Owner in Different Languages
Discover 'Owner' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Owner
Afrikaans eienaar | ||
Albanian pronari | ||
Amharic ባለቤት | ||
Arabic صاحب | ||
Armenian սեփականատեր | ||
Assamese মালিক | ||
Aymara jaqipa | ||
Azerbaijani sahibi | ||
Bambara tigi | ||
Basque jabea | ||
Belarusian уладальнік | ||
Bengali মালিক | ||
Bhojpuri मालिक | ||
Bosnian vlasnik | ||
Bulgarian собственик | ||
Catalan propietari | ||
Cebuano tag-iya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 所有者 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 所有者 | ||
Corsican pruprietariu | ||
Croatian vlasnik | ||
Czech majitel | ||
Danish ejer | ||
Dhivehi ވެރި ފަރާތް | ||
Dogri मालक | ||
Dutch eigenaar | ||
English owner | ||
Esperanto posedanto | ||
Estonian omanik | ||
Ewe nutɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) may-ari | ||
Finnish omistaja | ||
French propriétaire | ||
Frisian eigner | ||
Galician propietario | ||
Georgian მფლობელი | ||
German inhaber | ||
Greek ιδιοκτήτης | ||
Guarani jára | ||
Gujarati માલિક | ||
Haitian Creole mèt kay | ||
Hausa mai gida | ||
Hawaiian mea ʻona | ||
Hebrew בעלים | ||
Hindi मालिक | ||
Hmong tus tswv | ||
Hungarian tulajdonos | ||
Icelandic eigandi | ||
Igbo onye nwe ya | ||
Ilocano akin-kua | ||
Indonesian pemilik | ||
Irish úinéir | ||
Italian proprietario | ||
Japanese オーナー | ||
Javanese sing duwe | ||
Kannada ಮಾಲೀಕರು | ||
Kazakh иесі | ||
Khmer ម្ចាស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda nyirayo | ||
Konkani धनी | ||
Korean 소유자 | ||
Krio pɔsin we gɛt am | ||
Kurdish xwedî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خاوەن | ||
Kyrgyz ээси | ||
Lao ເຈົ້າຂອງ | ||
Latin dominus | ||
Latvian īpašnieks | ||
Lingala nkolo | ||
Lithuanian savininkas | ||
Luganda nannyini | ||
Luxembourgish besëtzer | ||
Macedonian сопственик | ||
Maithili मालिक | ||
Malagasy tompon'ny | ||
Malay pemilik | ||
Malayalam ഉടമ | ||
Maltese sid | ||
Maori rangatira | ||
Marathi मालक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯄꯨ | ||
Mizo neitu | ||
Mongolian эзэн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပိုင်ရှင် | ||
Nepali मालिक | ||
Norwegian eieren | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mwini | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମାଲିକ | ||
Oromo abbaa | ||
Pashto مالک | ||
Persian صاحب | ||
Polish właściciel | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) proprietário | ||
Punjabi ਮਾਲਕ | ||
Quechua kapuq | ||
Romanian proprietar | ||
Russian владелец | ||
Samoan pule | ||
Sanskrit स्वामी | ||
Scots Gaelic sealbhadair | ||
Sepedi mong | ||
Serbian власник | ||
Sesotho monga | ||
Shona muridzi | ||
Sindhi مالڪ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හිමිකරු | ||
Slovak vlastník | ||
Slovenian lastnik | ||
Somali milkiilaha | ||
Spanish propietario | ||
Sundanese boga | ||
Swahili mmiliki | ||
Swedish ägare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) may-ari | ||
Tajik соҳиби | ||
Tamil உரிமையாளர் | ||
Tatar хуҗасы | ||
Telugu యజమాని | ||
Thai เจ้าของ | ||
Tigrinya በዓል ዋና | ||
Tsonga n'winyi | ||
Turkish sahip | ||
Turkmen eýesi | ||
Twi (Akan) adewura | ||
Ukrainian власник | ||
Urdu مالک | ||
Uyghur ئىگىسى | ||
Uzbek egasi | ||
Vietnamese chủ nhân | ||
Welsh perchennog | ||
Xhosa umnini | ||
Yiddish באַזיצער | ||
Yoruba oluwa | ||
Zulu umnikazi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "Eienaar" originates from the Dutch word "eigenaar", which literally means "someone who has property". |
| Albanian | The word 'pronari' derives from the Proto-Albanian word 'pronar', meaning 'ruler' or 'leader'. |
| Amharic | "ባለቤት" (owner) can also mean a husband or a wife. |
| Arabic | The word "صاحب" also means "companion" or "friend" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "sahibi" can also refer to a patron or benefactor, in addition to its primary meaning of "owner" |
| Basque | The word "jabea" is also used in Basque to refer to a place where cattle sleep. |
| Belarusian | Уладальнік (owner) derives from the Russian word 'владелец' (vladelets), which ultimately comes from the Proto-Slavic word 'vlastь' (power). |
| Bengali | The word "মালিক" (owner) in Bengali is derived from the Sanskrit word "मालिक" (owner, master) and also refers to a landlord or a person who possesses something. |
| Bosnian | "Vlasnik" shares its root with "vlast" (power), connecting ownership to power and authority. |
| Bulgarian | The word "собственик" (owner) in Bulgarian derives from the Old Slavonic word "собь" (his, hers, its), implying a sense of possession. |
| Catalan | Catalan 'propietari' also refers to someone who has property and the rights to use it. |
| Cebuano | In some parts of Cebu, "tag-iya" also means a person who takes charge of an event, especially a fiesta or the like. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 「所有者」在古代表示「所有物」，後引申為「所有人」的意思。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 所有者 (pinyin: suǒyǒuzhě) is also used in Chinese to refer to a copyright holder. |
| Corsican | Corsican "pruprietariu" is derived from the Latin "proprietarius," also meaning "owner". |
| Croatian | The word "vlasnik" also means "ruler" or "lord" in some contexts. |
