Recommend in different languages

Recommend in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
aanbeveel
Albanian
rekomandoj
Amharic
ይመክራሉ
Arabic
يوصي
Armenian
խորհուրդ տալ
Assamese
প্ৰস্তাৱ দিয়া
Aymara
iwxaña
Azerbaijani
tövsiyə edirəm
Bambara
ka gɛ̀lɛya
Basque
gomendatu
Belarusian
рэкамендаваць
Bengali
সুপারিশ
Bhojpuri
सिफारिश कईल
Bosnian
preporučeno
Bulgarian
препоръчвам
Catalan
recomanar
Cebuano
rekomend
Chinese (Simplified)
推荐
Chinese (Traditional)
推薦
Corsican
ricumandemu
Croatian
preporuči
Czech
doporučit
Danish
anbefale
Dhivehi
ހުށަހެޅުން
Dogri
प्रेरत
Dutch
adviseren
English
recommend
Esperanto
rekomendi
Estonian
soovitada
Ewe
ɖo aɖaŋu
Filipino (Tagalog)
magrekomenda
Finnish
suositella
French
recommander
Frisian
oanbefelje
Galician
recomendo
Georgian
გირჩევთ
German
empfehlen
Greek
συνιστώ
Guarani
jekuaauka
Gujarati
ભલામણ
Haitian Creole
rekòmande
Hausa
bada shawara
Hawaiian
paipai aku
Hebrew
לְהַמלִיץ
Hindi
की सिफारिश
Hmong
pom zoo
Hungarian
ajánlani
Icelandic
mælt með
Igbo
nwere ike ikwu
Ilocano
ikalikagum
Indonesian
sarankan
Irish
a mholadh
Italian
consiglia
Japanese
おすすめ
Javanese
nyaranake
Kannada
ಶಿಫಾರಸು ಮಾಡಿ
Kazakh
ұсыну
Khmer
សូមផ្តល់អនុសាសន៍
Kinyarwanda
saba
Konkani
शिफारस
Korean
권하다
Krio
advays
Kurdish
pêşnîyarkirin
Kurdish (Sorani)
پێسنیارکردن
Kyrgyz
сунуштайбыз
Lao
ແນະ ນຳ
Latin
suadeo
Latvian
ieteikt
Lingala
kopesa likanisi
Lithuanian
rekomenduoju
Luganda
okulonda
Luxembourgish
recommandéieren
Macedonian
препорача
Maithili
सिफारिस करनाइ
Malagasy
recommend
Malay
mengesyorkan
Malayalam
ശുപാർശ ചെയ്യുക
Maltese
jirrakkomanda
Maori
tūtohu
Marathi
शिफारस
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯇꯥꯛꯄ
Mizo
kawhhmuh
Mongolian
зөвлөж байна
Myanmar (Burmese)
အကြံပြုပါသည်
Nepali
सिफारिस गर्नुहोस्
Norwegian
anbefale
Nyanja (Chichewa)
lembani
Odia (Oriya)
ସୁପାରିଶ କରନ୍ତୁ |
Oromo
yaada gorsaa kennuu
Pashto
وړاندیز
Persian
توصیه
Polish
polecić
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
recomendar
Punjabi
ਦੀ ਸਿਫਾਰਸ਼
Quechua
kunasqa
Romanian
recomanda
Russian
рекомендую
Samoan
fautua
Sanskrit
प्रशंसति
Scots Gaelic
moladh
Sepedi
šišinya
Serbian
препоручити
Sesotho
khothaletsa
Shona
kurudzira
Sindhi
سفارش ڪريو
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
නිර්දේශ කරන්න
Slovak
odporučiť
Slovenian
priporočam
Somali
ku talin
Spanish
recomendar
Sundanese
nyarankeun
Swahili
pendekeza
Swedish
rekommendera
Tagalog (Filipino)
magrekomenda
Tajik
тавсия
Tamil
பரிந்துரை
Tatar
тәкъдим итегез
Telugu
సిఫార్సు చేయండి
Thai
แนะนำ
Tigrinya
ምምካር
Tsonga
ringanyeta
Turkish
önermek
Turkmen
maslahat beriň
Twi (Akan)
susu
Ukrainian
рекомендую
Urdu
تجویز کریں
Uyghur
تەۋسىيە قىلىڭ
Uzbek
tavsiya eting
Vietnamese
giới thiệu
Welsh
argymell
Xhosa
cebisa
Yiddish
רעקאָמענדירן
Yoruba
ṣeduro
Zulu
ncoma

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "aanbeveel" is derived from the Dutch word "aanbevelen", meaning "to commend" or "to advise".
