Afrikaans verhouding | ||
Albanian lidhje | ||
Amharic ግንኙነት | ||
Arabic علاقة | ||
Armenian հարաբերություն | ||
Assamese সম্পৰ্ক | ||
Aymara relación ukampi | ||
Azerbaijani münasibət | ||
Bambara jɛɲɔgɔnya | ||
Basque erlazio | ||
Belarusian адносіны | ||
Bengali সম্পর্ক | ||
Bhojpuri रिश्ता के बारे में बतावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian odnos | ||
Bulgarian отношение | ||
Catalan relació | ||
Cebuano kalabotan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 关系 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 關係 | ||
Corsican relazione | ||
Croatian odnos | ||
Czech vztah | ||
Danish forhold | ||
Dhivehi ގުޅުން | ||
Dogri रिश्ता | ||
Dutch relatie | ||
English relation | ||
Esperanto rilato | ||
Estonian suhe | ||
Ewe ƒomedodo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) relasyon | ||
Finnish suhde | ||
French relation | ||
Frisian relaasje | ||
Galician relación | ||
Georgian მიმართება | ||
German beziehung | ||
Greek σχέση | ||
Guarani relación rehegua | ||
Gujarati સંબંધ | ||
Haitian Creole relasyon | ||
Hausa dangi | ||
Hawaiian pili pili | ||
Hebrew יַחַס | ||
Hindi रिश्ता | ||
Hmong piv | ||
Hungarian kapcsolat | ||
Icelandic tengsl | ||
Igbo mmekọrita | ||
Ilocano relasion | ||
Indonesian hubungan | ||
Irish maidir le | ||
Italian relazione | ||
Japanese 関係 | ||
Javanese gegayutan | ||
Kannada ಸಂಬಂಧ | ||
Kazakh қатынас | ||
Khmer ទំនាក់ទំនង | ||
Kinyarwanda isano | ||
Konkani संबंद | ||
Korean 관계 | ||
Krio rileshɔnship | ||
Kurdish meriv | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پەیوەندی | ||
Kyrgyz байланыш | ||
Lao ສາຍພົວພັນ | ||
Latin relatione | ||
Latvian saistība | ||
Lingala boyokani | ||
Lithuanian santykis | ||
Luganda enkolagana | ||
Luxembourgish relatioun | ||
Macedonian релација | ||
Maithili सम्बन्ध | ||
Malagasy fifandraisana | ||
Malay hubungan | ||
Malayalam ബന്ധം | ||
Maltese relazzjoni | ||
Maori hononga | ||
Marathi संबंध | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯤ ꯂꯩꯅꯕꯥ ꯋꯥꯐꯃꯁꯤꯡ꯫ | ||
Mizo inzawmna | ||
Mongolian харилцаа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆက်စပ်မှု | ||
Nepali सम्बन्ध | ||
Norwegian forhold | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ubale | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମ୍ପର୍କ | ||
Oromo hariiroo | ||
Pashto تړاو | ||
Persian رابطه | ||
Polish relacja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) relação | ||
Punjabi ਸਬੰਧ | ||
Quechua relación nisqa | ||
Romanian relație | ||
Russian связь | ||
Samoan aiga | ||
Sanskrit सम्बन्धः | ||
Scots Gaelic dàimh | ||
Sepedi kamano | ||
Serbian однос | ||
Sesotho kamano | ||
Shona hukama | ||
Sindhi واسطو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සම්බන්ධතාවය | ||
Slovak vzťah | ||
Slovenian razmerje | ||
Somali xiriir | ||
Spanish relación | ||
Sundanese hubungan | ||
Swahili uhusiano | ||
Swedish relation | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ugnayan | ||
Tajik муносибат | ||
Tamil உறவு | ||
Tatar мөнәсәбәт | ||
Telugu సంబంధం | ||
Thai ความสัมพันธ์ | ||
Tigrinya ዝምድና | ||
Tsonga vuxaka | ||
Turkish ilişki | ||
Turkmen gatnaşygy | ||
Twi (Akan) abusuabɔ | ||
Ukrainian відношення | ||
Urdu رشتہ | ||
Uyghur مۇناسىۋەت | ||
Uzbek munosabat | ||
Vietnamese quan hệ | ||
Welsh perthynas | ||
Xhosa ubudlelwane | ||
Yiddish באַציונג | ||
Yoruba ibatan | ||
Zulu ubuhlobo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Albanian | The word "lidhje" in Albanian derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "leydh-", meaning "to bind" or "to tie". |
| Amharic | "ግንኙነት" (relation) is related to "ግን" (but) as it implies a comparison or connection between different entities. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "علاقة" also denotes a romantic relationship, similar to the English term "affair." |
| Azerbaijani | "Münasibət" in Azerbaijani, cognate with Persian مناسبت (monāsebat), also meant "proportion, conformity" |
| Basque | The word "erlazio" is also used to describe a kinship, a connection between two or more people. |
| Belarusian | The word "адносіны" can also refer to a person's status or position in society. |
| Bengali | The word "সম্পর্ক" can also mean "connection," "association," or "relationship." |
| Bosnian | The word "odnos" in Bosnian can also refer to a ratio or proportion. |
| Bulgarian | The word "отношение" can also mean "attitude" or "opinion" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "relació" ultimately derives from the Latin word "relatio", meaning "reference", "report", or "account". |
| Cebuano | The word 'kalabotan' can also mean 'connection', 'interrelation', 'kinship' or 'affinity'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 关系 (guānxi) can also mean 'connection' or 'interdependence'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "關係" (relation in English) has a range of meanings in Chinese, including "connection", "relationship", and "influence". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'relazione' also means 'story' or 'tale'. |
