How to say “aid” in 34 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Persian, where کمک is the 92nd most used word.
- Arabic إسعاف financial aid #2,360
- Armenian օգնել to help, to assist, to aid #355
- Bulgarian помогна to help, to assist, to aid, to give a hand #266
- Catalan ajuda to help, aid #300
- Chinese 支援 to aid; to support; to provide assistance; to… #838
- Czech pomoc help, aid, assistance #362
- Dutch assistent assistant, person who assists, aid #2,186
- Esperanto helpon help, aid #514
- Finnish avulla help, aid, assistance, relief, succour #943
- French aider to help; to aid #213
- Galician axuda to help, aid #401
- Georgian მხარდაჭერა aid, backing, boost, commital, espousal,… #891
- German helfen to help; to assist; to aid #214
- Greek βοήθεια help, assistance, aid, succour #338
- Hindi मदद help, assistance, aid, relief #163
- Icelandic bjarga aid, rescue, help #362
- Indonesian membantu to help, to assist, to aid #240
- Italian aiuti help, assistance, aid #1,191
- Korean 지원 support; aid #1,316
- Latvian palīdzēt to help, to help out, to aid, to assist #237
- Macedonian помогне to assist, help, aid, support, give a hand #361
- Norwegian hjelpe to help; to assist; to aid #177
- Persian کمک help, aid, assistance #92
- Portuguese ajudar to help, aid; to assist #280
- Romanian sprijin support, assistance, aid, succor #2,452
- Russian помощь help, assistance, aid #422
- Slovak pomoc help, aid, assistance #225
- Swedish hjälpa to help; give aid or assistance to #184
- Tagalog tulong help; aid; assistance #196
- Tamil உதவி help, aid, assistance #143
- Telugu సహాయము aid, help, assistance, succour #1,582
- Ukrainian допомога help, assistance, aid #777
- Urdu پیٹھ back, support, aid #670
- Vietnamese giúp to help; to aid #157
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.