Afrikaans jaarliks | ||
Albanian vjetore | ||
Amharic ዓመታዊ | ||
Arabic سنوي | ||
Armenian տարեկան | ||
Assamese বছেৰেকীয়া | ||
Aymara mara | ||
Azerbaijani illik | ||
Bambara san ni san | ||
Basque urtekoa | ||
Belarusian гадавы | ||
Bengali বার্ষিক | ||
Bhojpuri सालाना | ||
Bosnian godišnji | ||
Bulgarian годишен | ||
Catalan anuals | ||
Cebuano tinuig | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 年度 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 年度 | ||
Corsican annuale | ||
Croatian godišnji | ||
Czech roční | ||
Danish årligt | ||
Dhivehi އަހަރީ | ||
Dogri सलाना | ||
Dutch jaarlijks | ||
English annual | ||
Esperanto ĉiujara | ||
Estonian iga-aastane | ||
Ewe ƒe sia ƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) taunang | ||
Finnish vuosittain | ||
French annuel | ||
Frisian jierliks | ||
Galician anual | ||
Georgian წლიური | ||
German jährlich | ||
Greek ετήσιο | ||
Guarani aryñavõgua | ||
Gujarati વાર્ષિક | ||
Haitian Creole anyèl | ||
Hausa shekara-shekara | ||
Hawaiian makahiki | ||
Hebrew שנתי | ||
Hindi वार्षिक | ||
Hmong txhua xyoo | ||
Hungarian évi | ||
Icelandic árlega | ||
Igbo kwa afọ | ||
Ilocano tinawen | ||
Indonesian tahunan | ||
Irish bliantúil | ||
Italian annuale | ||
Japanese 一年生 | ||
Javanese taunan | ||
Kannada ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ | ||
Kazakh жылдық | ||
Khmer ប្រចាំឆ្នាំ | ||
Kinyarwanda buri mwaka | ||
Konkani वर्सुकी | ||
Korean 일년생 식물 | ||
Krio ɛvri ia | ||
Kurdish yeksalî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ساڵانە | ||
Kyrgyz жылдык | ||
Lao ປະຈໍາປີ | ||
Latin annui | ||
Latvian gada | ||
Lingala ya mbula | ||
Lithuanian metinis | ||
Luganda buli mwaaka | ||
Luxembourgish jäerlech | ||
Macedonian годишен | ||
Maithili वार्षिक | ||
Malagasy isan-taona | ||
Malay tahunan | ||
Malayalam വാർഷികം | ||
Maltese ta 'kull sena | ||
Maori ā-tau | ||
Marathi वार्षिक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯍꯤꯒꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ | ||
Mizo kumtin | ||
Mongolian жил бүрийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နှစ်စဉ် | ||
Nepali वार्षिक | ||
Norwegian årlig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) pachaka | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବାର୍ଷିକ | ||
Oromo waggaatti | ||
Pashto کلنی | ||
Persian سالانه | ||
Polish roczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) anual | ||
Punjabi ਸਾਲਾਨਾ | ||
Quechua sapa wata | ||
Romanian anual | ||
Russian годовой | ||
Samoan faaletausaga | ||
Sanskrit वार्षिक | ||
Scots Gaelic bliadhnail | ||
Sepedi ngwaga ka ngwaga | ||
Serbian годишњи | ||
Sesotho selemo le selemo | ||
Shona pagore | ||
Sindhi ساليانو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වාර්ෂික | ||
Slovak výročný | ||
Slovenian letno | ||
Somali sanadle ah | ||
Spanish anual | ||
Sundanese taunan | ||
Swahili kila mwaka | ||
Swedish årlig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) taunang | ||
Tajik солона | ||
Tamil ஆண்டு | ||
Tatar ел саен | ||
Telugu వార్షిక | ||
Thai ประจำปี | ||
Tigrinya ዓመታዊ | ||
Tsonga lembe na lembe | ||
Turkish yıllık | ||
Turkmen ýyllyk | ||
Twi (Akan) afeafe | ||
Ukrainian річний | ||
Urdu سالانہ | ||
Uyghur يىللىق | ||
Uzbek yillik | ||
Vietnamese hàng năm | ||
Welsh blynyddol | ||
Xhosa yonyaka | ||
Yiddish יערלעך | ||
Yoruba lododun | ||
Zulu minyaka yonke |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "jaarliks" is derived from the Old Germanic word "järi", meaning "year", and the suffix "-lik", meaning "like" or "similar to". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "vjetore" has its roots in the ancient Proto-Indo-European language and is related to the Latin word "vetus" (old). |
| Amharic | The word “ዓመታዊ” (annual) in Amharic originates from the root word “ዓመት” (year), signifying something that occurs or is related to a particular year. |
| Arabic | The word "سنوي" derives from the Arabic root "سنن" (tradition), indicating a yearly or customary occurrence. |
| Azerbaijani | The origin of "illik" is the word "il," meaning "year" in Old Turkic. |
| Basque | The word 'urtekoa' can also refer to the "year book," a publication containing information about the past year. |
| Belarusian | The word "гадавы" can also mean "last year's" or "of last year" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word 'বার্ষিক' in Bengali could either derive from 'বর্ষ' (year) or 'বারি' (water). |
