Afrikaans voorsien | ||
Albanian siguroj | ||
Amharic ያቅርቡ | ||
Arabic تزود | ||
Armenian ապահովել | ||
Assamese প্ৰদান কৰা | ||
Aymara uñachayaña | ||
Azerbaijani təmin etmək | ||
Bambara k'a di | ||
Basque eman | ||
Belarusian забяспечыць | ||
Bengali সরবরাহ | ||
Bhojpuri देईं | ||
Bosnian pružiti | ||
Bulgarian осигури | ||
Catalan proporcionar | ||
Cebuano paghatag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 提供 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 提供 | ||
Corsican furnisce | ||
Croatian pružiti | ||
Czech poskytnout | ||
Danish give | ||
Dhivehi ފޯރުކޮށްދިނުން | ||
Dogri मुहैया करना | ||
Dutch voorzien | ||
English provide | ||
Esperanto provizi | ||
Estonian pakkuma | ||
Ewe na | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magbigay | ||
Finnish tarjota | ||
French fournir | ||
Frisian foarsjen | ||
Galician proporcionar | ||
Georgian უზრუნველყოფა | ||
German zur verfügung stellen | ||
Greek προμηθεύω | ||
Guarani me'ẽ | ||
Gujarati પ્રદાન કરો | ||
Haitian Creole bay | ||
Hausa samar | ||
Hawaiian hoʻolako | ||
Hebrew לְסַפֵּק | ||
Hindi प्रदान करें | ||
Hmong muab | ||
Hungarian biztosítani | ||
Icelandic veita | ||
Igbo weta | ||
Ilocano agited | ||
Indonesian menyediakan | ||
Irish sholáthar | ||
Italian fornire | ||
Japanese 提供する | ||
Javanese nyedhiyakake | ||
Kannada ಒದಗಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh қамтамасыз ету | ||
Khmer ផ្តល់ | ||
Kinyarwanda gutanga | ||
Konkani पुरवण करचें | ||
Korean 제공하다 | ||
Krio gi | ||
Kurdish amadekirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دابینکردن | ||
Kyrgyz камсыз кылуу | ||
Lao ສະຫນອງ | ||
Latin provide | ||
Latvian nodrošināt | ||
Lingala kopesa | ||
Lithuanian pateikti | ||
Luganda okugabirira | ||
Luxembourgish verschaffen | ||
Macedonian обезбеди | ||
Maithili उपलब्ध करायब | ||
Malagasy omeo | ||
Malay menyediakan | ||
Malayalam നൽകാൻ | ||
Maltese jipprovdu | ||
Maori whakarato | ||
Marathi प्रदान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯤꯕ | ||
Mizo pechhuak | ||
Mongolian хангах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပေး | ||
Nepali प्रदान गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian gi | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) perekani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରଦାନ କରନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo dhiyeessuu | ||
Pashto برابرول | ||
Persian فراهم کردن | ||
Polish zapewniać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) providenciar | ||
Punjabi ਮੁਹੱਈਆ | ||
Quechua quy | ||
Romanian furniza | ||
Russian предоставлять | ||
Samoan tuʻuina atu | ||
Sanskrit परिकल्पयतु | ||
Scots Gaelic toirt seachad | ||
Sepedi nea | ||
Serbian обезбедити | ||
Sesotho fana ka | ||
Shona kupa | ||
Sindhi فراهم ڪريو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සපයන්න | ||
Slovak zabezpečiť | ||
Slovenian zagotoviti | ||
Somali bixi | ||
Spanish proporcionar | ||
Sundanese nyayogikeun | ||
Swahili kutoa | ||
Swedish förse | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magbigay | ||
Tajik таъмин менамояд | ||
Tamil வழங்க | ||
Tatar тәэмин итү | ||
Telugu అందించడానికి | ||
Thai ให้ | ||
Tigrinya ምቅራብ | ||
Tsonga phamela | ||
Turkish sağlamak | ||
Turkmen üpjün etmek | ||
Twi (Akan) ma | ||
Ukrainian забезпечити | ||
Urdu فراہم کرتے ہیں | ||
Uyghur تەمىنلەش | ||
Uzbek ta'minlash | ||
Vietnamese cung cấp | ||
Welsh darparu | ||
Xhosa ukubonelela | ||
Yiddish צושטעלן | ||
Yoruba pese | ||
Zulu hlinzeka |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | It is probably connected to 'voorzien' ('anticipate') in Dutch. |
| Albanian | The word "siguroj" is derived from the Latin word "securus", meaning "free from care" or "secure". |
| Amharic | The word "ያቅርቡ" can also mean "to give" or "to offer". |
| Arabic | تزود (provide): From the verb زاد (zāda) meaning 'to go', 'to march', 'to travel', 'to furnish something', 'to supply', and 'to equip'. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ապահովել" originally meant "to guarantee" but it now commonly means "to provide". |
| Azerbaijani | "Təmin etmək" can also mean "to ensure" or "to guarantee". |
| Basque | The form "eman" has other meanings in specific contexts, such as "to give birth" in the case of animals. |
| Belarusian | In Polish, the cognate "zapewnić" retains its original sense of "assure" or "guarantee." |
| Bengali | সরবরাহ শব্দের মূল শব্দ "সর" যা "যাওয়া" বা "চলা" অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হতো। |
| Bosnian | "Pružiti" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*protiti", meaning "to be in front of". |
| Bulgarian | The word "осигури" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *osěkъ, meaning "to hold" or "to secure". |
| Catalan | The noun "proporcion" in Catalan language means "proportion" or "ratio" and it comes from the Latin term "proportiō". |
