assemble'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ұйымдастыру" comes from the Russian word "организация" which means "organization". The Russian word in turn comes from the Greek word "ὀργανίζω" which means "to arrange". "Organization" also has the same meaning in English. |
| Khmer | The word "រៀបចំ" can also mean "to arrange" or "to put in order" in Khmer. |
| Korean | "구성" comes from the Chinese character "構", meaning "to build" or "to form". |
| Kurdish | The word "Sazkirin" derives from "Saz" (meaning construction, establishment) combined with "kirin" (meaning to do, perform). |
| Lao | The word "ຈັດຕັ້ງ" can also refer to the act of "setting up" or "arranging" something. |
| Latin | In Latin, 'organize' stems from 'organum', meaning both a musical instrument and a tool or working device, reflecting its diverse uses. |
| Latvian | The alternate meaning of "organizēt" is "to assemble." |
| Lithuanian | The word "organizuoti" comes from the German word "organisieren", which shares the same Latin root as the English word "organize". |
| Luxembourgish | The verb 'organiséieren' also means to 'organize oneself', 'to become structured' or 'to take on shape'. |
| Macedonian | The word "организира" is borrowed from the French word "organiser", which is derived from the Greek noun "ὄργανον" meaning "organ" or "instrument". So the word "organize" originally meant "to create an instrument or means for achieving something". |
| Malagasy | Mandamina is a word with origins in the Malagasy language and has the additional meaning of "to prepare" |
| Malay | The word "mengatur" also means "to arrange" or "to put in order" in Malay. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, the verb " torganizza " (organize) is likely derived from the Italian "organizzare" or the French "organiser". The word has also been used in the sense of "to mobilize" or "to gather". |
| Maori | The word 'whakarite' can also refer to 'to make orderly', 'to put in order', 'to arrange', 'to plan', 'to prepare', or 'to get ready'. |
| Marathi | The word "आयोजित करा" can also mean "to arrange" or "to set up". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "зохион байгуулах" can also mean "to compose" or "to arrange". |
| Nepali | The word "organize" comes from the Greek word "organon," meaning "tool" or "instrument." |
| Norwegian | The word "organisere" in Norwegian can also mean "to create a musical composition." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word |
| Pashto | The word "تنظیم کړئ" in Pashto can also refer to the process of arranging or putting in order. |
| Polish | The word "zorganizować" in Polish originally meant "to organize a party or gathering". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "organizar" also means "to arrange" or "to put in order". |
| Punjabi | The word ਸੰਗਠਿਤ (organize) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sangathan', meaning 'a group of people working together'. |
| Romanian | The word "organiza" in Romanian originates from the Greek word "organizo" meaning "to arrange" or "to put in order". |
| Russian | The Russian word "организовать" can also mean "to compose" or "to put together". |
| Samoan | The word "faʻatulaga" also means "organization" or "arrangement" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "cuir air dòigh" can also refer to the process of putting something in a specific place or manner. |
| Serbian | In military usage, the verb "организовати" can also mean "to mobilize". |
| Sesotho | "Hlophisa" also refers to the action of making a bed |
| Shona | The word "kuronga" in Shona can also mean "to arrange" or "to put in order." |
| Sindhi | The word "منظم ڪريو" can also mean "to arrange" or "to put in order" in Sindhi. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "organizovať" can also mean "to manage" or "to administer". |
| Slovenian | The Slovene word "organizirati" also means "to prepare" and "to arrange." |
| Somali | The Somali word 'abaabul' is also used to refer to the process of preparing food or drinks. |
| Spanish | "Organizar" derives from the Greek word "όργανον" (organon), which means "tool" or "instrument" |
| Sundanese | Ngatur can also mean "to arrange" or "to regulate" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | Panga derives from the Proto-Bantu root -bang- ('spread out, scatter, strew'), and is cognate with the Kamba word mbanga meaning 'disperse'. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, the word "organisera" can also mean to "manage" or "co-ordinate" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'ayusin' is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word '*aSuŋ' meaning 'to put in order, to arrange'. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "ташкил кунанд" can also mean to arrange, prepare, or put together. |
| Tamil | ஒழுங்கமைக்க can also mean 'comply with rules and regulations' or 'conduct oneself in a disciplined manner'. |
| Thai | The Thai word "จัดระเบียบ" can also refer to "arrange" or "put in order". |
| Turkish | Düzenlemek shares a root with düzen, meaning order, and also refers to the process of arranging or putting something in order. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word “організувати” also has the meanings “to arrange” or “to put together”. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "منظم" also means "ordered" or "arranged". |
| Uzbek | The word "tashkil qilish" comes from the Arabic "tanzīm", which also means "order" or "arrangement". |
| Vietnamese | Tổ chức is a loanword from the French word “organisation” which means both “organization” and “body” or “system” |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "trefnu" also means "to set or fix (hair or clothing)" or "to arrange (a musical instrument)". |
| Xhosa | Xhosa terms with "hl" followed by "e" often express concepts of order or tidiness. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word “אָרגאַניזירן” (“organize”) traces its roots back to the Greek word “ὄργανον” (“organ”), referring to a tool or instrument. |
| Yoruba | Ṣeto also refers to arranging things in order and can mean 'organize' or 'order' |
| Zulu | The word 'ukuhlela' can also mean 'to prepare' or 'to arrange'. |
| English | "Organize" comes from Greek "organon" meaning "implement" or "tool". Hence, to organize is to equip with tools or prepare for functioning. |