Withdraw in different languages

Withdraw in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
onttrek
Albanian
tërheqë
Amharic
ማውጣት
Arabic
انسحب
Armenian
հետ քաշվել
Assamese
উলিয়াই অনা
Aymara
aptaña
Azerbaijani
geri çəkilmək
Bambara
bɔsili
Basque
erretiratu
Belarusian
зняць
Bengali
প্রত্যাহার
Bhojpuri
निकालल
Bosnian
povuci se
Bulgarian
оттегляне
Catalan
retirar-se
Cebuano
pag-atras
Chinese (Simplified)
收回
Chinese (Traditional)
收回
Corsican
ritirà si
Croatian
povući
Czech
ustoupit
Danish
trække sig tilbage
Dhivehi
ނެގުން
Dogri
बापस कड्ढना
Dutch
terugtrekken
English
withdraw
Esperanto
retiriĝi
Estonian
tagasi tõmbuma
Ewe
ɖee ɖa
Filipino (Tagalog)
bawiin
Finnish
peruuttaa
French
se désister
Frisian
weromlûke
Galician
retirar
Georgian
გაყვანა
German
abheben
Greek
αποσύρω
Guarani
pe'a
Gujarati
પાછી ખેંચી
Haitian Creole
retire
Hausa
janye
Hawaiian
huki hope
Hebrew
לָסֶגֶת
Hindi
निकालना
Hmong
thim
Hungarian
vonja vissza
Icelandic
draga sig til baka
Igbo
wepụ
Ilocano
ibabawi
Indonesian
menarik
Irish
aistarraingt
Italian
ritirarsi
Japanese
撤退
Javanese
mbatalake
Kannada
ಹಿಂತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ
Kazakh
қайтарып алу
Khmer
ដក
Kinyarwanda
gukuramo
Konkani
काडप
Korean
빼다
Krio
pul an pan
Kurdish
vekişîn
Kurdish (Sorani)
کشانەوە
Kyrgyz
алып салуу
Lao
ຖອນ
Latin
recedere
Latvian
atsaukt
Lingala
kolongwa
Lithuanian
pasitraukti
Luganda
okujjayo
Luxembourgish
zréckzéien
Macedonian
повлече
Maithili
वापस करनाइ
Malagasy
hiala
Malay
menarik diri
Malayalam
പിൻവലിക്കുക
Maltese
tirtira
Maori
whakamuri
Marathi
माघार घ्या
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯍꯟꯗꯣꯛꯄ
Mizo
lachhuak
Mongolian
эргүүлэн татах
Myanmar (Burmese)
ဆုတ်ခွာ
Nepali
निकाल्नु
Norwegian
ta ut
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kunyamuka
Odia (Oriya)
ପ୍ରତ୍ୟାହାର
Oromo
gidduutti dhaabuu
Pashto
وتل
Persian
کنار کشیدن
Polish
wycofać
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
retirar
Punjabi
ਵਾਪਸ ਲੈ
Quechua
suchuy
Romanian
retrage
Russian
изымать
Samoan
alu i tua
Sanskrit
निर्ह्वयति
Scots Gaelic
tarraing air ais
Sepedi
gogela morago
Serbian
повући се
Sesotho
ikhula
Shona
withdraw
Sindhi
واپس وٺڻ
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
ඉවත් වන්න
Slovak
odstúpiť
Slovenian
dvigniti
Somali
ka noqo
Spanish
retirar
Sundanese
mundur
Swahili
kutoa
Swedish
dra tillbaka
Tagalog (Filipino)
bawiin
Tajik
бозпас гирифтан
Tamil
திரும்பப் பெறுங்கள்
Tatar
алу
Telugu
ఉపసంహరించుకోండి
Thai
ถอน
Tigrinya
ምቁራፅ
Tsonga
ku teka
Turkish
çekil
Turkmen
çekmek
Twi (Akan)
yi firi
Ukrainian
зняти
Urdu
واپس
Uyghur
چېكىنىش
Uzbek
chekinmoq
Vietnamese
rút lui
Welsh
tynnu'n ôl
Xhosa
rhoxisa
Yiddish
צוריקציען
Yoruba
yọ kuro
Zulu
khipha

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "onttrek" is derived from the verb "trekken" (meaning "to pull" or "to draw"), and it has the connotation of removing or detaching something.
AlbanianThe word 'tërheqë' is derived from the Proto-Albanian word '*terqe' meaning 'to take' or 'to pull'.
Amharic"ማውጣት" (withdraw) has a broader meaning of "leaving a place".
ArabicThe word ''انسحب'' originates from the root word ''سحب'' meaning ''to pull''. Thus the act of ''انسحاب'' could also be viewed as ''pulling back'' or ''moving away'' from a conflict or problem.
Azerbaijani"Geri" has the meaning of "back" and "çekmek" has the meaning of "to draw". The compound phrase literally means "draw back". Thus the literal translation into English of "geri çəkilmək" would be "draw back", in addition to its usual translation "withdraw".
