Property in Different Languages
Discover 'Property' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Property
Afrikaans eiendom | ||
Albanian pronë | ||
Amharic ንብረት | ||
Arabic خاصية | ||
Armenian սեփականություն | ||
Assamese সম্পত্তি | ||
Aymara jupankiri | ||
Azerbaijani əmlak | ||
Bambara ta | ||
Basque jabetza | ||
Belarusian маёмасць | ||
Bengali সম্পত্তি | ||
Bhojpuri धन-दउलत | ||
Bosnian imovine | ||
Bulgarian имот | ||
Catalan propietat | ||
Cebuano kabtangan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 属性 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 屬性 | ||
Corsican pruprietà | ||
Croatian imovine | ||
Czech vlastnictví | ||
Danish ejendom | ||
Dhivehi މުދާ | ||
Dogri जैदाद | ||
Dutch eigendom | ||
English property | ||
Esperanto posedaĵo | ||
Estonian vara | ||
Ewe nunᴐamesi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ari-arian | ||
Finnish omaisuus | ||
French propriété | ||
Frisian besit | ||
Galician propiedade | ||
Georgian ქონება | ||
German eigentum | ||
Greek ιδιοκτησία | ||
Guarani imba'éva | ||
Gujarati મિલકત | ||
Haitian Creole pwopriyete | ||
Hausa dukiya | ||
Hawaiian waiwai | ||
Hebrew תכונה | ||
Hindi संपत्ति | ||
Hmong cov cuab yeej | ||
Hungarian ingatlan | ||
Icelandic eign | ||
Igbo ihe onwunwe | ||
Ilocano sanikua | ||
Indonesian properti | ||
Irish maoin | ||
Italian proprietà | ||
Japanese プロパティ | ||
Javanese properti | ||
Kannada ಆಸ್ತಿ | ||
Kazakh мүлік | ||
Khmer ទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ | ||
Kinyarwanda umutungo | ||
Konkani मालमत्ता | ||
Korean 특성 | ||
Krio land | ||
Kurdish mal | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سامان | ||
Kyrgyz мүлк | ||
Lao ຄຸນສົມບັດ | ||
Latin possessionem | ||
Latvian īpašums | ||
Lingala lopango | ||
Lithuanian nuosavybė | ||
Luganda eby'obwa nannyini | ||
Luxembourgish propriétéit | ||
Macedonian имот | ||
Maithili संपत्ति | ||
Malagasy ny fananana | ||
Malay harta benda | ||
Malayalam പ്രോപ്പർട്ടി | ||
Maltese proprjetà | ||
Maori taonga | ||
Marathi मालमत्ता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯟ ꯊꯨꯝ | ||
Mizo thilneih | ||
Mongolian үл хөдлөх хөрөнгө | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပစ္စည်းဥစ္စာပိုင်ဆိုင်မှု | ||
Nepali सम्पत्ति | ||
Norwegian eiendom | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) katundu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି | ||
Oromo qabeenya | ||
Pashto ځانتيا | ||
Persian ویژگی | ||
Polish własność | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) propriedade | ||
Punjabi ਜਾਇਦਾਦ | ||
Quechua kaqnin | ||
Romanian proprietate | ||
Russian свойство | ||
Samoan meatotino | ||
Sanskrit सम्पत्तिः | ||
Scots Gaelic seilbh | ||
Sepedi thoto | ||
Serbian имовина | ||
Sesotho thepa | ||
Shona pfuma | ||
Sindhi ملڪيت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දේපල | ||
Slovak nehnuteľnosť | ||
Slovenian lastnine | ||
Somali hanti | ||
Spanish propiedad | ||
Sundanese harta banda | ||
Swahili mali | ||
Swedish fast egendom | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pag-aari | ||
Tajik амвол | ||
Tamil சொத்து | ||
Tatar милек | ||
Telugu ఆస్తి | ||
Thai ทรัพย์สิน | ||
Tigrinya ንብረት | ||
Tsonga nhundzu | ||
Turkish emlak | ||
Turkmen emläk | ||
Twi (Akan) agyapadeɛ | ||
Ukrainian майно | ||
Urdu پراپرٹی | ||
Uyghur مۈلۈك | ||
Uzbek mulk | ||
Vietnamese bất động sản | ||
Welsh eiddo | ||
Xhosa ipropathi | ||
Yiddish פאַרמאָג | ||
Yoruba ohun-ini | ||
Zulu impahla |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "eiendom" is derived from the Dutch word "eigendom" which means "property" or "possession". |
| Albanian | The word 'pronë' has a secondary meaning as 'belief' or 'conviction' |
| Amharic | The word "ንብረት" can also refer to inheritance or wealth in Amharic, derived from the root "ብረ" meaning "to be rich". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "خاصية" is derived from the root "خصّ" (to be special) and can also refer to a characteristic or attribute. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "əmlak" is also used to refer to feudal possessions and land in Azerbaijani |
| Basque | The word "jabetza" in Basque initially referred to a farm or estate. |
| Belarusian | The word "маёмасць" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*majętь", which also means "wealth" or "possession". |
| Bengali | সম্পত্তির অর্থ যেমন 'অধিকৃত ভূমি' বা 'মানুষের স্বত্বাধীন কিছু' তেমনই এটি 'মূল্য' অর্থেও ব্যবহৃত হয়। |
| Bosnian | The word 'imovine' in Bosnian, besides its primary meaning of 'property,' can also refer to the deceased's belongings. |
| Bulgarian | The word “Имот” originally meant “estate” and was used to describe a large piece of land owned by a wealthy person or institution. |
| Catalan | "Propietat" derives from the Latin "proprietas", meaning "individual characteristic", and refers to something owned or controlled. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, the word "属性" ("property") can also refer to "attribute" or "characteristic", while in English, "property" is exclusively used to denote ownership or possession of something. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 屬性's other meaning "characteristics" stems from "characteristics of property". |
