agency; department; office (state institution responsible for specified concerns) · office; post (public function, e.g. of a civil servant) · mass; office
köken: From Middle High German ambahte, ambehte, ambet, ammet, ampt, ambt, amt, from Old High German ambahti, ambaht, from Proto-West Germanic *ambaht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos. The Middle High German contracted form amb(e)t developed quite regularly, via also attested ammet or ambt, into modern German Amt. Cognate with Dutch ambacht and ambt,…
köken: Deverbative from lavorare; perhaps corresponding to Latin labor.
Siamo al lavoro.
Rusçaдо́лжность, назва́ние до́лжности, пози́ция, пост /post/
fast (period of restricted eating)
çekim: çoğul посты́ · tamlayan поста́
eş: часовой, охранник
köken: Old Russian and pre-Reform постъ (post), as it were Proto-Slavic *postъ, a loan from Old High German fasta (“fast”) (8th century, a feminine noun from the root of Proto-Germanic *fastāną), presumably first in this sense in Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan), gloss of νηστεία (nēsteía).
function (what something does or is used for) · function (a professional or official position) · function (a routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der. Proto-Italic *fungōr Latin fungor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fūnctiōlbor. Polish funkcja Learned borrowing from Latin fūnctiō. First attested in 1656–1688.
position, state, situation (status with regard to conditions and circumstances) · status (person’s position or standing relative to that of others) · station (stopping place for transportation, especially ground transportation or air transportation)
çekim: çoğul asemat · tamlayan aseman
köken: From Proto-Finnic *asën ~ *asëma, equivalent to asea (“to place”) (obsolete) + -ma
function · function (math: a relation between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs) · function (programming: routine that returns a result)
duty, service, office · obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture · kindness, favor, courtesy
çekim: çoğul officia · tamlayan officiī
köken: A contraction of opificium, from Proto-Italic *opifakjom, an old derivative of ops, opis (“power, ability, resources”).
aile: officialis, officialiter, officīna
Exsecūtiō officiī plērumque certum suae ūtilitātis proximae sacrificium implicat.
Bulgarcaдлъ́жност, по пощата, пост, поставям на пост /pɔst/
fast (religious (usually Christian) abstinence from meat and other animal products) · a day or time of the year when a fast is observed
çekim: çoğul по́сти
köken: Inherited from Old Church Slavonic постъ (postŭ), from Proto-Slavic *postъ. Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan), Old High German fasten and English fast (in this sense).
köken: Borrowed from Old Khmer taṃneṅ (“administration, governance; administrator, governor; used as a slave name”), an extended form of Old Khmer teṅ (“to administer; to govern; used as a title of rank or function; etc”), whence Thai แต่ง (dtɛ̀ng). Cognate with Lao ຕຳແໜ່ງ (tam nǣng), Northern Khmer ตัมแนญ, Modern Khmer តំណែង (tɑmnaeng).