| Croatian | The word "odnos" in Croatian originates from the Proto-Slavic word *otьnosъ, meaning "attitude, behavior, or stance." |
| Czech | The term "vztah" in Czech can also refer to a relationship or connection. |
| Danish | Though 'forhold' in Danish typically means 'relation', it can also signify proportions and circumstances, similar to German 'Verhältnis'. |
| Dutch | The word "relatie" in Dutch can also mean "relationship" or "connection", depending on the context. |
| Esperanto | "Rilato" in Esperanto, coming from French "relaté", also means "story", "tale" or "account", like "esperanto-rilato" (Esperanto story). |
| Estonian | The word "suhe" also refers to a proportion or ratio, particularly in mathematics. |
| Finnish | The word "suhde" also carries the meanings of "circumstances" and "situation" |
| French | The French word "relation" also means "report" or "connection". |
| Frisian | The word "relaasje" in Frisian can also refer to a type of short story or ballad. |
| Galician | In Galician, "relación" can also mean "report" or "relationship", depending on the context. |
| Georgian | The term "მიმართება" can also refer to a mathematical or logical connection between two or more elements. |
| German | The word "Beziehung" in German can also mean "connection" or "relationship" between two objects or entities. |
| Greek | In mathematics, the word "σχέση" can also refer to a binary relation, representing a set of ordered pairs. |
| Gujarati | The word "સંબંધ" (relation) in Gujarati originates from the Sanskrit word "सम्बन्ध" (sambandha), meaning "connection" or "relationship". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "relasyon" is derived from the French word "relation," and can also mean "connection" or "relationship." |
| Hausa | "Dangi" is derived from the Proto-Benue-Congo word *daaŋi, meaning "mother" or "maternal relative." |
| Hawaiian | The word “pili pili“ can also mean “to cling.” |
| Hebrew | The word "יַחַס" in Hebrew also connotes "ratio" or "proportion." |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "रिश्ता" not only means "relation," but also holds cultural significance, encompassing bonds and connections within a social network. |
| Hmong | The word "piv" in Hmong can also refer to a unit of time equal to about an hour and a half. |
| Hungarian | The word "kapcsolat" can also mean "connection" or "relationship" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "tengsl" in Icelandic can also refer to a "connection" or "relation" between two things, such as a cause and effect. |
| Igbo | "Mmekọrita" also refers to the connection between two things. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "hubungan" not only means "relation" but also refers to a "connection" or a "relationship" between two or more people or things. |
| Irish | The word 'maidir le' in Irish can also refer to a godparent or sponsor. |
| Italian | The Italian word 'relazione' derives from the Latin 'relatio,' meaning 'an account' or 'a report,' and can also refer to a connection or bond between individuals. |
| Japanese | "関係" can also mean 'relevance', 'intimacy', or 'connections' in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word "gegayutan" in Javanese can also mean "to be related" or "to be connected". |
| Kannada | "ಸಂಬಂಧ" also has the meaning "connection", "union", or "association" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "қатынас" originally referred to "communication, talk" or "contact" as well as "relation, kinship" |
| Korean | The word "관계" derives from the Hanja character "關", which also means "barrier" or "boundary". |
| Kurdish | The word "meriv" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*mer-/*mor-", meaning "to bind, to connect". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "байланыш" in Kyrgyz can also refer to "contact" or "connection". |
| Lao | "สาย" also means "electric wire" in Thai |
| Latin | In Latin, "relatione" (relation) can also refer to a report or an account, and is related to "refero," meaning "to bring back." |
| Latvian | The word "saistība" derives from the verb "saistīt" (to bind), indicating the strong connection implied by the relationship. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "santykis" is related to the Sanskrit word "sambandha," meaning "connection" or "relationship." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Relatioun" is cognate with English "relation" and German "Relation," but primarily refers to a personal or familial connection rather than a concept or logical relationship. |
| Macedonian | The word "релација" in Macedonian can also refer to a mathematical relation or a relationship between two or more people. |
| Malagasy | The word "fifandraisana" can also mean "alliance" or "relationship" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word 'hubungan' can also mean 'connection' or 'relationship' in Malay. |
| Malayalam | "Bandham" in Malayalam is cognate with "bond" and "band" in English, and also means a musical instrument. |
| Maltese | The word "relazzjoni" can also refer to a relationship between two people, such as a romantic or familial one. |
