world's oldest profession

Etymology
1888, as “most ancient profession in the world”. Alternative forms appeared in early 1900s, present form popular by 1930s. Similar terms with various senses (not necessarily prostitution) exist in other languages.

Noun

 * 1)  Prostitution.

Translations

 * Some local terms have slight variants while others are strict translations with varying degrees of usage.


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: հնագույն մասնագիտություն
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 世界上最古老的職業
 * Czech: nejstarší řemeslo
 * Danish: verdens ældste erhverv
 * Dutch: het oudste beroep ter wereld
 * Estonian: maailma vanim amet
 * Finnish: maailman vanhin ammatti
 * French: le plus vieux métier du monde
 * Galician: o oficio máis vello do mundo
 * Georgian: უძველესი პროფესია
 * German: ältestes Gewerbe der Welt
 * Greek: το αρχαιότερο επάγγελμα
 * Hebrew: המקצוע העתיק ביותר בעולם
 * Icelandic: elsta atvinnugreinin í heimi
 * Italian: la professione più antica del mondo
 * Japanese: 世界最古の職業
 * Korean: 세계에서 가장 오래된 직업
 * Latvian: pasaules senākā profesija
 * Lithuanian: seniausia pasaulio profesija
 * Luxembourgish: eelste Beruff vun der Welt
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: verdens eldste yrke
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: a mais velha profissão do mundo
 * Romanian: cea mai veche profesie din lume
 * Russian:, древне́йшее ремесло́
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: најстарија професија на свету
 * Roman: najstarija profesija na svetu
 * Slovak: najstaršie remeslo
 * Slovene: najstarejši poklic, najstarejši poklic na svetu
 * Spanish: la profesión más antigua del mundo
 * Swedish: världens äldsta yrke
 * Thai: อาชีพที่เก่าแก่ที่สุดในโลก
 * Turkish: dünyanın en eski işi, dünyanın en eski mesleği
 * Ukrainian: найда́вніша профе́сія
 * Vietnamese: gái làng chơi