Partly in different languages

Partly in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
gedeeltelik
Albanian
pjesërisht
Amharic
በከፊል
Arabic
جزئيا
Armenian
մասամբ
Assamese
আংশিকভাৱে
Aymara
mä chiqanxa
Azerbaijani
qismən
Bambara
a yɔrɔ dɔ la
Basque
neurri batean
Belarusian
часткова
Bengali
আংশিকভাবে
Bhojpuri
आंशिक रूप से बा
Bosnian
djelomično
Bulgarian
отчасти
Catalan
en part
Cebuano
bahin
Chinese (Simplified)
部分地
Chinese (Traditional)
部分地
Corsican
in parte
Croatian
djelomično
Czech
částečně
Danish
til dels
Dhivehi
ބައެއް ގޮތްގޮތުންނެވެ
Dogri
आंशिक रूप कन्नै
Dutch
gedeeltelijk
English
partly
Esperanto
parte
Estonian
osaliselt
Ewe
ƒe akpa aɖe
Filipino (Tagalog)
bahagyang
Finnish
osittain
French
partiellement
Frisian
foar in part
Galician
en parte
Georgian
ნაწილობრივ
German
teilweise
Greek
εν μέρει
Guarani
en parte
Gujarati
આંશિક
Haitian Creole
an pati
Hausa
jera
Hawaiian
ʻāpana
Hebrew
חֶלקִית
Hindi
आंशिक रूप में
Hmong
ib nrab
Hungarian
részben
Icelandic
að hluta til
Igbo
nwere obere
Ilocano
paset ti bagina
Indonesian
sebagian
Irish
i bpáirt
Italian
in parte
Japanese
部分的に
Javanese
sebagian
Kannada
ಭಾಗಶಃ
Kazakh
ішінара
Khmer
មួយផ្នែក
Kinyarwanda
igice
Konkani
अंशतः
Korean
부분적으로
Krio
pat pan am
Kurdish
qismî
Kurdish (Sorani)
بەشێکی
Kyrgyz
жарым-жартылай
Lao
ບາງສ່ວນ
Latin
pars
Latvian
daļēji
Lingala
ndambo na yango
Lithuanian
iš dalies
Luganda
ekitundu
Luxembourgish
deelweis
Macedonian
делумно
Maithili
आंशिक रूप स
Malagasy
ampahany
Malay
sebahagiannya
Malayalam
ഭാഗികമായി
Maltese
parzjalment
Maori
wahanga
Marathi
अंशतः
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯁꯔꯨꯛ ꯈꯔꯗꯤ ꯑꯦꯟ.ꯗꯤ.ꯑꯦ
Mizo
a then chu
Mongolian
хэсэгчлэн
Myanmar (Burmese)
တစ်စိတ်တစ်ပိုင်း
Nepali
आंशिक रूपमा
Norwegian
til dels
Nyanja (Chichewa)
mwina
Odia (Oriya)
ଆଂଶିକ
Oromo
gartokkoon
Pashto
جزوی
Persian
تا حدی
Polish
częściowo
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
parcialmente
Punjabi
ਕੁਝ ਹੱਦ ਤਕ
Quechua
huk chikanpi
Romanian
parţial
Russian
частично
Samoan
vaega
Sanskrit
अंशतः
Scots Gaelic
ann am pàirt
Sepedi
karolo e nngwe
Serbian
делимично
Sesotho
karolo e 'ngoe
Shona
pamwe
Sindhi
جزوي طور
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
අර්ධ වශයෙන්
Slovak
čiastočne
Slovenian
delno
Somali
qayb ahaan
Spanish
parcialmente
Sundanese
sawaréh
Swahili
sehemu
Swedish
delvis
Tagalog (Filipino)
bahagyang
Tajik
қисман
Tamil
ஓரளவு
Tatar
өлешчә
Telugu
పాక్షికంగా
Thai
บางส่วน
Tigrinya
ብኸፊል
Tsonga
xiphemu xin’wana
Turkish
kısmen
Turkmen
bölekleýin
Twi (Akan)
ɔfã bi
Ukrainian
частково
Urdu
جزوی طور پر
Uyghur
قىسمەن
Uzbek
qisman
Vietnamese
từng phần
Welsh
yn rhannol
Xhosa
ngokuyinxenye
Yiddish
צומ טייל
Yoruba
apakan
Zulu
ngokwengxenye

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansIn 17th century Dutch, the word "gedeelte" meant something that is not completely divided, and thus its Afrikaans cognate "gedeeltelik" came to mean "partly"
AlbanianIn Old Albanian, "pjesërisht" used to refer to only part of a human body and not the whole, but today its usage is broader and can refer to any object, not only humans.
AmharicIn Gurage, the word "በከፊል" roughly translates to "half of".
ArabicAs an abstract noun "juz'i" جزئِي refers to something that is incomplete, but the same word can be employed as an adjective to qualify an entity with respect to being a "part" or a component within a whole system.
