Afrikaans personeel | ||
Albanian personelit | ||
Amharic ሠራተኞች | ||
Arabic شؤون الموظفين | ||
Armenian անձնակազմ | ||
Assamese কৰ্মী | ||
Aymara personal ukanaka | ||
Azerbaijani personal | ||
Bambara baarakɛlaw | ||
Basque langileak | ||
Belarusian персанал | ||
Bengali কর্মী | ||
Bhojpuri कर्मी लोग के बा | ||
Bosnian osoblje | ||
Bulgarian персонал | ||
Catalan personal | ||
Cebuano mga kawani | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 人员 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 人員 | ||
Corsican persunale | ||
Croatian osoblje | ||
Czech personál | ||
Danish personale | ||
Dhivehi ޕާސަނަލް އެވެ | ||
Dogri कर्मी | ||
Dutch personeel | ||
English personnel | ||
Esperanto dungitaro | ||
Estonian personal | ||
Ewe dɔwɔlawo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tauhan | ||
Finnish henkilöstö | ||
French personnel | ||
Frisian personiel | ||
Galician persoal | ||
Georgian პერსონალის | ||
German personal | ||
Greek προσωπικό | ||
Guarani personal rehegua | ||
Gujarati કર્મચારીઓ | ||
Haitian Creole pèsonèl | ||
Hausa ma'aikata | ||
Hawaiian limahana | ||
Hebrew כוח אדם | ||
Hindi कर्मियों | ||
Hmong cov neeg ua haujlwm | ||
Hungarian személyzet | ||
Icelandic starfsfólk | ||
Igbo ndị ọrụ | ||
Ilocano personnel dagiti tattao | ||
Indonesian personil | ||
Irish pearsanra | ||
Italian personale | ||
Japanese 人員 | ||
Javanese personel | ||
Kannada ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ | ||
Kazakh жеке құрам | ||
Khmer បុគ្គលិក | ||
Kinyarwanda abakozi | ||
Konkani कर्मचाऱ्यांनी काम केलें | ||
Korean 인원 | ||
Krio pipul dɛn we de wok de | ||
Kurdish sûxrekar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کارمەندان | ||
Kyrgyz кадрлар | ||
Lao ບຸກຄະລາກອນ | ||
Latin personas | ||
Latvian personāls | ||
Lingala basali ya mosala | ||
Lithuanian personalas | ||
Luganda abakozi | ||
Luxembourgish personal | ||
Macedonian персонал | ||
Maithili कर्मी | ||
Malagasy mpiasa | ||
Malay pegawai | ||
Malayalam ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥർ | ||
Maltese persunal | ||
Maori kaimahi | ||
Marathi कर्मचारी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯔꯁꯣꯅꯦꯂꯒꯤ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏꯁꯤꯡ꯫ | ||
Mizo personnel te an ni | ||
Mongolian боловсон хүчин | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များ | ||
Nepali कर्मचारीहरु | ||
Norwegian personale | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ogwira ntchito | ||
Odia (Oriya) କର୍ମଚାରୀ | ||
Oromo hojjettoota | ||
Pashto پرسونل | ||
Persian پرسنل | ||
Polish personel | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) pessoal | ||
Punjabi ਕਰਮਚਾਰੀ | ||
Quechua personal nisqamanta | ||
Romanian personal | ||
Russian персонал | ||
Samoan tagata faigaluega | ||
Sanskrit कार्मिक | ||
Scots Gaelic sgiobachd | ||
Sepedi bašomi | ||
Serbian особље | ||
Sesotho basebetsi | ||
Shona vashandi | ||
Sindhi اهلڪار | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පිරිස් | ||
Slovak personál | ||
Slovenian osebje | ||
Somali shaqaalaha | ||
Spanish personal | ||
Sundanese tanaga | ||
Swahili wafanyakazi | ||
Swedish personal | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tauhan | ||
Tajik кадрҳо | ||
Tamil பணியாளர்கள் | ||
Tatar персонал | ||
Telugu సిబ్బంది | ||
Thai บุคลากร | ||
Tigrinya ሰራሕተኛታት | ||
Tsonga vatirhi va le xihundleni | ||
Turkish personel | ||
Turkmen işgärler | ||
Twi (Akan) adwumayɛfo | ||
Ukrainian персоналу | ||
Urdu عملے کی | ||
Uyghur خادىملار | ||
Uzbek xodimlar | ||
Vietnamese nhân viên | ||
Welsh personél | ||
Xhosa abasebenzi | ||
Yiddish פּערסאַנעל | ||
Yoruba osise | ||
Zulu abasebenzi |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "personeel" also refers to an individual or "character" in the performing arts or "dramatis persona". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "personelit" is also used to describe personnel files, human resources management, and personal information. |
| Amharic | The word also means servants. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "شؤون الموظفين" also means "human resources" and "labor relations", and is derived from the word "شأن" (affair, concern). |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "şəxsi" can mean both "personal" and "personnel". |
| Basque | Derived from the verb "langile", meaning "to work," it emphasizes the active role of employees in the workforce. |
| Belarusian | The Russian loanword "персанал" is also used in Belarusian with the additional meaning of "teaching staff". |
| Bengali | কর্মী (kormi) originally referred to a craftsman or worker, but it now has the broader meaning of 'personnel' in general. |
| Bosnian | The word 'osoblje' is of Slavic origin and is related to the words 'osoba' (person) and 'ob' (around). |
| Bulgarian | The word "персонал" in Bulgarian can also refer to a group of theatrical props or a set of items included with a product. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "personal" also refers to personal beliefs and values. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 人员 (rén yuán), literally meaning "human staff," is occasionally used informally to refer to a specific person, often with negative or derogatory connotations. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 人員一詞最初由日語借用而來,原意為"人的集團"、"人手"。 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word « persunale » comes from the Medieval Latin word « personale », meaning « a group of people of the same status », and in Medieval French it was an adjective meaning « personal » or « of the person ». |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "osoblje" can also mean "staff", "crew", or "personnel" and is derived from the Slavic word "особа" (osoba) meaning "person." |
