Section in different languages

Section in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
afdeling
Albanian
seksioni
Amharic
ክፍል
Arabic
الجزء
Armenian
բաժին
Assamese
শাখা
Aymara
chiqa
Azerbaijani
bölmə
Bambara
fan
Basque
atala
Belarusian
раздзел
Bengali
অধ্যায়
Bhojpuri
धारा
Bosnian
odjeljak
Bulgarian
раздел
Catalan
secció
Cebuano
seksyon
Chinese (Simplified)
部分
Chinese (Traditional)
部分
Corsican
rùbbrica
Croatian
odjeljak
Czech
sekce
Danish
afsnit
Dhivehi
ސެކްޝަން
Dogri
सेक्शन
Dutch
sectie
English
section
Esperanto
sekcio
Estonian
jaotises
Ewe
akpa
Filipino (Tagalog)
seksyon
Finnish
-osiossa
French
section
Frisian
ôfdieling
Galician
sección
Georgian
განყოფილება
German
sektion
Greek
ενότητα
Guarani
tenda
Gujarati
વિભાગ
Haitian Creole
seksyon
Hausa
sashe
Hawaiian
ʻāpana
Hebrew
סָעִיף
Hindi
अनुभाग
Hmong
seem
Hungarian
szakasz
Icelandic
kafla
Igbo
ngalaba
Ilocano
seksion
Indonesian
bagian
Irish
alt
Italian
sezione
Japanese
セクション
Javanese
bagean
Kannada
ವಿಭಾಗ
Kazakh
бөлім
Khmer
ផ្នែក
Kinyarwanda
igice
Konkani
विभाग
Korean
부분
Krio
pat
Kurdish
liq
Kurdish (Sorani)
بەش
Kyrgyz
бөлүм
Lao
ສ່ວນ
Latin
sectioni
Latvian
sadaļā
Lingala
eteni
Lithuanian
skyrius
Luganda
akabondo
Luxembourgish
sektioun
Macedonian
дел
Maithili
अनुभाग
Malagasy
faritra
Malay
bahagian
Malayalam
വിഭാഗം
Maltese
taqsima
Maori
waahanga
Marathi
विभाग
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯀꯥꯈꯜ
Mizo
pawl then
Mongolian
хэсэг
Myanmar (Burmese)
အပိုင်း
Nepali
खण्ड
Norwegian
seksjon
Nyanja (Chichewa)
gawo
Odia (Oriya)
ବିଭାଗ
Oromo
kutaa
Pashto
څانګه
Persian
بخش
Polish
sekcja
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
seção
Punjabi
ਅਨੁਭਾਗ
Quechua
ruwana
Romanian
secțiune
Russian
раздел
Samoan
vaega
Sanskrit
खंड
Scots Gaelic
roinn
Sepedi
karolo
Serbian
одељак
Sesotho
karolo
Shona
chikamu
Sindhi
حصو
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
කොටස
Slovak
oddiel
Slovenian
oddelku
Somali
qaybta
Spanish
sección
Sundanese
bagian
Swahili
sehemu
Swedish
sektion
Tagalog (Filipino)
seksyon
Tajik
ҷудокунӣ
Tamil
பிரிவு
Tatar
бүлек
Telugu
విభాగం
Thai
มาตรา
Tigrinya
ክፍሊ
Tsonga
xiyenge
Turkish
bölüm
Turkmen
bölümi
Twi (Akan)
ɔfa
Ukrainian
розділ
Urdu
سیکشن
Uyghur
بۆلەك
Uzbek
bo'lim
Vietnamese
phần
Welsh
adran
Xhosa
icandelo
Yiddish
אָפּטיילונג
Yoruba
apakan
Zulu
ingxenye

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "afdeling" can also mean "department" or "branch" in Afrikaans.
AlbanianAlbanian "seksioni" comes from Latin "sēctiō," which also means "a cutting". "Seksioni" can also refer to a "verse" in a poem.
AmharicThe word 'ክፍል' also refers to a room or compartment in a larger structure.
ArabicIn music, "الجزء" is also used to refer to a verse of a song.
ArmenianԲաժին (bažín - section) derives from an ancient Indo-European word *bhog- meaning to divide.
AzerbaijaniThe word "bölmə" is derived from the Old Turkic word "bölüg", meaning "part" or "share".
BasqueAtala, meaning "section," can also refer to a valley or ravine in Basque.
BelarusianIn other Slavic languages, the word "раздзел" means "partition" or "separation".
BengaliThe word "অধ্যায়" (odhay) comes from the Sanskrit word "अध्याय" (adhyāya), which means "chapter, section, or reading". In astronomy, it refers to the time duration of approximately 1/30th of a day, or 48 minutes.
BosnianThe word 'odjeljak' in Bosnian also refers to a paragraph.
