Sales in Different Languages
Discover 'Sales' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Sales
Afrikaans verkope | ||
Albanian shitjet | ||
Amharic ሽያጮች | ||
Arabic مبيعات | ||
Armenian վաճառք | ||
Assamese বিক্ৰী | ||
Aymara aljasiñanaka | ||
Azerbaijani satış | ||
Bambara feereli | ||
Basque salmentak | ||
Belarusian продажу | ||
Bengali বিক্রয় | ||
Bhojpuri बिक्री के काम होला | ||
Bosnian prodaja | ||
Bulgarian продажби | ||
Catalan vendes | ||
Cebuano baligya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 销售量 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 銷售量 | ||
Corsican vendita | ||
Croatian prodajni | ||
Czech odbyt | ||
Danish salg | ||
Dhivehi ވިއްކުން | ||
Dogri बिक्री | ||
Dutch verkoop | ||
English sales | ||
Esperanto vendoj | ||
Estonian müük | ||
Ewe nudzadzrawo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) benta | ||
Finnish myynti | ||
French ventes | ||
Frisian ferkeap | ||
Galician vendas | ||
Georgian გაყიდვების | ||
German der umsatz | ||
Greek εκπτώσεις | ||
Guarani ñemuha rehegua | ||
Gujarati વેચાણ | ||
Haitian Creole lavant yo | ||
Hausa tallace-tallace | ||
Hawaiian nā kūʻai aku | ||
Hebrew מכירות | ||
Hindi बिक्री | ||
Hmong kev muag khoom | ||
Hungarian értékesítés | ||
Icelandic sala | ||
Igbo ọrịre | ||
Ilocano paglakuan | ||
Indonesian penjualan | ||
Irish díolacháin | ||
Italian i saldi | ||
Japanese 売上高 | ||
Javanese adol | ||
Kannada ಮಾರಾಟ | ||
Kazakh сату | ||
Khmer ការលក់ | ||
Kinyarwanda kugurisha | ||
Konkani विक्री करप | ||
Korean 매상 | ||
Krio di sɛl we dɛn de sɛl | ||
Kurdish firotanê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فرۆشتن | ||
Kyrgyz сатуу | ||
Lao ການຂາຍ | ||
Latin sales | ||
Latvian pārdošana | ||
Lingala koteka | ||
Lithuanian pardavimai | ||
Luganda okutunda | ||
Luxembourgish verkaf | ||
Macedonian продажба | ||
Maithili बिक्री | ||
Malagasy varotra | ||
Malay jualan | ||
Malayalam വിൽപ്പന | ||
Maltese bejgħ | ||
Maori hoko | ||
Marathi विक्री | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯂꯁ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo hralhna a ni | ||
Mongolian борлуулалт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အရောင်း | ||
Nepali बिक्री | ||
Norwegian salg | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) malonda | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିକ୍ରୟ | ||
Oromo gurgurtaa | ||
Pashto پلور | ||
Persian حراجی | ||
Polish sprzedaż | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vendas | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਕਰੀ | ||
Quechua rantikuy | ||
Romanian vânzări | ||
Russian продажи | ||
Samoan faʻatau | ||
Sanskrit विक्रयः | ||
Scots Gaelic reic | ||
Sepedi thekiso ya | ||
Serbian продаја | ||
Sesotho thekiso | ||
Shona kutengesa | ||
Sindhi وڪرو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අලෙවි | ||
Slovak predaj | ||
Slovenian prodaje | ||
Somali iibinta | ||
Spanish ventas | ||
Sundanese jualan | ||
Swahili mauzo | ||
Swedish försäljning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) benta | ||
Tajik фурӯш | ||
Tamil விற்பனை | ||
Tatar сату | ||
Telugu అమ్మకాలు | ||
Thai การขาย | ||
Tigrinya መሸጣ | ||
Tsonga ku xavisiwa | ||
Turkish satış | ||
Turkmen satuw | ||
Twi (Akan) adetɔn | ||
Ukrainian продажів | ||
Urdu فروخت | ||
Uyghur سېتىش | ||
Uzbek sotish | ||
Vietnamese bán hàng | ||
Welsh gwerthiannau | ||
Xhosa ukuthengisa | ||
Yiddish פארקויפונג | ||
Yoruba awọn tita | ||
Zulu ukuthengisa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Verkope" comes from the Dutch word "verkoop" which means "sale" and is not related to the Afrikaans word "verkoop" which means "to sell" |
| Albanian | "Shitjet" is a shortened form of "shitje (sale) me leje (auction)" which translates to "auction sale." |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ሽያጮች" is derived from the verb "ሸየ," meaning "to sell". |
| Arabic | The word "مبيعات" derives from the root word "باع" meaning "exchange of goods or services for money" and shares its root with "بيع" (meaning "selling"), "مبيعة" (meaning "marketplace") and "بائع" (meaning "seller"). |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "վաճառք" can also refer to the act of selling, trading, or marketing goods or services in addition to its primary meaning of "sales". |
| Azerbaijani | "Satış" also means "trafficking" or "distribution" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "salmentak" also means "to sell" or "to be sold" in the Basque language. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "продажу" can also mean "for sale" or "on sale". |
| Bengali | "বিক্রয়" (sales) originates from the Sanskrit word विक्रय (vikraya), meaning to distribute or dispose of something. |
| Bosnian | The word "prodaja" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *prodati, meaning "to sell". |
| Bulgarian | "Продажби" is also used to refer to the marketing and advertising of a product or service. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "vendes" can also refer to "blinds" when used in the context of window coverings. |
| Cebuano | The word "baligya" originally meant "to sell", but later came to refer to the "sales department" of a company. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In classical Chinese, the term "销售" referred to the sale of goods or property, but also had the connotation of "to sell out" or "to betray". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 銷售量 can also mean 'the amount of sales' or 'sales volume'. |
