Afrikaans spaar | ||
Albanian kursim | ||
Amharic በማስቀመጥ ላይ | ||
Arabic إنقاذ | ||
Armenian խնայողություն | ||
Assamese সঞ্চয় কৰা | ||
Aymara qullqi imaña | ||
Azerbaijani qənaət | ||
Bambara kɔlɔsili | ||
Basque aurrezten | ||
Belarusian эканомія | ||
Bengali সংরক্ষণ | ||
Bhojpuri बचत करे के बा | ||
Bosnian štednja | ||
Bulgarian спестяване | ||
Catalan estalvi | ||
Cebuano pagtipig | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 保存 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 保存 | ||
Corsican salvà | ||
Croatian štednja | ||
Czech ukládání | ||
Danish gemmer | ||
Dhivehi ރައްކާކުރުން | ||
Dogri बचत करदे | ||
Dutch besparing | ||
English saving | ||
Esperanto ŝparante | ||
Estonian säästmine | ||
Ewe gadzadzraɖo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) nagtitipid | ||
Finnish tallentaa | ||
French économie | ||
Frisian besparring | ||
Galician aforrando | ||
Georgian შენახვა | ||
German speichern | ||
Greek οικονομία | ||
Guarani ahorro rehegua | ||
Gujarati બચત | ||
Haitian Creole ekonomize | ||
Hausa tanadi | ||
Hawaiian e hoola ana | ||
Hebrew חִסָכוֹן | ||
Hindi सहेजा जा रहा है | ||
Hmong txuag | ||
Hungarian megtakarítás | ||
Icelandic sparnaður | ||
Igbo ichekwa | ||
Ilocano panagurnong | ||
Indonesian penghematan | ||
Irish shábháil | ||
Italian salvataggio | ||
Japanese 保存 | ||
Javanese ngirit | ||
Kannada ಉಳಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ | ||
Kazakh үнемдеу | ||
Khmer សន្សំ | ||
Kinyarwanda kuzigama | ||
Konkani बचत करप | ||
Korean 절약 | ||
Krio fɔ sev mɔni | ||
Kurdish xilas kirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پاشەکەوتکردن | ||
Kyrgyz үнөмдөө | ||
Lao ປະຢັດ | ||
Latin salutaris | ||
Latvian ietaupot | ||
Lingala kobomba mbongo | ||
Lithuanian taupymas | ||
Luganda okutereka | ||
Luxembourgish spueren | ||
Macedonian зачувува | ||
Maithili बचत करब | ||
Malagasy famonjena | ||
Malay berjimat | ||
Malayalam സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്നത് | ||
Maltese iffrankar | ||
Maori penapena | ||
Marathi बचत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯚꯤꯡ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo saving tih hi a ni | ||
Mongolian хэмнэлт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ချွေတာခြင်း | ||
Nepali बचत गर्दै | ||
Norwegian sparer | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kupulumutsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଞ୍ଚୟ | ||
Oromo qusachuu | ||
Pashto خوندي کول | ||
Persian صرفه جویی در | ||
Polish oszczędność | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) salvando | ||
Punjabi ਬਚਤ | ||
Quechua waqaychay | ||
Romanian economisire | ||
Russian экономия | ||
Samoan sefe | ||
Sanskrit रक्षन् | ||
Scots Gaelic sàbhaladh | ||
Sepedi go boloka | ||
Serbian уштеда | ||
Sesotho ho boloka | ||
Shona kuchengetedza | ||
Sindhi بچائڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉතිරි කිරීම | ||
Slovak šetrenie | ||
Slovenian varčevanje | ||
Somali keydinta | ||
Spanish ahorro | ||
Sundanese ngahémat | ||
Swahili kuokoa | ||
Swedish sparande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nagse-save | ||
Tajik сарфа | ||
Tamil சேமித்தல் | ||
Tatar саклау | ||
Telugu పొదుపు | ||
Thai ประหยัด | ||
Tigrinya ምዕቋር | ||
Tsonga ku hlayisa mali | ||
Turkish tasarruf | ||
Turkmen tygşytlamak | ||
Twi (Akan) sikakorabea | ||
Ukrainian економія | ||
Urdu بچت | ||
Uyghur تېجەش | ||
Uzbek tejash | ||
Vietnamese tiết kiệm | ||
Welsh arbed | ||
Xhosa konga | ||
Yiddish שפּאָרן | ||
Yoruba fifipamọ | ||
Zulu iyonga |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "spaar" in Afrikaans comes from the Dutch word "sparen", which means "to save" or "to accumulate". |
| Albanian | 'Kursim' is derived from the Greek word 'κρισίς' (krisis), meaning 'judgment' or 'decision'. |
| Amharic | The word ቡላብት ቋም ቃሬባ in Amharic, can also mean "being in the state of saving". |
| Arabic | The word "إنقاذ" (ingādh) comes from the root "نجى" (najā), meaning "to save" or "to deliver from danger." |
| Azerbaijani | "Qənaət" can also mean "moderation" or "temperance" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | In Basque, "aurrezten" means "to save" and can also refer to "a reserve" or "a hoard". |
| Belarusian | The word "эканомія" can also refer to a type of large estate or private reserve. |
| Bengali | "সংরক্ষণ" can also refer to preserving, conserving or keeping something from harm. |
| Bosnian | The word "štednja" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *štěditi, meaning "to spare" or "to economize". |
| Bulgarian | The word "спестяване" can also refer to the accumulation of money for future use. |
| Catalan | The word "estalvi" in Catalan derives from the Latin "stabulum" meaning "stable" or "cowshed", reflecting the original practice of keeping savings in a safe place. |
| Cebuano | The term "pagtipig" has alternative meanings in Cebuano which include accumulation or collection, and storing something for future use. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 保存 (bǎocún) literally means "to maintain storage" and can also mean "to protect" and "to cherish". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In traditional Chinese, "保存" can also refer to "preservation of ancient relics or artifacts." |
