Afrikaans inwoner | ||
Albanian banor | ||
Amharic ነዋሪ | ||
Arabic مقيم | ||
Armenian բնակիչ | ||
Assamese বাসিন্দা | ||
Aymara markankiri | ||
Azerbaijani rezident | ||
Bambara lasigiden | ||
Basque egoiliarra | ||
Belarusian жыхар | ||
Bengali বাসিন্দা | ||
Bhojpuri निवासी | ||
Bosnian rezident | ||
Bulgarian жител | ||
Catalan resident | ||
Cebuano residente | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 居民 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 居民 | ||
Corsican residente | ||
Croatian rezidencija | ||
Czech rezident | ||
Danish beboer | ||
Dhivehi ރައްޔިތެއް | ||
Dogri बसनीक | ||
Dutch inwoner | ||
English resident | ||
Esperanto loĝanto | ||
Estonian elanik | ||
Ewe dumenɔla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) residente | ||
Finnish asuva | ||
French résident | ||
Frisian ynwenster | ||
Galician residente | ||
Georgian რეზიდენტი | ||
German bewohner | ||
Greek κάτοικος | ||
Guarani tendagua | ||
Gujarati નિવાસી | ||
Haitian Creole rezidan | ||
Hausa mazaunin | ||
Hawaiian kamaaina | ||
Hebrew תוֹשָׁב | ||
Hindi निवासी | ||
Hmong neeg nyob | ||
Hungarian lakos | ||
Icelandic íbúi | ||
Igbo onye bi | ||
Ilocano residente | ||
Indonesian penduduk | ||
Irish cónaitheoir | ||
Italian residente | ||
Japanese 居住者 | ||
Javanese warga | ||
Kannada ನಿವಾಸಿ | ||
Kazakh резидент | ||
Khmer អ្នកស្រុក | ||
Kinyarwanda utuye | ||
Konkani निवासी | ||
Korean 거주자 | ||
Krio pɔsin na di eria | ||
Kurdish rûniştevan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دانیشتوو | ||
Kyrgyz резидент | ||
Lao ຜູ້ອາໄສຢູ່ | ||
Latin habitans | ||
Latvian iedzīvotājs | ||
Lingala moto afandaka | ||
Lithuanian gyventojas | ||
Luganda omutuuze | ||
Luxembourgish résident | ||
Macedonian жител | ||
Maithili निवासी | ||
Malagasy amin'ny mponina | ||
Malay penduduk | ||
Malayalam താമസക്കാരൻ | ||
Maltese residenti | ||
Maori kainoho | ||
Marathi रहिवासी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯐꯝ ꯑꯃꯗ ꯂꯩꯔꯤꯕ ꯃꯤ | ||
Mizo mi cheng | ||
Mongolian оршин суугч | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နေထိုင်သူ | ||
Nepali निवासी | ||
Norwegian beboer | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wokhala | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବାସିନ୍ଦା | ||
Oromo jiraataa | ||
Pashto اوسیدونکی | ||
Persian ساکن | ||
Polish mieszkaniec | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) residente | ||
Punjabi ਨਿਵਾਸੀ | ||
Quechua llaqta masi | ||
Romanian rezident | ||
Russian резидент | ||
Samoan tagata nofo | ||
Sanskrit निवासी | ||
Scots Gaelic neach-còmhnaidh | ||
Sepedi modudi | ||
Serbian становник | ||
Sesotho moahi | ||
Shona mugari | ||
Sindhi رهائشي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පදිංචිකරුවෙක් | ||
Slovak bydlisko | ||
Slovenian prebivalec | ||
Somali degan | ||
Spanish residente | ||
Sundanese nyicingan | ||
Swahili mkazi | ||
Swedish bosatt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) residente | ||
Tajik резидент | ||
Tamil குடியிருப்பாளர் | ||
Tatar резиденты | ||
Telugu నివాసి | ||
Thai ถิ่นที่อยู่ | ||
Tigrinya ነባሪ | ||
Tsonga mutshami | ||
Turkish yerleşik | ||
Turkmen ýaşaýjysy | ||
Twi (Akan) deɛ ɔte hɔ | ||
Ukrainian резидент | ||
Urdu رہائشی | ||
Uyghur ئاھالە | ||
Uzbek rezident | ||
Vietnamese cư dân | ||
Welsh preswylydd | ||
Xhosa umhlali | ||
Yiddish טוישעוו | ||
Yoruba olugbe | ||
Zulu umhlali |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Inwoner, meaning “resident” in Afrikaans, is derived from the Dutch word “inwoner”, which holds the same meaning. |
| Albanian | While the word "banor" typically means "resident" in Albanian, it can also refer to "dweller" or "sojourner". |
| Amharic | The word "ነዋሪ" also has alternate meanings such as "settler" and "landlord." |
| Arabic | مقيم (resident) also refers to the person authorized to reside in a place by a permit or visa. |
| Armenian | - |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "rezident" has its roots in Latin, French, and Russian, signifying a person's status of residing in a particular location. |
