Will in Different Languages
Discover 'Will' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Will
Afrikaans sal | ||
Albanian do të | ||
Amharic ያደርጋል | ||
Arabic إرادة | ||
Armenian կամք | ||
Assamese will | ||
Aymara will | ||
Azerbaijani olacaq | ||
Bambara se | ||
Basque borondatea | ||
Belarusian будзе | ||
Bengali ইচ্ছাশক্তি | ||
Bhojpuri होई | ||
Bosnian hoće | ||
Bulgarian ще | ||
Catalan voluntat | ||
Cebuano kabubut-on | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 将 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 將 | ||
Corsican vulerà | ||
Croatian htjeti | ||
Czech vůle | ||
Danish vilje | ||
Dhivehi ކަމެއް ކުރުމަށް ބޭނުންވާ ހިތްވަރު | ||
Dogri चाहना | ||
Dutch zullen | ||
English will | ||
Esperanto volo | ||
Estonian tahe | ||
Ewe lɔlɔ̃nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kalooban | ||
Finnish tahtoa | ||
French volonté | ||
Frisian wil | ||
Galician vontade | ||
Georgian ნება | ||
German werden | ||
Greek θα | ||
Guarani upéichata | ||
Gujarati કરશે | ||
Haitian Creole pral | ||
Hausa za | ||
Hawaiian makemake | ||
Hebrew רָצוֹן | ||
Hindi मर्जी | ||
Hmong yuav | ||
Hungarian akarat | ||
Icelandic mun | ||
Igbo ga | ||
Ilocano pagayatan | ||
Indonesian akan | ||
Irish uacht | ||
Italian volere | ||
Japanese 意志 | ||
Javanese bakal | ||
Kannada ತಿನ್ನುವೆ | ||
Kazakh болады | ||
Khmer នឹង | ||
Kinyarwanda ubushake | ||
Konkani इत्सा | ||
Korean 의지 | ||
Krio go | ||
Kurdish xwestek | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ویست | ||
Kyrgyz болот | ||
Lao ຈະ | ||
Latin autem | ||
Latvian būs | ||
Lingala ako | ||
Lithuanian valios | ||
Luganda ekiraamo | ||
Luxembourgish wäert | ||
Macedonian волја | ||
Maithili करब | ||
Malagasy dia | ||
Malay akan | ||
Malayalam ഇഷ്ടം | ||
Maltese se | ||
Maori hiahia | ||
Marathi होईल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯤꯜ | ||
Mizo duhdan | ||
Mongolian болно | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလိုတော် | ||
Nepali हुनेछ | ||
Norwegian vil | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ndidzatero | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଇଚ୍ଛା | ||
Oromo will | ||
Pashto و به | ||
Persian اراده | ||
Polish wola | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vai | ||
Punjabi ਕਰੇਗਾ | ||
Quechua will | ||
Romanian voi | ||
Russian будут | ||
Samoan loto | ||
Sanskrit भविष्यति | ||
Scots Gaelic thoil | ||
Sepedi tla | ||
Serbian воља | ||
Sesotho tla | ||
Shona kuda | ||
Sindhi ٿيندو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කැමැත්ත | ||
Slovak bude | ||
Slovenian volja | ||
Somali doonaa | ||
Spanish será | ||
Sundanese bakal | ||
Swahili mapenzi | ||
Swedish kommer | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ay | ||
Tajik ирода | ||
Tamil விருப்பம் | ||
Tatar булачак | ||
Telugu సంకల్పం | ||
Thai จะ | ||
Tigrinya ንመፃእ | ||
Tsonga ntsakelo | ||
Turkish niyet | ||
Turkmen eder | ||
Twi (Akan) bɛ | ||
Ukrainian буде | ||
Urdu کریں گے | ||
Uyghur will | ||
Uzbek iroda | ||
Vietnamese sẽ | ||
Welsh ewyllys | ||
Xhosa ngaba | ||
Yiddish וועט | ||
Yoruba yoo | ||
Zulu kuthanda |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word “sal” comes from the Dutch word “zal”, which also means “will”. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "do të" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰē- meaning "to put, place, or set". |
| Amharic | "יאדרגאל" הוא צורה מיושנת של "יאדראגל" שמשמעותו בלשון העבר היא "הוא יעשה". |
| Arabic | The word "إرادة" also means "volition" or "intention" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "կամք" also means "desire" or "intention" and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱeh₂- "to wish, desire". |
| Azerbaijani | "Olacaq" in Azerbaijani can also refer to an event or occasion. |
| Basque | In the Basque word for "will", 'borondatea,' "boron" means "good," and "datea" means "giving," implying "giving good, doing good." |
| Belarusian | In the Belarusian language, the word "будзе" was originally derived from the word for "be" but has since adopted additional meanings. |
| Bengali | The Sanskrit word 'iccha' means both 'desire' and 'will', reflecting the close connection between the two concepts in Bengali as well. |
| Bosnian | The word "hoće" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*xotěti" which also meant "to want". |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "ще" "(will)" originally meant "I want" and is used in other Slavic languages to express intention or a desire. |
| Catalan | It is thought that "voluntat" stems from "voluntas", a Latin term referring to the rational faculty by which we prefer one thing to another. |