AzerbaijaniThe word
BasqueThe Basque word "neurri batean" (partly) is an idiom that literally means "in some measure".
Belarusian"Часткова" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*čęstь", which also means "honor", "share", "part", or "lot".
Bengali'আংশিকভাবে' originates from the Sanskrit root 'aṁś', which means 'part', indicating that something is not complete.
BosnianThe word 'djelomično' comes from the Slavic root 'del' meaning 'share'.
BulgarianThe word "отчасти" derives from the Old Church Slavonic "отъ части," meaning "from a part"}
CatalanEn part is also used to emphasize a condition, like: You have to come at 6 a.m. (en part)
Cebuano"Bahin" means "partly" in Cebuano, but also has a root meaning of "to divide".
Chinese (Simplified)“部分地”在英文中可以写作“in part”或“partially”
Chinese (Traditional)「部分地」的意思除了「部分地」之外,還可以指「在某种程度上」,例:他部分地同意我的观点。
CorsicanCorsican "in parte" can also mean "by the way"
CroatianThis Croatian word, coming from the Old Slavic "čelo", meaning "forehead", shares the same root as "delo" (work) and "delotvoran" (efficient).
CzechČástečně comes from the word "část" ("part") and the suffix "-ně" ("partly")
Danish"Til dels" is a set phrase made up of the words "til" (to) and "dels" (part), thus the literal translation is "to part". The phrase implies "partly" or "to some extent".
DutchThe word "gedeeltelijk" can also mean "partial" or "sectional".
EsperantoThe Esperanto word 'parte' is cognate with the French 'partie', meaning both 'partly' and 'group'.
EstonianAn unusual meaning of "osaliselt" is to do something partially with the hands, e.g. "tal on osaliselt puuduv käsi" (he has a partially missing hand).
FinnishOsittain derives from "osa" (portion, share) in the partitive case and "ittain" (indicating a way or means). So it literally translates as "by portions"
FrenchThe word "partiellement" is derived from the Latin word "pars", which means "part", and the suffix "-ment", which indicates a manner or condition.
FrisianThe Frisian word "foar in part" comes from the Low German "för en part" and is used in the north German dialect area with the same meaning.
GalicianThe Galician word "en parte" can also mean "to the extreme" or "on the side of."
GermanThe second part of 'teilweise' is 'weise' which refers to 'manner' and the complete word is 'part-manner' or 'in part' or 'partly'.
GreekThe phrase "εν μέρει" appears in Plato's "Republic" and Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics," and can also refer to a physical part of something.
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "આંશિક" likely derives from the Sanskrit root "ansha", meaning "portion" or "part", suggesting its connotation of "partiality".
Haitian CreoleThe word 'an pati' can also mean 'a little bit'
HausaThe word "jera" also means "very" or "completely" in some contexts.
Hawaiian'Āpana' can also mean 'to allot' or 'to distribute' in Hawaiian.
Hebrew"חֶלקִית" is originally derived from the word "חֵלֶק" ("part"), but can also be related to "חֲלָקָה" ("smoothness"), due to its connotation of separation or demarcation.
HindiThe word "आंशिक रूप में" means "partly" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "अंश," which means "part" or "share".
HmongThe word "ib nrab" comes from the Proto-Hmong-Mien word "*p-naŋ," which also means "part".
HungarianA "rész" szó jelentése "part", innen a "részesül" kifejezés is
IgboThe Igbo word "nwere obere" also means "to have a small portion or a little bit".
Indonesian"Sebagian" is also used to describe people who are "incomplete" or "not perfect" in a certain way, such as a person with a disability.
IrishThe Irish word "i bpáirt" can also mean "about" or "approximately."
ItalianIn Latin, "in parte" also meant "in favour" or "on behalf of".
JapaneseThe expression "部分的に" is formed by attaching "的" to the noun "部分" (part), which shows that something is only partially true.
JavaneseThe word "sebagian" in Javanese also means "some" or "a certain amount" depending on the context.
Kazakh'Ішінара' is derived from the word 'іш', meaning 'inside' or 'contents,' and 'нара', a verbal suffix denoting an ongoing action or state.
KhmerIt is derived from the word "មួយ" (one) and "ផ្នែក" (part), so it literally means "one part". This also reflects its usage, where it is often used together with the word "ផ្នែក" (part) to indicate that something is "partially" done or applicable.
Korean부분적으로 is formed from 부분(part) + -적(adjective-forming suffix) + -으로 (adverb-forming suffix).
KurdishThe word 'qismî' in Kurdish is derived from the Arabic word 'qisma' meaning 'portion' or 'segment'.
LatinThe Latin word "pars" also refers to a "part of a play" or a "role".
Latvian"Daļēji" in Latvian comes from the word "daļa" (part), related to the Old Prussian word "dalisnan" (to divide).
LithuanianThe word "iš dalies" in Lithuanian derives from the root "dalis", meaning "part" or "portion".