Albanian"Rekomandoj" ultimately derives from the Latin "commandare," meaning to put into someone's hands.
Amharic"ይመክራሉ" also translates as "advise", "suggest", or "recommend" in English.
ArabicThe verb يوصي initially meant “to bequeath” and later evolved to include “to recommend” as bequesting refers to assigning something to someone.
AzerbaijaniThe word "tövsiyə edirəm" is derived from the Persian word "tavsiyə", which means "suggestion" or "advice".
BasqueThe word 'gomendatu' (recommend) originates from Basque and means 'to trust', 'to entrust'
Belarusian"Рэкамендаваць" is derived from the Russian word "рекомендовать" which means "to advise" or "to suggest".
Bengali"সুপারিশ" comes from the Sanskrit root "sushrush", meaning "to serve diligently" or "to wait upon".
BosnianThe word "preporučeno" originally meant "to hand over" in Bosnian, and is related to the word "preporuka" meaning "recommendation".
BulgarianThe Bulgarian word "Препоръчвам" shares the same origin as the Latin "prae" (before) and the verb "commendare" (to entrust), implying a suggestion or endorsement based on past experience.
CatalanThe Spanish word "recomendar" comes from the Latin "recommandare", meaning "to commit to someone's care".
CebuanoThe word "rekomend" is also used in Cebuano to mean "present" or "introduce" someone or something.
Chinese (Simplified)"推荐" can also mean "to promote" or "to introduce".
Chinese (Traditional)推薦 is a combination of the character 推 (push) and 薦 (introduce), suggesting 'pushing someone forward' for recognition or support.
CorsicanThe Corsican word "ricumandemu" derives from the Latin "recommandare", meaning "to entrust" or "to commit".
CroatianPreporuči derives from the Slavic root *porǫ, meaning "to give" or "to hand over."
CzechDoporučit is a verb meaning 'recommend', and is cognate to the Russian word 'dobro' (good).
DanishThe word "anbefale" is derived from the Old Norse word "at bjóða," which means "to offer" or "to invite."
Dutch"Adviseren" also means "to deliberate, to take counsel, to consult"
EsperantoIn Esperanto, the word "rekomendi" is derived from the Latin word "recomendare". It can also mean "to entrust" or "to commit".
EstonianThe word "soovitada" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "*suwota" meaning "to desire" or "to wish".
FinnishThe word "suositella" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "suosi", meaning "to favor or prefer".
FrenchThe word "recommander" also means "to summon" or "to call back" in French.
FrisianThe word 'oanbefelje' is derived from the Old Frisian words 'onbefelje' (to hand over) and 'felje' (to order).
GalicianGalician "recomendo" comes from Latin "recommendo", whose two parts translate to "again" and "entrust".
GermanThe etymology of the German word "empfehlen" is from the Middle High German "enphelhen," meaning "to give into someone's care."
GreekThe verb συνιστώ, besides meaning "to recommend," is the origin of the modern Greek word σύσταση, "recommendation," but also "introduction," "composition," or even "constituency."
Gujarati"ભલામણ" (bhalamaan) traces its roots to "भल" (bhala, good) and "मनु" (manu, human or mind) in Sanskrit, hinting at its original sense of "favoring someone with good intentions.
Haitian CreoleThe verb "rekòmande" comes from the French verb "recommander", which also means to recommend, and is ultimately derived from the Latin verb "commandare", meaning to entrust or commit.
