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Originally in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
oorspronklik
Albanian
fillimisht
Amharic
በመጀመሪያ
Arabic
في الأصل
Armenian
ի սկզբանե
Assamese
মূলতঃ
Aymara
qalltanxa
Azerbaijani
əvvəlcə
Bambara
a daminɛ na
Basque
jatorriz
Belarusian
першапачаткова
Bengali
মূলত
Bhojpuri
मूल रूप से कहल गइल बा
Bosnian
izvorno
Bulgarian
първоначално
Catalan
originalment
Cebuano
orihinal
Chinese (Simplified)
本来
Chinese (Traditional)
本來
Corsican
uriginale
Croatian
izvorno
Czech
původně
Danish
oprindeligt
Dhivehi
އަސްލު
Dogri
मूल रूप च
Dutch
oorspronkelijk
English
originally
Esperanto
origine
Estonian
algselt
Ewe
le gɔmedzedzea me
Filipino (Tagalog)
orihinal
Finnish
alun perin
French
à l'origine
Frisian
oarspronklik
Galician
orixinalmente
Georgian
თავდაპირველად
German
ursprünglich
Greek
αρχικά
Guarani
iñepyrũrãme
Gujarati
મૂળ
Haitian Creole
orijinal
Hausa
asali
Hawaiian
kumu
Hebrew
בְּמָקוֹר
Hindi
मौलिक रूप से
Hmong
keeb kwm
Hungarian
eredetileg
Icelandic
upphaflega
Igbo
na mbụ
Ilocano
orihinal nga
Indonesian
semula
Irish
ar dtús
Italian
originariamente
Japanese
もともと
Javanese
asline
Kannada
ಮೂಲತಃ
Kazakh
бастапқыда
Khmer
ដើមឡើយ
Kinyarwanda
mu ntangiriro
Konkani
मुळांतूच
Korean
원래
Krio
fɔs
Kurdish
eslen
Kurdish (Sorani)
لە بنەڕەتدا
Kyrgyz
башында
Lao
ເດີມ
Latin
primum
Latvian
sākotnēji
Lingala
na ebandeli
Lithuanian
iš pradžių
Luganda
mu kusooka
Luxembourgish
ursprénglech
Macedonian
првично
Maithili
मूलतः
Malagasy
am-boalohany
Malay
asalnya
Malayalam
യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ
Maltese
oriġinarjament
Maori
tuatahi
Marathi
मूलतः
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯑꯔꯤꯖꯤꯅꯦꯜ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯑꯦꯟ.ꯗꯤ.ꯑꯦ
Mizo
a tir chuan
Mongolian
анхнаасаа
Myanmar (Burmese)
မူလ
Nepali
मौलिक
Norwegian
opprinnelig
Nyanja (Chichewa)
poyamba
Odia (Oriya)
ମୂଳତ। |
Oromo
jalqaba irratti
Pashto
په اصل کې
Persian
در اصل
Polish
pierwotnie
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
originalmente
Punjabi
ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ
Quechua
qallariypiqa
Romanian
iniţial
Russian
изначально
Samoan
muamua
Sanskrit
मूलतः
Scots Gaelic
bho thùs
Sepedi
mathomong
Serbian
оригинално
Sesotho
qalong
Shona
pakutanga
Sindhi
اصل ۾
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
මුලින්
Slovak
pôvodne
Slovenian
originalno
Somali
asal ahaan
Spanish
originalmente
Sundanese
aslina
Swahili
awali
Swedish
ursprungligen
Tagalog (Filipino)
orihinal
Tajik
аслан
Tamil
முதலில்
Tatar
башта
Telugu
మొదట
Thai
เดิม
Tigrinya
ኣብ መጀመርታ
Tsonga
eku sunguleni
Turkish
aslında
Turkmen
aslynda
Twi (Akan)
mfiase no
Ukrainian
спочатку
Urdu
اصل میں
Uyghur
ئەسلىدە
Uzbek
dastlab
Vietnamese
ban đầu
Welsh
yn wreiddiol
Xhosa
ekuqaleni
Yiddish
ערידזשנאַלי
Yoruba
ni akọkọ
Zulu
ekuqaleni

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "oorspronklik" comes from the German word "ursprünglich" and has the same meaning.
AlbanianThe word "fillimisht" is also used to mean "at first" or "initially" in Albanian.
AmharicThe word "በመጀመሪያ" can also mean "at first" or "in the beginning."
ArabicThe word "في الأصل" can also mean "in the beginning" or "at the outset".
AzerbaijaniThe word "əvvəlcə" in Azerbaijani also means "firstly" or "at first".
BasqueThe word "jatorriz" can also be used to refer to the original state of something or the origin of something.