| Czech | The word "personál" in Czech can also mean "staff" or "crew". |
| Danish | "Personale" originally meant "the whole of a church's clergy" and is still understood that way in Danish. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "personeel" is derived from the French word "personnel", meaning "belonging to a person" or "personal". |
| Esperanto | The word "dungitaro" can also mean "employee", "staff member", or "workforce". |
| Estonian | The word "personal" in Estonian means both "personal" and "personnel". |
| Finnish | The word "henkilöstö" is derived from the word "henkilö", meaning "person", and the suffix "-stö", which indicates a group or collection. Therefore, "henkilöstö" literally means "a group of people". |
| French | En français, le mot « personnel » peut également désigner un groupe de personnes travaillant ensemble, comme dans l'expression « le personnel de l'entreprise ». |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "personiel" also means "parsonage". |
| German | The word "Personal" in German can also mean "personal effects" or "clothing." |
| Greek | The Greek word 'προσωπικό' also has the alternate meaning 'personal' or 'private'. |
| Gujarati | The term "કર્મચારીઓ" is also used in a broader sense to refer to all employees of a business or organization. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "pèsonèl" can also refer to "personal belongings" or "private matters". |
| Hausa | "Ma'aikata," meaning "personnel" in Hausa, may derive from "aiki," the Hausa word for "work." |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word lima hana means 'five work' and refers to the five basic functions of government. |
| Hebrew | The etymology of the Hebrew word 'כוח אדם' ('personnel') is 'force of man,' likely reflecting the historic use of conscripts in military forces. |
| Hindi | ''कर्मियों'' (''karmion'') can also mean ``deeds'' in Hindi. |
| Hungarian | "Személyzet" derives from the Hungarian word "személy" meaning "person" and the suffix "-zet" indicating a group or collection. |
| Icelandic | The word "starfsfólk" can also refer to the employees of a company or organization. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'personil' also refers to an individual member of a group or organization. |
| Irish | The word "pearsanra" originated from "pearsan", meaning person, and "ra" meaning group, but now refers only to "people employed by an organization". |
| Italian | The Italian word "personale" derives from the Latin word "persona", meaning "mask" or "character". |
| Japanese | The word "人員" (jin-in) can also mean "human resources" or "staff" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "personel" can also refer to a group of actors or dancers. |
| Kannada | The word "ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ" in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "संबंधी" (sambandhi) meaning "related to" or "connected with." |
| Kazakh | The word "жеке құрам" in Kazakh also means "the personal composition of a military unit." |
| Korean | The word 인원 (personnel) originally comes from the Chinese term 人員 (rén'yuán), which refers to the number of people involved in an activity or organization. |
| Kurdish | The word 'sûxrekar' can also mean 'soldiers' or 'fighters' in Kurdish, depending on the context. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "кадрлар" ("personnel") in Kyrgyz is derived from the Russian word "кадры" ("personnel") which is in turn borrowed from the French word "cadre" ("framework"). |
| Latin | The Latin word "persona" originally referred to a theatrical mask worn by actors, representing a particular character or aspect of a person's personality. |
| Latvian | "Personāls" is a borrowing from French "personnel", derived from Latin "persona" meaning "mask," reflecting the fact that actors in Roman theater originally wore masks. |
| Lithuanian | The word "personalas" in Lithuanian can also refer to "character" or "individuality" and is related to the Latin word "persona" meaning "mask" or "role." |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "personal" can also refer to a group of people working together, such as a team or a staff. |
| Macedonian | The word 'персонал' in Macedonian derives from the French 'personnel', meaning 'belonging to a person' or 'personal', ultimately from the Latin 'personalis'. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'mpiasa' also refers to one's workforce or team of workers. |
| Malay | The Malay word "pegawai" derives from the Sanskrit word "bhāgya" (portion), implying the allotment or assignment of tasks to individuals. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "persunal" also means "personal". |
| Maori | The word kaimahi can also refer to a worker or laborer. |
| Marathi | "कर्मचारी" (personnel) in Marathi derives from Sanskrit and literally means "one who performs actions or deeds". |
| Mongolian | The term "боловсон хүчин" (personnel) in Mongolian originally referred to "skilled workers" or "specialists". As it's used today, it often includes "uns कुशल कर्मचारी" (unskilled workers) as well. |
| Nepali | The word "कर्मचारीहरु" is derived from the Sanskrit word "कर्म" (work) and "चार" (one who does), and can also refer to "staff" or "employees". |