BasqueThe word "erretiratu" also has the alternate meanings of "to retire" or "to leave".
Belarusian"Зняць" in Belarusian can also mean "to take off" (e.g. clothes), "to remove" (e.g. a bandage), "to lift" (e.g. a heavy object), "to cancel" (e.g. an event), "to dismiss" (e.g. an employee), "to relieve" (e.g. pain or stress), "to unload" (e.g. a truck), "to rent" (e.g. an apartment), "to steal" (e.g. a car) or "to win" (e.g. a competition).
Bengali"প্রত্যাহার" is etymologically related to "হার", and thus implies something being snatched or pulled back
Bosnian"Povuci se" is the South Slavic version of the verb "izvuci," coming from the root "vuc-" (pull).
BulgarianThe word "оттегляне" derives from the verb "оттеглям" (withdraw), which is formed from the prefix "от" (away) and the verb "тегля" (pull).
CatalanThe Catalan verb retirar-se can also mean to retreat, to go back, or to retire from work.
Chinese (Simplified)收回 in Chinese (Simplified) can also mean to regain, recover, or retract something.
Chinese (Traditional)除了表示「收回」之外,在某些場合「收回」還含有「撤退」或「復原」的意涵。
CorsicanThe Corsican word "ritirà si" is derived from the Latin word "retrahĕre", meaning "to draw back" or "to withdraw".
Croatian"Povući" can have multiple meanings, such as "withdraw", "drag", or "pull" in English.
CzechUstoupit (withdraw) comes from the Old Czech word "stúpiti" (to step), which in turn comes from the Proto-Slavic "*stopati" (to step).
DanishThe verb "trække" in Danish also means "pull"}
DutchThe verb "terugtrekken" in Dutch also means to pull or drag something back.
EsperantoThe Esperanto word "retiriĝi" is a compound of the root "rei" (back), and the suffix "-iĝi" (to become) and thus it means "to become in back", i.e. "withdraw."
Estonian"Tagasi tõmbama" literally means "to pull back".
FinnishIn addition to meaning "withdraw," "peruuttaa" can also mean "cancel."
FrenchThe French verb "se désister", meaning to withdraw from a competition, derives from "désister", meaning to abandon a claim or to desist from further action.
FrisianIn other Germanic languages, such as German, Dutch, and English, the related words mean 'to turn'.
Galician'Retirar' comes from Latin 'retro' (back, backward) + 'trahere' (to carry, drag), hence 'pull back'.
GeorgianThe word "გაყვანა" in Georgian can also mean "to take away" or "to take out".
German'Abheben' can also mean 'to lift off' in both literal and figurative senses (e.g. from the ground or an idea)
Greek"Αποσύρω" also means "retire" or "retreat" and is not specifically connected to money or finances
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "પાછી ખેંચી" "literally means to "pull back" in English and also implies a meaning of reluctance.
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole, "retire" can also mean "to take a break" or "to go to bed".
HausaThe Hausa word "janye" can also mean "to abstain" or "to refrain" from something.
HawaiianThe Hawaiian word "huki hope", meaning "withdraw", is derived from an ancient Polynesian term for removing one\’s hand or hook from something.
Hebrewלָסֶגֶת in Hebrew originally meant to move back by steps, a meaning still retained in the Bible and in modern Hebrew, but its more common sense, to go back or away, is from Old French "lasser," to grow weary, or from Latin "lassus," weary.
HindiThe word निकालना can also mean to 'take out' or 'remove' something, as in 'I will take out the trash'.
Hmong"Thim" in Hmong can also mean "to step back," "to pull up," or "to avoid."
HungarianIn Hungarian,
IcelandicThe verb "draga sig til baka" can also mean "to drag oneself back," "to retreat," or "to move oneself backwards."
IgboThe Igbo word "wepụ" also means "to deduct" or "to subtract".
IndonesianThe verb "menarik" also means "to attract" or "to be interesting".
IrishThe word "aistarraingt" is derived from the Old Irish word "astar", meaning "to depart" or "to leave".
ItalianThe verb "ritirarsi" comes from Latin "re" (again, back) + "trahere" (to drag, pull) and can also mean "to go back, to retreat, to retire".
Japanese"撤退" can also mean "to retreat" or "to pull out".
JavaneseThe etymology of the Javanese word "mbatalake" remains unclear, but its alternative meanings include "to abolish", "to annul", and "to reject".
KhmerWhile ដក typically means to withdraw, it can also refer to pulling, dragging, or taking something back.
KoreanThe word "빼다" can also mean "to subtract" or "to take out".
KurdishThe word "vekişîn" can also mean "to retreat" or "to step back".
KyrgyzAlternate meanings of the verb "алып салуу" include "to take away", "to remove", and "to extract".
LaoThe verb 'ຖອນ' can also refer to the action of retreating from a position or withdrawing support.
LatinIn Medieval Latin, "recedere" sometimes meant to retreat from battle.
