asylum

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• /əˈsaɪləm/
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From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: azil — place of safety
• Arabic: مَلْجَأ (maljaʔ) — place of safety
• Arabic: مَوْئِل (mawʔil) — place of safety
• Arabic: مَلْجَأ (maljaʼ) — place of safety
• Armenian: ապաստան (apastan) — place of safety
• Azerbaijani: pənah — place of safety
• Azerbaijani: sığıncaq — place of safety
• Belarusian: прыту́лак (prytúlak) — place of safety
• Bengali: পানা (pana) — place of safety
• Bulgarian: убе́жище (ubéžište) — place of safety
• Burmese: ခိုလှုံခွင့် (hkuihlumhkwang.) — place of safety
• Catalan: asil — place of safety
• Chinese Mandarin: 庇護 /庇护 (bìhù) — place of safety
• Chinese Mandarin: 避難所 /避难所 (bìnànsuǒ) — place of safety
• Czech: útočiště — place of safety
• Czech: azyl — place of safety
• Danish: asyl — place of safety
• Dutch: asiel — place of safety
• Esperanto: azilo — place of safety
• Estonian: varjupaik — place of safety
• Estonian: asüül — place of safety
• Finnish: turvapaikka — place of safety
• French: asile — place of safety
• Galician: asilo — place of safety
• Georgian: თავშესაფარი (tavšesapari) — place of safety
• German: Asyl — place of safety
• Greek: άσυλο (ásylo) — place of safety
• Ancient Greek: ἄσυλον (ásulon) — place of safety
• Hebrew: מִקְלָט (miklát) — place of safety
• Hindi: पनाह (panāh) — place of safety
• Hindi: पनाहगाह (panāhgāh) — place of safety
• Hindi: शरण (śaraṇ) — place of safety
• Hungarian: menhely — place of safety
• Hungarian: menedékhely — place of safety
• Icelandic: hæli — place of safety
• Icelandic: skjól — place of safety
• Indonesian: asilum — place of safety
• Indonesian: suaka — place of safety
• Indonesian: perlindungan — place of safety
• Indonesian: pengungsian — place of safety
• Irish: tearmann — place of safety
• Italian: asilo — place of safety
• Japanese: アジール (ajīru) — place of safety
• Japanese: アサイラム (asairamu) — place of safety
• Japanese: 避難所 (hinanjo) — place of safety
• Japanese: 養護施設 (yōgo sisetsu) — place of safety
• Kazakh: баспана (baspana) — place of safety
• Kazakh: бассауға (bassauğa) — place of safety
• Kazakh: пана (pana) — place of safety
• Khmer: បដិសរណដ្ឋាន (paʼdesaʼrĕəʼnatthaan) — place of safety
• Khmer: ទីជ្រកកោន (tii crɔɔk kaon) — place of safety
• Korean: 망명 (mangmyeong) — place of safety
• Korean: 피난처 (pinancheo) — place of safety
• Northern Kurdish: penageh — place of safety
• Kyrgyz: башкалка (başkalka) — place of safety
• Latvian: patvērums — place of safety
• Lithuanian: prieglauda — place of safety
• Lithuanian: prieglobstis — place of safety
• Macedonian: прибежиште (pribežište) — place of safety
• Macedonian: азил (azil) — place of safety
• Malay: suaka — place of safety
• Maltese: refuġju — place of safety
• Māori: piringa — place of safety
• Middle English: grith — place of safety
• Mongolian: орогнол (orognol) — place of safety
• Norwegian Bokmål: asyl — place of safety
• Norwegian Nynorsk: asyl — place of safety
• Occitan: asil — place of safety
• Pashto: پناه (panāh) — place of safety
• Pashto: پناه ګاه (panāh gāh) — place of safety
• Iranian Persian: پَناه (panâh) — place of safety
• Iranian Persian: پَناهْگاه (panâhgâh) — place of safety
• Polish: azyl — place of safety
• Polish: przytułek — place of safety
• Portuguese: asilo — place of safety
• Romanian: azil — place of safety
• Romanian: adăpost — place of safety
• Romanian: sanctuar — place of safety
• Russian: убе́жище (ubéžišče) — place of safety
• Russian: прибе́жище (pribéžišče) — place of safety
• Russian: приста́нище (pristánišče) — place of safety
• Russian: прию́т (prijút) — place of safety
• Sanskrit: ओकस् (okas) — place of safety
• Serbo-Croatian: а̀зӣл — place of safety
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀точӣште — place of safety
• Serbo-Croatian: àzīl — place of safety
• Serbo-Croatian: ùtočīšte — place of safety
• Slovak: azyl — place of safety
• Slovak: útočište — place of safety
• Slovene: azil — place of safety
• Slovene: zatočišče — place of safety