| Maori | The word "hononga" in Māori can also refer to a physical or spiritual connection, a bond, or a relationship. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "संबंध" (sambandha) also means a "connection" or an "affair". |
| Mongolian | The word 'харилцаа' refers to an interaction or a connection between two or more parties in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | "सम्बन्ध" can also refer to a mathematical relation or context. |
| Norwegian | The word forhold in Norwegian can also mean 'condition' or 'state', and is cognate to the German word Verhältnis. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Chichewa word "ubale" also refers to a "bond, connection, or tie" between two or more objects, people, or ideas. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "تړاو" can also refer to "connection," "relationship," or "linkage." |
| Persian | In Persian, "رابطه" can also mean "connection" or "bond". |
| Polish | "Relacja" in Polish can also refer to a story or an account, similar to the English word "narrative" or "report." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "relação" can also mean "relationship" or "list". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਬੰਧ" (relation) can also refer to a connection, kinship, or association. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word 'relație' is derived from the Latin word 'relatio', meaning 'carrying back' or 'reporting'. |
| Russian | In Russian, the word "связь" can also mean "connection", "communication", or "bond." |
| Samoan | The word also translates variously as "kind" or a "sort." |
| Scots Gaelic | "Dàimh" also means "a company or party of people" and is cognate with Welsh "daith". |
| Serbian | 'Однос' is also a Serbian slang for 'a homosexual relationship'. |
| Sesotho | "Kamano" can also mean "a certain place" and "a place at the foot of a mountain or hill". |
| Shona | "Hukuma" is also a word in Swahili, meaning "government" or "authority". |
| Sindhi | In the Sindhi language, the word 'वाسطو' ('relation') can also mean 'medium', 'means' or 'mediator'. |
| Slovak | The word "vzťah" in Slovak can also refer to a mathematical relation or a relationship between two or more people. |
| Slovenian | "Razmerje" also denotes "ratio" (of numbers), "proportion" (of ingredients), and "measurement" (of space or time). |
| Somali | "Xiriir" can also refer to a group of people with shared interests or objectives. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "relación" derives from the Latin word "relatio", which means "carrying back" or "bringing back". |
| Sundanese | The word "hubungan" in Sundanese can also mean "connection" or "relationship". |
| Swahili | "Uhusiano" can also mean "relationship" in the sense of "a romantic or sexual relationship", or "a connection or association between two or more people or things". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, relation can also refer to a story, account, or description. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "ugnayan" in Tagalog (Filipino) can also refer to connection, link, or relationship, and is derived from the root word "ugnay", meaning "to unite" or "to connect." |
| Tajik | The Persian-Arabic phrase "مو نسبت" literally means "What is your name (and lineage)?" |
| Tamil | The term 'உறவு' in Tamil can also refer to a social network or connection, a kinship group, or a relationship between two or more people. |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "సంబంధం" can refer to a relationship or connection between people, objects, or events. |
| Thai | The word "ความสัมพันธ์" in Thai can also mean "linkage" or "connection" |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "ilişki" can also mean "connection" or "relationship", depending on the context. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "відношення" can also refer to mathematical relations or ratios. |
| Urdu | The word "رشتہ" has a rich etymology, stemming from the root meaning "to tie" and also referring to a bond of marriage or kinship. |
| Uzbek | "Munosabat" means "relation" in Uzbek and also refers to the connection between two things. |
| Vietnamese | The word "quan hệ" in Vietnamese can also mean "relationship" or "affair". |
| Welsh | The word "perthynas" in Welsh is derived from the Proto-Celtic root "*kʷerti-n-i" and is related to the English word "kin". |
| Xhosa | The word 'ubudlelwane' can also refer to a connection between two people. |
| Yiddish | The etymology of the Yiddish word “batzoying” is unclear; possibilities include Russian, Polish, or Ukrainian words meaning "father's side; father's family, |
| Yoruba | The word "ibatan" in Yoruba can also refer to "a brother" or "a sister". |
| Zulu | Ubuhlobo also refers to the spiritual connection between family members, extending beyond kinship to encompass ancestral spirits. |
| English | Relation can also refer to an account of something that has occurred, or to an act of connecting something. |