Afrikaans kwalifiseer | ||
Albanian kualifikohen | ||
Amharic ብቁ መሆን | ||
Arabic مؤهل | ||
Armenian որակավորվել | ||
Assamese যোগ্যতা অৰ্জন কৰা | ||
Aymara calificar sañ muni | ||
Azerbaijani uyğun | ||
Bambara ka se ka kɛ | ||
Basque sailkatu | ||
Belarusian кваліфікаваць | ||
Bengali যোগ্যতা | ||
Bhojpuri क्वालीफाई करे के बा | ||
Bosnian kvalifikovati | ||
Bulgarian отговарят на изискванията | ||
Catalan qualificar | ||
Cebuano kuwalipikado | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 合格 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 合格 | ||
Corsican qualificà | ||
Croatian kvalificirati | ||
Czech kvalifikovat | ||
Danish kvalificere | ||
Dhivehi ކޮލިފައިވުން | ||
Dogri क्वालिफाई करना | ||
Dutch kwalificeren | ||
English qualify | ||
Esperanto kvalifiki | ||
Estonian kvalifitseeruma | ||
Ewe dze | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) maging kuwalipikado | ||
Finnish pätevöityä | ||
French qualifier | ||
Frisian kwalifisearje | ||
Galician cualificar | ||
Georgian კვალიფიკაცია | ||
German qualifizieren | ||
Greek έχω τα προσόντα | ||
Guarani okalifika haguã | ||
Gujarati લાયક | ||
Haitian Creole kalifye | ||
Hausa cancanta | ||
Hawaiian kūpono | ||
Hebrew להעפיל | ||
Hindi अर्हता | ||
Hmong tsim nyog | ||
Hungarian minősíteni | ||
Icelandic hæfa | ||
Igbo iru eru | ||
Ilocano kualipikado | ||
Indonesian memenuhi syarat | ||
Irish cáiliú | ||
Italian qualificarsi | ||
Japanese 資格を得る | ||
Javanese nduweni kualifikasi | ||
Kannada ಅರ್ಹತೆ | ||
Kazakh біліктілік | ||
Khmer មានលក្ខណៈគ្រប់គ្រាន់ | ||
Kinyarwanda bujuje ibisabwa | ||
Konkani पात्र थारप | ||
Korean 자격을 갖추다 | ||
Krio kwalifay fɔ du dat | ||
Kurdish têgihanîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شایستە بوون | ||
Kyrgyz талаптарга жооп берүү | ||
Lao ມີຄຸນສົມບັດ | ||
Latin temperandum | ||
Latvian kvalificēties | ||
Lingala kozala na masɛngami | ||
Lithuanian kvalifikuoti | ||
Luganda okutuukiriza ebisaanyizo | ||
Luxembourgish qualifizéieren | ||
Macedonian се квалификува | ||
Maithili योग्यता प्राप्त करब | ||
Malagasy mahafeno fepetra | ||
Malay memenuhi syarat | ||
Malayalam യോഗ്യത | ||
Maltese tikkwalifika | ||
Maori tohu | ||
Marathi पात्र | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀ꯭ꯕꯥꯂꯤꯐꯥꯏ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo qualify tur a ni | ||
Mongolian тэнцэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အရည်အချင်း | ||
Nepali योग्य | ||
Norwegian kvalifisere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ayenerere | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଯୋଗ୍ୟତା | ||
Oromo ulaagaa guutuu | ||
Pashto وړتیا | ||
Persian واجد شرایط شدن | ||
Polish zakwalifikować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) qualificar | ||
Punjabi ਯੋਗ | ||
Quechua calificar nisqa | ||
Romanian califica | ||
Russian квалифицироваться | ||
Samoan agavaʻa | ||
Sanskrit योग्यता | ||
Scots Gaelic airidh | ||
Sepedi swanelega | ||
Serbian квалификовати | ||
Sesotho tšoaneleha | ||
Shona kukodzera | ||
Sindhi لائق ٿيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සුදුසුකම් | ||
Slovak kvalifikovať | ||
Slovenian kvalificirati | ||
Somali u qalma | ||
Spanish calificar | ||
Sundanese mumpuni | ||
Swahili kufuzu | ||
Swedish kvalificera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kwalipikado | ||
Tajik мувофиқат кардан | ||
Tamil தகுதி | ||
Tatar квалификация | ||
Telugu అర్హత | ||
Thai มีคุณสมบัติ | ||
Tigrinya ብቑዕ ይኸውን። | ||
Tsonga ku faneleka | ||
Turkish nitelemek | ||
Turkmen kwalifikasiýa etmeli | ||
Twi (Akan) fata | ||
Ukrainian кваліфікуватися | ||
Urdu کوالیفائی کرنا | ||
Uyghur لاياقەتلىك | ||
Uzbek saralash | ||
Vietnamese đủ tiêu chuẩn | ||
Welsh yn gymwys | ||
Xhosa ukufaneleka | ||
Yiddish באַגרענעצן | ||
Yoruba yẹ | ||
Zulu ufaneleke |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Kwalifiseer" is derived from the Italian word "qualificare" and means "to make fit" or "to provide with necessary qualities." |
