Start in Different Languages
Discover 'Start' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Start
Afrikaans begin | ||
Albanian filloj | ||
Amharic ጀምር | ||
Arabic بداية | ||
Armenian սկսել | ||
Assamese আৰম্ভ কৰক | ||
Aymara qalltaña | ||
Azerbaijani başlamaq | ||
Bambara ka daminɛ | ||
Basque hasi | ||
Belarusian пачаць | ||
Bengali শুরু | ||
Bhojpuri चालू कयिल | ||
Bosnian start | ||
Bulgarian старт | ||
Catalan començar | ||
Cebuano pagsugod | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 开始 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 開始 | ||
Corsican principià | ||
Croatian početak | ||
Czech start | ||
Danish start | ||
Dhivehi ފެށުން | ||
Dogri शुरू | ||
Dutch begin | ||
English start | ||
Esperanto komenci | ||
Estonian algus | ||
Ewe dze egᴐme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) simulan | ||
Finnish alkaa | ||
French début | ||
Frisian start | ||
Galician comezar | ||
Georgian დაწყება | ||
German start | ||
Greek αρχή | ||
Guarani ñepyrũ | ||
Gujarati શરૂઆત | ||
Haitian Creole kòmanse | ||
Hausa fara | ||
Hawaiian hoʻomaka | ||
Hebrew הַתחָלָה | ||
Hindi शुरू | ||
Hmong pib | ||
Hungarian rajt | ||
Icelandic byrja | ||
Igbo bido | ||
Ilocano irugi | ||
Indonesian mulailah | ||
Irish tosú | ||
Italian inizio | ||
Japanese 開始 | ||
Javanese miwiti | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ | ||
Kazakh бастау | ||
Khmer ចាប់ផ្តើម | ||
Kinyarwanda gutangira | ||
Konkani सुरवात | ||
Korean 스타트 | ||
Krio stat | ||
Kurdish destpêkirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەستپێکردن | ||
Kyrgyz баштоо | ||
Lao ເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ | ||
Latin initium | ||
Latvian sākt | ||
Lingala kobanda | ||
Lithuanian pradžia | ||
Luganda okutandika | ||
Luxembourgish ufänken | ||
Macedonian започнете | ||
Maithili शुरू | ||
Malagasy fanombohana | ||
Malay mulakan | ||
Malayalam ആരംഭിക്കുക | ||
Maltese ibda | ||
Maori timatanga | ||
Marathi प्रारंभ करा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯧꯕ | ||
Mizo tan | ||
Mongolian эхлэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စတယ် | ||
Nepali सुरु गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian start | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuyamba | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆରମ୍ଭ କର | | ||
Oromo eegaluu | ||
Pashto شروع کول | ||
Persian شروع کنید | ||
Polish początek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) começar | ||
Punjabi ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰੋ | ||
Quechua qallariy | ||
Romanian start | ||
Russian начало | ||
Samoan amata | ||
Sanskrit प्रारंभः | ||
Scots Gaelic tòiseachadh | ||
Sepedi thomiša | ||
Serbian почетак | ||
Sesotho qala | ||
Shona tanga | ||
Sindhi شروع ڪريو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආරම්භ කරන්න | ||
Slovak začať | ||
Slovenian začetek | ||
Somali bilow | ||
Spanish comienzo | ||
Sundanese ngamimitian | ||
Swahili anza | ||
Swedish start | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magsimula | ||
Tajik оғоз | ||
Tamil தொடங்கு | ||
Tatar башлау | ||
Telugu ప్రారంభం | ||
Thai เริ่มต้น | ||
Tigrinya ጀምር | ||
Tsonga sungula | ||
Turkish başlat | ||
Turkmen başla | ||
Twi (Akan) hyɛ aseɛ | ||
Ukrainian почати | ||
Urdu شروع کریں | ||
Uyghur باشلاش | ||
Uzbek boshlang | ||
Vietnamese khởi đầu | ||
Welsh dechrau | ||
Xhosa qalisa | ||
Yiddish אָנהייב | ||
Yoruba bẹrẹ | ||
Zulu qala |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Begin" in Afrikaans can also mean "to pray" which derives from the Dutch word "bidden" with the same meaning. |
| Albanian | “Filloj” derives from the Latin verb “infolio,” meaning “turn a leaf.” |
| Amharic | The term "ጀምር" in Amharic can also refer to the beginning or initial point of something, such as the inception of a project. |
| Arabic | The word "بداية" can also refer to the origin, source, or root of something. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "սկսել" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ske-", meaning "to cut" or "to begin". |
| Azerbaijani | Başlamaq can also be used to express 'to get married', 'to set off', and 'to take place'. |
| Basque | The Basque word "hasi" (start) also means "threshold" or "edge". |
| Belarusian | "Пачаць" (start) derives from "начаць" (start), where the first consonant in the word was replaced with "п" for euphony. |
| Bengali | শুরুর আরও অর্থ হল "উদয়" এবং "সূত্রপাত"। |
| Bosnian | "Počinje" and "start" both mean the beginning of something, but "počinje" also means to pause. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian word "старт" comes from Italian "startare" (to start). Its secondary meaning "scare, frighten" has been lost in standard Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The verb "començar" derives from the Latin "cominitiare" which means "to initiate, begin". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'pagsugod' also refers to the first move in any game or activity. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 开始 (kāishǐ) literally means “to open” or “to begin” in Chinese (Simplified). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 開始, 'to begin', also means 'to open (a door or window)' |