• Slovene: pribežališče — place of safety
• Spanish: asilo — place of safety
• Spanish: santuario — place of safety
• Swedish: asyl — place of safety
• Tagalog: kalingaan — place of safety
• Tajik: паноҳгоҳ (panohgoh) — place of safety
• Tajik: паноҳ (panoh) — place of safety
• Tamil: அடைக்கலம் (aṭaikkalam) — place of safety
• Tamil: தஞ்சம் (tañcam) — place of safety
• Turkish: sığınak — place of safety
• Turkish: iltica — place of safety
• Turkmen: gaçybatalga — place of safety
• Ukrainian: приту́лок (prytúlok) — place of safety
• Urdu: پَناہ (panāh) — place of safety
• Urdu: پَناہ گاہ (panāh gāh) — place of safety
• Uyghur: پاناھگاھ (panahgah) — place of safety
• Uyghur: پاناھ (panah) — place of safety
• Uyghur: جاي (jay) — place of safety
• Uyghur: باشپانا (bashpana) — place of safety
• Uzbek: boshpana — place of safety
• Uzbek: joy — place of safety
• Uzbek: panoh — place of safety
• Uzbek: panohgoh — place of safety
• Vietnamese: viện cứu tế — place of safety
• Welsh: lloches — place of safety
• Arabic: لُجُوء (lujūʔ) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Belarusian: псыхіятры́чны шпіта́ль (psyxijatrýčny špitálʹ) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Belarusian: вар'я́цкі дом (varʺjácki dom) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Bulgarian: лу́дница (lúdnica) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Chinese Mandarin: 精神病院 (jīngshénbìngyuàn) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Dutch: psychiatrische instelling — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Esperanto: psikiatria hospitalo — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Esperanto: azilo — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Finnish: mielisairaala — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• French: asile psychiatrique — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• German: psychiatrische Anstalt — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Hindi: पागलख़ाना (pāgalxānā) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Hungarian: elmegyógyintézet — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Irish: gealtlann — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Italian: manicomio — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Macedonian: лудница (ludnica) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Maltese: manikomju — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Māori: hōhipera mate hinengaro — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Polish: szpital psychiatryczny — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Polish: dom obłąkanych — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Portuguese: manicómio — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Portuguese: manicômio — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Portuguese: hospício — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Romanian: azil — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Russian: психиатри́ческая лече́бница (psixiatríčeskaja lečébnica) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Russian: психиатри́ческая больни́ца (psixiatríčeskaja bolʹníca) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Russian: психбольни́ца (psixbolʹníca) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Russian: психу́шка (psixúška) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Russian: сумасше́дший дом (sumasšédšij dom) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Russian: дурдо́м (durdóm) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Spanish: manicomio — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Swedish: mentalsjukhus — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Tamil: மனநல காப்பகம் (maṉanala kāppakam) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Ukrainian: психіатри́чна ліка́рня (psyxiatrýčna likárnja) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Ukrainian: божеві́льня (boževílʹnja) — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Welsh: gwallgofdy — mental asylum — see also mental hospital
• Welsh: seilam — mental asylum — see also mental hospital