Russian in Different Languages
Discover 'Russian' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Russian
Afrikaans russies | ||
Albanian rusisht | ||
Amharic ራሺያኛ | ||
Arabic الروسية | ||
Armenian ռուսերեն | ||
Assamese ৰাছিয়ান | ||
Aymara ruso aru | ||
Azerbaijani rus | ||
Bambara irisikan na | ||
Basque errusiera | ||
Belarusian руская | ||
Bengali রাশিয়ান | ||
Bhojpuri रूसी भाषा के बा | ||
Bosnian ruski | ||
Bulgarian руски | ||
Catalan rus | ||
Cebuano ruso | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 俄语 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 俄語 | ||
Corsican russu | ||
Croatian ruski | ||
Czech ruština | ||
Danish russisk | ||
Dhivehi ރަޝިޔާ ބަހުންނެވެ | ||
Dogri रूसी | ||
Dutch russisch | ||
English russian | ||
Esperanto rusa | ||
Estonian vene keel | ||
Ewe russiagbe me | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ruso | ||
Finnish venäjän kieli | ||
French russe | ||
Frisian russysk | ||
Galician ruso | ||
Georgian რუსული | ||
German russisch | ||
Greek ρωσική | ||
Guarani ruso ñe’ẽ | ||
Gujarati રશિયન | ||
Haitian Creole ris | ||
Hausa rashanci | ||
Hawaiian lukia | ||
Hebrew רוּסִי | ||
Hindi रूसी | ||
Hmong lavxias | ||
Hungarian orosz | ||
Icelandic rússneskt | ||
Igbo asụsụ russia | ||
Ilocano ruso nga ruso | ||
Indonesian rusia | ||
Irish rúisis | ||
Italian russo | ||
Japanese ロシア | ||
Javanese wong rusia | ||
Kannada ರಷ್ಯನ್ | ||
Kazakh орыс | ||
Khmer រុស្ស៊ី | ||
Kinyarwanda ikirusiya | ||
Konkani रशियन भास | ||
Korean 러시아인 | ||
Krio rɔshian langwej | ||
Kurdish rûsî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕووسی | ||
Kyrgyz орусча | ||
Lao ພາສາລັດເຊຍ | ||
Latin russian | ||
Latvian krievu | ||
Lingala liloba ya russe | ||
Lithuanian rusų | ||
Luganda olurussia | ||
Luxembourgish russesch | ||
Macedonian руски | ||
Maithili रूसी | ||
Malagasy rosiana | ||
Malay orang rusia | ||
Malayalam റഷ്യൻ | ||
Maltese russu | ||
Maori ruhia | ||
Marathi रशियन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯔꯁꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo russian tawng a ni | ||
Mongolian орос | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရုရှား | ||
Nepali रुसी | ||
Norwegian russisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chirasha | ||
Odia (Oriya) russian ଷିୟ | | ||
Oromo afaan raashiyaa | ||
Pashto روسي | ||
Persian روسی | ||
Polish rosyjski | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) russo | ||
Punjabi ਰੂਸੀ | ||
Quechua ruso simi | ||
Romanian rusă | ||
Russian русский | ||
Samoan lusia | ||
Sanskrit रूसी | ||
Scots Gaelic ruiseanach | ||
Sepedi se-russia | ||
Serbian руски | ||
Sesotho serussia | ||
Shona chirussian | ||
Sindhi روسي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රුසියානු | ||
Slovak rusky | ||
Slovenian rusko | ||
Somali ruush | ||
Spanish ruso | ||
Sundanese rusia | ||
Swahili kirusi | ||
Swedish ryska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) russian | ||
Tajik русӣ | ||
Tamil ரஷ்யன் | ||
Tatar рус | ||
Telugu రష్యన్ | ||
Thai รัสเซีย | ||
Tigrinya ሩስያዊ | ||
Tsonga xirhaxiya | ||
Turkish rusça | ||
Turkmen rus | ||
Twi (Akan) russia kasa | ||
Ukrainian російський | ||
Urdu روسی | ||
Uyghur رۇسچە | ||
Uzbek ruscha | ||
Vietnamese tiếng nga | ||
Welsh rwseg | ||
Xhosa isirashiya | ||
Yiddish רוסיש | ||
Yoruba ara ilu rọsia | ||
Zulu isirashiya |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Russies" refers to both Russian the nationality and the language, and also to "Russians" as a people, in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | In the Gheg dialect of Albanian, "Rusisht" also refers to a kind of Slavic dance or Slavic folk music. |