| Corsican | Corsican pruprietà is derived from the Latin proprietatem, meaning the right of ownership. |
| Croatian | The word "imovine" in Croatian can also mean "assets" or "possessions". |
| Czech | The Czech word "vlastnictví" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *volьstь, meaning "power" or "rule". |
| Danish | The word "ejendom" comes from the Old Norse word "æign" meaning "possession". |
| Dutch | "Eigendom" originates from "eigen domein"; a domain that is owned by oneself, and has no alternate meanings. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "posedaĵo" is derived from the Latin word "possessio", which means "possession". |
| Estonian | The word "vara" can also mean "assets" or "resources" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | In the context of inheritance law, "omaisuus" can also refer to one's entire estate or all of one's assets. |
| French | The word "propriété" in French can also mean "propriety" or "correctness". |
| Frisian | The word "besit" can also refer to a person's belongings or assets. |
| Galician | The word "propiedade" in Galician originates from the Latin "proprietas", and also shares its etymology with the Spanish "propiedad". |
| Georgian | The word 'ქონება' can also refer to 'goods', 'possessions', or 'wealth' in Georgian. |
| German | The German word "Eigentum" comes from the Old High German "eigan", meaning "to own", and is related to the English word "own" and "owe". |
| Greek | The word "ιδιοκτησία" derives from the ancient Greek word "ἴδιος" meaning "own" and "κτᾶσθαι" meaning "to acquire". |
| Gujarati | The word "malkat" in Guajarati derives from the Persian word "milk", meaning "dominion", and the Arabic word "khas", meaning "private". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "pwopriyete" is derived from French and can refer to both physical property and intellectual property. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "dukiya" also means "goods," "wealth," and "possessions." |
| Hawaiian | Waiwai has various meanings in Hawaiian, including 'property', 'wealth', 'inheritance', and 'estate', all derived from its root meaning, which is 'possessions'. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, 'תכונה' ('property') is related to 'קונה' ('acquisition') and 'קו' ('line'). |
| Hindi | Hindi word "संपत्ति" (property) derives from Sanskrit root "सम्प्र" signifying abundance, possession or acquisition. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "cov cuab yeej" literally means "things of ownership" and is also used to refer to wealth. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word “ingatlan”, despite its apparent connection to “ing”, a suffix denoting the action of movement or entering, does not carry any such connotation. |
| Icelandic | The word “eign” originally meant “possession”, but now mainly refers to “property (land) of a municipality or government.” |
| Igbo | In modern Igbo, |
| Indonesian | "Properti" is a loanword from Dutch "propertie" (Eng: property) adopted in the 19th century. |
| Irish | The Irish word "maoin" is cognate with the Welsh "maenor" meaning "manor" and the Cornish "maner" with the same meaning. |
| Italian | The Italian word "proprietà" derives from the Latin word "proprietas" which can also mean "characteristic," "nature" or "virtue." |
| Japanese | The Japanese word プロパティ can also mean “attribute”, “characteristic”, or “trait”. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "properti" can also refer to a type of traditional dance, or to the ability to control oneself. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಆಸ್ತಿ" ("property") originally meant "existence" and also referred to "position" or "rank". |
| Kazakh | The word "мүлік" in Kazakh is derived from the Persian word "mulk," which means "ownership." |
| Korean | 특성 can also mean 'characteristic' or 'nature'. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, the word "mal" also refers to livestock and wealth. |
| Kyrgyz | Мүлк comes from the Persian ملك (mulk) and originally meant "country, kingdom" while in Kyrgyz it specifically refers to livestock. |
| Latin | The Latin word "possessionem" derives from the verb "possidere" (to possess), which in turn comes from the root "pos" (power). |
| Latvian | The term "īpašums" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey- "to belong to one's own". |
| Lithuanian | "Nuosavybė" is derived from the Lithuanian words "nuosavas" (one's own) and "savybė" (quality, characteristic). |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Propriétéit" is derived from the French word "propriété" and has similar meanings in both languages. |
| Macedonian | The word "имот" is a Slavic loanword derived from the Proto-Slavic root *imǫtъ, which means "wealth" or "possession". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "ny fananana" comes from the root "-fan-, " signifying something valuable, worthy of being owned. |
| Malay | The word "harta benda" can also refer to belongings, wealth, estate, effects, assets, or possessions. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, 'property' can also refer to an individual's good qualities or virtues. |