BelarusianIn Old Church Slavonic, "першапачаткова" could mean "first" as well as "originally."
BengaliThe word "মূলত" (mūlata) in Bengali derives from the Sanskrit word "mūla" meaning "root" or "origin".
BosnianThe word 'izvorno' in Bosnian can also mean 'native', 'original', 'authentic', or 'pristine'.
BulgarianThe word "първоначално" can also mean "at the beginning", "initially" or "originally", and is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *pьrvъ, meaning "first".
CatalanThe word "originalment" comes from the Latin "originalis", meaning "pertaining to the origin".
Cebuano"Orihinal" can also mean "initially," "authentically," or "genuinely."
Chinese (Simplified)The first character '本' of "本来" means 'root' while the second '来' means 'origin'.
Chinese (Traditional)本 can also mean root or origin, while 來 signifies the source or beginning.
CorsicanThe Corsican word "uriginale" can also mean "genuine" or "authentic."
CroatianThe word "izvorno" in Croatian can also mean "authentic" or "traditional."
CzechOriginally "původně" meant "according to the origin"}
DanishOprindeligt' comes from old Norse 'orpi' (inheritance) and 'vindr' (gain)
Dutch"Oorspronkelijk" can also mean "indigenous" in Dutch, such as "oorspronkelijke bewoners" ("indigenous people").
Esperanto"Origine" can also mean "origin" or "source" in other languages.
EstonianThe word "algselt" also has the meaning of "the very first".
FinnishThe word "alun" is an archaic form of "alku" (beginning, source) and "perin" is a short form of "perintö" (heritage, tradition).
French“À l'origine” means both “originally” and “the origin”, so French dictionaries usually have two entries for it with those meanings.
FrisianOarspronklik, in Frisian, is derived from the word oarsprong (origin), and can also mean 'in the first place'.
GalicianGalician orixinalmente derives from Latin "originaliter" meaning "from the beginning" and is semantically equivalent to "inicialmente" (initially).
German"Ursprünglich" also means "primitive" or "basic" in German.
GreekThe word "αρχικά" (originally) comes from the Greek word "αρχή" (beginning) and means "in the beginning" or "at the start".
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "મૂળ" can also mean "root" or "basis".
Haitian Creole"Orijinal" can also mean authentic, not forged or copied.
HausaHausa "asali" (''originally'') also means ''first wife'' in the context of polygamy, or ''the actual thing'' as in "asali gaskia'' (''the original truth'') and "asali abin'' (''the authentic thing'').
Hawaiian"Kumu" is the Hawaiian word for "originally", as well as a term for teachers and experts in a variety of subjects.
HebrewThe word "במקור" can also mean "in the source" or "from the source".
HindiThe Hindi word 'मौलिक रूप से' (' मूलतः ') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'मूल' (root), which also connotes the notions of 'fundamentally' and 'essentially'
HmongThe word 'keeb kwm' can also mean 'customarily' or 'traditionally'.
HungarianEredetileg has the same root as ered, meaning "origin" or "source".
IcelandicThe word "upphaflega" in Icelandic originally meant "the beginning" or "the first part" of something.
IgboThe word "na mbụ" in Igbo is also used in the context of "from the beginning" or "all along."
Indonesian"Semula" comes from the Sanskrit word "sam" (together) and "ula" (again), meaning "to gather again" or "to unite again."
IrishThe noun "ar dtús" also means "beginning", "origin", and "source" in Irish.
ItalianThe Italian word “originariamente” derives from the Latin “origo” which means “beginning” and the suffix “-mente” which indicates manner or way.
JapaneseOriginally a combination of the adverbs **もとより** (**motto yori** - all the more so) and **もって** (**motte** - by means of), **もともと** (**motomoto** - originally) denotes a state or quality that is inherent to something.
JavaneseThe word "asline" in Javanese is derived from the Sanskrit word "asalin", which also means "origin". In modern Javanese, the word "asline" is often used to refer to the original form of something, or to its origin.
Kannadaಮೂಲತಃ is derived from the Sanskrit 'mūla', which means 'root'
KazakhThe word "бастапқыда" can also refer to the beginning of a story or event.
KhmerThe word "ដើមឡើយ" can also mean "the beginning" or "the first time".
KurdishEslen is an adverb in Kurdish that can be used to mean 'originally' or 'previously'.
KyrgyzБашында is also used to refer to the first part or beginning of something.
Laoເດີມ is sometimes used to refer to the past, a former time, or an old style.
Latin"Primum" is derived from the Latin word "primus" meaning "first" or "foremost".
LatvianThe word "sākotnēji" in Latvian has its origins in the Old Prussian word "sakūtan" meaning "from the beginning".
