Target in Different Languages
Discover 'Target' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Target
Afrikaans teiken | ||
Albanian shënjestër | ||
Amharic ዒላማ | ||
Arabic استهداف | ||
Armenian թիրախ | ||
Assamese লক্ষ্য | ||
Aymara amta | ||
Azerbaijani hədəf | ||
Bambara kun | ||
Basque xede | ||
Belarusian мэта | ||
Bengali লক্ষ্য | ||
Bhojpuri लक्ष्य | ||
Bosnian meta | ||
Bulgarian цел | ||
Catalan objectiu | ||
Cebuano target | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 目标 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 目標 | ||
Corsican mira | ||
Croatian cilj | ||
Czech cílová | ||
Danish mål | ||
Dhivehi އަމާޒު | ||
Dogri नशाना | ||
Dutch doelwit | ||
English target | ||
Esperanto celo | ||
Estonian sihtmärk | ||
Ewe taɖodzinu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) target | ||
Finnish kohde | ||
French cible | ||
Frisian doel | ||
Galician obxectivo | ||
Georgian სამიზნე | ||
German ziel | ||
Greek στόχος | ||
Guarani morotĩ | ||
Gujarati લક્ષ્ય | ||
Haitian Creole sib | ||
Hausa manufa | ||
Hawaiian pahuhopu | ||
Hebrew יַעַד | ||
Hindi लक्ष्य | ||
Hmong phiaj | ||
Hungarian cél | ||
Icelandic skotmark | ||
Igbo iche | ||
Ilocano gandat | ||
Indonesian target | ||
Irish sprioc | ||
Italian bersaglio | ||
Japanese 目標 | ||
Javanese target | ||
Kannada ಗುರಿ | ||
Kazakh мақсат | ||
Khmer គោលដៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda intego | ||
Konkani लक्ष्य | ||
Korean 표적 | ||
Krio tagɛt | ||
Kurdish armanc | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئامانج | ||
Kyrgyz максаттуу | ||
Lao ເປົ້າຫມາຍ | ||
Latin scopum | ||
Latvian mērķis | ||
Lingala eloko bazokana | ||
Lithuanian taikinys | ||
Luganda ssabaawa | ||
Luxembourgish zil | ||
Macedonian цел | ||
Maithili निशाना | ||
Malagasy kendrena | ||
Malay sasaran | ||
Malayalam ലക്ഷ്യം | ||
Maltese mira | ||
Maori whāinga | ||
Marathi लक्ष्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯟꯗꯝ | ||
Mizo tum bik | ||
Mongolian зорилтот | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပစ်မှတ် | ||
Nepali लक्ष्य | ||
Norwegian mål | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chandamale | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟ | ||
Oromo xiyyeeffaanoo | ||
Pashto هدف | ||
Persian هدف | ||
Polish cel | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) alvo | ||
Punjabi ਟੀਚਾ | ||
Quechua chayana | ||
Romanian ţintă | ||
Russian цель | ||
Samoan taulaʻiga | ||
Sanskrit लक्ष्य | ||
Scots Gaelic targaid | ||
Sepedi tebanyo | ||
Serbian мета | ||
Sesotho sepheo | ||
Shona chinangwa | ||
Sindhi نشانو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉලක්කය | ||
Slovak cieľ | ||
Slovenian cilj | ||
Somali bartilmaameed | ||
Spanish objetivo | ||
Sundanese udagan | ||
Swahili lengo | ||
Swedish mål | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) target | ||
Tajik ҳадаф | ||
Tamil இலக்கு | ||
Tatar максат | ||
Telugu లక్ష్యం | ||
Thai เป้าหมาย | ||
Tigrinya ዒላማ | ||
Tsonga xikongomelo | ||
Turkish hedef | ||
Turkmen nyşana | ||
Twi (Akan) deɛ ani si so | ||
Ukrainian ціль | ||
Urdu ہدف | ||
Uyghur نىشان | ||
Uzbek nishon | ||
Vietnamese mục tiêu | ||
Welsh targed | ||
Xhosa ekujoliswe kuko | ||
Yiddish ציל | ||
Yoruba ibi-afẹde | ||
Zulu okubhekiswe kukho |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "teiken" can also refer to a goal, objective, or aim. |
| Amharic | The word "ዒላማ" in Amharic comes from the Geez word "ዒላም" meaning "goal" |
| Arabic | استهداف also means "aiming" or "pointing" in Arabic, and is derived from the root word "هدف" (target). |
| Armenian | The etymology of the word "թիրախ" is unclear, but some scholars believe it may be derived from the Persian word "تیراندازی" (tir-andāzī), meaning "archery". |
| Azerbaijani | It can also refer to the point at which something is aimed. |
| Basque | "Xede" is cognate with the French word "cible" (target), which itself derives from the Latin term "cippus" (boundary marker) |
| Belarusian | Мэта, like the English "meta," can also refer to something beyond or outside the ordinary or physical realm. |
| Bengali | The word "লক্ষ্য" also means "aim" and "destination" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "meta" also means "goal" or "destination" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word 'цел' can also mean 'goal', 'aim', 'purpose', or 'objective'. |
| Catalan | The word "objectiu" can also refer to a plan, goal, or purpose. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "target" may also refer to a "mark" or "goal". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "目标" in Chinese shares its literal meaning "aim" and "purpose" with its Japanese counterpart "目標" (mokuhyō). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | It is also a technical term meaning the first 10 points of a game of Go. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "mira" can also mean "sight" or "view". |