| Maltese | Maltese "proprjetà" originates from Italian "proprietà" and is related to the English "propriety". |
| Maori | The word "taonga" can also refer to intangible properties such as knowledge, traditions, and cultural practices. |
| Marathi | The word "मालमत्ता" (property) is derived from the Sanskrit word "मूल्यवान" (valuable) and means "something that has value or worth" |
| Mongolian | үл хөдлөх хөрөнгө also refers to assets that are not easily moved or transferred, such as real estate and land. |
| Nepali | "सम्पत्ति" is derived from "Sampadya," which means "acquistion," or "earning". |
| Norwegian | The word "eiendom" is derived from the Old Norse word "eign", meaning "that which is owned". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word “katundu” also denotes wealth, possessions, belongings, estate, or material things. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, 'ځانتيا' ('property') originates from the Persian word 'خان' ('house') and denotes ownership, possession, assets, or wealth. |
| Persian | Derived from Persian root “ویژ” (vizh) meaning “special, peculiar, distinct, unique or personal”. |
| Polish | The word "własność" in Polish ultimately derives from the Proto-Slavic word *vlastь, which originally meant "power" or "authority". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "propriedade" can also refer to an attribute or quality inherent to something. |
| Romanian | Proprietate means both "property" and "propriety" in Romanian. |
| Russian | Russian "свойство" (property) comes from "свой" (own), and can also mean "characteristic" or "trait". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word 'meatotino' comes from 'meatono', which means "belonging to" and '-tino' which denotes a thing or object. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "seilbh" can also mean "possession" or "control". |
| Serbian | "Имовина" (property) derives from the Slavic root "*imъ" meaning "to have" and is cognate with other Slavic languages. |
| Sesotho | The word 'thepa' in Sesotho also has the alternate meaning of 'responsibility' or 'duty'. |
| Shona | The word "pfuma" can also refer to an object of value or a source of wealth. |
| Sindhi | ملڪيت is related to the Sanskrit word "melakhta" meaning "agreement" or "meeting" and the word "malki" meaning "owner". The second meaning of ملڪيت is "possession" or "ownership" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "දේපල" also means "possessions" or "belongings" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | Slovak word "nehnuteľnosť" literally translates as "immovability" and is often used in legal parlance to describe land plots and buildings. |
| Slovenian | The word 'lastnine' originally meant 'something that belongs to the house', and later acquired the meaning of 'property' in general. |
| Somali | The word "hanti" in Somali can also mean "wealth" or "inheritance". |
| Spanish | Propiedad's alternate meaning is 'quality or characteristic of something'. |
| Sundanese | In an archaic sense, "harta banda" also referred to a person's wealth or fortune. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "mali" derives from the Arabic "ma'l", meaning "property", "possessions", or "wealth". |
| Swedish | In some contexts, "fast egendom" can also refer to real estate or immovable property. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "pag-aari" derives from the root word "*ari*" (lord, master), signifying ownership or possession. |
| Tamil | In ancient Tamil, சொத்து meant 'prosperity', 'fortune', or 'good luck', and was not strictly related to material possessions. |
| Telugu | The word "ఆస్తి" in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "अस्ति", meaning "existence" or "being". |
| Thai | The Thai word 'ทรัพย์สิน' ('property') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sampatti', meaning 'wealth' or 'possessions'. |
| Turkish | The word "Emlak" is derived from the Arabic word "amlak", meaning "possessions" or "property". It can also refer to real estate or land ownership. |
| Ukrainian | The word “майно” in Ukrainian shares etymological roots with the English word “mine.” |
| Urdu | The word "پراپرٹی" "property" is derived from the Latin word "proprietas", which means "ownership" or "belonging to someone." |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "mulk" also means "state", and is ultimately derived from Arabic "mulk" (kingdom). |
| Vietnamese | Bất động sản ('property' in Vietnamese) literally means 'immovable,' referring to the fixed nature of real estate. |
| Welsh | "Eiddo" can also imply a dowry, a person's nature, or a physical attribute. |
| Xhosa | The word 'ipropathi' can also refer to a 'place' or a 'territory' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word פאַרמאָג (farmog) is derived from the Middle High German vermügende, meaning "wealth" or "possession." |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word "ohun-ini" also means "something belonging to one" and "item for sale". |
| Zulu | The etymology of 'impahla' (property) is possibly linked to the idea of a fixed or established place, deriving from the root '-pahl' (to place). |
| English | "Property" can also refer to a characteristic or quality. |