| Corsican | The word "vendita" in Corsican can also refer to an auction or a public sale. |
| Croatian | The word "prodajni" in Croatian can also mean "venal" or "mercenary". |
| Czech | In Czech, "odbyt" also means "outlet" or "exit." |
| Danish | The word "salg" in Danish also means "salt" and is derived from the Old Norse word "salr" meaning "salt". |
| Dutch | In Old English 'verkop' referred to a trade or a trade market and 'koop' meant a transaction. |
| Estonian | The word "müük" in Estonian can also refer to a deal or a bargain. |
| Finnish | "Myynti" also means a "sale" or "discount". |
| French | Ventes in French can also mean |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ferkeap" is derived from the Germanic word "kôp" meaning "to buy" and is akin to the English word "cheap". |
| Galician | In toponymy, "vendas" also means "crossroads" or "resting place for travelers on a road". |
| German | Der Umsatz also means "turnover" and reflects the rotation of inventory into sales. |
| Greek | Εκπτώσεις comes from the verb "εκπίπτω" which means to fall or drop out and in this context means that the price has fallen. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "વેચાણ" can also refer to a type of Indian classical music, or to a kind of folk drama. |
| Haitian Creole | "Lavan yo" is a Haitian Creole word that comes from the French word "la vente" |
| Hausa | The word "tallace-tallace" is a slang term in Hausa, primarily used by young people and traders in informal settings. |
| Hawaiian | "Nā kū‘ai aku" literally means "the things that are bought," referring to the act of purchasing goods or services in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word for "sales", "מכירות", also has the meaning of "encounters" or "instances". |
| Hindi | The word 'बिक्री' in Hindi originates from the Sanskrit word 'विक्रीय', meaning 'that which is to be sold', and is also related to the English word 'vendor'. |
| Hmong | The term "kev muag khoom" in Hmong derives from the verb "muag" (to sell) and the noun "khoom" (thing), implying the exchange or transaction of goods. |
| Hungarian | In addition to its primary meaning of "sales", the Hungarian word "értékesítés" can also refer to "marketing" or "distribution". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "sala" can also refer to a type of fish, specifically the Arctic char. |
| Igbo | Ọrịre can also mean 'luck' or 'good fortune' in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'penjualan' derives from the Malay word 'jual', meaning 'to sell' and commonly refers to the act of selling or the revenue generated from it. |
| Irish | "Díolacháin" is a feminine noun which means "sales", but is also used to refer to the "bargaining" or "haggling" that usually takes place before a sale is made. |
| Italian | The Italian word "i saldi" ultimately derives from the Latin verb "salire" (to rise), as prices were allowed to rise during the periods between sales. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "売上高" (sales) can also refer to a company's revenue or gross income. |
| Javanese | The word "adol" in Javanese also means "to sell" or "to trade". |
| Kannada | In Tulu, 'ಮಾರಾಟ' means 'selling or trading', while in Marathi, it refers to 'sales' specifically in the context of business transactions and marketing. |
| Kazakh | The word "сату" is also used to refer to the sale of cattle or other livestock. |
| Khmer | ការលក់ (sales) also refers to the process of persuading customers to make purchases or the activity of distributing goods or services in exchange for money. |
| Korean | The word "매상" in Korean also means "revenue". |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, the word "firotanê" can also refer to the act of bartering or exchanging goods. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "сатуу" also refers to goods or merchandise that are available for purchase. |
| Lao | The word "sales" is derived from the Latin word "salire", which means "to leap". This is because in the early days of commerce, merchants would often jump up and down to attract attention to their wares. |
| Latin | The Latin word "sal" means "salt", which was valuable enough to be used as currency in some ancient civilizations, hence the connection to sales. |
| Latvian | Latvian "pārdošana" derives from the verb "pārdot" meaning "to sell" and ultimately comes from the Indo-European root "*perd-" meaning "to give", "to hand over", or "to exchange". |
| Lithuanian | The word "pardavimai" in Lithuanian is derived from the verb "parduoti," meaning "to sell," and shares a root with the word "parduotuvė," meaning "store." |
| Luxembourgish | Although "Verkaf" usually means "sales", in colloquial usage it can also refer to a sale or discount on a product. |
| Macedonian | Продажба can also refer to the sale of real property or the process of transferring ownership of a business. |
| Malagasy | "Varotra" derives from the verb "varotraka" which means "to make an exchange" and is related to the term "voatry" which means "rice". |
| Malay | In Malay, "jualan" can refer to the activity of selling as well as the items being sold. |
| Malayalam | "വിൽപ്പന" is derived from the Sanskrit word "vikraya", meaning 'to sell' or 'to dispose of'. It has also been used in the past to denote 'rent' or 'hire'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "bejgħ" is an Arabic borrowing whose primary literal meaning is "bargaining". |
