merit

Etymology
The noun is derived from, , from , , (modern 🇨🇬), from ,  of ,    of , from. The English word is probably cognate with 🇨🇬 and cognate with 🇨🇬.

The verb is derived from, (modern 🇨🇬), from : see further above. The word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A claim to commendation or a reward.
 * 2)  A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
 * 3)  Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
 * 4)  The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
 * 5)  Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure;  the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
 * 6)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
 * 1)  Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
 * 2)  The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
 * 3)  Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure;  the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
 * 4)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
 * 1)  The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
 * 2)  Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure;  the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
 * 3)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
 * 1)  Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure;  the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
 * 2)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
 * 1)  Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure;  the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
 * 2)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
 * 1)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
 * 1)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
 * 1)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
 * 1)  The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.

Translations

 * Arabic: جَدَارَة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: fordel
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: mert
 * German:
 * Hindi: क़द्र
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Ladin: merit
 * Latin: meritum
 * Macedonian: за́слуга
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Slovene: odlika
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Serbo-Croatian: oznaka kvalitete


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: merito
 * Finnish:, , hyvä työ
 * French:
 * Hindi:, क़द्र
 * Italian:, merto
 * Ladin: merit
 * Macedonian: за́слуга, вре́дност
 * Malayalam:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene: zasluga,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: заслу́га


 * Burmese: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Hindi:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 공덕(功德)
 * Lao: ບຸນ
 * Lü: ᦢᦳᧃ
 * Mongolian:
 * Northern Thai:
 * Pali: puñña
 * Russian: пу́нья
 * Sanskrit:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: བསོད་ནམས

Verb

 * 1)  To deserve, to earn.
 * 2)  To be deserving or worthy.
 * 3)  To reward.
 * 1)  To be deserving or worthy.
 * 2)  To reward.
 * 1)  To be deserving or worthy.
 * 2)  To reward.
 * 1)  To be deserving or worthy.
 * 2)  To reward.
 * 1)  To reward.
 * 1)  To reward.
 * 1)  To reward.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: استحق, اِسْتاهَل
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: meriti
 * French:
 * Middle French: meriter
 * Old French: meriter
 * Friulian: mertâ
 * Italian:
 * Latin: ēmereō
 * Macedonian: за́служи
 * Malayalam:
 * Norman: méthiter
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Venetian: meritar


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: за́служи
 * Malayalam:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Venetian: meritar

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) merit

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) a thing that counts to someone's  (especially in the context of qualifying for a job, position, or the like), (in that context) a qualification, "a" credential

Usage notes
English merit can partly be considered a false friend. Always thought of as countable in Swedish.