| Basque | The term "egoiliarra" originally referred to a member of a communal household in 16th century Basque society. |
| Belarusian | The word “жыхар” (“resident”) in Belarusian also has the meaning of “tenant” or “lodger”. |
| Bengali | বাসিন্দা শব্দটির উৎস সংস্কৃত শব্দ 'वास' যার অর্থ 'বসবাস করা'। |
| Bosnian | The word "rezident" in Bosnian comes from the Latin word "residens", which means "remaining" or "staying in one place." |
| Bulgarian | The word "жител" derives from the verb "живя" (to live) and is cognate with the Russian word "житель" (resident). |
| Catalan | In the Middle Ages, it meant a person who lived in a place for a long time but was not a homeowner or a native of that place. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "residente" means "resident" but can also refer to a "voter in a specific district" or "someone who lives in a municipality." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "居民" literally means "the one who stays". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 居民 is also used in Chinese to mean a citizen or an inhabitant. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "residente" can also refer to a type of pasta similar to gnocchi. |
| Croatian | The word "Rezidencija" can also refer to an official residence, such as the presidential palace. |
| Czech | In Czech, "rezident" not only means "resident" but also refers to a secret agent or a police detective. |
| Danish | Beboer is derived from the Old Norse word búa, meaning 'to dwell' or 'to live'. |
| Dutch | The word "inwoner" is also used in Dutch to refer to someone who lives on an island or in a remote part of the country. |
| Esperanto | "Loĝanto" is also the present active participle of the verb "loĝi" ("to dwell") thus denoting someone who is currently dwelling. |
| Estonian | The term “elanik” also refers to someone who lives on an island, or an individual who lives in a rural area. |
| Finnish | The word "asuva" in Finnish is derived from the Proto-Finnic "*asua+", cognate with Proto-Germanic "*ans+-" ("dweller") and Estonian "asu": "to live". |
| French | The word "résident" in French can also mean "person who lives somewhere permanently or for a long time". |
| Frisian | The first part "yn" is the preposition for "in" in Frisian and the second part "wenster" may derive from the Ancient Germanic word "*winstraz" that originally meant "left" implying a "left-handed person" in this word |
| Galician | As far as its etymology in Latin, the word "residente" in Galician has several meanings, such as "remaining" or "subsisting". |
| Georgian | The word "რეზიდენტი" can also refer to a person who is appointed to represent their country in another country. |
| German | Despite being typically translated as "resident," "Bewohner" also refers to the occupants in bee apiaries (bees), rabbit hutches (rabbits), and the occupants of bird habitats like avianaries (birds), and thus may be considered to encompass more than human residency. |
| Greek | The word κάτοικος derives from the verb κατοικέω, which means to dwell, inhabit, or settle in a place. |
| Gujarati | The word "નિવાસી" also means "permanent address" or "domicile" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'rezidan' can also refer to a tenant or landlord. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word 'mazaunin' also refers to a place of residence or a dwelling. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the term "kamaaina" has two meanings: "native" and "long-term resident." |
| Hebrew | תושב can also mean "foreigner," which derives from an Arabic origin; "inhabitant" comes from a similar root in Aramaic and is used synonymously to תושב in the Mishnah, and the Talmud employs the terms in a more technical sense with subtle distinctions |
| Hindi | The word "निवासी" can also mean "inhabitant" or "dweller" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word "neeg nyob" is also used to refer to people who have lived in a place for a long time, or who are considered to be members of a particular community. |
