Afrikaans bevorder | ||
Albanian promovoj | ||
Amharic ማስተዋወቅ | ||
Arabic تروج \ يشجع \ يعزز \ ينمى \ يطور | ||
Armenian նպաստել | ||
Assamese প্ৰচাৰ কৰা | ||
Aymara sartayaña | ||
Azerbaijani təbliğ etmək | ||
Bambara ka layiriwa | ||
Basque sustatu | ||
Belarusian прасоўваць | ||
Bengali প্রচার করুন | ||
Bhojpuri बढ़ावा दिहल | ||
Bosnian promovirati | ||
Bulgarian насърчаване | ||
Catalan promoure | ||
Cebuano pagpalambo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 促进 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 促進 | ||
Corsican prumove | ||
Croatian promovirati | ||
Czech podporovat | ||
Danish fremme | ||
Dhivehi ކުރިއެރުވުން | ||
Dogri प्रचार करना | ||
Dutch promoten | ||
English promote | ||
Esperanto antaŭenigi | ||
Estonian edendada | ||
Ewe do ɖe ŋgɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) isulong | ||
Finnish edistää | ||
French promouvoir | ||
Frisian befoarderje | ||
Galician promover | ||
Georgian ხელი შეუწყოს | ||
German fördern | ||
Greek προάγω | ||
Guarani moherakuã | ||
Gujarati પ્રોત્સાહન | ||
Haitian Creole ankouraje | ||
Hausa inganta | ||
Hawaiian hoʻolaulaha | ||
Hebrew לקדם | ||
Hindi को बढ़ावा देना | ||
Hmong txhawb nqa | ||
Hungarian népszerűsít | ||
Icelandic stuðla að | ||
Igbo kwalite | ||
Ilocano iyawis | ||
Indonesian memajukan | ||
Irish a chur chun cinn | ||
Italian promuovere | ||
Japanese 促進する | ||
Javanese promosi | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಚಾರ ಮಾಡಿ | ||
Kazakh алға жылжыту | ||
Khmer ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ | ||
Kinyarwanda kuzamura | ||
Konkani प्रसिद्दी करप | ||
Korean 승진시키다 | ||
Krio sɔpɔt | ||
Kurdish barrakirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرزکردنەوە | ||
Kyrgyz илгерилетүү | ||
Lao ສົ່ງເສີມ | ||
Latin promote | ||
Latvian veicināt | ||
Lingala kopesa maboko | ||
Lithuanian skatinti | ||
Luganda okukuza | ||
Luxembourgish promovéieren | ||
Macedonian промовира | ||
Maithili पदोन्नति | ||
Malagasy mampirisika | ||
Malay mempromosikan | ||
Malayalam പ്രോത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കുക | ||
Maltese jippromwovu | ||
Maori whakatairanga | ||
Marathi जाहिरात करा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯥꯛ ꯋꯥꯡꯈꯠꯍꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo kaisang | ||
Mongolian сурталчлах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မြှင့်တင်ရန် | ||
Nepali प्रचार गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian reklamere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kulimbikitsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରୋତ୍ସାହନ ଦିଅ | | ||
Oromo guddisuu | ||
Pashto وده | ||
Persian ترویج | ||
Polish promować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) promover | ||
Punjabi ਨੂੰ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਤ | ||
Quechua riqsichiy | ||
Romanian promova | ||
Russian продвигать | ||
Samoan faʻalauiloa | ||
Sanskrit प्रोत्साहन | ||
Scots Gaelic adhartachadh | ||
Sepedi tšwetša pele | ||
Serbian промовисати | ||
Sesotho khothaletsa | ||
Shona kukurudzira | ||
Sindhi وڌائڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රවර්ධනය කරන්න | ||
Slovak propagovať | ||
Slovenian promovirati | ||
Somali kor u qaadid | ||
Spanish promover | ||
Sundanese ngamajukeun | ||
Swahili kukuza | ||
Swedish främja | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) itaguyod | ||
Tajik мусоидат кардан | ||
Tamil ஊக்குவிக்க | ||
Tatar алга җибәрү | ||
Telugu ప్రోత్సహించండి | ||
Thai ส่งเสริม | ||
Tigrinya ኣፋልጥ | ||
Tsonga tlakusa | ||
Turkish desteklemek | ||
Turkmen öňe sürmek | ||
Twi (Akan) bɔ dawuro | ||
Ukrainian сприяти | ||
Urdu کو فروغ دینے کے | ||
Uyghur ئىلگىرى سۈرۈش | ||
Uzbek targ'ib qilish | ||
Vietnamese khuyến khích | ||
Welsh hyrwyddo | ||
Xhosa nyusa | ||
Yiddish העכערן | ||
Yoruba igbega | ||
Zulu khuthaza |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "bevorder" originates from the Dutch word "bevorderen", meaning "to advance" or "to further". It is related to the English word "forward". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "promovoj" derives from the Latin word "promovere", meaning "to move forward" or "to advance". |
| Amharic | The word "ማስተዋወቅ" can also mean to "cause to know" or "make known". |
| Arabic | The Arabic verb "تروج يشجع يعزز ينمى يطور" also means "to encourage," "to foster," "to advance," "to facilitate," or "to strengthen." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "təbliğ etmək" also has the meaning of "to advertise". |
| Basque | "Sustatu" comes from the verb "zu", which means "arise" or "stand". It can also mean "to support" or "to defend". |
| Bengali | The word "প্রচার করুন" in Bengali means not only "to promote" but also "to proclaim" or "to announce". |
| Bosnian | The verb "promovirati" can also mean to "advance" or "elevate" someone or something. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "насърчаване" ("promote") also means "encourage" or "support". |
| Catalan | The verb "promoure" in Catalan is derived from the Latin "promovere," meaning "to move forward" or "to advance." |
