Afrikaans stuur | ||
Albanian dërgoj | ||
Amharic ላክ | ||
Arabic إرسال | ||
Armenian ուղարկել | ||
Assamese পঠোৱা | ||
Aymara apayaña | ||
Azerbaijani göndər | ||
Bambara ka ci | ||
Basque bidali | ||
Belarusian адправіць | ||
Bengali প্রেরণ | ||
Bhojpuri भेजीं | ||
Bosnian pošalji | ||
Bulgarian изпрати | ||
Catalan enviar | ||
Cebuano ipadala | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 发送 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 發送 | ||
Corsican mandà | ||
Croatian poslati | ||
Czech poslat | ||
Danish sende | ||
Dhivehi ފޮނުވުން | ||
Dogri भेजो | ||
Dutch sturen | ||
English send | ||
Esperanto sendi | ||
Estonian saada | ||
Ewe dᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ipadala | ||
Finnish lähettää | ||
French envoyer | ||
Frisian stjoere | ||
Galician enviar | ||
Georgian გაუგზავნე | ||
German senden | ||
Greek στείλετε | ||
Guarani rahauka | ||
Gujarati મોકલો | ||
Haitian Creole voye | ||
Hausa aika | ||
Hawaiian hoʻouna | ||
Hebrew לִשְׁלוֹחַ | ||
Hindi भेजने | ||
Hmong xa | ||
Hungarian küld | ||
Icelandic senda | ||
Igbo zipu | ||
Ilocano ipaw-it | ||
Indonesian kirim | ||
Irish seol | ||
Italian spedire | ||
Japanese 送信 | ||
Javanese ngirim | ||
Kannada ಕಳುಹಿಸು | ||
Kazakh жіберу | ||
Khmer ផ្ញើ | ||
Kinyarwanda ohereza | ||
Konkani धाडप | ||
Korean 보내다 | ||
Krio sɛn | ||
Kurdish şandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ناردن | ||
Kyrgyz жөнөтүү | ||
Lao ສົ່ງ | ||
Latin mittere | ||
Latvian nosūtīt | ||
Lingala kotinda | ||
Lithuanian siųsti | ||
Luganda okutuma | ||
Luxembourgish schécken | ||
Macedonian испрати | ||
Maithili पठाउ | ||
Malagasy send | ||
Malay hantar | ||
Malayalam അയയ്ക്കുക | ||
Maltese ibgħat | ||
Maori tuku | ||
Marathi पाठवा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo thawn | ||
Mongolian илгээх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပို့ပါ | ||
Nepali पठाउनुहोस् | ||
Norwegian sende | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) tumizani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପଠାନ୍ତୁ | ||
Oromo erguu | ||
Pashto لیږل | ||
Persian ارسال | ||
Polish wysłać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) enviar | ||
Punjabi ਭੇਜੋ | ||
Quechua apachiy | ||
Romanian trimite | ||
Russian отправить | ||
Samoan lafo | ||
Sanskrit प्रेषयतु | ||
Scots Gaelic cuir | ||
Sepedi romela | ||
Serbian пошаљи | ||
Sesotho romella | ||
Shona send | ||
Sindhi موڪليو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) යවන්න | ||
Slovak poslať | ||
Slovenian pošlji | ||
Somali dir | ||
Spanish enviar | ||
Sundanese ngirim | ||
Swahili tuma | ||
Swedish skicka | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magpadala | ||
Tajik фиристед | ||
Tamil அனுப்பு | ||
Tatar җибәрү | ||
Telugu పంపండి | ||
Thai ส่ง | ||
Tigrinya ስደድ | ||
Tsonga rhumela | ||
Turkish göndermek | ||
Turkmen iber | ||
Twi (Akan) mane | ||
Ukrainian надіслати | ||
Urdu بھیجیں | ||
Uyghur ئەۋەتىش | ||
Uzbek yuborish | ||
Vietnamese gửi | ||
Welsh anfon | ||
Xhosa thumela | ||
Yiddish שיקן | ||
Yoruba firanṣẹ | ||
Zulu thumela |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "stuur" also has the meanings "direct", "manage" and "steer". |
| Albanian | The word "dërgoj" is derived from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to cross" or "to go across". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word ላክ "send" also means "shoot an arrow" or "deliver a message." |
| Arabic | The word "إرسال" also means "transmission" or "dispatch" in Arabic, and is used in a variety of technical and non-technical contexts. |
| Armenian | "Ուղարկել" came from Middle Persian "purtāxtan" with the same meaning and is also cognate with Russian "отправить" |
| Azerbaijani | "Göndər" can also mean "to turn, to direct" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "bidali" also refers to "to fall" in some dialects. |
| Belarusian | The word "адправіць" in Belarusian derives from the Old Russian word "отправити" meaning to send away, dismiss or delegate. |
| Bengali | প্রেরণ (preron) can also refer to inspiration or motivation, deriving from the Sanskrit root 'pre,' meaning 'to move forward or incite.' |
| Bosnian | The word 'pošalji' originates from the Proto-Slavic root *posъlati and is related to the Russian word 'послать'. |
| Bulgarian | The word |
| Catalan | The word "enviar" comes from the Latin word "inviare" meaning "to send" or "to dispatch". In Spanish it is used in a similar way but it can also be used figuratively as to transmit a message or an idea. |
| Cebuano | The word 'ipadala' is derived from the Old Malay word 'ipadala' and is also related to the Tagalog word 'ipadala', which means 'to send or deliver'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "发送" also means "to distribute" and "to publish". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to 'send,' 發送 can also mean 'issue' in the sense of an official pronouncement. |