Lithuanian"Iš pradžių" in Lithuanian can also mean "at first", "in the beginning", or "initially".
MacedonianThe word "првично" can also mean "primitive".
MalagasyThe word "am-boalohany" can also mean "at first" or "in the beginning" in Malagasy.
MalayThe word "asalnya" is derived from the Javanese word "asli", meaning "true" or "genuine".
MalteseThe word "oriġinarjament" derives from the Latin "origo" meaning "source" or "beginning".
MaoriTuatahi, in Māori, also refers to the firstborn child or the beginning of something.
Marathiमूलतः is also used in the sense of "at first" and sometimes "in the beginning."
MongolianThe word "анхнаасаа" comes from the Mongolian verb "анхнах" (to begin), and it is often used to refer to the beginning of a story or event.
Myanmar (Burmese)မူလ can also mean "root" "base" "beginning" "origin" or "source".
NepaliThe word "मौलिक" in Nepali comes from the Sanskrit word "मूल" which means "root" or "base".
NorwegianThe word "opprinnelig" is derived from the Old Norse word "uppruni", meaning "beginning" or "source."
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "poyamba" in Nyanja (Chichewa) also means "at first" and "to begin with."
PersianIn Persian, "در اصل" (dar asl) literally means "in the root" and can also be used to mean "in reality" or "in fact".
PolishIn Polish, "pierwotnie" can also mean "primitively" or "in the first place".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)Portuguese originally used 'originalmente' (originally) in the 14th century as the plural of 'originário,' a descendant of Latin's adjective "originarius."
PunjabiThe word "ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ" ("originally") derives from the word "ਅਸਲ" (which originally meant "property" or "reality") and can also be used to mean "really" or "in fact".
RomanianThe word "iniţial" is derived from the Latin word "initialis," meaning "pertaining to a beginning" or "first in order."
RussianIn the Russian language, the word "изначально" can also mean "in the beginning", "from the start".
SamoanThe word "muamua" also means "foundation" or "beginning."
Scots GaelicThe word 'bho thùs' in Scots Gaelic can also mean 'from this' or 'since then'.
SerbianThe Serbian word "оригинално" comes from the Latin word "originalis" which means "of or belonging to the origin".
ShonaThe word 'pakutanga' is derived from the verb 'kutanga', meaning 'to start' or 'to begin'.
SindhiThe Sindhi word "اصل ۾" also means "essentially" or "fundamentally".
Sinhala (Sinhalese)"මුලින්" may also mean 'to go round, surround, envelop,' and 'to bend down, to lower' in Sinhala.
SlovakThe root "pôvod" is related to the word "počiatok", which means "beginning."
SlovenianThe word "originalno" in Slovenian also means "creative" or "unique."
SomaliThe word "asal ahaan" in Somali can also mean "by nature" or "by birth."
SpanishThe word "originalmente" derives from Latin and can also mean "initially" or "primarily."
SundaneseThe Sundanese word "aslina" can also mean "essence" or "inner self"
Swahili"Awali" is used in Swahili to refer to the commencement, foundation or inception of something.
SwedishIn German, "ursprünglich" means "original", but with an emphasis on the origin or beginning of something.
Tagalog (Filipino)"Orihinal" is a Filipino word with the same meaning as the English "original", but the spelling "orihinal" is based on a Spanish cognate.
TajikThe word "аслан" in Tajik can also mean "lion" or "king".
TamilThe word 'முதலில்' can also mean 'at first' or 'primarily' in Tamil.
TeluguThe word "మొదట" can also mean "first" or "beginning".
ThaiThe term "เดิม" can be defined in two forms 1.originally , at first 2.as soon as, straight away.
TurkishA combination of the words 'asla' ('never') and 'kadı' ('judge'), it originally meant 'the judge never said'.
UkrainianУкраїнське слово “спочатку” має давньоруське походження, а його початкове значення було “від самого початку”.
UrduThe expression "اصل میں" is an Urdu expression which can also mean "essentially", "fundamentally", or "primarily" in terms of meaning and function.
UzbekDastlab is derived from the Persian word "dastlab" meaning "first work" or "first attempt".
VietnameseThe word "ban đầu" in Vietnamese can also mean "at first" or "from the beginning."
XhosaThe word 'ekuqaleni' also means 'the beginning'.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "ערידזשנאַלי" (originally) is derived from the German word "originally".
YorubaThe word "ni akọkọ" can also mean "at first" or "in the beginning".
Zulu"Ekuqaleni" is a Zulu word that can also mean "in the beginning" or "from the very first".
EnglishThe word 'originally' can also mean 'in a fundamental or essential way'.

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