Portion in different languages

Portion in Different Languages

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Portion


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Afrikaans
porsie
Albanian
porcioni
Amharic
ክፍል
Arabic
جزء
Armenian
բաժին
Assamese
অংশ
Aymara
porción
Azerbaijani
hissə
Bambara
yɔrɔ dɔ
Basque
zati
Belarusian
порцыя
Bengali
অংশ
Bhojpuri
हिस्सा के बा
Bosnian
porcija
Bulgarian
част
Catalan
porció
Cebuano
bahin
Chinese (Simplified)
一部分
Chinese (Traditional)
一部分
Corsican
porzione
Croatian
dio
Czech
část
Danish
del
Dhivehi
ބައި
Dogri
हिस्सा
Dutch
deel
English
portion
Esperanto
porcio
Estonian
portsjon
Ewe
akpa aɖe
Filipino (Tagalog)
bahagi
Finnish
osa
French
portion
Frisian
diel
Galician
porción
Georgian
ნაწილი
German
portion
Greek
τμήμα
Guarani
porción rehegua
Gujarati
ભાગ
Haitian Creole
pòsyon
Hausa
rabo
Hawaiian
ʻāpana
Hebrew
חֵלֶק
Hindi
हिस्से
Hmong
feem
Hungarian
adag
Icelandic
skammtur
Igbo
òkè
Ilocano
paset
Indonesian
bagian
Irish
chuid
Italian
porzione
Japanese
部分
Javanese
bagean
Kannada
ಭಾಗ
Kazakh
бөлігі
Khmer
ចំណែក
Kinyarwanda
igice
Konkani
भाग
Korean
일부
Krio
pat pan di pat
Kurdish
par
Kurdish (Sorani)
بەشێک
Kyrgyz
бөлүгү
Lao
ສ່ວນ
Latin
pars
Latvian
porcija
Lingala
eteni
Lithuanian
porcija
Luganda
ekitundu
Luxembourgish
portioun
Macedonian
дел
Maithili
भाग
Malagasy
anjara
Malay
bahagian
Malayalam
ഭാഗം
Maltese
porzjon
Maori
wahi
Marathi
भाग
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯁꯔꯨꯛ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯂꯧꯏ꯫
Mizo
portion a ni
Mongolian
хэсэг
Myanmar (Burmese)
အပိုင်း
Nepali
भाग
Norwegian
del
Nyanja (Chichewa)
gawo
Odia (Oriya)
ଅଂଶ
Oromo
qooda
Pashto
برخه
Persian
سهم
Polish
część
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
parte
Punjabi
ਭਾਗ
Quechua
porción nisqa
Romanian
porţiune
Russian
часть
Samoan
vaega
Sanskrit
भागः
Scots Gaelic
cuibhreann
Sepedi
karolo
Serbian
порција
Sesotho
karolo
Shona
chikamu
Sindhi
حصو
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
කොටස
Slovak
porcia
Slovenian
del
Somali
qayb
Spanish
parte
Sundanese
bagian
Swahili
sehemu
Swedish
del
Tagalog (Filipino)
bahagi
Tajik
насиб
Tamil
பகுதி
Tatar
өлеше
Telugu
భాగం
Thai
ส่วน
Tigrinya
ክፋል
Tsonga
xiphemu
Turkish
porsiyon
Turkmen
bölegi
Twi (Akan)
fã bi
Ukrainian
порція
Urdu
حصہ
Uyghur
قىسمى
Uzbek
qism
Vietnamese
phần
Welsh
dogn
Xhosa
isahlulo
Yiddish
חלק
Yoruba
ipin
Zulu
ingxenye