| Maori | The Māori word "hoko" can also refer to the act of selling, bartering, or exchanging goods or services. |
| Marathi | The word 'विक्री' (sales) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'विक्रय' (to sell). |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In addition to its primary meaning of "sales", "အရောင်း" can also refer to "selling", "a sale", "a purchase", "a bargain", "a discount", or "a transaction". |
| Nepali | The word "बिक्री" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विक्रीति" meaning "selling" or "exchange". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "salg" can also mean "hallway" or "lounge". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'malonda' originates from the Swahili word 'mauzo', which also means 'sales' |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پلور" also means "an opportunity" in some contexts. |
| Persian | حراجی may also refer to the "public auction" of Iranian royal property in 1979 following the Islamic Revolution. |
| Polish | The word "sprzedaż" in Polish can also refer to the act of selling or the goods being sold, similar to the English word "sale". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese ("vendas" in Brazil and Portugal) it can also refer to a type of traditional cloth with colorful stripes. |
| Punjabi | The term comes from the verb 'vikarnā,' 'to sell or exchange' in the 15th century. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word vânzări is derived from the verb a vinde meaning "to sell". |
| Russian | Продажи (sales) in Russian can also refer to the quantity of goods sold (sale volume) or to the process of selling (selling process). |
| Samoan | Faʻatau also means "to buy" in Samoan and is the root word for the noun "oloa" (goods). |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'reic' can also refer to a 'church' or 'sacred place'. |
| Serbian | The word 'продаја' ('sales') also has the meanings of 'betrayal' and 'treason' in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "thekiso" in Sesotho can also refer to the act of selling or the process of trading goods or services. |
| Shona | The word 'kutengesa' can also refer to the act of bartering or exchanging goods and services. |
| Sindhi | The word "وڪرو" in Sindhi originates from the word "وكر" which means "to trade or do business". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "අලෙවි" can also refer to a bargain, a discount, or a clearance sale. |
| Slovak | The word "predaj" in Slovak can also mean "betrayal" or "treason". |
| Slovenian | The word "prodaje" can also refer to a sale on an item or items in English. |
| Somali | In addition to the primary meaning "sales", "'iibinta" can also refer to "selling merchandise" or "commercial transactions." |
| Spanish | "Ventas" originates from the Latin "vendita" (selling), and can also refer to an inn or roadside establishment in Spanish-speaking countries. |
| Sundanese | 'Jualan' in Sundanese comes from two words: 'jual' (to sell) and 'an' (a). The 'an' suffix in this case means a noun form, indicating the result of the action of 'jual'. Thus, 'jualan' refers to the goods or products being sold. |
| Swahili | The word "mauzo" in Swahili can also mean "merchandise" or "goods". |
| Swedish | Försäljning also means 'treason' or 'betrayal', from the Middle Low German word 'vorsaline' meaning 'to abandon'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'benta' in Tagalog can also refer to the act of selling or disposing of something. |
| Tajik | The word "фурӯш" is derived from the Persian word "فروش" which means "sale" or "selling". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "விற்பனை" can also refer to the act of selling or to the goods being sold. |
| Telugu | The word "అమ్మకాలు" can also mean "purchases", or the act of buying something. |
| Thai | The word "การขาย" can also refer to the process of selling or the act of being sold. |
| Turkish | The word "satış" is derived from the Arabic word "satwa", meaning "to sell". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "продажів" is derived from the verb "продавати" (to sell), and also has the alternate meaning of "bargains" or "discounts." |
| Urdu | The word "فروخت" can also mean "burn" or "scorch" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | In its alternative meaning, the Uzbek word "sotish" means "sales" in English. |
| Vietnamese | The word "bán hàng" in Vietnamese is derived from Chinese and literally means "to sell goods". |
| Welsh | The word "gwerthiannau" can also mean "offerings" or "gifts" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word "ukuthengisa" can also mean "to betray" or "to sell out" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פארקויפונג" (sales) is derived from the German word "Verkaufung", meaning "sale", which in turn comes from the Latin word "vendere", meaning "to sell". |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, the word 'ta' means 'to sell,' and 'awọn tita' can also refer to both the act of selling as well as items that are for sale. |
| Zulu | 'Ukuthenga' means to buy, so 'ukuthengisa' is to make something available for purchase. |
| English | "Sales" derives from the Latin word "sal," meaning "salt," as salt was used as currency and traded as a commodity. |