| Cebuano | The word 'paghatag' may also be used to refer to a gift or a dowry in some contexts. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 提供 can also mean to 'present' or 'submit' in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "提供" is derived from "提供", meaning "to extend to, to supply by extending". |
| Corsican | Corsican "furnisce" comes from the Latin word "furnus," an oven |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "pružiti" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *pъrtъ, meaning "to spread" or "to extend." |
| Czech | Poskytnout's etymology is from 'po' (upon) + 'skytnout' (to provide), akin to Slavic languages e.g. Russian 'skidivat' (throw off), 'othodit' (step back). |
| Danish | The Danish word 'give' is derived from the Old Norse word 'gefa' |
| Dutch | Voorzien, meaning "to provide" in Dutch, can also mean "to foresee" or "to predict". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "provizi" is related to the English word "provision," and also has a legal meaning of "furnish as evidence." |
| Estonian | The word "pakkuma" can also mean "to bid" or "to offer". |
| Finnish | The word "tarjota" can also mean "to make available" or "to offer". |
| French | "Fournir" originates from "fornire" (Latin), meaning to furnish, equip or store. |
| Frisian | Frisian "foarsjen" traces back to Old Frisian "forsiæn" and "forsian" and Middle Dutch "vorsen" and "voersien", and means "to provide" or "to see to". |
| Galician | The Galician verb "proporcionar" can also mean "to supply" or "to furnish" |
| Georgian | The word "uzuanvelqofa" also means "guaranteeing" and "ensuring" in Georgian. |
| German | In German, "zur Verfügung stellen" also means "to make available" or "to offer". |
| Greek | The word "προμηθεύω" is derived from the verb "προμηθέομαι", which means "to foresee" or "to take thought for the future". |
| Gujarati | The verb "provide" comes from the Latin word "providere," which means "to foresee" or "to take care of in advance." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, 'bay' also means 'to give' or 'to offer'. |
| Hausa | ` Samar ` shares a common root with the Hausa word `sama`, both meaning |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻolako" can also mean "to furnish" or "to equip". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לְסַפֵּק" (lispók) is derived from the root "סַפַּק" (sápak), which can also mean "to doubt" or "to question". |
| Hindi | The word "प्रदान करें" is derived from the Sanskrit word "दान", which means "gift" or "donation". |
| Hmong | The word "muab" in Hmong also means "transfer". |
| Hungarian | The verb "biztosítani" can also mean to "insure". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word 'veita' is cognate with the English word 'wit' and originally meant 'to know'. |
| Igbo | Weta also means 'to put on' as in clothing or shoes |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "menyediakan" is derived from the Sanskrit word "upasthā", which means "to serve or offer". |
| Irish | The word "sholáthar" also means "to supply," "to furnish," or "to give." |
| Italian | The Italian word "fornire" originates from the Latin "fornus" (oven), referring to the provision of basic necessities like warmth and food. |
| Japanese | "提供する" (provide) also means "offer" or "present" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "nyedhiyakake" also means "to prepare" or "to make available". |
| Kannada | The word 'ಒದಗಿಸಿ' can also mean 'to arrange' or 'to prepare'. |
| Kazakh | The word "қамтамасыз ету" (provide) in Kazakh is derived from the Arabic word "qamtam" meaning "to cover" and "to ensure". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word for "provide" (ផ្តល់) originates from the Pali word "patthana" meaning "to furnish" or "support". |
| Korean | Originally '제공하다' referred to offering sacrifices to a deity or ancestor. |
| Kurdish | The word 'amadekirin' also means 'to prepare' or 'to get ready' in Kurdish. |
| Lao | The word "ສະຫນອງ" also means "to satisfy" or "to meet the needs of" in Lao. |
| Latin | The Latin verb "providere" initially meant "to foresee". |
| Latvian | The word "nodrošināt" is derived from the Old Prussian word "nodrosīnan", meaning "to make sure" or "to guarantee". |
| Lithuanian | The word "pateikti" in Lithuanian is derived from the Lithuanian word "pateikimas", meaning "presentation" or "delivery". |
| Macedonian | The verb "обезбеди" ('provide') derives from the noun "беспеченост" ('security, safety, surety'). |
| Malagasy | Omeo is closely related to the word “omeo” which means “to live” or “to be at home”. |
| Malay | The word "menyediakan" in Malay derives from the word "sediakan", meaning readiness or preparedness. |
| Malayalam | നൽകാൻ derives from the Proto-Dravidian root *koṭ- which also means 'to cut' or 'to give'. |
| Maltese | "Jipprovidu" originates from Italian "provedere", ultimately from Latin "providere", "look out for". |
