Afrikaans ondersteuning | ||
Albanian mbështetje | ||
Amharic ድጋፍ | ||
Arabic الدعم | ||
Armenian աջակցություն | ||
Assamese সমৰ্থন | ||
Aymara supurtaña | ||
Azerbaijani dəstək | ||
Bambara sɛmɛjiri | ||
Basque laguntza | ||
Belarusian падтрымка | ||
Bengali সমর্থন | ||
Bhojpuri समर्थन | ||
Bosnian podrška | ||
Bulgarian поддържа | ||
Catalan suport | ||
Cebuano pagsuporta | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 支持 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 支持 | ||
Corsican sustegnu | ||
Croatian podrška | ||
Czech podpěra, podpora | ||
Danish support | ||
Dhivehi ހިތްވަރު | ||
Dogri मदाद | ||
Dutch ondersteuning | ||
English support | ||
Esperanto subteno | ||
Estonian toetus | ||
Ewe de megbe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) suporta | ||
Finnish tuki | ||
French soutien | ||
Frisian stypje | ||
Galician apoiar | ||
Georgian მხარდაჭერა | ||
German unterstützung | ||
Greek υποστήριξη | ||
Guarani pytyvõ | ||
Gujarati આધાર | ||
Haitian Creole sipò | ||
Hausa tallafi | ||
Hawaiian kākoʻo | ||
Hebrew תמיכה | ||
Hindi सहयोग | ||
Hmong txhawb nqa | ||
Hungarian támogatás | ||
Icelandic stuðningur | ||
Igbo nkwado | ||
Ilocano suporta | ||
Indonesian dukung | ||
Irish tacaíocht | ||
Italian supporto | ||
Japanese サポート | ||
Javanese dhukungan | ||
Kannada ಬೆಂಬಲ | ||
Kazakh қолдау | ||
Khmer គាំទ្រ | ||
Kinyarwanda inkunga | ||
Konkani तेंको | ||
Korean 지원하다 | ||
Krio sɔpɔt | ||
Kurdish alîkarî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پشتیوانی | ||
Kyrgyz колдоо | ||
Lao ສະຫນັບສະຫນູນ | ||
Latin auxilium | ||
Latvian atbalstu | ||
Lingala lisungi | ||
Lithuanian parama | ||
Luganda okuwagira | ||
Luxembourgish ënnerstëtzen | ||
Macedonian поддршка | ||
Maithili सहायता | ||
Malagasy manampy | ||
Malay sokongan | ||
Malayalam പിന്തുണ | ||
Maltese appoġġ | ||
Maori tautoko | ||
Marathi समर्थन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯧꯒꯠꯄ | ||
Mizo rinchhan | ||
Mongolian дэмжлэг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထောက်ခံမှု | ||
Nepali समर्थन | ||
Norwegian brukerstøtte | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chithandizo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମର୍ଥନ | ||
Oromo deeggarsa | ||
Pashto ملاتړ | ||
Persian حمایت کردن | ||
Polish wsparcie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) apoio, suporte | ||
Punjabi ਸਹਿਯੋਗ | ||
Quechua yanapakuy | ||
Romanian a sustine | ||
Russian поддержка | ||
Samoan lagolago | ||
Sanskrit समर्थनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic taic | ||
Sepedi thekga | ||
Serbian подршка | ||
Sesotho tšehetso | ||
Shona kutsigira | ||
Sindhi مدد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සහාය | ||
Slovak podpora | ||
Slovenian podporo | ||
Somali taageero | ||
Spanish apoyo | ||
Sundanese ngadukung | ||
Swahili msaada | ||
Swedish stöd | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) suporta | ||
Tajik дастгирӣ | ||
Tamil ஆதரவு | ||
Tatar ярдәм | ||
Telugu మద్దతు | ||
Thai สนับสนุน | ||
Tigrinya ሓገዝ | ||
Tsonga nseketelo | ||
Turkish destek | ||
Turkmen goldaw | ||
Twi (Akan) mmoa | ||
Ukrainian підтримка | ||
Urdu کی حمایت | ||
Uyghur قوللاش | ||
Uzbek qo'llab-quvvatlash | ||
Vietnamese ủng hộ | ||
Welsh cefnogaeth | ||
Xhosa inkxaso | ||
Yiddish שטיצן | ||
Yoruba atilẹyin | ||
Zulu ukwesekwa |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Ondersteuning can also mean 'maintenance', or even a 'prop' for a structure or a 'pillar'. |
| Albanian | The word "mbështetje" is derived from the Latin word "sustentare," meaning "to hold up" or "to maintain." |
| Amharic | The word "ድጋፍ" can also mean "backing" or "support" in a more physical sense, such as a wall supporting a roof. |
| Arabic | The word "الدعم" ("support" in English) shares its root with the verb "دعم" ("to prop up"), signifying a physical or metaphorical force that holds something up or prevents it from falling over. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "dəstək" is also used to refer to a "crutch" or a "cane". |
| Basque | The word "laguntza" likely comes from the same Indo-European root as "legation," implying aid and assistance. |
| Bengali | সমর্থন ('support' in Bengali) derives from the Sanskrit word 'samarthya' ('ability') and also means 'proof' or 'argument'. |
| Bosnian | "Podrška" is also used figuratively, as in "podrška tezi" ("support for a thesis"). |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "поддържа" also means "to provide maintenance" and is derived from the verb "държа" (to hold). |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "suport" means "cork" and "corcho" is an alternative word for "cork stopper" in Spanish. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "pagsuporta" originates from the Spanish word "soporte," which also means "support." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "支持" may also refer to a "support bracket", "support frame", "holder", or "stand". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 支持 in Chinese (Traditional) also means to withstand, endure, or tolerate. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'sustegnu' originates from the Italian 'sostengo', meaning both 'support' and 'sustenance'. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'podrška' derives from the Proto-Slavic word 'podpora', meaning 'to help, support' and is related to the word 'pod', meaning 'under', suggesting the idea of 'lifting up from below' when supporting someone. |