| Corsican | The word "principià" in Corsican shares its etymology with the Latin verb "principiare", meaning "to begin". |
| Croatian | The word "početak" shares the same Proto-Slavic root, pьčьti (to begin), with the Russian word "начало". |
| Czech | The word "start" in Czech is cognate with its English equivalent, and is also related to words like "stare" and "establish". |
| Danish | In Danish, "start" is a noun referring to an animal's tail. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "beginnen" is derived from the Old High German word "beginnan", meaning "to make a beginning or start." |
| Esperanto | Esperanto “komenci” derives from “kom” (jointly, in combination) and “enci” (to place). |
| Estonian | "Algus" can also refer to the beginning of a period of time, such as the beginning of a year or the beginning of a day. |
| Finnish | The word "alkaa" is cognate with "alku" (beginning), and derives from Proto-Germanic "*an-lagjaną" (to lay on, to attach), which also gave rise to Slavic "*po-lagati" (to put down), and English "lay". |
| French | "Début" comes from the Latin "debutare", meaning "to step onstage for the first time." |
| Frisian | Frisian "start" can mean both "start" and "tail" in English. |
| Galician | The Galician word "comezar" also means "to begin" or "to commence" |
| Georgian | The word "დაწყება" is also used in Georgian to refer to the beginning of a new year or a new era. |
| German | The German word "start" is derived from the Middle High German word "stert", which means "tail" or "end", and has the additional meaning of "beginning" in modern German. |
| Greek | The word 'αρχή', meaning 'start', also carries the connotation of 'rule' or 'authority' in Greek, reflecting its historical association with political and religious leadership. |
| Gujarati | શરૂઆત (start) was derived from Hindi "shurū" which itself comes from Arabic "shuru". It can also refer to the beginning of a journey or a project. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kòmanse" in Haitian Creole comes from the French word "commencer" and also means "to begin" or "to undertake" |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "fara" also means "to travel" or "to journey". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word “hoʻomaka” originally meant “to kindle fire,” later “to kindle movement, life, or action,” and in modern Hawaiian has the general meaning of "to start, embark upon," or "to undertake." |
| Hebrew | It derives from the Akkadian word "hataltu" which means "the beginning". |
| Hindi | The term 'शुरू' may also refer to a musical note in Hindustani Sangeet and the beginning or opening part of a book. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "pib" can also mean "to begin," "to set out," or "to embark on a journey." |
| Hungarian | The word "Rajt" in Hungarian also means "right" and "straight". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, 'byrja' also means 'to beget' and is used in phrases like 'byrja barn' (to have a child) |
| Igbo | Bido may also mean "to be born" or "to be the eldest in a family" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | "Mulailah" is derived from the root word "mula" meaning "beginning" or "origin". |
| Irish | The Irish word "tosú" is a loanword from the Norse word "tossa" meaning "to pull" or "to draw." |
| Italian | The Italian word "inizio" originates from the Latin word "initium" which means "beginning, commencement". |
| Japanese | The word 開始 can also be used to mean "beginning" or "commencement". |
| Javanese | "Miwiti" is also used in the context of initiating a conversation or commencing an activity. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ' (prārabdha) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word 'प्रारंभ' (prārambha), meaning 'commencement' or 'beginning'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "бастау" can also refer to "to create" or "to begin". |
| Khmer | ចាប់ផ្តើម can also mean "to establish, to found, to initiate, to begin, to commence, to launch, to set up" |
| Korean | "스타트" is a loan word from English meaning "start", and the original Korean root word "시작" is also still in use. |
| Kurdish | The word 'destpêkirin' in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word 'destpêk' meaning 'beginning' and the Kurdish suffix '-an' meaning 'doing' or 'action'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "баштоо" in Kyrgyz can also refer to the beginning of a day, the first day of a month, or the beginning of a new year. |
| Latin | The Latin word "initium" not only means "start", but also "entrance", "beginning of a journey", "source" or "origin". |
| Latvian | The verb "sākt" shares a root with "saknes", "sākot", and "sakne". |
| Lithuanian | The word "pradžia" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pre-, meaning "before" or "in front of". |
| Luxembourgish | Uenken also means 'to appear' in some areas of Luxembourg. |
| Macedonian | The verb "започнете" originates from the Proto-Slavic word *začьnǫti, meaning "to begin, to do something for the first time". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fanombohana" literally means "the beginning of something" and is often used to describe the start of an event or activity. |