| Croatian | The word "cilj", meaning "target" in Croatian, is derived from the Turkish word "cil", which has the same meaning. |
| Czech | The Czech word "cílová" originated from the German verb "zielen" meaning "to aim". |
| Danish | "mål" also means "speech", as in a public speech |
| Dutch | "Doelwit" in Dutch originally meant "the white (i.e. the center) of the target". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "celo" is derived from the French word "cible", which also means "target". |
| Estonian | "Sihtmärk" (target) comes from the Proto-Finnic word *sihtëmä, which also meant "aim" and "direction". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, the word "kohde" can also mean "object" or "target group". |
| French | The word cible comes from Latin "cippus" and has the secondary meaning of "milestone, boundary marker" in French. |
| Frisian | The word "doel" in Frisian also means "purpose" or "aim". |
| Galician | The Galician word "obxectivo" comes from the Latin "obiectivus" and also means "objective" in Galician. |
| German | The word "Ziel" can also mean "end" or "goal" and is related to the English word "teleology." |
| Greek | The word "στόχος" (target) is derived from the verb "στοχάζομαι" (to aim), which in turn comes from "το όχος" (the means of transport). |
| Gujarati | The word "લક્ષ્ય" (lakṣya) is derived from the Sanskrit root "lakṣ" meaning "to perceive, to see, to observe, to aim at" and "-ya" meaning "fit, suitable, worthy" or "to be aimed at". |
| Haitian Creole | Sib is also used as a verb meaning 'to aim' or 'to shoot' |
| Hausa | The word 'manufa' is also used in Hausa to refer to a 'goal' or 'objective'. |
| Hawaiian | The ancient meaning of pahuhopu is a gourd drum. |
| Hebrew | יַעַד comes from the root יע |
| Hindi | The word "लक्ष्य" in Hindi is derived from the Sanskrit word "लक्ष" meaning "to see" or "to aim". It also refers to a "goal" or "objective". |
| Hmong | The word "phiaj" in Hmong can also mean "bullseye" or "the center of a target." |
| Hungarian | "Cél" has a verb form ("célozni") meaning "to aim" and "to aspire to". It can also mean "aim", "aspiration", "goal", and "purpose" in general. |
| Icelandic | The word 'skotmark' is a compound noun consisting of the words 'skot' ('shot') and 'mark' ('mark') and denotes the point of impact of a bullet or arrow. |
| Igbo | An `iche` also refers to the point in a game or fight where someone tries to strike or get to. |
| Indonesian | "Target" in Indonesian can also mean "shield" or "protective cover". |
| Irish | The word "sprioc" is a diminutive of "spróc" ("speck, spot"), from Proto-Celtic *sprekk- ("speck, spot, stripe") |
| Italian | The word "bersaglio" originates from the Byzantine Greek "βέργα", which means "rod" or "stick". |
| Japanese | 目標 is sometimes used in the sense of "aim" or "goal," particularly in the context of personal development or self-improvement. |
| Javanese | The word 'target' in Javanese can refer to a variety of concepts, including 'goal', 'purpose', 'intent', and 'destination'. |
| Kannada | "ಗುರಿ" (target) also means 'aim' and is derived from the Sanskrit word 'गुरी' meaning 'great' or 'heavy' |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "мақсат" can also refer to "goal, purpose, aim, objective, or intention". |
| Khmer | The word "គោលដៅ" can also be used to refer to a "goal", "aim", or "objective". |
| Korean | "표적" has an alternate meaning of "mark" or "sign". |
| Kurdish | The word "armanc" in Kurdish also means "goal" or "aim", suggesting a broader sense of purpose beyond just a physical target. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "максаттуу" can also mean "purposeful" or "intentional" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | The word "scopum" can also refer to a watchtower or lookout point in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word "mērķis" in Latvian, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*merg-", originally meant a place where arrows were shot and has now broadened to mean any goal or objective. |
| Lithuanian | The word "taikinys" is derived from the verb "taikyti", meaning "to aim" or "to direct at". It can also refer to a goal or objective. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "zil" shares a common etymology with the English word "aim", both deriving from the Proto-Germanic word *azilam. |
| Macedonian | The word "цел" also means "aim" and "goal" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "kendrena" in Malagasy is derived from the word "kendrena", which means "to aim" or "to point at". |
| Malay | "Sasaran" in Malay can also mean a |
| Malayalam | The word "ലക്ഷ്യം" also means "aim," "goal," or "intention" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The word "mira" in Maltese derives from the Arabic word "mira'at" (mirror), suggesting the reflective nature of a target. |