| Albanian | The word "kualifikohen" is derived from the Latin word "qualificare", meaning "to make fit or capable". |
| Amharic | The root word "በቃ" also refers to being satisfied or fulfilled |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "مؤهل" can also refer to a "qualification," "certificate," or "degree." |
| Azerbaijani | "Uyğun" also means "suitable" or "appropriate" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "sailkatu" (qualify) can also mean "organize" or "classify" |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "кваліфікаваць" also means "to classify" or "to determine the significance or importance of something." |
| Bengali | The word "যোগ্যতা" also means "ability" and "suitability" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "kvalifikovati" can also be used in a figurative sense, to mean "to equip with skills or knowledge." |
| Bulgarian | The word "отговарят на изискванията" can also mean "satisfy the requirements." |
| Catalan | "Qualificar" in Catalan can also mean to assess or appraise. |
| Cebuano | The word "kuwalipikado" is derived from the Spanish word "cualificado" which means "qualified" or "competent". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "合格" is a Japanese ateji derived from the Chinese "及格" which means "meet a certain standard". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 合格 (hé gé) is an antonym of 不合格 (bù hé gé), which means "disqualify" or "fail to qualify". |
| Corsican | The word "qualificà" also means "to modify", "to limit" or "to condition" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "kvalificirati" originates from the Latin word "qualificare", meaning "to make fit" or "to provide with qualities". |
| Czech | Kvalifikovat also means "to disqualify" in Czech, due to Czech's lack of a separate word for "disqualify" related to its negative prefix "dis-" acting as a prefix for affirmation instead. |
| Danish | The Danish word "kvalificere" also means "disqualify". |
| Dutch | Dutch "kwalificeren" can also mean "to certify" or "to describe". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "kvalifiki" is derived from the Latin word "qualificare", which means "to make fit or capable". |
| Estonian | "Kvalifitseeruma" stems from the Latin word "qualificare", meaning "to make suitable." |
| Finnish | 'Pätevöityä' (to qualify) comes from the word 'pätevä' (competent), which in turn comes from the Proto-Finnic word 'pätevä' (capable). |
| French | In French, qualifier can also mean to describe, characterize, or classify something. |
| Frisian | The word "kwalifisearje" comes from the Latin word "qualificare" and also means "to equip" or "to furnish" in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, "cualificar" can also mean "to characterize" or "to identify". |
| Georgian | It means “to have a certificate or diploma” |
| German | "Qualifizieren" likely derives from Latin "qualificare" meaning "to give quality". In sports, especially soccer, it can also refer to scoring a goal. |
| Greek | The word "έχω τα προσόντα" in Greek also means "be competent". |
| Gujarati | It can be derived from the English word 'like' meaning 'of similar nature'. Alternatively, 'લાયક' (layak) is derived from Sanskrit 'lyak' meaning 'suitable', 'deserving' or 'worthy' |
| Haitian Creole | The verb "kalifye" in Haitian Creole can also mean to "have the necessary skills or experience" |
| Hausa | The word cancanta in Hausa derives from the Arabic word "qaddara," meaning "to estimate" or "to determine." |
| Hawaiian | The word "kūpono" also means "to be right" or "to be correct" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The verb להעפיל can also mean "to climb" or "to ascend" |
| Hindi | In Buddhism, arhata is a person who has achieved the state of non-attachment and liberation from the cycle of rebirth. |
| Hmong | The word "tsim nyog" in Hmong is derived from the Chinese word "tsʻīn nyakъ", which means "to select". It can also refer to the process of being selected or chosen. |