| Czech | "Support" (podpora) comes from "podpírat", meaning "to prop up". |
| Danish | The Danish word "støtte" can also mean "prop" or "support" in the sense of a physical object. |
| Dutch | In some contexts "ondersteuning" can mean "interruption", a remnant of the verb "onderstütten", from the Latin "sub-stare" (to place underneath). |
| Esperanto | The word "subteno" also means "subtend" in English, which means to extend under or below something else. |
| Estonian | The verb 'toetus' is also used in Estonian to describe the act of propping up or supporting, such as when holding up a fallen tree branch or a weak wall |
| Finnish | Tuki is derived from the Old Norse word tuka which means support or prop. |
| French | The word "soutien" comes from the Old French word "sostenir", which means "to hold up" or "to maintain". |
| Frisian | The word "stypje" in Frisian can also refer to a scholarship or grant. |
| Galician | Apoiar can also mean "to lean on something" or "to hold something up". |
| German | The German word "Unterstützung" derives from the Old High German "untarstuzzi" meaning "to stand under". |
| Greek | In Greek, 'υποστήριξη' can also mean 'recommendation' or 'proof'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "આધાર" (support) derives from the Sanskrit root "ādhri" (to support), which is also the source of the English word "adhere". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "sipò" in Haitian Creole can also mean "to help" or "to assist". |
| Hausa | "Tallafi" in Hausa has ancient origins, tracing back to the root word "lafi," which signifies strength, health, and firmness. |
| Hawaiian | The word kākoʻo can be understood as either a noun, meaning 'prop,' 'stick,' or 'support,' or a verb, meaning 'to prop up,' 'support,' or 'help.' |
| Hebrew | The word "תמיכה" ("support") in Hebrew is also often used in the context of emotional support or spiritual support. |
| Hindi | The word सहयोग also means "co-operation" in Hindi |
| Hmong | The Hmong word “txhawb nqa” can also mean to help, assist, or uphold. |
| Hungarian | "Támogatás" also means "subsidy" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | Stuðningur, meaning 'support,' is related to the verb 'studda,' 'to prop up,' and was originally used in architecture. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "nkwado" is also used to refer to the act of strengthening or reinforcing something. |
| Indonesian | "Duk" itself means to bend over, while "kung" is a reduplication of the word, which is a common way in Indonesian to emphasize or repeat a word's meaning. |
| Irish | The term 'tacaíocht' also has a connotation of 'protection' or 'assistance', as in providing aid to those in need. |
| Italian | The Italian word "supporto" is ultimately derived from the Latin verb "supportare" meaning to carry from below or to prop up. |
| Japanese | The word originated from the French "supporter" but has taken on a wider meaning in Japanese, encompassing assistance, backing, and even affection. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "dhukungan" can also mean "help" or "assistance." |
| Kannada | Kannada word "ಬೆಂಬಲ" (support) also means "shoulder" signifying the idea of lending support through physical strength. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "қолдау" derives from the verb "қолдау" ("to hold") and can also mean "help" or "assistance". |
| Khmer | In addition to its primary meaning of "support," គាំទ្រ can also mean "to assist," "to help," or "to protect." |
| Korean | In addition to the meaning of 'support', the word '지원하다' can also be used in the context of 'to provide financial assistance'. |
| Kurdish | The word 'alîkarî' comes from the Persian word 'alī', meaning 'help', and the Kurdish suffix '-kar', meaning 'doer'. |
| Kyrgyz | "Колдоо" also means "help" or "assistance" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | Originally related to the notion of “increasing” or “reinforcing” a person or thing, the Latin "auxilium" also had legal connotations of an "obligation to help". |
| Latvian | The word "atbalstu" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebh-, meaning "to stand". |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian "parama" comes from "ramus", meaning "quiet/peaceful", referring to the support given to someone in need. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "ënnerstëtzen" is derived from the German word "unterstützen" and can also mean "to assist" or "to help." |
| Macedonian | The word "поддршка" is derived from the verb "поддржува", which means "to hold up" or "to provide assistance". |
| Malagasy | The word “to support” is also translated in Malagasy into “manampy”, which is the contraction of “manainga ampy”, or “to add enough.” |
| Malay | The Malay word "sokongan" can also refer to a prop, a foundation, or a backing. |
| Malayalam | The word |
| Maltese | "Appoġġ" in Maltese also refers to the government agency that provides social services and support to citizens. |