| Maori | The word "whāinga" also means "purpose" or "intention". |
| Marathi | The Sanskrit root of "लक्ष्य" is "लक्ष" which also means "observe" or "perceive" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | Зорилиотот is also an idiom referring to the point on the back of a horse or camel which receives the most pressure from the rider's saddle. |
| Nepali | "लक्ष्य" also means "aim" or even "goal" with respect to an action or a particular point in time. |
| Norwegian | "Mål" can also mean language or purpose in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The term "chandamale" is also used figuratively to mean "something to strive for." |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "هدف" can also refer to a "purpose" or "intention". |
| Persian | The word "هدف" also has the alternate meaning of "purpose" in Persian. |
| Polish | The Polish word "cel" comes from the Latin word "caelum" meaning "heaven," but can also mean "goal" or "destination."} |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "alvo" in Portuguese has Arabic origins and can also mean "mark" or "spot" |
| Punjabi | ਟੀਚਾ's root is in Sanskrit, 'tich,' which means 'sharp' or 'pointed,' connecting to its use in archery. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "ţintă" derives from the Turkish word "nişan", meaning both "target" and "sign". |
| Russian | "Цель" comes from the Proto-Slavic "kelь", meaning "aim" or "goal". |
| Samoan | The word 'taulaʻiga' in Samoan can also refer to a meeting place or a place for social gatherings. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "targaid" in Scots Gaelic can also refer to a mark or object to be aimed at. |
| Serbian | The word "мета" in Serbian can also mean "goal" or "aim". |
| Shona | The word "chinangwa" can also refer to a bull's-eye in archery or a dot in the center of a target. |
| Sindhi | The word 'نشانو' in Sindhi also has the alternate meaning of 'mark' or 'sign'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In addition to 'target', 'ඉලක්කය' also means 'number', especially in mathematical or financial contexts. |
| Slovak | In addition to meaning "target," "cieľ" also refers to the finish line of a race and can mean "aim"} |
| Slovenian | The word “cilj” shares the same root with the word “celiti”, meaning “to heal”, suggesting a target as a point of aspiration or improvement. |
| Somali | "Bartilmaameed" in Somali is derived from "bar," meaning "to hit," and "tilmaam," meaning "mark" or "aim." |
| Spanish | Objetivo also means 'lens' because it is the part of a camera or telescope that focuses light to form an image. |
| Sundanese | The word "udagan" also means "object", "aim", or "goal" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "lengo" in Swahili originally meant "aim" or "purpose" and is related to the word "lenga" which means "to aim" or "to intend." |
| Swedish | The word "mål" in Swedish also means "meal" and is derived from the Old Norse word "máltidi" meaning "set meal". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "target" can also refer to a shield, a protective device, or a person or group designated to be harassed. |
| Tajik | The word "ҳадаф" in Tajik comes from the Persian word "هدف", meaning "aim" or "goal". |
| Tamil | The word "இலக்கு" also means "mark on the forehead". |
| Telugu | The word "లక్ష్యం" in Telugu also refers to the aim or purpose of something. |
| Thai | The word "เป้าหมาย" in Thai can also refer to a "purpose" or "destination". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "hedef" is derived from Persian and entered the Turkish language by changing its meaning from "purpose, aim" to "target". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "ціль" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kel-, meaning "to strike" or "to aim." |
| Urdu | "ہدف" is the Arabic word for "target", but it also means "aim", "objective", or "goal" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "nishon" is also used to refer to a sign or mark. |
| Vietnamese | The word "Mục tiêu" also means "aim" or "objective" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "targed" not only means "target" but also "shield," highlighting the defensive and offensive duality of the concept in traditional warfare. |
| Xhosa | Ekujoliswe kuko can also mean "objective" or "goal" in a broader sense. |
| Yiddish | The word "ציל" (target) in Yiddish also has the meaning of "shade" or "protection". |
| Yoruba | The word ìbi-afẹ́dẹ̀ in Yoruba means both 'target' and 'destiny'. |
| Zulu | Okubhekiswe kukho may also mean "mark" or "aim" in another context. |
| English | The word 'target' originated from the Middle French word 'targe,' meaning a light shield for the arm. |