BulgarianThe word "раздел" can also mean "partition" or "boundary".
Catalan"Secció" is a Catalan word meaning "section", as well as "sector" or "department".
CebuanoThe Cebuano word "seksyon" can also refer to a political party division or a group of people with a shared purpose.
Chinese (Simplified)The word "部分" (section) also means "part", "portion", or "particular" in Chinese.
Chinese (Traditional)部分 (bùfèn) can also refer to "a portion of land" or "a faction or party".
CorsicanIn Corsican, "rùbbrica" can also mean "heading" or "paragraph".
CroatianThe word 'odjeljak' derives from the verb 'odijeliti' meaning 'to divide'. The related word 'dio' means 'part' and 'djeliti' is the infinitive of the verb 'to divide'
Czech“Sekce” (section) shares its etymology with the Latin “secare” (to cut) and its Slavic relatives meaning “to chop”.
DanishAfsnit can also refer to a stage in a play or a chapter in a book.
DutchIn Dutch, "sectie" can also refer to a medical examination or a division within a society or organization.
EsperantoEsperanto 'sekcio' is derived from the Polish word 'sekcja' and originally meant a 'cut'
EstonianThe word "jaotises" derives from the verb "jaotama" (to distribute), implying a division into parts or sections.
FinnishThe word "-osiossa" is derived from the Proto-Finnic verb stem *oza- ("to separate") and the suffix -osa ("belonging to"), meaning "the part that is separated".
FrenchIn French, a "section" can also mean a "class" in a school or a "district" in a city.
FrisianThe word "ôfdieling" is derived from the Old Frisian word "ôf", meaning "off", and "diel", meaning "part". It can also refer to a department or division within an organization.
GalicianThe word "sección" in Galician has also the meaning of "slice".
GermanIn the German language, "Sektion" also refers to a department within a university or organization.
GreekThe word "Ενότητα" can also refer to unity, harmony, or solidarity in Greek.
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "વિભાગ" can also mean "department" or "division".
Haitian Creole"Seksyon" can be used to refer to the body of a person or animal, or to a part of a machine or building.
HausaHausa "**sashe**" derives either from Fulani "**sashee**" or from Arabic-Persian-Urdu "**saqi**," both implying "channel."
Hawaiianʻāpana translates to “portion,” “division,” and “piece” as a noun, but it also means “to divide” and “to cut into sections” as a verb.
HebrewThe word "סָעִיף" can also mean "paragraph", "chapter", or "branch".
Hindi"अनुभाग" is derived from Sanskrit and literally means "following a part".
Hmong"seem" is a section used for women in the second or upper half of their skirts.
HungarianThe word "szakasz" also means "stage" in Hungarian, denoting a distinct phase or period within a larger process.
IcelandicThe word "kafla" derives from the verb "kafla" (to split)
IgboNgalaba is also used to refer to the Igbo ethnic group, or a particular geographical region inhabited by the Igbo people.
IndonesianThe word 'bagian' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'bhaga,' meaning 'to divide or share'.
IrishThe Irish word alt can also mean 'a high place', 'a place of respect', or 'an altar'.
ItalianThe word "sezione" can also refer to a group of people with similar interests or goals.
JapaneseIn Japanese, "セクション" also means "subsection of a document or newspaper".
JavaneseBagean can also mean 'part' or 'component', similar to the Indonesian word 'bagian'.
KannadaIn Kannada, ವಿಭಾಗ (vibhāga) also refers to a chapter in a literary work as well as a department in an organization.
KazakhKazakh бөлім, section, derives from böl-, from PIE “bhel-” to make a notch or hole.
Khmer"Phneak" can also refer to the body, a piece, or a part.
Korean"부분" (portion) originated from Middle Korean "부빈" (부분), which in turn originated from Middle Chinese "分部" (부븐, section, part, division).
KurdishLiq is derived from the Persian word "liqeh" meaning "fold" or "layer".
KyrgyzIn mathematics, "бөлүм" can mean division as an arithmetic operation.
LaoThe word ສ່ວນ also means a portion and can be used in the context of division of a whole into parts.
Latin"Sectio" also refers to cutting down trees in Latin.
LatvianThe word "sadaļā" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- "to sit".
LithuanianThe word 'skyrius' in Lithuanian is thought to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-, meaning 'to cut', and thus related to the English word 'shear'.
LuxembourgishThe Luxembourgish word "Sektioun" is derived from French "section", ultimately from Latin "sectio", meaning "act of cutting or dividing".
MacedonianThe Macedonian word "дел" (section) is related to the Slavic word "delo" meaning "work" or "action."
MalagasyThe word "faritra" derives from the root "fara", meaning village or group.
MalayBahagian also means 'share', 'portion', or 'part' in Malay.