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "porsie" is derived from the Dutch word "portie" and also means "serving" or "helping".
AlbanianThe word "porcioni" is derived from the Latin "portio," meaning "part" or "share," and also has the alternate meaning of "fraction" in mathematics.
AmharicThe word "ክፍል" can also refer to a room or chamber.
ArabicThe word "جزء" in Arabic can also mean "part" or "element".
ArmenianThe word "բաժին" (portion) in Armenian also has the alternate meaning "department" or "section."
AzerbaijaniHissə, meaning "portion" or "share" in Azerbaijani, is derived from the Arabic word "hissa" with the same meaning.
Basque"Zati" is derived from the Proto-Basque *zati, meaning "piece, part, portion."
BelarusianAlthough the word порцыя is a loanword from Russian, it has a rare secondary meaning in Belarusian of "a sum of money paid to someone periodically"
Bengali"অংশ" is cognate with Sanskrit "अंश" and has an extended meaning of a person's share of a deceased person's property.
BosnianPorcija comes from the Latin word
Bulgarian"част" has additional meanings such as "fate" or "lot". In Old Bulgarian, its meaning was related to "lot" or "fortune".
CatalanPorció comes from the Latin "portio", meaning "share, lot, part", and also has the alternate meaning of "gift, present".
CebuanoThe Cebuano word "bahin" is thought to be derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "bahi", meaning "part" or "share".
Chinese (Simplified)一部分(yībùfen) can also mean in general or as a whole in Chinese.
Chinese (Traditional)"一部分" means "part" but also "some" in Chinese.
CorsicanCorsican porzione may refer to the fraction 1/24 of a Corsican staio, now abolished.
CroatianThe Croatian word 'dio' can also mean 'part', 'share', or 'piece'
CzechThe word "část" derives from the Proto-Slavic root "*čęstь", meaning both "portion" and "part".
DanishThe word "del" is derived from Old Norse "deill" meaning "share" or "part". It is cognate with the English word "deal".
DutchThe Dutch word "deel" can also refer to a part, a share, a section, a constituent, a component, or an element.
EsperantoIn Esperanto, the word "porcio" can also be used as a synonym for "portio" in Latin, meaning a "portion of a deceased saint's body or clothing".
EstonianThe word "portsjon" derives from the French "portion" and the German "Portion", both meaning "part" or "share".
FinnishThe word "osa" can also refer to a part of a whole, a share, or a fraction.
FrenchThe French word "portion" is derived from the Latin word "portio," meaning a part or section, and is also related to the English word "port," meaning a harbor or place of entry.
FrisianFrisian word "diel" can also mean "lot", "share" or "heritage".
Galician"Porción" in Galician can also mean "share" or "serving" and comes from the Latin word "portio" which means "a part or a division".
GermanThe word "Portion" in German can also refer to a musical section or a mathematical quotient.
GreekThe word "τμήμα" also means "department" or "section" in a company or organization
GujaratiOriginally 'part; portion, share,' as well as 'shareholder in a joint-stock company; partner' (PND)}
Haitian CreoleThe Haitian Creole word `pòsyon` is derived from the French word `portion`, meaning `part`, `share`, or `quantity`, and is used in a similar sense in Haitian Creole.
Hausa"Rabo" is the Hausa word for portion but can also refer to the tail or backside of an animal.
HawaiianʻĀpana also means 'to share' or 'to allot' in Hawaiian.
HebrewThe Hebrew word "חֵלֶק" ("portion") may have originated from the Akkadian word "hilqu" meaning "part" or "share".
HindiThe word हिस्से can also refer to a 'part' or a 'piece' of something.
HmongFeem can also refer to a portion in a dish and can be the root word of several other Hmong words, including 'to serve' and 'to fill'.
HungarianA word of Turkic origin, "adag" could also refer to a specific portion of food (the first bite), a child's share, dowry, or inheritance.
Icelandic"Skammtur" is related to the Old Norse word "skammt", meaning "short" or "limited".
IgboIn Igbo, the word `òkè` can also refer to a type of ritual dance performed by women.
IndonesianThe word "bagian" can also mean "part" or "share".
Irish'Chuid' can mean 'piece' but it can also mean a 'share' or part of a whole.
ItalianThe Italian word 'porzione' comes from the Latin word 'portio' meaning 'lot', 'portion', or 'share'.
JapaneseThe word "部分" can also mean "part," "section," or "component."
JavaneseThe word "bagean" can also mean "part", "section", or "division" in Javanese.
Kannadaಭಾಗ also means "destiny or fate" in Kannada and has the cognate in Marathi, "bhag" and "bhagya" meaning "luck" in Sanskrit and Hindi.
KazakhБөлігі (bölügi) is derived from the Mongolian bölek and the Old Turkic bölik (division), and it also means
KhmerThe term "ចំណែក" (chomnaek) also refers to a share in a business or a portion of something distributed among several people.
KoreanThe word "일부" can also mean "a few" or "some", and is derived from the Hanja characters "一" (one) and "部" (part).
KurdishThe Kurdish word "par" comes from the Persian word "pārah", which means "a piece, a bit"}
KyrgyzThe Kyrgyz word "бөлүгү" can also mean "part" or "section".
LaoThe Lao word ສ່ວນ, in addition to meaning "portion", can also mean "interest", "stake", or "share".
LatinIn Latin, "pars" can also refer to a "part" or "share" in a legal or social context, as in "pars hereditatis" (share of an inheritance).