| Corsican | Corsican "salvà" derives from the Latin "salvus," meaning "safe" or "well. |
| Croatian | The word "štednja" in Croatian comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*stěditi" meaning "to acquire, to gather". |
| Czech | Ukladani is a Czech word that can also mean "preserving" or "storing". |
| Danish | Danish gemmer, meaning 'saving', comes from Old Norse geymi, meaning 'treasure' or 'hoard'. |
| Dutch | Besparing means 'saving', but can also refer to a 'punishment', deriving from the act of 'sparing rods'. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto 'ŝparante' derives from the Dutch word 'sparen', while English 'spare' also derives from the same root. |
| Estonian | "Säästmine" also means "conservation" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word 'tallentaa' also means to record or document something for future reference. |
| French | The French word "économie" originally meant "management of a household" and is related to the Greek word "oikos", meaning "house". |
| Frisian | The word "besparring" in Frisian is derived from the Dutch word "besparen", meaning "to save" or "to spare". |
| Galician | "Aforrando" can also mean "lining" in Galician, like in "aforrar un abrigo" (lining a coat). |
| German | The German word "Speichern" also means "granary" or "storehouse", and is related to the English word "spice". |
| Greek | In ancient Greek, "οικονομία" denoted "household management" more so than saving money. |
| Gujarati | The word "બચત" (bachat) is originally derived from the Sanskrit word "वृद्धि" (vṛddhi), meaning "growth" or "increase," and not "saving." |
| Haitian Creole | "Ekonomize" in Haitian Creole also refers to managing one's finances carefully and effectively. |
| Hausa | 'Tanadi' is likely related to the Hausa verb 'tanada' ('to give') and could have connotations of 'provision' or 'security'. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "e hoola ana" also refers to preserving or conserving something. |
| Hebrew | The word "חִסָכוֹן" can also mean "economical" or "frugal". |
| Hindi | In colloquial Hindi, the expression "सहेजा जा रहा है" can also have the alternative meaning of "getting spoiled" or "going bad." |
| Hmong | The word "txuag" in Hmong can also mean "to keep, to preserve, to store, or to protect something." |
| Hungarian | The word "megtakarítás" derives from the verb "takarítani" (to save up, to preserve) and the prefix "meg-" (completion, success). |
| Icelandic | The original meaning of "sparnaður" likely related to "being sparing in the use of something" instead of its modern meaning of accumulating money as savings. |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, "ichekwa" can mean either the act of preserving or a form of money kept in reserve |
| Indonesian | The term 'penghematan' can be traced back to the Dutch word 'sparen', which also means 'to save' or 'to economize'. This shared etymology highlights the historical ties between the Indonesian and Dutch languages and their shared influences. |
| Irish | The Irish word "shábháil" has been traced back to the Old Irish "sábugad" or "sábud", meaning "safety, protection, or keeping safe." |
| Italian | The word "Salvataggio" can also refer to a lifeguard or a rescue mission. |
| Japanese | 保存 also refers to pickling and fermenting food in salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other ingredients, a method widely employed in Japanese 料理. |
| Javanese | "Ngirit" is also used to describe someone who is stingy or tight-fisted. |
| Kannada | The word "ಉಳಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ" can also refer to preserving, protecting, or keeping something from harm or danger. |
| Kazakh | үнемдеу is cognate with the Turkish word "yönetim" meaning "administration". |
| Khmer | The word "សន្សំ" can also mean "to collect" or "to gather" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The Korean word "절약" also means "frugality" or "thrift"} |
| Kurdish | The word "xilas kirin" also means "to put away for future use" or "to preserve" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In some dialects of Kyrgyz, "үнөмдөө" also means "to keep a secret". |
| Lao | Derived from the Sanskrit word "pratyaya", which means "support" or "reliance" |
| Latin | The word "salutaris" in Latin not only means "saving" or "beneficial," but also signifies "wholesome" or "health-giving." |
| Latvian | The word "ietaupot" is derived from the Latvian word "taupīt," which means "to save" or "to be economical." |
| Lithuanian | The word "taupymas" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*tep-," meaning "to warm" or "to cherish." |
| Luxembourgish | The word 'spueren' comes from the Old French 'espargnier', meaning 'to refrain from spending'. |
| Macedonian | The verb "зачувува" can also mean to preserve, prevent from harm, or spare. |
| Malagasy | The word "famonjena" also means "salvation" and "liberation". |
| Malay | The word "berjimat" originates from the Arabic word "jam'a" meaning "to gather" or "to collect" and its alternate meaning is "frugal". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്നത്" derives from Sanskrit and originally meant "to protect", but it now also signifies financial preservation and frugality. |