| Norwegian | The word “personal” means “the body of employees in an organization” in Norwegian, while in English it refers to “one’s own characteristics or interests”. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'ogwira ntchito' is derived from the verb 'kugwira ntchito', meaning 'to work' and 'nto', which means 'person'. Therefore, a literal translation of 'ogwira ntchito' is 'a person who works'. In English, this would be equivalent to the word 'worker'. However, in Nyanja, 'ogwira ntchito' has a broader meaning and can refer to anyone employed in an organization, regardless of their specific job role. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پرسونل" can also refer to a group of people working together, such as a team or a department. |
| Persian | The word "پرسنل" comes from the French word "personnel", which means "of or relating to persons". |
| Polish | The Polish word "personel" can also refer to a group of individuals who are not soldiers or police officers but who work in a particular field or profession. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "pessoal" also means "personal" or "staff" in English. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word 'personal' has a double meaning, referring to both 'personnel' and 'personal' (as in 'personal belongings'). |
| Russian | In Russian, the word "персонал" also means "personal" or "staff". |
| Samoan | The word "tagata" can also mean "people" and "faigaluega" can mean "work" or "job" in Samoan |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "sgiobachd" originates from the Irish word "sluagh" meaning "host" or "army" and refers to a group of people working together, especially in a military or organized context. |
| Serbian | The word "особље" derives from the Old Slavic word "osobu," meaning "person." |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "basebetsi" is also used to refer to a group of soldiers or a team of players. |
| Shona | The Shona word "vashandi" can also refer to a group of people working together, such as a team or committee. |
| Sindhi | The word "اهلڪار" (personnel) in Sindhi derives from the Persian word "اهل کار" (people of work) and can also refer to an individual employee or worker. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'පිරිස්' (personnel) is derived from the Old French word 'persone', meaning 'a person'. It can also refer to a group of people working together towards a common goal. |
| Slovak | The word "personál" in Slovak language also means "linen" when referring to "bed linen". |
| Slovenian | The word "osebje" is derived from the Old Slavonic word "oseba", meaning "person". It can also refer to the staff of an organization or institution. |
| Somali | Shaqaaluhu, a cognate of the Arabic "shaqalu", can also refer to the members of a crew of a seagoing craft. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "personal" can also refer to one's personality. |
| Sundanese | In the Sundanese language, the word "tanaga" can also refer to a specific type of traditional Sundanese poetry known as a pantun. |
| Swahili | The word "wafanyakazi" in Swahili literally means "those who work" and can also refer to "staff" or "employees". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "personal" can also refer to the staff of an organization or business. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Tauhan" also means "cast" or "characters" in Filipino plays or TV shows. |
| Tajik | The word "кадрҳо" can also refer to "films" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "பணியாளர்கள்" in Tamil can also refer to "workers", "employees", or "staff" in the context of an organization or business. |
| Telugu | The term "సిబ్బంది" originally referred to a collection of horses and riders and later came to mean any group of people employed for a specific purpose. |
| Thai | บุคลากร comes from the Pali word 'puggala' meaning 'person' and the Sanskrit word 'kara' meaning 'work', so it originally meant 'worker' or 'doer'. However, over time its meaning has expanded to include all those involved in an organization, regardless of their rank or job title. |
| Turkish | Personel can also mean "private matters" or "secret affairs" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "персоналу" (personnel) is derived from the Latin "persona," meaning "mask" or "character," and originally referred to the actors in a play. |
| Urdu | The word "عملے کی" (amalay ki) in Urdu is derived from the Arabic word "عمل" (amal), meaning "work" or "deed." |
| Uzbek | "Xo'dimlar" (personnel) comes from the Persian word "khudam" (servant) and is sometimes used in the sense of "employees" or "helpers." |
| Vietnamese | The word "nhân viên" originally meant "humanity," but over time it came to mean "personnel." |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "personél" also means "personal" or "own, belonging to". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "abasebenzi" can also refer to a group of people or a team. |
| Yiddish | The word "פּערסאַנעל" in Yiddish can also mean "personal" or "private". |
| Yoruba | "Òṣiṣe" has other meanings like "bad behavior" or "negligence" and derives from the verb "ṣiṣe", meaning "to do, make, act, behave." |
| Zulu | The word "abasebenzi" originates from the Zulu phrase "aba benzi umsebenzi," meaning "those who do the work." |
| English | Personnel, as a noun, has the alternative meanings of 'personnel department' or 'the group of people employed by a particular organization'. Additionally, it was derived from the Latin 'personalis' ('of, or belonging to, a person'). |