| Cebuano | The word "kabubut-on" can also refer to the state of being pregnant or having a baby in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Mandarin Chinese, the word 將 ('jiāng), meaning 'will, |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "將" can also be used as a surname or a military rank. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "vulerà" (will) is also archaic and literary (like "aghjarà" (will)). |
| Croatian | The original Indo-European root of 'htjeti' is also found in 'voluntas' (Latin), 'volonté' (French), and 'will' (English), reflecting the fundamental aspect of volition. |
| Czech | "Vůle" can also refer to a |
| Danish | The word "vilje" can also refer to a person's desire or intention. |
| Dutch | The word "zullen" comes from the Old Dutch word "scolen" which also meant "to owe" or "to be obliged to". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto "volo" also means "desire" in Italian. |
| Estonian | The word "tahe" in Estonian can also mean "want" or "desire". |
| Finnish | The origin of the word "tahtoa" is unknown; some theories suggest it may be related to the word "tahto" ("will") but this is uncertain. |
| French | The French word "volonté" is derived from the Latin word "voluntas," which also means "desire" or "wish." |
| Frisian | The word "wil" in Frisian, comes from the Proto-Germanic word "wilja", meaning "intention" or "desire". |
| Galician | The Galician word "vontade" also means "desire" or "longing". |
| German | The word 'werden' in German has an alternate meaning of 'to become' or 'to happen' |
| Greek | The word "θα" is also used as an indicator of the future tense in Greek grammar. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "કરશે" can also refer to a person's "deed" or "work". |
| Haitian Creole | "Pral" is derived from the French word "prendre," meaning "to take"} |
| Hausa | The word "za" can also be used to indicate the presence of something or someone.} |
| Hawaiian | Makemake has additional meanings in Hawaiian such as longing, wish, desire, and intention. |
| Hebrew | In addition to meaning "will," the Hebrew word רָצוֹן ("ratzon") also signifies "favor" or "benevolence." |
| Hindi | मर्जी (will) comes from the Sanskrit word mṛṣṭa, meaning 'rubbed, purified' |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "yuav" used to also mean "to marry" and "to intend to do something." |
| Hungarian | The word "akarat" also means "intent" or "determination" in Hungarian, highlighting the volitional aspect of "will". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "mun" also means "intend" or "have in mind". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "ga" can also be used to express intention, determination, or desire. |
| Indonesian | The word 'akan' in Indonesian shares its root with the Austronesian word 'kan', meaning 'to do'. This suggests a conceptual link between intention and action in the Indonesian language. |
| Irish | "Uacht" also means expectation, attention, caution or heed in Irish. |
| Italian | The Italian "volere" originates from the Latin "velle," meaning to wish or want, and also shares a root with "benevolence." |
| Japanese | '意志' (will) means 'volition' and is also used to describe the will of a deceased person. |
| Javanese | The word "bakal" also means "about to" or "on the verge of" in Javanese. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "болады" ("will") can also refer to a "dream" or "expectation". It has a root meaning "to become". |
| Khmer | "នឹង" can also be used to indicate the future progressive tense, or to show that an action is planned or intended. |
| Korean | The word "의지" (will) derives from the Middle Chinese "ngiġ", meaning "desire, wish, or intention." |
| Kyrgyz | In some contexts, болот can also refer to the desire or want to do something. |
| Lao | In addition to its use as a modal verb, "ຈະ" can also mean "approximately" or "about" in Lao. |
| Latin | "Autem" in Latin is used in several ways. It can mean "yet" or "but". It can also be used to mean "indeed", "moreover", or "however." |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word 'būs' can also refer to a future state or occurrence. |
| Lithuanian | The word "valios" is also used in Lithuanian to refer to money, possessions, or other valuable objects. |
| Luxembourgish | The word 'wäert' also carries the connotations 'to want, desire, or intend'. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "волја" (volja) is also used to refer to a person's temperament or disposition. |
| Malagasy | The word "dia" in Malagasy is cognate with the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word "*diaq", meaning "stand, stand up, be upstanding, stay." |
| Malay | There is another meaning of "akan" in Malay: "going to" or "about to". |
| Malayalam | The word 'ഇഷ്ടം' in Malayalam also means 'desire' or 'liking'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "se" (will) also means "if" in some contexts, as in "jekk tiġi, nerħilha" (if you come, I'll open it). |