| Hungarian | The word "lakos" can also refer to a landlord or tenant. |
| Icelandic | The word "íbúi" in Icelandic comes from the Old Norse word "byggja," meaning "to build" or "to inhabit." |
| Igbo | The word 'onye bi' literally means 'one who is there' in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word "penduduk" in Indonesian derives from Sanskrit word "panduk" meaning "pale" or "white" and may also refer to immigrants, particularly Chinese people. |
| Italian | "Residente" can also be used to refer to a student living in a dormitory, a person living in a care facility, or a non-native inhabitant of a country. |
| Japanese | Though written with the same kanji, in certain contexts 居住者 can also mean 'tenant'. |
| Javanese | The word "warga" in Javanese also means "member" or "citizen". |
| Kannada | The word ನಿವಾಸಿ has several other meanings, including 'home', 'abode', and 'dwelling'. |
| Kazakh | “Резидент” — заимствование из латинского residens «сидящий, остающийся», от глагола residere «садиться, пребывать». |
| Korean | The word "거주자" in Korean shares the same etymology with "to sit down" and can also refer to a "guest" or "one who sits down" in other contexts. |
| Kurdish | The word 'rûniştevan' is derived from the verb 'rûniştin' meaning 'to sit' and the suffix '-an', indicating a place of action, thus literally translating to 'the place of sitting' or 'the place of residence'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "резидент" in Kyrgyz can also refer to a spy or a diplomat stationed in a foreign country. |
| Lao | It can also mean one who has the permission to stay at a certain place (as in a tenant) or is a regular visitor of it (as in a regular customer). |
| Latin | The Latin word "habitans" also means "farmer" or "inhabitant". |
| Latvian | The word "iedzīvotājs" is derived from the verb "iedzīvoties", meaning "to settle down" or "to become a resident". |
| Lithuanian | The word "gyventojas" comes from the verb "gyventi" (to live) and the suffix "-tojas" (person or agent). It can also refer to a person who lives in a particular place or district. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish "résident" has a double meaning of "person residing within a territory" and "someone with permanent status who is not a citizen or a temporary resident." |
| Macedonian | The word "жител" can also refer to a person who is from a certain place, or to a person who lives in a particular way. |
| Malagasy | "Amin'ny mponina" is a noun that also means "local" or "native." |
| Malay | The word 'penduduk' derives from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root '*duduq' (to sit or reside). |
| Maltese | The word "residenti" in Maltese can also refer to a person who lives in a house or apartment that they own or rent. |
| Maori | The term 'kainoho' is also used to refer to a young unmarried person living in their parents' household. |
| Marathi | The term 'रहिवासी' also refers to a person who has a right to a particular place of residence. |
| Mongolian | The word 'оршин суугч' can also refer to a person who lives in a particular place, such as a city or town. |
| Nepali | The word "निवासी" comes from the Sanskrit word "nivasa," which means "dwelling" or "abode." |
| Norwegian | Beboer is a compound noun formed from the words "bo" (dwelling) and "-er" (agent), meaning "one who dwells" or "inhabitant". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'wokhala' also means 'owner' or 'native' when used as a noun, or 'inhabit' when used as a verb. |
| Pashto | The word "اوسیدونکی" in Pashto is derived from the Persian word "اقامت" (residence) and also means "dweller" or "inhabitant". |
| Persian | In Persian, the word ساکن can also refer to 'silent' or 'still'. |
| Polish | The word "Mieszkaniec" in Polish originally meant someone living outside the castle walls. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "residente" can also refer to a person who resides in a boarding house or a medical intern in residency. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਨਿਵਾਸੀ" (resident) in Punjabi can also refer to a person who lives in a particular place or has a legal right to live there. |