LatvianIts other meanings include "measure", "a piece of land", "a lot in a raffle", "a share in a company" and "a quantity of food".
LithuanianThe word "porcija" is derived from the Latin word "portio", meaning "share" or "part".
MacedonianIn Slavic languages, the word "дел" has ancient Indo-European roots related to "part," "share," or a "piece" of something larger.
MalagasyThe word 'anjara' in Malagasy comes from the Proto-Austronesian word 'anja', meaning 'to divide' or 'to separate'.
MalayBahagian, meaning 'portion' in Malay, stems from the Sanskrit word 'bhaga,' signifying 'to share' or 'to distribute' and also carries the connotation of 'luck' or 'fortune'.
MalayalamThe Malayalam word "ഭാഗം" (portion) is derived from the Sanskrit word "भाग" (share or portion), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*bhag-" (to divide).
MalteseThe Maltese word "porzjon" derives from the Spanish "porción", ultimately from the Latin "portio", meaning "a part or share".
MaoriIn Maori, the word "wahi" also signifies a place, location, or site.
MarathiThe word 'भाग' comes from Sanskrit and initially meant a 'share' or 'part'.
Mongolian"Хэсэг" originally meant "one's share of a slaughtered animal" in Mongolian.
NepaliThe word "भाग" in Nepali can also mean a share, a portion, or a role.
Norwegian"Del" is of Low German origin, and can also mean a section or a volume of a multi-volume work.
Nyanja (Chichewa)Gawo can also refer to "part", "section" or "share"
PashtoThe word "برخه" is derived from the Sanskrit word "भाग" (bhāga), meaning "part, share, or portion".
Persianسهم in Persian can also mean "destiny" or "luck", derived from the Arabic word "sahm" meaning "arrow"}
PolishThe Polish word 'część' also means 'part', 'share', or 'fragment'.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The Portuguese word "parte" can also refer to a share of a company or to a section of a book.
Punjabiਭਾਗ also means destiny, luck, fortune, lot, share, fate, destiny, or luck.
RomanianThe Romanian word "porţiune" is derived from the Latin "portio" meaning "part, share, or allotment" and can also refer to a specific quantity or amount.
RussianThe Russian word "часть" can also mean a military unit and is etymologically linked to "chest".
SamoanThe word "vaega" can also mean "part", "section", or "group" in Samoan.
Scots GaelicThe word "cuibhreann" may also mean "share" or "part" in Scots Gaelic.
SerbianIn old Serbian, 'порција' referred to a dowry or gift of money given to a bride by her parents.
SesothoThe word 'karolo' can also mean 'a piece' or 'a part' in Sesotho.
ShonaChikamu can also mean 'a share of food or drink' or 'a group of people who share food or drink'.
SindhiThe word "حصو" can also refer to a small piece of something, such as a piece of cloth or a piece of bread.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)"කොටස" is derived from the Sanskrit word "kr̥nta" meaning "cut" or "divided".
SlovakThe word "porcia" comes from the Latin word "portio," meaning "share" or "part".
Slovenian"Del" is of Slavic origin, deriving from a Proto-Slavic root "*dalь", meaning "to divide".
SomaliQayb can refer to the role that a person or entity takes in society, as well as the distribution of inheritance and property.
SpanishThe Spanish word "parte" can also refer to a share in a company, a political faction, or a lawsuit.
SundaneseThe Sundanese word "bagian" is etymologically related to the Javanese word "bagean" and the Old Javanese word "bhaga" which both mean "part" or "share".
SwahiliSwahili "sehemu" derives from Arabic "suhum" which also implies a portion of a share.
SwedishSwedish "del" might come from either Latin "delere" (to erase) or Dutch "deel" (part).
Tagalog (Filipino)"Bahagi" also means "to share; to divide; to give out; to portion".
TajikIn Tajik, the word "насиб" also refers to "fate" or "destiny."
TamilThe Tamil word "பகுதி" (pak̲uthi) also means "a part," "a division," "a section," "a fraction," "a lot," or "a share."
TeluguThe word "భాగం" is a cognate of the Sanskrit word "भाग" which means "part, share, lot, destiny".
ThaiThe word "ส่วน" can also mean "aspect" or "proportion" in Thai, sharing its etymology with "ส่วนผสม" ("ingredient") and "ส่วนประกอบ" ("component").
TurkishThe word "porsiyon" can also mean "plate" in some contexts, especially in the context of ordering food at a restaurant.
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "порція" also means "fate" or "lot".
UrduThe word "حصہ" also refers to the portion of an inheritance received by an individual in Islamic law, known as a "miras".
UzbekThe word "qism" can also mean "part" or "share" in Uzbek.
Vietnamese"Phần" also means "grave" and "section in a book or document".
Welsh"Dogn" has a cognate with the same meaning in the other Brythonic languages, and it derives from Primitive Celtic "*toknos".
XhosaWhen the Xhosa refer to the "isahlulo" of an animal or person, they mean the portion reserved for the chief, but when referring to the deceased's estate, they mean the portion reserved for the heir or heirs.
Yiddishחלק can also be used to mean 'area', 'section', 'group'
YorubaIpin can also means "share," "lot," or "fate"
ZuluIn its original form, ingxenye means 'a morsel of food'.
EnglishThe word 'portion' comes from the Latin word 'portio', meaning 'a part'.

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