| Maori | The Maori word "hiahia" can also refer to "need" or "desire", implying that a will is driven by a need or desire. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "होईल" can also mean "shall" or "should" in English. |
| Mongolian | The word "болно" also means "ill" or "sick" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | "हुनेछ" (hunecha) is derived from the root "हुन" (huna), meaning "to be" or "to exist", and the suffix "-छ" (-cha), indicating present tense. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "vil" is also the archaic form of "ville", meaning "want or desire". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The root '-didz-' can indicate 'future time' or 'imperfective aspect', and '-tero' signifies a 'person performing an action', therefore 'ndidzatero' is literally 'one who will do (in the future)'. |
| Pashto | The word "و به" in Pashto is cognate with the Persian word "به" which means "to". |
| Persian | اراده comes from the Arabic root أراد, meaning "to desire, to want", and can also carry the connotation of determination or intention. |
| Polish | In Polish, the word 'wola' also means 'freedom' or 'liberty', suggesting the idea of an individual's capacity to make choices and exercise their free will. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In the phrase "vai chover", the word "vai" means "it is going to" or "it is likely to". |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਕਰੇਗਾ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'karishya', which also means 'will'. |
| Romanian | The word "voi" in Romanian can also refer to the second-person plural pronoun "you". |
| Russian | "Будут" in Russian can also mean "they will be". This is because Russian verbs have both present and future tense forms. |
| Samoan | Loto is a Samoan term that can also refer to a particular style of tapa cloth from the Manono and Apolima islands. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'thoil' can also mean 'suffer' or 'endure'. |
| Serbian | The root of the word "воља" in Serbian is "волет" which also means "to want". |
| Sesotho | The word "tla" also means "to come" and "to arrive" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | In Shona, "kuda" also means "to die" or "to be killed". |
| Sindhi | The word "ٿيندو" in Sindhi also means "desire" or "wish". |
| Slovak | The word "bude" also means "present progressive tense" or "future". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "volja" also means "election", originating from Proto-Slavic *volja, itself from *vel- ("to choose"). |
| Somali | "Doonaa," meaning "will," also refers to "soul," "character," "temperament," or "nature." |
| Spanish | "Será" is derived from "sedere" (Latin for "to sit") and can also mean "will be" or "shall be." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "bakal" can also mean "almost" or "about to". |
| Swahili | The word "mapenzi" also means "love" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | Historically 'kommer' was the future form of 'komma' (to come) and only took on its more general meaning in the 19th century. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "ay" in Tagalog can also be used as an interjection to express surprise or agreement. |
| Tamil | The word விருப்பம் ('will') in Tamil has a secondary meaning of 'intention', 'desire', or 'wish' |
| Telugu | Telugu word "సంకల్పం" also refers to a formal vow taken to complete something, or the resolution of a group or individual. |
| Thai | The Thai word "จะ" ("will") has the same root as the Sanskrit word "jñā", meaning "to know". |
| Turkish | Niyet, a Persian word, means one's intention. In Turkish, its use has been narrowed down to the will to pray, which is stated before the start of the prayer. |
| Ukrainian | The word "буде" also means "will" (future tense) in Ukrainian, and derives from the Proto-Slavic word "*bǫdēti" meaning "to be." |
| Uzbek | While the word "iroda" means "will" in Uzbek, it also derives from the Arabic word "irādah" meaning "choice". |
| Vietnamese | The word "sẽ" in Vietnamese can also mean "future", "destiny", or "fate". |
| Welsh | Though 'ewyllys' is now only used to mean 'will', it used to also mean 'face'. |
| Xhosa | "UyaNgaba" in isi-Zulu can be used when asking someone if they're sure or when being assertive |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word וועט comes from the Old High German word weta and in addition to "will", can also be used to mean "to wager" or "to bet". |
| Yoruba | The word "yoo" in Yoruba has other meanings besides "will," including "to wish" and "to intend." |
| Zulu | "Kuthanda" also means "love" in Zulu, and is related to the word "thanda" (to love). |
| English | The word 'will' can also mean a document stating one's wishes after death. |