| Hungarian | "Minősíteni" in Hungarian means "to evaluate" or "to assess", but it also refers to "graduation" (as in a school or university). |
| Icelandic | 'Hæfa' can also mean 'to be suitable' or 'to be able to' in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The alternate meaning of the Igbo word "iru eru" is "the quality of a thing." |
| Indonesian | The word "memenuhi syarat" is derived from "memenuhi" meaning "to fulfill" and "syarat" meaning "requirement". Therefore, it literally means "to fulfill a requirement". |
| Irish | The word "cáiliú" is related to the words "cúl" (back) and "liú" (go), meaning "to be able to go back" or "to be able to return". |
| Italian | The root of 'qualificarsi' means both 'to assess the qualities of something/someone' and 'to render someone or something suitable'. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "資格を得る" (kaku ryoku o eru) literally means "to obtain a right or qualification". |
| Javanese | 'nduweni kualifikasi' or 'qualify' in Javanese has multiple meanings, including 'eligible' or 'having the right skills'. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಅರ್ಹತೆ" does not mean "qualify" but rather refers to a person's eligibility or worthiness for something. |
| Kazakh | The word "біліктілік" can also refer to the state of being qualified, or the level of qualification possessed. |
| Korean | 자격을 갖추다 comes from the root "-격-" (grade, rank), signifying meeting a certain standard. |
| Kurdish | The word "têgihanîn" in Kurdish comes from the root "têgih", which means "to understand" or "to comprehend". |
| Lao | The word “ມີຄຸນສົມບັດ” can also mean “to be competent”, especially in the context of having the necessary skills or abilities for a particular task. |
| Latin | The word "temperandum" is derived from the Latin word "temperare," meaning "to moderate" or "to qualify." |
| Latvian | "Kvalificēties" also means “to qualify (for a particular job or role)" or simply “to have the necessary skills and experience". |
| Lithuanian | The word "kvalifikuoti" comes from the Latin word "qualificare", meaning "to make fit or suitable". |
| Luxembourgish | The verb "qualifizéieren" can either mean "to qualify" in the sense of being eligible for something or "to classify" in the sense of assigning to a certain category. |
| Macedonian | The word "се квалификува" in Macedonian can also mean "qualifying" or "qualification". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "mahafeno fepetra" has two etymological roots: "mahafeno," meaning "to find," and "fepetra," meaning "condition." Together, they mean "to meet the conditions." |
| Malay | "Memenuhi syarat" literally means "to meet the requirements" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "yoghyata" can also mean "skill" or "merit". |
| Maltese | The word 'tikkwalifika' is derived from the Italian word 'qualificare', which means 'to make fit' or 'to render capable'. |
| Maori | Originally meaning "to be suitable" or "to be appropriate" |
| Marathi | The word 'पात्र' ('qualify') in Marathi originates from the Sanskrit 'पात्र' ('worthy'), also referring to a 'vessel' or 'recipient' |
| Mongolian | In addition to "qualifying", тэнцэх can also mean "to become" or "to suffice". |
| Nepali | The word "योग्य" comes from the Sanskrit root "yuj", meaning "to join" or "to fit, |
| Norwegian | The word "kvalifisere" comes from the Latin word "qualificare", meaning "to make fit". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'ayenerere' can also mean 'to be fit' or 'to be suitable'. |
| Pashto | The word "وړتیا" also means "strength" or "ability" in Pashto. |
| Persian | Derived from Arabic "wajad" (found) and Persian "ashudan" (to become), "vajed sharte shodan" means to meet the requirements or to become eligible for something. |
