loyal

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from. .

Adjective

 * 1) Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
 * 2) Firm in allegiance to a person or institution.
 * 3) Faithful to a person or cause.
 * 1) Firm in allegiance to a person or institution.
 * 2) Faithful to a person or cause.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: وَفِيّ, مُخْلِص, مُوَالٍ
 * Egyptian Arabic: موالى
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: lleal
 * Azerbaijani:, ,
 * Bashkir: тоғро
 * Belarusian: ве́рны,, лая́льны
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Eastern Min: 忠
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, loajální
 * Danish:, trofast
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: lojala
 * Estonian: ustav, lojaalne, truu
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: leâl
 * Galician: leal
 * Georgian: ლოიალური, ერთგული, თავდადებული
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: निष्ठावान,, वफ़ादार
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:, , , hollur
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: адал
 * Khmer: ចិត្តត្រង់,, ភក្តី
 * Korean:, 충성하다
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Ladin: fedel, leal
 * Lao: ຊື່, ຊື່ຕົງ, ສັດຊື່
 * Latin: fīdus, fīdēlis
 * Latvian: uzticīgs, lojāls
 * Lithuanian: ištikimas, lojalus
 * Macedonian: верен
 * Malay:, loyal
 * Manchu: ᡨᠣᠨᡩᠣ
 * Maori: piripono, pirihonga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠦᠨᠡᠨᠴᠢ
 * Nepali: वफादार, निष्ठावान
 * Norman: louoya
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: lojal, trufast
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ġetrīewe, trīewe
 * Pashto: وفادار
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit: निष्ठावान्,
 * Scots: leal
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìleas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: веран, вјеран
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: liali
 * Slovak:, lojálni
 * Slovene:, lojalen
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: вафодор
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, , ,
 * Tibetan: དམ་ཚིག་ཅན, བརྩེ་གདུང་ཅན
 * Turkish:, , , bağlılıklı
 * Turkmen: wepaly
 * Ukrainian: ві́рний, ві́дданий, лоя́льний
 * Urdu: وفادار
 * Uyghur: سادىق, ۋاپادار
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: łeałe
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ,
 * Yiddish: געטרײַ

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
(with various alternative forms:, , ) from. Equivalent to. .

Etymology
18th century, from, from. .

Usage notes

 * usually means a formal, outward kind of loyalty, whereas tends to mean loyalty that is based on emotion or deep-rooted conviction. Therefore  is used especially with institutions, business partners, colleagues etc., while  is used especially with lovers, friends, pets and suchlike.  would be a husband who is reliable, supports his wife, does not speak ill of her, etc., whereas  would put more emphasis on intimate affection and monogamy. Similarly,  is a follower who is reliable and performs their duty, while the expression  may add an emotional level.

Etymology
, from, from , from. .

Adjective

 * 1) loyal

Etymology
From.