| Malay | The word 'mulakan' also has a secondary meaning in Malay, which is 'to start something by setting a beginning or foundation'. |
| Maltese | Maltese "ibda" "start" is related to Arabic "ibtida'" "beginning" and "bada'a" "to appear". |
| Maori | Tīmatanga (start) means the beginning, origin, source, commencement, or initiation in Māori. |
| Marathi | The word "प्रारंभ करा" can also mean "to commence" or "to begin". |
| Mongolian | Эхлэх, originating from the verb 'эх' meaning 'beginning', represents the commencement of something. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "စတယ်" (start) is derived from the English word "start", and it can also mean "beginning" or "commencement". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "start" can also mean "tail" or "end" of something. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Kuyamba is also synonymous with 'to arise', 'to awaken', and 'to originate'. |
| Pashto | "شروع کول " in Pashto translates to "to turn over" or "to begin" in English. |
| Persian | The word "شروع کنید" in Persian can also mean "the beginning" or "the commencement". |
| Polish | In the 15th century, 'początek' also denoted a 'source', as in 'Źródła Początek' (‘Sources Start’), a Latin-Polish dictionary. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Começar" derives from the Latin "commoniciare" (to begin, commence), and is related to the French "commencer" (to start) and the Spanish "comenzar" (to start). |
| Punjabi | The word "start" comes from the Old English word "steort", meaning "tail". This is because the tail of an animal is often the last part to move when it starts to run. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "start" derives from the Albanian word "shtartë", meaning "a jump" or "the act of taking flight". |
| Russian | The word "Начало" can also mean "beginning", "source", or "origin" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word `amata` also means `to start or begin`. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "tòiseachadh" can also refer to a beginning, an origin, or a source. |
| Serbian | The word "почетак" also means "beginning" or "origin". |
| Sesotho | The word 'qala' in Sesotho can also mean 'say', 'speak', or 'tell'. |
| Shona | In addition to meaning "start", "tanga" can also mean "begin" or "come into being" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "شروع ڪريو" can also mean to "initiate" or "commence" something. |
| Slovak | The word "začať" also has the meaning of "to begin" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | Začetek derives from the Proto-Slavic word *za-ček-t-i, which originally meant to wait. |
| Somali | The word "bilow" in Somali also means "to rise or ascend" and is related to the word "biil" which means "to get up or stand up". |
| Spanish | Comienzo is a Spanish word meaning |
| Sundanese | The word "ngamimitian" is not native Sundanese, but borrowed from Old Javanese "wiramī", which means "to move, to act, to start". |
| Swahili | The word "anza" can also mean "to begin" or "to commence" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, the word "start" can also mean "tail" of an animal or "stern" of a boat. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "magsimula" in Tagalog is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root word *simulaq, which means "to begin" or "to start". |
| Tajik | The word "оғоз" can also mean "mouth" or "opening". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'தொடங்கு' ('start') also means 'to touch' or 'to begin'. |
| Telugu | "ప్రారంభం" comes from the Sanskrit word "प्रारम्भ" meaning "beginning, commencement" and also means "initiation, undertaking, enterprise". |
| Thai | The Thai word "เริ่มต้น" (start) originally meant "to go out of the head," referring to the idea of beginning a task or journey with a clear mind. |
| Turkish | "Başlat" can also mean "to start to stink" in Turkish, with no relation to the first meaning |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "почати" is derived from the Old Slavic word "počęti"," meaning "to begin, to start". |
| Uzbek | The word "boshlang" is derived from the Proto-Turkic verb "başla-", meaning "to begin" or "to lead". |
| Vietnamese | The word "khởi đầu" literally means "raise the head" or "begin to exist" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | "Dechrau" also means "beginning" in Welsh and derives from a Proto-Celtic root meaning "to strike". |
| Xhosa | The word 'qalisa' is also used in the phrase 'ukugqala indlela', which literally means to start a path. In a metaphorical sense this means the start of something new, such as starting a job or project. |
| Yiddish | אָנהייב ("start") is related to the German "anheben" ("to begin"), "aufheben" ("to lift") and "heben" ("to lift"). |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word "bẹrẹ" can alternatively mean "to be first" or "front". |
| Zulu | Qala in Zulu also signifies 'be first' and 'emerge' |
| English | The word "start" derives from the Old English word "steort," meaning "tail," and was originally used to refer to the beginning of a horse race. |