| Corsican | Corsican 'mandà' derives from Latin 'mandāre' via Italian 'mandare', and additionally means 'to order' or 'to command'. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "poslati" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*pelh₂-", meaning "to send" or "to drive." |
| Czech | The Slavic root of "poslat" also appears in "apostille", a certification document from the Hague Apostille Convention. |
| Danish | The word "sende" in Danish derives from the Old Norse word "senda", meaning "to despatch, send". |
| Dutch | The word "sturen" in Dutch can also refer to steering a vehicle or guiding a process. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "sendi" also means "to emit" or "to give forth". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "saada" can also mean "to manage" or "to be able to do something." |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "lähettää" is related to the word "lahja," which means a gift. |
| French | Envoyer can also mean 'to dedicate' or 'to invite' and derives from the Latin word 'inviare' meaning 'to send on a journey'. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "stjoere" also means to "steer", which reflects its shared root with the English word "steer" |
| Galician | The Galician word "enviar" is derived from the Latin word "ēmittō" and also means "to emit" or "to put forward". |
| Georgian | The alternative meaning of "გაუგზავნე" is "to escort with music or celebration on a journey, expedition, or other important occasion." |
| German | The German verb "senden" is derived from the Proto-Germanic root "*sendjaną" meaning "to dispatch, to send away". |
| Greek | Στέλνω is the Ancient Greek word from which "στείλετε" derives. It shares the same root with "τελικός" (final), as they both refer to a "reaching the goal". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "મોકલો" (pronounced "moklo") is derived from the Sanskrit word "मुच्" (pronounced "much"), which means "to let go" or "to release"} |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word 'voye' can also mean 'to throw' or 'to launch'. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "aika" can also refer to the act of taking something away. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hoʻouna" also means "to cause to do" or "to command." |
| Hebrew | "לִשְׁלוֹחַ" may also mean "to stretch out" or "to relax" |
| Hindi | The word "भेजने" (send) also has alternate meanings like "to dispatch" or "to convey". |
| Hmong | In addition to its primary meaning of "to send," "xa" can also mean "to put" or "to place." |
| Hungarian | The verb "küld" in Hungarian can also mean "to send a message" or "to delegate someone to a task." |
| Icelandic | The word "senda" is often used in Icelandic to indicate moving in a particular direction, not necessarily to send something. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "zipu" also means "to push" or "to drive". |
| Indonesian | Kirim is derived from the Javanese word 'kirimi', which also means to send, deliver, or forward something. |
| Irish | The Irish word "seol" can also mean "to sail" or "to sail away". |
| Italian | Spedire is derived from the Latin word 'expedire', meaning 'to free from hindrance' or 'to hasten'. |
| Japanese | The word 送信 (denshin) can also mean "transmission" or "conveyance". |
| Javanese | Ngirim is also a term for 'to give a gift' to someone, especially to a superior or someone that is respected. |
| Kannada | The word "ಕಳುಹಿಸು" can also mean "to cause to move" or "to dismiss" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "жіберу" originates from the Old Turkic word "jiber, |
| Khmer | "ផ្ញើ" can also mean "to launch" or "to release" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The Korean word "보내다" (to send) originally meant "to give" or "to let go." |
| Kurdish | The verb şandin (send) in Kurdish also means to guide, direct, or lead. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жөнөтүү" is the equivalent of the Russian word "отправлять" meaning "to send", "to deliver" or "to forward". |
| Latin | The Latin verb "mittere" is also used as a technical term in Roman law, meaning "to throw a thing down," "to cast before." |
| Latvian | The word "nosūtīt" can also mean "to deport" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "siųsti" also implies an action of conveying a message or information. |
| Luxembourgish | The verb `schécken` is a cognate of the German word `schicken`, which has the same meaning, and is also related to the English word `shift`. |
| Macedonian | The word "испрати" in Macedonian also means "deliver" or "ship". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "send" can also mean "to give" or "to hand over". |
| Malay | The word 'hantar' is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word '*hantAr', which also means 'to bring' or 'to carry'. |
| Malayalam | "അയയ്ക്കുക" also means "to cause to experience, undergo, or feel" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The verb "Ibgħat" may also be used to express the idea of "casting" an object or a spell. |
| Maori | The word "tuku" can also mean "to let go", "to release", or "to set free". |