| Polish | The Polish verb "zakwalifikować" can also mean "to be admitted to" or "to be eligible for". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "qualificar" can also mean "graduate" or "certify". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਯੋਗ" also means "proper", "fitting", or "suitable" in English. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "califica" comes from the Latin "calificare", meaning "to make good" or "to approve". |
| Russian | The word "квалифицироваться" means to acquire a skill or become eligible for something, and is related to the Latin word "qualis", meaning quality. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, agavaʻa, "to qualify,” can also mean "to make someone look better or to improve one’s reputation." |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "airidh" has the alternate meaning of "suit" or "be suitable for". |
| Serbian | The word "квалификовати" (qualify) derives from the Latin word "qualificare," meaning "to make fit or capable." |
| Sesotho | "Tšoanelha" can also mean "to have a right to" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "kukodzera" in Shona also means "to be entitled" or "to be deserving". |
| Sindhi | The word "لائق ٿيو" ("qualify") in Sindhi is derived from the Persian word "لائق" meaning "worthy" or "suitable." |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "kvalifikovať" also means "to train" or "to equip". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word kvalificirati derives from the Latin word "qualificatus" meaning "qualified" or "equipped with necessary skills". |
| Somali | The word "u qalma" in Somali can also mean "to fulfill a religious obligation," such as fasting or praying. |
| Spanish | Calificar also means "to appraise" or "to grade." |
| Sundanese | "Mumpuni" in Sundanese also means "proper" or "appropriate". |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "kufuzu" can also mean "leak", derived from the Arabic "fawza" which has the same meaning. |
| Swedish | "Kvalificera" is a borrowed word taken from the Latin verb "qualificare" (meaning "to describe") and was first borrowed to German, then to Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kwalipikado" comes from the Spanish word "calificado", meaning "qualified" or "skilled". |
| Tajik | The word "мувофиқат кардан" can also mean "to be appropriate" or "to be in accordance with" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "தகுதி" ("qualify") in Tamil is derived from the Sanskrit word "गुण" ("guna"), which means "quality" or "attribute". |
| Telugu | అర్హత may also refer to 'merit' or 'eligibility' and is derived from the Sanskrit word, arhati (arha in Telugu, meaning 'fit' or 'worthy'). In a different usage, it means a 'guarantee'. |
| Thai | "มีคุณสมบัติ" has another meaning: "eligible to receive, have right to." |
| Turkish | 'Nitelemek' sözcüğü, 'nite' kelimesinden türemiştir ve 'kaliteli hale getirme' veya 'özellik kazandırma' anlamlarına gelir. |
| Ukrainian | The word "кваліфікуватися" comes from the Latin word "qualificare", meaning "to make fit" or "to render capable". |
| Uzbek | The word "saralash" in Uzbek may refer to the process of preparing, sorting, or filtering out something. |
| Vietnamese | The word "đủ tiêu chuẩn" in Vietnamese literally means "enough conditions", referring to the fulfillment of requirements. |
| Welsh | "Yn gymwys" originated as a legal term, meaning "to be able to carry out a function or duty." |
| Xhosa | The word "ukufaneleka" also has the connotation of being worthy or deserving, and can be used to refer to a person's character or qualifications. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "באַגרענעצן" (qualify) is derived from the German word "begrentzen" (to limit). |
| Yoruba | "Yẹ" also means "to be proper" |
| Zulu | The word 'ufaneleke' originates from a Nguni root meaning 'to be worthy' or 'to deserve'. |
| English | "Qualify" comes from the Latin "qualis," meaning "of what kind," and can also mean "to limit" or "to make less severe." |