| Amharic | The word "ራሺያኛ" can also mean "Soviet" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | {"text": "الروسية تعني "البيضاء" باللغة السلافية القديمة، وقد أطلق عليها هذا الاسم بسبب البشرة البيضاء للسكان الأصليين."} |
| Armenian | The word "Ռուսերեն" originates from the Persian word "rūsī" which refers to people from the eastern Slavic lands. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "Rus" derives from ancient Turkic and also has the meaning "blond" or "light". |
| Basque | The word 'Errusiera' derives from the Basque word 'errus' (Rus), referring to the Rus' people, the ancestors of modern-day Russians. |
| Belarusian | The word "Руская" in Belarusian can also refer to the historical region of Rus', which included parts of present-day Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. |
| Bengali | The word "রাশিয়ান" derives from the Persian word "روس" (Rus), referring to the Rus' people, the ancestors of modern Russians. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, the word "Ruski" can also mean "rustic" or "simple". |
| Bulgarian | Руски in Bulgarian is derived from an Old Church Slavonic word meaning "fair" or "blond" and was applied to the Vikings from the lands to the north. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “俄语”的“俄”字既可以指代俄罗斯，也可以指代欧罗巴地区的斯拉夫语系国家。“俄语”一词既可以指代俄罗斯的官方语言，也可以指代斯拉夫语系中多个国家的语言 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 俄語亦寫作「俄羅斯語」、「羅剎文」，乃源自古時俄羅斯人「羅斯人」之稱 |
| Corsican | Corsican "Russu" can also refer to a type of chestnut tree or its fruit. |
| Croatian | U hrvatskom jeziku riječ ruski, osim narod i jezik, označava i čudnovato, neobično i nespretno; ono što je rusko je 'kao kod Rusa'. |
| Czech | {"text": "Slovo "ruština" má v češtině i význam hovorový, který označuje alkohol."] |
| Danish | In Danish, "russisk" can also refer to the color or language "Russian" or a type of car (Russian) that is popular among high school graduates in Denmark. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word |
| Esperanto | "Rusa" is also the name of a small breed of deer in Indonesian, as well as the name of a town in Ukraine. |
| Estonian | Vene keel may refer to the Russian language or the Venetian language (the latter being obsolete in Estonian). |
| Finnish | The word "Venäjän kieli" literally means "the language spoken in Venäjä", which is an archaic Finnish-language name for Russian. Another meaning of "Venäjän kieli" is "Slavic". |
| French | "Russe" can also mean "red" or "red-haired" in French, while the feminine form "rousse" exclusively designates "red-haired." |
| Frisian | It also refers to other people and countries in a broader sense of the word. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "Ruso" can also refer to a kind of chestnut or a redhead person. |
| Georgian | *რუს* (*rus*) is also used in Georgian to refer to light brown or red hair or a light brown or red horse. |
| German | The German word "Russisch" can also refer to the color black. |
| Greek | The word «Ρωσική» in Greek can also refer to a specific embroidery stitch or to a traditional type of dress from the Peloponnese region. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "Ris" in Haitian Creole also means "Russian". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word "Lukia" can also refer to a type of traditional fishing spear. |
| Hebrew | רוּסִי, besides meaning "Russian", is also a nickname for someone with red hair or freckles. |
| Hindi | रूसी शब्द रूसिया क्षेत्र के लोगों से संबंधित है और इसका उपयोग प्राचीन भारत में भी 'लाल' अर्थ के लिए किया जाता था। |
| Hmong | "Lavxias" is pronounced in the "High-Falling Tone," and it originally meant "Red Russia". This was used during the Cold War era to refer to the Soviet Union and later on as "Russian". |
| Hungarian | The word 'orosz' in Hungarian originally meant 'giant', which is possibly a reference to the legendary Scythian tribe known as the Arsi, who were said to be giants. |