Latvian"Atsaukt" is the cognate of "atsaukts", which means "to call back" or "to cancel" in Latvian.
LithuanianIn Lithuanian, "pasitraukti" can also mean "move aside" or "make way".
MacedonianThe verb "повлече" is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb *povьlẽkъ, meaning "to drag" or "to pull".
MalagasyThe word "hiala" is the verb "to withdraw" and is related to the word "hia" which is the noun "retreat" and also to the root "hi" which is a prefix meaning "away" or "lacking" such as in the word "hita" which means "to miss".
Malay"Menarik diri" also means "attractive" or "charming" in Malay, as it shares a root with the word "tarik" (pull).
MalteseThe word
Marathi'माघार घ्या' in Marathi ultimately comes from the Sanskrit root 'मृश्', to let loose, which also gives us words such as 'मरण' (death) and 'मरू' (desert).
MongolianThis verb can also mean "to pull back," "to pull away," "to retreat," "to withdraw funds," "to take back," "to retract," "to cancel," "to undo," "to reverse," "to revoke," "to repeal," "to cancel out," "to neutralize," "to offset," "to counterbalance," "to make void," "to annul," or "to nullify."
Myanmar (Burmese)The word can also mean to pull back one's hand, to move backward, or to give up.
NepaliThe word निकाल्नु (nikālnu) derives from Sanskrit and also means "to extract".
NorwegianThe word 'ta ut' can also mean 'to get out' or 'to take out'.
Nyanja (Chichewa)In Nyanja, 'kunyamuka' can also mean 'to be shy' or 'to be bashful'.
PashtoThe term "وتل" is also used to refer to the act of pulling or extracting something.
PolishWycofać (withdraw) likely comes from 'wyć', meaning 'to whimper' or 'to pull back'. It can also mean 'to retract' or 'to disavow'.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The Portuguese verb "retirar" comes from the Latin "retrahere", meaning "to pull back" or "to remove".
RomanianThe word retrage is derived from the French word ‘retraite’ and it can also mean retreat or take back.
RussianThe word "изымать" is derived from the Old Russian word "изъимыти", meaning "to take out, to remove".
SamoanThe word "alu i tua" can also refer to moving backward or retreating.
Scots GaelicFrom "tarraing","drawing", and "air ais", "to self"; hence “withdrawal”.
Serbian"Повући се" can also mean "to retire" or "to retreat" in English.
SesothoIkhula also means 'to leave', 'to let go' or 'to remove' in Sesotho.
ShonaThe Shona word "pfumvudza" can also mean "to withdraw" in the sense of "to pull out or remove something".
SindhiIn Sindhi, the word "واپس وٺڻ" (withdraw) can also mean to "take back" or "retreat".
SlovakThe Slovak word "odstúpiť" can also mean to resign from a position or office.
SlovenianThe verb 'dvigniti' can also mean 'to lift up' or 'to raise'.
SomaliThe Somali word "ka noqo" can also mean "to leave out" or "to spare something."
SpanishThe verb "retirar" in Spanish originally meant "to pull back". In modern Spanish, it has come to mean "to withdraw".
SundaneseThe word "mundur" also means "retreat" or "move backwards" in Sundanese.
Swahili"Kutoa" also means "to give" or "to remove" in Swahili.
SwedishIn Swedish, "dra tillbaka" also means to pull back or retract something
Tagalog (Filipino)The Tagalog word "bawiin" can also mean "to take back" or "to retract" in English, suggesting a broader concept of retrieval.
TajikThe word "бозпас гирифтан" in Tajik can also mean to refrain or desist.
Thai"ถอน" in Thai comes from Old Khmer "cuɔŋ" which originally referred to pulling an animal out of the mud.
TurkishÇekil can also mean to retreat, shy away from, or avoid something.
UkrainianThe verb "зняти" derives from a Proto-Slavic root meaning "to take off" or "to remove", cognate with the English verb "to don".
UzbekChekinmoq's alternate meaning ('to become tired') derives from the Persian word 'chekinmek', meaning the same.
VietnameseThe Vietnamese word "rút lui" is also used to refer to the act of retreating from combat.
WelshThe word tynnu'n ôl is also used to describe the process of removing a horse from a cart.
Xhosa"Rhoxisa" comes from the Xhosa word "rhowula," which means "to retreat," and is also used to describe the act of withdrawing from alcohol or drugs.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "צוריקציען" is borrowed from German "zurückziehen" ("retreat") and also means "to retract".
YorubaThe verb "yọ kuro" can also mean "to be born" or "to be delivered" in the context of childbirth, a meaning derived from the literal sense of "pulling out" or "removing something from within".
ZuluIn some contexts, 'khipha' can also mean 'pull out' as in 'khipha ikrele' ('pull out the spear').
EnglishThe verb 'withdraw' derives from the Middle English verb 'withdrauen', which originally meant 'to pull back' and is related to 'draw'.

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