HausaThe word "bada shawara" is derived from Arabic, where "bada" means "to appear" and "shawara" means "to consult" or "to seek advice".
HawaiianIn English, the Hawaiian word 'paipai aku' can also be rendered as 'to encourage'.
HebrewThe Hebrew verb "לְהַמלִיץ" comes from the root "מלץ" and has other meanings, such as "to advise".
Hindi"सिफर" (sifar), the Hindi word for "recommend," derives from the Arabic verb "safara" meaning "to travel" or the Persian "sifarish" which means "to entrust".
HmongThe Hmong word "pom zoo" has alternative meanings such as "tell" or "inform."
HungarianThe word "ajánlani" originates from the Turkish word "önermek", meaning "to suggest" or "to propose".
IcelandicMælt með is cognate with English "meld" meaning "to announce or inform".
IgboThe Igbo phrase "nwere ike ikwu" also translates to "to have the power of speech".
Indonesian"Sarankan" comes from the Javanese word "saran" which means suggestion or proposal.
IrishThe term 'a mholadh' can also refer to an ecclesiastical proposal for a new bishop.
ItalianItalian "consiglia" ultimately derives from Latin "consulo, -ere" meaning 'to deliberate' or 'to advise,' leading to the meanings of 'recommend' or 'give advice' in modern Italian.
JapaneseThe word "おすすめ" (osusume) originally meant "to carry on one's back" and later came to mean "to recommend".
Javanese"Nyaranake" comes from the words "nyara" (to search) and "naka" (to agree), suggesting the act of searching for a suitable candidate.
Kannadaಶಿಫಾರಸು ಮಾಡಿ is derived from the Persian word "sifarish" and also means "to propose" or "to introduce".
KazakhThe word "ұсыну" (recommend) also means "to present" or "to introduce" in Kazakh.
KhmerThis word can also mean "to give advice" or "to suggest".
Korean"권하다" also means "to advise" or "to persuade".
KyrgyzThe word "cүнуштайбыз" can also mean "to persuade" in Kyrgyz.
Lao"ແນະ ນຳ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "nī" meaning "to lead" and is related to the Thai word "นำ" with the same meaning.
LatvianLatvian "ieteikt" derives from Proto-Indo-European root "*yeg- ", "to join, harness".
LithuanianThe Lithuanian word "rekomenduoju" is formed from the prefix "re-" ("again") and the root "komentuoti" ("to comment"), and it originally meant "to remark on again, or discuss further".
LuxembourgishThe word "recommandéieren" derives from the French word "recommander" and also means "to advise" or "to give advice".
MacedonianThe word "препорача" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "приреченъ", which means "spoken in advance" or "foretold".
MalagasyThe Malagasy word "manoro" is also used to describe a sacrifice offered to ancestors or a payment made to an oracle.
MalayThe word "mengesyorkan" is derived from the Old Malay word "syor", meaning "opinion" or "proposal".
Malayalam'ശുപാർശ ചെയ്യുക' means proposing an action or course of action, or to express approval or support of something or someone.
MalteseThe word 'jirrakkomanda' in Maltese ultimately derives from the Latin 'recommendare', meaning 'to commit'.
MaoriThe word comes from "tu" (to stand) and "tohu" (a sign or mark) and thus refers to establishing or marking out something as good.
MarathiThe word 'शिफारस' ultimately derives from the Persian word 'sifarish', meaning 'introduction' or 'recommendation'.
MongolianThe verb "зөвлөж байна" can also mean "to advise" or "to give an opinion".
Myanmar (Burmese)The term is derived from the French "recommandation", which means "to put into someone's hands".
Nepaliसिफारिस गर्नुहोस्' ('recommend') is derived from the Latin 'recommendare', meaning 'to commit to one's care or protection'. It can also mean 'to commend' or 'to suggest'.
NorwegianAnbefale is derived from the Old Norse word "befala," which means "to order" or "to command."
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word 'lembani' in Nyanja has its roots in the Bantu language family, and it can also mean 'advise' or 'encourage'.