| Maori | The word 'whakarato' also carries the meanings of 'to serve', 'to supply', and 'to furnish'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "प्रदान" can also refer to "giving a loan", "conferring a title or honor", or "bestowing a gift." |
| Mongolian | The verb 'хангах' (to provide) is derived from the noun 'хан' (care, provision, support), which in turn is cognate with the Chinese word '看' (kàn), meaning 'to look after, to care for'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The original meaning of ပေး is 'to cause to come near', and it is also used to mean 'to pay', 'to give', or 'to let'. |
| Norwegian | The word "gi" also means "to give", "to pay" or "to deliver". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'perekani' also has other meanings like 'give' or 'feed' in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | The word "برابرول" in Pashto can also mean "to prepare" or "to make ready, especially with effort or care." |
| Persian | The Persian word "فراهم کردن" is an equivalent word to the English "make available", but also has the connotation of putting forth effort to do so. |
| Polish | The word 'zapewniać' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *oběťь, meaning 'promise' or 'obligation'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "providenciar" also means "to take steps to make something happen," e.g., "providenciar a sua segurança" (to take steps to ensure his/her safety). |
| Punjabi | The word "ਮੁਹੱਈਆ" is derived from the Persian word "مهیا" (muhaiya), which means "prepared" or "ready." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "furniza" also means "to garnish" and originates from the Turkish word "fırın", meaning "oven". |
| Russian | The word "предоставлять" is derived from the Old Slavonic word "prědĭstaviti", meaning "to put before" or "to present". |
| Samoan | The word tuʻuina atu is derived from the word tuʻu, meaning 'to place' or 'to set up'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The etymology of “toirt seachad” (“provide”) is obscure, perhaps deriving from the verb "toirt" (“give”) |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "obezbediti" (to provide) derives from the Old Church Slavonic "obezbediti," meaning "to protect" or "to make sure." |
| Sesotho | The word 'fana ka' is a compound of 'fana' (to produce or make) and 'ka' (for or on behalf of). |
| Shona | Shona word 'kupa' also means 'to fetch water' or 'to draw water from a well' |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'فراهم ڪريو' ('provide') is derived from the Persian word 'فراهم', meaning 'near' or 'ready'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Sinhalese word සපයන්න can also refer to preparing or getting ready. |
| Slovak | The word "zabezpečiť" in Slovak has Slavic roots and is related to the words "bezepečný" (safe) and "bespečnosť" (security). |
| Slovenian | The word "zagotoviti" in Slovenian has cognates in other Slavic languages, such as the Russian word "zagotovat". Both words share the same root, meaning "to prepare" or "to make ready." |
| Somali | Somali "bixi" also means "to be able" |
| Spanish | The verb "proporcionar" also means to "align" or "adjust" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | The word "nyayogikeun" can also mean "to give" or "to offer." |
| Swahili | Kutoa can also mean 'to give', 'to offer', or 'to release'. |
| Swedish | The word "förse" is derived from the Old Norse word "fyrsja", meaning "to furnish" or "to equip." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "magbigay" can also mean to "give"} |
| Tamil | "வழங்க" also can mean ‘present’, u2018grant or confer ‘ and ‘spend ‘. |
| Thai | ให้ can be a shortened form of the word 'ให้ทาน' meaning 'to give something to charity'. In addition, it can be used to shorten 'ให้การช่วยเหลือ' which means 'to help'. |
| Turkish | Sağlamak also means to milk an animal in Turkish |
| Ukrainian | The word "забезпечити" also means "to ensure" or "to guarantee". |
| Uzbek | Ta'minlash derives from the Arabic word 'ta'min' (meaning 'guarantee' or 'security'), and also refers to 'supplying' or 'ensuring'. |
| Vietnamese | "Cung cấp" means "to provide" in Vietnamese. It derives from the Chinese word "供给" (gōngjǐ), which also means "to provide". |
| Welsh | The word "darparu" in Welsh is derived from the Proto-Celtic *dar- "to give". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word 'ukubonelela' is a verb that means to provide, supply, or furnish. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "צושטעלן" (provide) is derived from the German word "zustellen" (deliver), which in turn comes from the Middle High German word "stellen" (to put, place). |
| Yoruba | Pese also means "to help" and "to assist" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The verb 'hlinzeka' can also mean 'to take care of' or 'to nurse'. |
| English | The word "provide" is derived from the Latin word "providere, |