LuxembourgishThe word "deelweis" is derived from the German word "teilweise", meaning "in part" or "partly".
MacedonianThe word "делумно" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *delьmъ, which also means "a little bit" or "partially."
MalagasyThe Malagasy word "ampahany" is derived from the Malay word "apahny," meaning "his/her share."
MalayThe word 'sebahagiannya' shares an etymological root with the word 'bahagi', meaning 'to divide' or 'to distribute'.
MalayalamThe word "ഭാഗികമായി" can also mean "inadequately" or "partially" in Malayalam.
Maltese"Parzjalment" is derived from the Italian word "parzialmente", which means "partially" or "in part."
MaoriThe word "wahanga" also means "to divide" or "to separate" in Maori.
Marathiअंशतः comes from the Sanskrit "ansh"(portion of something).
MongolianThe word "хэсэгчлэн" also refers to something that has been divided into several smaller pieces.
NepaliThe word 'आंशिक रूपमा' is derived from the Sanskrit words 'अंश' (part) and 'रूप' (form), meaning 'partly' or 'in part'.
NorwegianIn Old Norse, “til dels” meant “in part”, similar to its modern meaning, but it could also mean “in full”.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The Nyanja word 'mwina' can also mean 'perhaps', 'may be' or 'possibly'.
PashtoThe word "جزوی" in Pashto can also be used to refer to something that is incomplete or unfinished, or to an aspect of something.
PersianIn Persian, the word "تا حدی" is often used in contexts implying an approximation rather than a precise partial quantity.
PolishThe word "częściowo" derives from the verb "część" meaning "part".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The Portuguese word "parcialmente" comes from the Latin word "pars", meaning part.
RomanianParţial means not impartial and not entirely in Romanian, in addition to also meaning partly.
RussianThe Russian word "частично" is thought to be of Slavic origin, derived from "часть," which means "part," and has no alternate meanings.
Samoan"Vaega" also means "side" or "part", and it can be used to refer to a specific section of something.
Scots GaelicIn Scots Gaelic, "ann am pàirt" is often used to mean "in particular", "specifically", or "with reference to something".
SerbianThe word "делимично" is derived from the Serbian word "део", meaning "part" or "portion".
Sesotho'Karolo e'ngoe' can also refer to an incomplete action or an ambiguous statement in Sesotho.
ShonaThe word "pamwe" can also mean "perhaps" or "maybe" in Shona.
SindhiIn Sindhi, the word "جزوي طور" derives from the Arabic "juzw" (part), but also refers to a specific section or chapter in a text.
SlovakThe word "čiastočne" derives from the Old Slavic "čęstь", meaning "part". It also denotes a "small amount", a "portion" or a "fraction".
SlovenianThe word "delno" (partly) in Slovenian is derived from the word "del", meaning "part" or "portion".
SomaliThe word "qayb ahaan" also has the meaning "more than half"
Spanish"Parcialmente" comes from the Latin word "pars", meaning "part".
SundaneseThe word "sawaréh" can also mean "a little bit" or "slightly".
Swahili"Sehemu" also means "place". This is likely because "sehemu" originally referred to a "part" of a place.
SwedishDelvis derives from the Latin "delere," meaning "to destroy," suggesting its original meaning was "to a certain extent"
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "bahagyang" comes from the Tagalog word "bahagi", which means "part" or "portion".
TajikThe word "қисман" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "قسم" (qesm), meaning "part" or "portion".
Tamil"ஓரளவு" also means "to some extent" in Tamil.
ThaiThe Thai word "บางส่วน" (bàang sùan) can also mean "some", "a portion", or "a fragment".
TurkishThe word "kısmen" in Turkish is derived from the Arabic word "qism" meaning "part" or "portion" and also shares a root with the word "kesmek" meaning "to cut".
Ukrainian"Частково" is a loanword from Polish "częściowo", which in turn comes from the Latin "pars" (part)"
UzbekThe Uzbek word "qisman" is derived from the Arabic word "qisma", which means "part" or "portion".
Vietnamese"Từng phần" literally means "each part" in Vietnamese, emphasizing the gradual or separate nature of the action or state it modifies.
WelshIn modern Welsh, 'yn rhannol' is used in a similar way to English 'partly', but originally meant 'in a division'.
XhosaThe word "ngokuyinxenye" in Xhosa is derived from the word "inxenye", which means "part".
YiddishYiddish 'צום טייל' ('partly') derives from Old High German 'zum Teil', meaning 'to a portion'.
YorubaApakan's origin is from the Yoruba verb 'pa' meaning divide, share or separate, hence 'apakan' connotes something that is incomplete
ZuluThe root word of "ngokwengxenye" is "ingxenye" which means "half" or "part and the term "ngo-" is a prefix indicating "through" or "by means of".
English"Partly" is derived from the Middle English word "parted," meaning "divided" or "separated."

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