PashtoThe word "وړاندیز" can also mean "proposal" or "suggestion" in Pashto.
PersianThe Persian word "توصیه" also has the alternate meaning of "advice", which is its primary meaning in Arabic.
PolishThe word 'polecić' also means 'to charge with treason' or 'to accuse' in Polish, reflecting its historical connection to oaths and loyalty.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The Portuguese word "recomendar" derives from the Latin "recommandare," meaning "to commit to someone's care or protection."
RomanianThe origin of the Romanian verb "recomanda" is uncertain and can be traced back to either Latin, Hungarian, or Turkish.
RussianThe original meaning of "рекомендую" was "to put one's hand under".
Samoan"Fautua" also means "to give a warning" or "to give a sermon."
Scots Gaelic"Moladh" also means praise or encouragement, and can be related to "moladh nam bàrd" (blessing of the bards)
SerbianThe word "препоручити" can also mean "to advise" or "to suggest".
SesothoThe word 'khothaletsa' can also mean 'to send on a mission' in Sesotho.
ShonaThe word 'kurudzira' can also mean 'to persuade' or 'to entice'.
SindhiThe Sindhi word "سفارش ڪريو" can also mean "to suggest" or "to advise."
Sinhala (Sinhalese)This Sinhala word is derived from Sanskrit and has a similar meaning in other Indo-Aryan languages like Odia and Bengali.
SlovakThe verb "odporučiť" derives from the Old Slavic "oporočiti", meaning "speak ill of".
SlovenianThe word "priporočam" is a compound word made up of the prefix "pri-" and the root "-poroča-," meaning "to tell" or "to make known."
SomaliKu talin can also mean "to guide" or "to lead."
SpanishThe verb "recomendar" in Spanish comes from the Latin word "recommendo," which means "to entrust".
SundaneseThe word "nyarankeun" comes from the word "nyaran" which means "to give a recommendation".
SwahiliThe word 'pendekeza' derives from the root 'pende' meaning 'like' and 'keza' meaning 'much', suggesting a strong recommendation.
Swedish"Rekommendera" comes from the French "recommander", itself stemming from the Latin "re-commandare", meaning "to entrust a person or cause to the care of another"
Tagalog (Filipino)The Tagalog word "magrekomenda" can also mean 'to introduce', 'to present', or 'to propose'.
TajikThe word “тавсия” can also mean “advice” or “consultation”.
TeluguThe etymology of "recommend" is "recommendo," a Latin word meaning "entrust, commit, commend."
ThaiThe Thai word แนะนำ comes from the Sanskrit niryāti (นิรฺยาติ), and it can also carry the additional meanings of "introduction" "presentation," "guideline" or "advise."}
TurkishÖnermek also means "to advise" or "to suggest" in Turkish, and derives from the root "öner-," which means "to put forward.
UkrainianThe word рекомендую is derived from the Latin word "recommendare", meaning "to commend to the favour of".
Urduتجویز (taJWeez) can also mean to prescribe, advise, or suggest in Urdu.
UzbekThe word "tavsiya eting" derives from the Persian word "tavsiye" which means "advice" or "suggestion".
VietnameseThe word "giới thiệu" is derived from the Chinese word "介紹", which means "to introduce" or "to recommend".
WelshArgymell comes from the Middle Welsh word argymellu, which itself comes from Old Welsh arcymell, and in turn from Late Latin recommandare, a compound of re- and commendare.
XhosaThe word "cebisa" in Xhosa is derived from the noun "cebo", meaning "a gift". Thus, to "cebisa" someone is to "give a gift" of praise or honor
YiddishThe Yiddish word for "recommend" also means "to advise" or "to suggest".
YorubaIn an alternate meaning, Ṣẹ̀dùrọ̀ can mean 'to report' something to someone.
Zulu"Ncoma" also means "to point out" or "to show".
EnglishThe verb 'recommend' derives from the Latin 'commandare,' meaning to entrust, and originally had a stronger sense of authority than today.

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