| Marathi | The word "पाठवा" is derived from the root word "पठ्" meaning "to recite" and originally meant "to read out loud". |
| Mongolian | Илгээх can also refer to "sending out a proposal for marriage" in poetic contexts. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ပို့ပါ can also mean 'to cause to go', 'to guide', 'to escort', 'to carry', 'to convey', 'to deliver', 'to mail', 'to transmit', 'to send forth', 'to dispatch', 'to send for', 'to fetch', to summon', or 'to lead'. |
| Nepali | The verb "पठाउनुहोस्" also has the meaning of "to issue, to send forth". |
| Norwegian | Sende is a variant of the Norwegian word sende, which means "to send". However, sende can also mean "to sow" or "to plant". |
| Pashto | The word "लीږل" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyǵh-, meaning "to go" or "to leave". |
| Persian | The Persian word "ارسال" can also mean "forwarding" or "transmitting". |
| Polish | Wysłać is ultimately derived from the Proto-Slavic word '*sla-ti', meaning "to send" or "to let go." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Enviar" is derived from the Latin word "inviare", meaning "to send into", and is related to the words "via" and "voyage". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਭੇਜੋ" (bhejyo) can also refer to a type of payment or bribe. |
| Romanian | The word "trimite" in Romanian originates from the Latin "transmittere," meaning "to send across" or "to convey." |
| Russian | "Отправить" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "po-ti", meaning "to put away, to hide away, to put in motion." |
| Samoan | The word 'lafo' can also refer to giving a gift or offering something to someone in a respectful manner. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Old Irish antecedent of "cuir" meant "to put" or "to place". |
| Serbian | The Serbian verb `пошаљи` is a cognate of the Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic and Russian ``пусти` |
| Sesotho | The word "romella" can also mean "to drive" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The verb “tumira” also means “to send forth, dispatch or dismiss”. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "موڪليو" can also mean "to cause to go" or "to deliver a message". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'යවන්න' can also mean 'to order' or 'to command'. |
| Slovak | "Poslať" means "send" in Slovak, but can also mean "to lay down" (as in "laying down the law"). |
| Slovenian | The word "pošlji" also means "to deliver" or "to mail" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | Although the Somali word "dir" primarily means "send," it also has the secondary meaning of "transmit". |
| Spanish | The word "enviar" derives from the Latin word "inviare," meaning "to send" or "to dispatch." |
| Sundanese | The word "ngirim" can also mean "to cause", "to make", or "to give" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "tuma" also means "dispatch" or "commission" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | In Old Norse, 'skicka' meant 'to make move', 'to dispatch' or 'to order something to be done'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Magpadala" can also refer to sending a message or a letter. |
| Tajik | The word "фиристед" is derived from the Persian word "فرستادن" (ferestādan), meaning "to send". |
| Tamil | The word "அனுப்பு" can also mean to "transmit" or "dispatch" something. |
| Telugu | The word "పంపండి" can also mean to transmit, dispatch, or forward something. |
| Thai | The word “ส่ง” (“send”) in Thai also means “to escort,” “to guide,” or “to promote.” |
| Turkish | "Göndermek" fiili sadece "göndermek" anlamına gelmez; aynı zamanda "sunmak", "iletmek" veya "teslim etmek" anlamlarına da gelebilir. |
| Ukrainian | “Надіслати” is derived from the Proto-Slavic word “*nasъlati” (to send, address), and its alternate meanings include “to dispatch”, “to transmit”, and “to forward”. |
| Urdu | The word "بھیجیں" is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रेष" (preṣa), meaning "to send, dispatch, or delegate." |
| Uzbek | The word "yuborish" is derived from the Persian word "فرستادن" meaning "to dispatch" or "to send on a mission". |
| Vietnamese | “Gửi” in Vietnamese may also imply leaving something behind for someone to find or delivering a message that serves as a command or reminder. |
| Welsh | "Anfon" can also mean "giving" or "putting" something in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The plural of thumela is thumela-thumela, which, unlike the singular, does not mean 'send' but rather 'bless' or 'praise' |
| Yiddish | The original meaning of "שיקן" likely referred to the dispatch of documents as opposed to physical objects in modern Hebrew. |
| Yoruba | Firanṣẹ, meaning "send" in Yoruba, is also used to refer to a "remittance" in financial contexts. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'thumela' can also mean 'to greet' or 'to extend greetings'. |
| English | The word send can also mean deliver, transmit, dispatch, or emit, among other things. |