| Czech | Czech "majitel" comes from the verb "míti" (to have) and reflects Slavic etymology from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mei- as opposed to "vlastník" (from "vládnout") reflecting Germanic etymology from Proto-Germanic *walda-. |
| Danish | The Danish word "ejer" can also mean "possessor, holder, or controller." |
| Dutch | The word "eigenaar" is derived from the Middle Dutch word "eghenaer", meaning "one who owns or has property". |
| Esperanto | "posedanto" comes from "posed", meaning "possess," and the suffix "-anto," meaning "doer." |
| Estonian | "Omanik" is cognate with the Finnish word "omistaa" (to own) and the Hungarian word "öma" (own). |
| Finnish | The word 'omistaja' is derived from the Proto-Uralic root *omista- meaning 'to own' or 'to possess'. |
| French | In French, “propriétaire” can also refer to the concept of literary or artistic property. |
| Frisian | The word "eigner" in Frisian also means "heir". |
| Galician | The Galician word "propietario" also means "landlord". |
| German | The word "Inhaber" also means "holder" or "possessor", and is related to the verb "haben" (to have). |
| Greek | The word ιδιοκτήτης is derived from the Greek words ίδιος (idios), meaning "one's own" and κτήτης (ktētēs), meaning "possessor". Therefore, it literally means "one who possesses something as his own". |
| Gujarati | માલિક is also used to refer to a landlord or the head of a household. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "mèt kay" literally means "master of the house" in French, reflecting its historical roots in the colonial era. |
| Hausa | "Mai gida" also means "master" or "lord" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Mea ʻona can also refer to a person or group of people who are in charge of taking care of a place or thing. |
| Hebrew | The word "בעלים" can also refer to a husband as a "master" of his wife. |
| Hindi | मालिक may come from Arabic "malik" meaning "king" or Sanskrit "ma" meaning "mine" and "lika" meaning "to possess". |
| Hmong | Tus tswv is an idiom that refers to the head or most important person in a household. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "tulajdonos" can also refer to a possessive pronoun ("his", "hers", "theirs") and is derived from the word "tulajdon" (property, possession). |
| Icelandic | The word "eigandi" also has a second meaning, "husband", that derives from Old Norse word for "master of the house" or "lord"} |
| Igbo | 'Onye nwe ya' (owner) also means 'one who owns himself', referring to an independent person. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "pemilik" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*pəmulik". It can also mean "controller" or "keeper" in some contexts. |
| Italian | The word "proprietario" derives from the Latin word "proprius" meaning "one's own" or "belonging to oneself". |
| Japanese | オーナー (o-na-) is related to the Sanskrit word anapa, meaning "master" or "lord". It can also be related to the Mongolian word onir, meaning "to rule". |
| Javanese | "Duwe" in Javanese can also mean "to have" or "to own". |
| Kannada | ಮಾಲೀಕರು (mālikaru) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'mālā' meaning 'garland' or 'wreath' and refers to ownership due to possession or control. |
| Kazakh | The word "иесі" in Kazakh can also mean "master" or "possessor", and is derived from the Proto-Turkic word "*ege-", meaning "lord" or "ruler". |
| Khmer | The word "ម្ចាស់" ("owner") likely originated from the Sanskrit word "स्वामी" (svāmī) meaning "lord" or "master." |
| Korean | The word "소유자" (owner) originally meant "master" or "lord" and retains this meaning in certain contexts. |
| Kurdish | Kurdish 'xwedî' also means a household, reflecting the traditional importance of family and clan in Kurdish society. |
| Kyrgyz | Ээси is derived from the word 'e' meaning 'father' or 'mother', and is also used to refer to the head of a family or a household. |
| Latin | "Dominus" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "dems" (house) and also forms the Latin word "domus" (home). |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "īpašnieks" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*eyk-", meaning "to see", "to know", or "to recognize". |
| Lithuanian | The word "savininkas" is derived from the verb "savintis" meaning "to own" or "to claim". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Besëtzer" also means "occupier" or "invader", reflecting the country's tumultuous history. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "сопственик" ultimately derives from the Proto-Slavic "*sobъ", meaning "oneself" or "one's own". |
| Malagasy | The word "tompon'ny" means "owner" in Malagasy, and is derived from the root word "tompo," which means "lord" or "master." |
| Malay | "Pemilik" in Malay can also refer to a guardian or a person who has authority or control over something. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഉടമ" is derived from the Proto-Dravidian root *uḍa, meaning "to possess" or "to own". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'sid' is derived from the Arabic word 'sayyid', meaning 'lord' or 'master'. |
