List of words in different languages ​​with the meaning "Church"

The Christian church is referred to in most languages ​​- mostly homonymous for the community of the baptized and for the church building  - with words that either come from the Greek ἐκκλησία ( ekklesía  - "people's assembly") or from the Greek κυριακòν or κυριακή ὀικία ( kyriakón or kyriaké oikía  - "House of the Lord") are derived. The first word, which is also the biblical, originally had a stronger personal meaning, the other had a stronger structural-architectural meaning.

by ekklesía	by kyriaké	different origin
french église greek εκκλησία italian chiesa portuguese igreja spanish iglesia turkish kilise	danish kirke german church english church dutch kerk russian церковь Scots kirk serbo-Croatian црква / crkva	Lithuanian / Latvian bažnyčia / baznīca Maltese knisja Polish kościół Romanian biserică Czech kostel Hungarian egyház (for the religious community);         templom (for the building)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Matthias Neufeld: The image of the church in the singing of the community . Dissertation, Freiburg i. Br. 2005, pp. 169-170
2. ↑ from old East Slavic boze, divine + nica (unclear)
3. ↑ Semitic , cf. arabic kanīsa , hebrew knesset
4. ↑ ^{a b} from Latin castellum
5. ^ From Greco-Latin basilica
6. ↑ Etymology uncertain
7. ↑ from Latin templum