| Romanian | Romanian "rezident" can also mean "ambassador" or "intern" depending on context, which reflects its Latin root "residens" meaning "one who stays in a place" |
| Russian | "Резидент" также может означать "разведчик" или "шпион." |
| Samoan | In Samoan, 'tagata nofo' is a compound noun that can also mean 'a person who remains' or 'a person who is seated'. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scottish Gaelic, the term "neach-còmhnaidh" also denotes a member of a community, emphasizing their connection to the region or settlement. |
| Serbian | The word "становник" derives from the same root as "становање" (residence), ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Slavic term "*stanъ" meaning "camp" or "settlement". |
| Sesotho | The word 'moahi' can also mean 'tenant' or 'occupant' |
| Shona | The word mugari also means someone who acts on behalf of someone else |
| Slovak | The word "bydlisko" may also refer to a domicile, a place of residence, or an address. |
| Slovenian | The word 'prebivalec' is derived from the Slavic 'prebyvati', meaning 'to dwell' or 'to live', and is related to the English word 'abide'. |
| Somali | In ancient Somali, "degan" meant both "resident" and "owner of a house", and it also survives in the verb "degta" meaning "to build". |
| Spanish | In addition to meaning "resident," the Spanish word "residente" can also mean "student" or "fellow" in an academic context. |
| Sundanese | "Nyicingan" refers to a person who resides in a place temporarily or permanently, similar to the English word "occupant." |
| Swahili | The word "mkazi" in Swahili can also refer to a native or inhabitant of a particular place. |
| Swedish | The word bosatt, meaning resident in Swedish, originates from the Old Norse word 'búseta', which means 'to dwell' or 'to settle'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Filipino, "residente" can also refer to a person living in a particular area, but not permanently. |
| Tajik | В русском языке это слово также применяется для обозначения иностранных разведчиков. |
| Tamil | The term "குடியிருப்பாளர்" also refers to "settler" in Tamil and carries a specific historical context within that meaning. |
| Telugu | The word "నివాసి" is derived from the Sanskrit word "nivas" meaning "dwelling" or "residence." |
| Thai | The word "ถิ่นที่อยู่" can also refer to an "area where people live" or a "place of residence". |
| Turkish | The word 'yerleşik' derives from the verb 'yerleşmek' (to settle) and can also mean 'established' or 'permanent'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "резидент" in Ukrainian can mean both a person who holds a residency permit and an agent of a foreign intelligence agency. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "رہائشی" may also refer to a resident foreigner in Pakistan and to a tenant or lodger, in addition to its primary meaning as "permanent resident". |
| Uzbek | The word "rezident" in Uzbek can also refer to a person who is a permanent resident of a foreign country. |
| Vietnamese | The word "cư dân" can also mean "inhabitant" or "dweller". |
| Welsh | Preswylydd may also refer to 'the person who sits at the head of the table' or the 'one who presides' in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | Umhlali, meaning 'dweller', is also the name given to the coastal town of Umhlanga Rocks in South Africa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "טוישעוו" is derived from the Middle High German word "twische" meaning "between" and was originally used to refer to a Jewish person living in a Christian community. |
| Yoruba | "Olugbe" can also mean "landlord" or "owner of a house" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word "umhlali" can also refer to a Zulu traditional hut or village. |
| English | "Resident" can mean one who resides in a place, or a person who is undergoing training at a hospital. |