| Cebuano | "Palambo" is derived from the Spanish word "palomo", meaning "young pigeon". In the Philippines, "palambo" refers to a carrier or messenger, hence its usage as a verb meaning "to promote". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 促进 originally meant "to help forward" and is still used in that sense in some contexts. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 促進 can also mean "to advance" or "to facilitate." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "prumove" also means "to help someone or something grow or develop". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'promovirati' comes from the Latin 'promovēre', which originally meant 'to move forward' or 'to advance' |
| Czech | "Podporovat" (promote) literally means "to support" in Czech, and can also refer to supporting something financially or otherwise. |
| Danish | The verb "fremme" is also used in Norwegian with the same meaning and is derived from the Old Norse word "frama", meaning "to advance" or "to make progress." |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "promoten" can also mean "to show off" or "to display". |
| Esperanto | The word "antaŭenigi" also means "to bring forward" or "to put forward". |
| Estonian | "Edendama" is etymologically related to "edenema" (progress), "edasi" (forward), and "ees" (in front). |
| Finnish | In Old Finnish, edistää meant to assist someone to a position or place. |
| French | The verb "promouvoir" is derived from the Latin "promovare," meaning "to move forward," and can also mean "to raise" or "to advance" in the sense of career or status. |
| Frisian | The word "befoarderje" is derived from the Old Frisian word "befordera", which means "to further" or "to advance". |
| Galician | In Galician, "promover" means "to initiate", "to encourage", and "to cause," and not "to promote". |
| German | "Fördern" also means "to convey" in German, deriving from the 16th century "vordern" meaning "to carry forward". |
| Greek | The Greek word "προάγω" also means to "lead forward", "advance", or "progress". |
| Gujarati | The word 'promote' in English comes from the Latin word 'promovere', which means 'to move forward or to advance'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "ankouraje" ultimately derives from the French word "encouragement". |
| Hausa | Inganta suggests "to lift up," from the root ganta, to lift something up. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hoʻolaulaha" also means "to spread out" or "to make known". |
| Hebrew | The word "לְקַדֵם" can also mean to greet, welcome, or meet. |
| Hindi | The word 'को बढ़ावा देना' (promote) in Hindi shares the same root as 'progress,' suggesting a sense of forward movement or advancement. |
| Hmong | The word txhawb nqa is derived from the verb txhawb, meaning "to support" or "to assist." |
| Hungarian | The verb "népszerűsít" and the noun "népszerűség" come from the Hungarian phrase "jó néven, szép híren" |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic verb "stuðla að" can also mean support or facilitate. |
| Igbo | "Kwalite" can mean to encourage, to assist, to give, or to increase. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "memajukan" can also mean "to advance" or "to progress." |
| Irish | The word “a chur chun cionn” in Irish means “to put forward, propose, or nominate” and is derived from the preposition “chun” meaning “towards,” “forward,” or “onward.” |
| Italian | The verb "promuovere" shares its Latin origin with "promoveo," which means "to move forward" or "to advance." |
| Japanese | "促進する" has an alternative meaning of "facilitate". |
| Javanese | The Javanese term "promosi" is derived from the Sanskrit word "pramoṣa" and literally means "excitement" or "enthusiasm." |
| Kannada | ಪ್ರಚಾರ ಮಾಡಿ (pracāra māḍi) is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'pracārayati', which means to expand, spread out, or make known. |
| Korean | The word "승진시키다" (promote) in Korean originates from the Chinese "昇進" and literally means "to climb up". |
| Kurdish | The word 'barrakirin' in Kurdish can also refer to 'inciting' or 'encouraging' actions or behavior. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "илгерилетүү" can also mean "advancement", "progress", or "development." |
| Lao | The word also means "assist" or "help" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "sam-sarpa", meaning "to move together". |
| Latin | The Latin verb "promovere" can also mean "to move forward" or "to set in motion". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "veicināt" ultimately comes from the Latin word "vicinus", meaning "neighbor" or "close to". |
| Lithuanian | The word "skatinti" originally meant "to jump or leap" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "promovéieren" comes from the French word "promouvoir" which has the same meaning and can also mean "to advance or prefer someone or something." |
| Macedonian | In Bulgarian, "промоция" (promotion) also means "discount" or "sale". |
| Malagasy | The verb "mampirisika" can also mean "to cause to pass" or "to cause to go away". |
| Malay | The term "mempromosikan" is derived from the Sanskrit word "pra" (forward) and "marga" (path), implying the concept of advancing or pushing something forward. |
| Maltese | "Jippiromv" originates from the Italian "promuovere", a word derived either from the Latin root of "moveo": mov-ere; or alternatively through French from the Frankish root "*premonōn": |