| Icelandic | The word "Rússneskt" in Icelandic also refers to the Russian language and culture. |
| Igbo | The word "Asụsụ Russia" in Igbo, meaning "Russian", is derived from the English word "Russia". |
| Indonesian | Di Tatar Sunda, kata 'rusia' juga digunakan untuk menyebut orang berkulit cerah atau orang Eropa. |
| Irish | The word 'Rúisis' has several meanings, including 'red', 'ruddy', and 'blood-red'. |
| Italian | In Italian, "russo" means "red" and is also used to refer to the color of hair or skin, or to describe something as coarse or unrefined. |
| Japanese | The word "ロシア" (roshia) is derived from the Russian word "Россия" (Rossiya), which is itself derived from the Greek word "Ρωσία" (Rōsía), meaning "land of the Rus'". However, the word can also be used in Japanese to refer to the Soviet Union. |
| Javanese | "Wong Rusia" in Javanese can also mean "people who are drunk" |
| Kazakh | The word "Орыс" in Kazakh, meaning "Russian", derives from the Persian word "rws" and ultimately from the Sanskrit word "Ruśa". |
| Khmer | The word "រុស្ស៊ី" is derived from the Sanskrit word "रूस" (Ruṣa), which referred to the Rus' people. |
| Korean | The word "러시아인" can also refer to people from Ukraine and Belarus due to their historical and cultural connections to Russia, although the term is primarily used to refer to ethnic Russians. |
| Kurdish | The word 'Rûsî' in Kurdish can also refer to the Rusyn people of Eastern Europe. |
| Kyrgyz | This word is also used to refer to the Russian language or the Russian people. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'russicus' has also been used to refer to the Ruthenian (modern-day Ukrainian and Belarusian) people, and in particular the Rusyns, a Slavic ethnic group inhabiting the Carpathians. |
| Latvian | In the Latvian dialect of Latgale, "krievu" also means "white bread" or "a loaf of wheat bread". |
| Lithuanian | Rusų also refers to the Rusyn or Carpathian Rusyn minority group residing in Lithuania |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Russesch" is a derived from "Ruthener", a historical exonym for Belarusians used in the German language, the original etymology being from "Rus" which is the historical name of the Kyivan Rus'. |
| Macedonian | "Руски" (Russian) can also mean "coarse" or "unrefined" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "Rosiana" originally meant "white" before gaining its modern usage referring to Russians |
| Malay | Orang Rusia translates to "Russian" in Malay, and is also an Indonesian slang term for "unattractive". |
| Maltese | The word "Russu" derives from the Greek word "Rhos" and refers to a people from ancient Kievan Rus'. |
| Maori | The name Ruhia, meaning "Russian," also refers to the Ruhia people, the first Russians to visit New Zealand. |
| Mongolian | "Орос" is a loanword from the Middle Mongolian period, derived from the Middle Persian word "rus" or "rōs" meaning "light" or "white". |
| Nepali | In Nepali, "रुसी" also refers to the Soviet Union or its citizens, regardless of their ethnicity. |
| Norwegian | "Russisk" also means "drunk" in Norwegian, often used to describe a high school graduate celebrating with alcohol. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'Chirasha' in the Nyanja (Chichewa) language, which is used to refer to Russian people, has no alternative meanings and no known etymological roots in the Nyanja or Bantu language family. |
| Pashto | The word "روسي" also means "fair" or "blond" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "روسی" also means "village" in Persian. |