| Maori | Rangatira is also used as a title of respect for an elder or a leader and can refer to the elite class in traditional Maori society. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "मालक" (owner) derives from the Sanskrit "मालिका" (garland), indicating ownership as a form of possession or control. |
| Mongolian | The term "эзэн" can also refer to a landlord, master, or lord. |
| Nepali | The word मालिक ('owner') is cognate with the Hindi मालिक ('boss') and the Urdu मालक ('chief'). |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "Eieren" can also refer to a person who owns a ship or a piece of land. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "mwini" also denotes "chief" or "lord" as a noun, but is a possessive pronoun when prefixed. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "مالک" (owner) is derived from the Arabic "ملك" (kingdom) and can also refer to a landlord, landlord, or feudal lord. |
| Persian | The word 'صاحب' ('owner') in Persian has various meanings, including 'companion', 'friend', or 'master'. |
| Polish | The Polish word "właściciel" comes from the verb "władać", which means "to possess, rule, own". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "proprietário" derives from the Latin "proprius" (one's own) and refers to the right to own or possess something. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, the word "ਮਾਲਕ" can also refer to a god or a deity, highlighting the divine aspect of ownership or control. |
| Romanian | The singular noun "proprietar" in Romanian is derived from the Latin "proprietarius" (proprietor) and "proprietas" (property), and it also carries the meaning of "proprietress" or "female landowner" depending on the context. |
| Russian | The word "владелец" also has the meaning of "possessor" or "holder" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "pule" in Samoan also means "authority" or "control". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word sealbhadair in Scottish Gaelic also has alternate meanings including "holder" or "custodian". |
| Serbian | The term "власник" (owner) can also refer to a key holder or a person with a right to something |
| Sesotho | "Monga" comes from the verb "-onga" (to get), the noun "-onga" (getting, receiving) and also "mo-" (one/someone who). |
| Shona | The word "muridzi" can also refer to a landlord or a host, and it comes from the verb "kurira," meaning "to inherit," indicating the traditional inheritance patterns of property ownership in Shona culture. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'مالڪ' (owner) originates from the Arabic word 'مالك' (possessor). |
| Slovak | The word 'vlastník' in Slovak is derived from the word 'vlast' meaning 'property' or 'possession'. |
| Slovenian | The word 'lastnik' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'lastь', meaning 'property'. |
| Somali | The term "milkiilaha" is also used in Somali to denote a custodian or a guardian of something. |
| Spanish | The word "propietario" derives from the Latin word "proprietas," meaning "property". It can also refer to a "landlord" or "master". |
| Sundanese | "Boga" also means "king" in Indonesian and other Austronesian languages, likely indicating its historical connotation as a title denoting ownership or control over land or resources. |
| Swahili | The word "mmiliki" in Swahili can also mean "master" or "chief". |
| Swedish | The word "ägare" is derived from the Old Norse word "eiga", meaning "to possess" or "to have". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | May-ari may have originated from the Spanish term mayorazco (estate or inheritance) |
| Tajik | The word 'соҳиби' in Tajik also carries the meaning of 'master' or 'lord'. |
| Telugu | The word "యజమాని" (owner) in Telugu originates from Sanskrit, where it means "one who controls or commands". |
| Thai | The word "เจ้าของ" (owner) in Thai derives from the root word "เจ้า" (lord, master), indicating a relationship of possession and authority. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "sahip" can also refer to a protector, a master, or a lover. |
| Ukrainian | The word "власник" in Ukrainian has Slavic roots and is related to the word "власть", which means "power" or "authority". |
| Urdu | "مالک" is derived from Arabic, and its root "ملك" means "to possess, to own, to rule". |
| Uzbek | The word “egasi” in Uzbek is also used to refer to a master or a lord. |
| Vietnamese | Chủ nhân is also used to refer to the head of a household or a person in a position of authority. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "perchennog" (owner) is a compound of "perchen" (chief) and "og" (descendant), implying the owner is the direct descendant of the chief. |
| Xhosa | The word "umnini" also refers to a chief or headman in the Xhosa culture. |
| Yiddish | The word "באַזיצער" can also refer to a landlord or property owner |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "oluwa" is also used as a respectful term of address for elders, superiors, and deities. |
| Zulu | The word "umnikazi" derives from the Zulu word "nikaza" meaning "to build". |
| English | The word "owner" derives from the Old English word "agnian," meaning "to possess." |