| Maltese | The word "iffrankar" is also used to describe saving someone from a dangerous situation or harm. |
| Maori | The word "penapena" in Maori has an alternate meaning of "to store for future use". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'बचत' originates from the Sanskrit term 'वञ्चना', meaning 'keeping something aside' or 'avoiding' |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word 'хэмнэлт' ('saving') is derived from the verb 'хэмнэх' ('to save'), which itself is derived from the Proto-Mongolic root *kem- ('to hold'). |
| Nepali | The word "बचत गर्दै" can also mean "to hoard" or "to store up for future use". |
| Norwegian | The term "sparer" also means to "reserve" or "to save something for future use. " |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kupulumutsa' can also mean 'to gather' or 'to accumulate' in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "خوندي کول" literally translates to "putting in a corner," signifying safety and protection. |
| Persian | The word "صرفه جویی" in Persian can also refer to the act of using something sparingly or avoiding waste. |
| Polish | "Oszczędność" comes from the Old Polish "oszczędzić", meaning "to avoid" or "to spare". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, 'salvando' can also mean 'exception' or 'safeguarding'. |
| Punjabi | The term "bachat" in Punjabi may also refer to "salvation" or "deliverance". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "economisire" is ultimately derived from the Greek word "oikonomia" which means "household management". |
| Russian | In Russian, "экономия" is also used for the related meanings of "economy" or "economics". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "sefe" is also used to mean "to be victorious" or "to conquer". |
| Scots Gaelic | In Gaelic sàbhaladh can refer to saving something physical like money or possessions, or protecting someone from danger, like a lifeboat. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, 'уштеда' ('saving') can also refer to the amount saved, or a frugal or economical way of life. |
| Sesotho | The term "ho boloka" has etymological links to the concept of "protection" and also encompasses the meanings of "deliverance" and "rescue". |
| Shona | The word "kuchengetedza" in Shona not only refers to the act of saving money but can also encompass the broader concept of preserving and protecting resources, such as land, livestock, or other valuable assets. |
| Sindhi | The word "بچائڻ" can also mean "to protect" or "to shelter" in Sindhi. |
| Slovak | "Šetrenie" in Slovak also means "an investigation" |
| Slovenian | The word "varčevanje" can also refer to the act of being frugal or economical. |
| Somali | The word "keydinta" may be derived from the Proto-Cushitic root "*kʷeːd-", meaning "to protect or preserve". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "ahorro" is derived from the Arabic word "harra", meaning "store" or "warehouse". It can also refer to a "farm" or "estate". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "ngahémat" also refers to a process of making something more concentrated or potent. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "kuokoa" can also mean "to rescue" or "to protect". |
| Swedish | The word "sparande" derives from the Old Swedish verb "spara", meaning "to gather" or "to collect". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Nagse-save" can also mean "to rescue" or "to deliver" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word «сарфа» («saving») in Tajik could be traced back to the Old Persian word «sarbaz», which means «soldier». |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "சேமித்தல்" comes from the Sanskrit root "ci" meaning "to gather" and also refers to the act of preserving something for later use. |
| Telugu | The word "పొదుపు" is derived from the Sanskrit word "pud" which means "to fill" or "to gather". |
| Thai | The word "ประหยัด" (saving) in Thai is derived from the Sanskrit word "prayojana" meaning "purpose" or "need". It also has the alternate meaning of "thrift" or "frugality". |
| Turkish | In Ottoman Turkish, 'tasarruf' also meant 'control' or 'domination'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "економія" in Ukrainian also has the alternate meaning of "economy" or "management". |
| Urdu | The word "بچت" can also mean "to abstain" or "to refrain". |
| Uzbek | The word "tejash" in Uzbek can also refer to "preserving" or "protecting". |
| Vietnamese | "Tiết kiệm" has a dual meaning: "saving" and "a drop of blood". |
| Welsh | The word 'arbed' in Welsh, meaning 'saving', comes from the Latin 'arbeta', meaning 'work' or 'labour'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "konga" originally meant "to hide" and still has this meaning in some contexts. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "שפּאָרן" also signifies "to gather", and "to preserve." |
| Yoruba | The word "fifipamọ" also means "keeping something for the future" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'iyonga' also refers to a kind of medicinal animal or herb used for treating convulsions. |
| English | The word |