Malayalam"വിഭാഗം" in Malayalam can also refer to a chapter or a part of a literary or religious text, as well as a group or category of people, things, or events.
MalteseTaqsima originates from the Turkish "taksim" (sub-division) which comes from the Arabic "taqsim" (division).
MaoriMaori word for "section", also meaning "portion", "part", "piece", or "division"
MarathiThe word " विभाग " can also mean "department" or "ministry".
MongolianThe Mongolian word "Хэсэг" can also refer to a part or portion of something, a group or collection of people or things, or a chapter or division of the book.
NepaliThe word "खण्ड" means "portion," "piece," or "division" in Sanskrit and has multiple alternate meanings in Nepali, such as "verse," "chapter," or "paragraph.
NorwegianThe word "seksjon" can also refer to a group of people with a common interest or goal.
Nyanja (Chichewa)While the word "gawo" in Nyanja primarily means "section," it also carries the connotation of "a part or portion of something larger."
PashtoThe Pashto word "څانګه" ("cānge"), when used figuratively, can also denote a branch of government or a division of a school.
PersianThe Persian word "بخش" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "bhag-", meaning "to divide" or "to distribute".
PolishThe word "sekcja" in Polish can also refer to a department or division within an organization or institution.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "seção" derives from the Latin "sectio" and can also mean "sensation" or "feeling".
PunjabiThe word 'अनुभाग' ('section') in Punjabi derives from the Sanskrit word 'अनु-भागा' ('part, fragment'), suggesting a division or separation.
RomanianIn Romanian, "secțiune" also means "cross-section", "slice", or "dissection."
RussianThe word "раздел" can also mean "treaty" or "partition" in Russian.
SamoanThe word "vaega" can also refer to a group or a part of a whole in Samoan.
Scots GaelicIn Scottish Gaelic, 'roinn' can also refer to a point of the compass or to a part of the body.
SerbianThe word "одељак" derives from the Serbian verb "делити" (to divide), and its literal meaning is "the product of division".
SesothoThe word "karolo" in Sesotho is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "*kalu" meaning "to cut". It can also refer to a part or portion of something, or to a unit of measurement.
ShonaThe word 'chikamu' also means 'a piece or portion of something, especially food'.
SindhiThe word "حصو" in Sindhi originates from the Arabic word "حصن" meaning "fortress" or "stronghold".
Sinhala (Sinhalese)The Sinhala word "කොටස" (koṭasa) can refer to a part, portion, or share of something.
SlovakThe word "oddiel" in Slovak can also mean a troop, detachment, or a group of people.
SlovenianThe word “oddelku” can also mean “department”
SomaliIn Somali, "qaybta" can also refer to a "share" or "part" of something, reflecting its root meaning of "dividing" or "separating".
SpanishThe word "sección" also means "caesarean section" in the context of medicine.
SundaneseThe Sundanese word “bagian” can also mean part, portion, or share
SwahiliThe Swahili word "sehemu" can also mean "piece", "part", "parcel", or "portion".
SwedishThe Swedish word "sektion" derives from the Latin word "sectio", meaning "a cutting" or "a part".
Tagalog (Filipino)Tagalog "seksyon" came from Spanish "seccion" which also means "section", but can also refer to a political district
TamilThe Tamil word பிரிவு also means 'separation', 'division' or 'part' in English.
TeluguThe Telugu word 'విభాగం' can also mean 'a part or division', 'a branch or department', or 'a chapter or section' of a book.
Thaiมาตรา is a loanword from Sanskrit, where it refers to "law" or "rule" and is the root of a number of legal terms such as dharma and matrika, the matrix from which the letters of a script are formed.
TurkishThe word 'Bölüm' in Turkish shares its root with the verb 'Bölmek,' meaning 'to divide,' emphasizing its role in separating or categorizing information.
UkrainianIn Ukrainian, "розділ" ("section") can refer to a subsection or a chapter in a book.
UrduThe suffix ‘-section’ of the English loanword سیکشن comes from Latin: -sectio and thus originally meant the action of cutting in Latin.
UzbekThe word "Bo'lim" is derived from the Persian word "Bo'lm," which means "part" or "division."
VietnameseThe word "phần" also means "part" or "share" in Vietnamese, akin to the Chinese character "分" (fēn).
WelshThe word "adran" also means "part", "division", or "branch" in Welsh.
XhosaThe word "icandelo" can also refer to a "part" or "segment" of something.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "אָפּטיילונג" derives from the German "Abteilung" meaning "department".
Yoruba"Apakan" also means "part" or "portion".
ZuluThe Zulu word "ingxenye" can also mean "a piece" or "a portion".
EnglishThe word 'section' comes from the Latin word 'sectio', meaning 'a cutting'. It can also refer to a group of people or things that share a common characteristic.

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