| Maori | 'Whakatairanga' also relates to 'raising up' or 'placing on an elevated platform'. |
| Marathi | "जाहिरात करा" is derived from the Arabic word "zaahir" meaning "visible" or "manifest". |
| Mongolian | The word "сурталчлах" can also mean "to advertise" or "to publicize" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | "प्रचार गर्नुहोस्" translates to "promote" and is also related to "preaching," as "प्र" (pra) means "outward" and "चार" (char) means "spreading," like a mantra. |
| Norwegian | Reklamere also means "to complain" or "to make a claim" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kulimbikitsa" in Nyanja can also mean "to cause to be fruitful" or "to make prosperous" |
| Pashto | The word "وده" can also mean "to raise" or "to lift" in Pashto. |
| Persian | ترویج "Tarvij" is derived from the root "Rvj" meaning "to move" or "to increase" and in Persian it initially meant "to raise" or "to elevate". |
| Polish | "Promować" comes from the Italian "promovere" meaning "to move forward," also related to the Latin "prōmovēre" and "prōmōtiō". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Brazilian Portuguese, one of the verb's meanings is also "to help students graduate early" |
| Punjabi | The word "promote" originates from the Latin word "promovere" meaning "to move forward" or "to advance". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "promova" originated from the Latin "promovere," meaning "to move forward" or "to advance." |
| Russian | The word "продвигать" also means to "move forward" or to "make progress." |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word "faʻalauiloa" means not only to "promote" but also to "to declare, proclaim, announce, or publish." |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'adhartachadh' can also mean 'protect', 'defend', or 'support'. |
| Serbian | The word "промовисати" is a Serbian borrowing of the French word "promouvoir", meaning "to move forward", "to advance", or "to favor". It can also refer to the act of publicly supporting or endorsing a person, product, or cause. |
| Sesotho | In the context of an election, "khothaletsa" can mean "campaign for" or "nominate," but "sponsor" is more common. |
| Shona | The word "kukurudzira" in Shona is derived from the word "kukurudza," meaning "maize," and symbolizes the process of planting and nurturing something to fruition. |
| Sindhi | The word "وڌائڻ" in Sindhi is also used to refer to increasing the size or number of something, or to adding to something. |
| Slovak | The word "propagovať" is derived from the Latin word "propagare", meaning "to spread or propagate". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "promovirati" is a neologism based on the Latin word "promovere," meaning "to push forward." |
| Somali | The term derives from "kor" ("increase") and is sometimes used in the context of increasing wealth. |
| Spanish | The verb "promover" can also mean "to stir up," "to arouse," or "to foment" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | The word "ngamajukeun" in Sundanese can also mean "to push forward" or "to advance". |
| Swahili | The word "kukuza" in Swahili, meaning "promote," derives from the root "ku" (to) and "kuza" (to cause to grow or increase). |
| Swedish | Främja (promote) is derived from the Old Swedish verb "framja", meaning "to advance, further" and ultimately from Proto Norse, "fram" (forward). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "itaguyod" can also mean "to support" or "to assist". |
| Tajik | The word "мусоидат кардан" can also mean "to facilitate" or "to assist" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "ஊக்குவிக்க" is derived from the Tamil word "ஊக்குக" meaning "to arouse or excite" and is also used in the sense of "to encourage or support". |
| Thai | The word ส่งเสริม (promote) in Thai can also mean "to support" or "to advance". |
| Turkish | Desteklemek also means to support or provide assistance, as in "Desteklenen proje çok başarılı oldu" (The supported project became very successful). |
| Ukrainian | The verb "сприяти" can additionally mean "to contribute" or "to be conducive to." |
| Urdu | The primary meaning of “کو فروغ دینے کے” is “to promote,” but it also means “to give light to,” “to give sustenance to,” and “to give support to.” |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "targ'ib qilish" comes from the Arabic root "raghiba," which means "to desire or to tempt." |
| Vietnamese | "Khuyen khich" also means "to urge" and "to incite." |
| Welsh | The word "hyrwyddo" can also mean to "advance" or "further" something. |
| Xhosa | Xhosa has several verbs meaning 'promote' and one of them, nyusa, means both 'promote' and 'push' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "העכערן" (promote) is derived from the German word "hoch" (high), indicating the action of elevating or raising something. |
| Yoruba | Igbega, meaning "promote," is derived from the Yoruba word "ga," meaning "to climb." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "khuthaza" shares its root with "khutha", meaning "encourage" or "urge". |
| English | The word “promote” shares an etymology with the more obscure word “promoter” which refers to a small hill on which a horse would be trotted or walked to show its paces to a potential buyer. |