| Polish | Rosyjski may also mean 'pink' or 'rosy' in Polish, as it is derived from the Latin word 'roseus' meaning 'rose-coloured'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portugal, "russo" can mean both "Russian" and "redhead." |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, "ਰੂਸੀ" means "Russian" but also refers to a particular type of fabric. |
| Romanian | The word "Rusă" derives from the medieval Latin "Rutheni", referring to the inhabitants of the Kievan Rus'. |
| Russian | Слово "русский" происходит от древнерусского слова "русь", которое означало "дружина", "воинство". |
| Samoan | The word "Lusia" in Samoan can also refer to an accordion. |
| Scots Gaelic | Ruiseanach can also mean a reddish-brown colour; something which is rusty or russet. |
| Serbian | The word "Руски" can also refer to the Rusyns, an East Slavic ethnic group living in parts of Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, and Serbia. |
| Shona | In Shona, the word "ChiRussian" also means "a person who speaks Russian" |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "روسي" also means "a kind of bread" in Sindhi |
| Slovak | V slovenčine sa výraz „Ruský“ používa aj na označenie rusínskeho pôvodu alebo príslušnosti k Rusínom. |
| Slovenian | "Rusko" is also used to describe a rustic or rural area in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "Ruush" in Somali has been suggested to be derived from the Arabic word "Ruus" which means "head" or "chief". |
| Spanish | The word "ruso" derives from the adjective "rucio," meaning "grayish," possibly alluding to the medieval image of Slavs as blonde-haired people. |
| Sundanese | "Rusia" (Russian) in Sundanese can also mean "secret" or "hidden." |
| Swahili | "Kirusi" is also used in Swahili to refer to an infectious disease. |
| Swedish | The term "ryska" (Russian) in Swedish also refers to "a kind of bread made of rye and wheat flour" and "a kind of apple with red skin and sweet, slightly sour flesh." |
| Tajik | In Tajik, “русӣ” (“Russian”) can also mean “a person who is from Russia” or “the official language of Russia”. |
| Tamil | ரஷ்யன் is also used as a nickname for someone with a round and flat face or someone who speaks in a gruff and hoarse voice. |
| Thai | Рyсские (Russians) หรือ Русы (Rus) เป็นชนชาติสลาฟตะวันออก |
| Turkish | Rusça kelimesi "Rus" anlamına gelmesinin yanı sıra, "açık mavi" rengini de ifade eder. |
| Ukrainian | У слові «російський» корінь «рос» походить від давньоруського слова «Русь», яким позначали східнослов'янські племена, що проживали на території сучасної України та Росії. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "روسی" is also used to refer to the Cyrillic alphabet. |
| Uzbek | Ruscha is also used to refer to the Cyrillic alphabet. |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Nga trong tiếng Việt cũng có nghĩa là tiếng nói của trẻ con. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'Rwseg' is derived from the Polish 'Rusnak', meaning 'a person from Rus' (modern Ukraine and Belarus). |
| Xhosa | The word 'IsiRashiya' is derived from the Xhosa pronunciation of the Russian word 'Rossiya'. |
| Yiddish | "רוסיש" means both "Russian" and "Russophone", not to be confused with the Russian word « русский », which only has the former meaning. |
| Yoruba | The word "Ara ilu Rọsia" is a calque of the French word "Les Russes", meaning "the Russians". |
| Zulu | The word "IsiRashiya" in Zulu, which refers to "Russian", is also used to describe "an object or situation that is difficult or burdensome." |
| English | The word "Russian" derives from the Old Norse "Rus", which originally referred to the people of what is now Sweden. It later came to refer to the Kievan Rus', an Eastern Slavic state that existed from the 9th to the 13th century and was the precursor to modern Russia. |