| Maori | The word tautoko in Maori is related to the word tautoru, which means to hold firmly or to maintain. It can also refer to the act of supporting or assisting someone or something. |
| Marathi | The word "समर्थन" can also mean "proof", "evidence", or "authority" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The etymology of "дэмжлэг" suggests it may have a broader sense of "holding up" and not only "giving moral or financial support". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "समर्थन" also has the alternate meaning of "proof". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "brukerstøtte" is a compound word made up of the words "bruker" (user) and "støtte" (support). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'chithandizo' is also used to mean 'maintenance' or 'upkeep'. |
| Pashto | The word "ملاتړ" originates from the Arabic word "ملاتر" which means "pillar" or "supporter." |
| Persian | The word "حمایت کردن" can also mean "to take care of" or "to protect". |
| Polish | The word "wsparcie" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *spьrti, meaning "to strengthen". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Apoio" is derived from the Greek "apo", meaning 'away from', and "epein", meaning 'to say' or 'to speak', indicating providing assistance or encouragement. |
| Punjabi | ਸਹਿਯੋਗ can refer to both physical assistance, or more abstractly, to support of an idea or cause. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the verb "a sustine" is derived from the Latin word "sustinere" and also means to "hold up" or "to bear up under". |
| Russian | In Russian "поддержка" means not only "support" but also "subscription" which is a loan translation from English "subscription". |
| Samoan | "Lagolago" derives from the Polynesian root "lago," which also means "branch" or "offshoot." |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "taic" also denotes one's "strength" or their "stay or prop" (i.e. source of reliance). |
| Serbian | The word "podrška" in Serbian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *podъpьrę. |
| Sesotho | The word "tšehetso" can also refer to a backstop in a game or the act of bolstering someone's spirits. |
| Shona | "Kutsigira" is a form of a verb "kutsigirwa," which literally means being leaned on and is linked to support. |
| Sindhi | "مدد" can also mean "to help" or "to assist" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "සහාය" is also used in Sinhalese to mean 'assistance' or 'aid'. |
| Slovak | The word "podpora" originally meant "an underlying layer" or "a foundation" in Slavic languages. |
| Slovenian | The word "podporo" in Slovenian can also mean "subsistence", "sustenance", or "support for a living". |
| Somali | Taageero may be derived from the Arabic word 'ta'yeed', meaning 'to confirm'. |
| Spanish | "Apoyo" derives, via French, from the ancient Greek "hypó" meaning "under". |
| Sundanese | The word "ngadukung" in Sundanese originally meant "to hold something heavy" or "to carry something on one's back". |
| Swahili | The word "msaada" in Swahili also means "charity" and is derived from the Arabic word "sa'ada" meaning "happiness". |
| Swedish | The word "Stöd" has additional meanings such as "stake" or "prop". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "suporta" also means "burden" or "responsibility". |
| Tajik | Derived from a Persian compound of the words 'to take' and 'neck'; its literal meaning is thus 'to take by the neck'. |
| Tamil | The word "ஆதரவு" in Tamil is derived from the verb "அது", which means "to hold". It can also refer to the state of being protected or taken care of. |
| Telugu | The word మద్దతు in Telugu can also mean ‘a crowd’ or ‘support’ when used in the context of an election. |
| Thai | The Thai word "สนับสนุน" can also mean "to endorse" or "to promote". |
| Turkish | "Destek" also means a "pole" in Turkish, referring to its use as a structural support for a tent or similar. |
| Ukrainian | The word "підтримка" derives from the verb "підтримувати" (to support), and it can also refer to a physical structure that provides support, such as a pillar or a brace. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "qo'llab-quvvatlash" is a compound word composed of two separate words, "qo'llab" (meaning "to hold in the hand" or "to help") and "quvvat" (meaning "power" or "strength") |
| Vietnamese | "Ủng hộ" also means "to cheer on" or "to endorse" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | "Cefnogaeth" is a Welsh word that is also used in the English language, meaning "support" or "assistance; backing". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "inkxaso" not only means "support" but also "backbone" and "crutch." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שטיצן" ("support") is derived from the German word "stützen," which also means "to support." |
| Yoruba | The word "atilẹyin" can also mean "one who has been supported or relied upon". |
| Zulu | The word "ukwesekwa" in Zulu could also mean "to be put on one's back" or "to be made to fall down." |
| English | Archaic meanings of "support" include "proof" and "maintenance; livelihood," both deriving from an Old French source meaning "endure" or "carry"} |