| Bosnian | The word 'godišnji' in Bosnian can also refer to an anniversary, as in 'godišnjica' (an anniversary), or to a yearly fair or festival, as in 'godišnji sajam' (an annual fair). |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "годишен" can also mean "yearly" or "every year." |
| Catalan | "Anuals" (annual) in Catalan comes from the Latin "annus" (year), but can also refer to plants that complete their life cycle in one year. |
| Cebuano | It was derived from the Spanish word "aniversario". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 年度 (nián dù) can also mean a fiscal year or academic year. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 年度 may also refer to a school year, fiscal year, or academic year. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "annuale" can also mean "a type of bread baked for the dead on the anniversary of their death". |
| Croatian | The word 'godišnji' is derived from the Slavic root 'god', meaning 'year', and has a secondary meaning of 'festive' or 'celebratory'. |
| Czech | "Roční" comes from "rok" (year), and also means "yearly" or "annual". |
| Danish | Despite meaning 'annual', the word 'årligt' originates from the Old Norse word 'árlig' which means 'early in the year'. |
| Dutch | The word "jaarlijks" comes from the Middle Dutch word "jaerlix", which meant "every year" or "yearly". |
| Esperanto | Ĉiujara is an Esperanto compound from "ĉiu" meaning "every" and "jaro" meaning "year". |
| Estonian | The word "iga-aastane" comes from the Proto-Finnic word "iga" meaning "every" and the word "aasta" meaning "year." |
| Finnish | The word "vuosittain" derives from "vuosi" (year) suffixed with "i" and repeated twice, to mean "annually". |
| French | The word "annuel" in French can also refer to a ring or a yearly payment. |
| Frisian | The word "jierliks" also means "every year" in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, "anual" can also refer to a type of bird. |
| Georgian | "წლიური" can also mean a type of tax paid by a serf to his landlord in the Georgian feudal system. |
| German | The German word "jährlich" derives from the Middle High German "jæric", meaning "every year", and is related to the English word "year". |
| Greek | The word "Ετήσιο" in Greek comes from the word "ἔτος" which means "year" and can also mean "every year" or "yearly". |
| Gujarati | The word "વાર્ષિક" (annual) in Gujarati derives from the Sanskrit word "वार्षिक" (vārshika), which means "yearly" or "recurring annually." |
| Haitian Creole | The word "anyèl" can also refer to the anniversary of an event. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "shekara-shekara" derives from the Arabic word "shahra" (month) and signifies the passing of a year as a series of months. |
| Hawaiian | Makahiki also refers to an ancient Hawaiian harvest festival and its accompanying games. |
| Hebrew | The word "שנתי" can also refer to a "yearling" or a "student in their second year of study". |
| Hindi | The word "वार्षिक" in Hindi can also mean "yearly", "every year" or "annually". |
| Hmong | In Hmong, "txhua xyoo" is often shortened to "xyoo," which can also mean "year" in general. |
| Hungarian | The word 'évi' can also refer to 'each year' or 'per year', indicating a specific or recurring period. |
| Icelandic | "Árlega" is also used in Icelandic to mean "every year" or "annually". |
| Igbo | Igbo word "kwa afọ" is also used to refer to an anniversary of an important event or a time of year when something significant happened. |
| Indonesian | "Tahunan" has a secondary meaning as a noun describing plants that grow for years, such as coconut trees. |
| Irish | The term 'bliantúil' can also refer to something that happens once a year (like an anniversary). |
| Italian | The word "annuale" in Italian originally referred to a yearly payment or gift to a church or monastery. |
| Japanese | 一年生 means a first-year student because it is pronounced as "ichi-nen-sei" and "ichi" means "one" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "taunan" is also used in the phrase "taunan wungu", which literally means "purple year" and refers to the period when the jacaranda trees are in bloom. |
| Kannada | ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ is derived from the Sanskrit word 'varsha', meaning rain, and originally referred to yearly rainfall or seasonal change. |
| Kazakh | "жылдық" is etymologically related to the Kazakh word "жыл" (year) and the Arabic word "سنوي" (annual). |
| Khmer | ប្រចាំឆ្នាំ is also used in Khmer to indicate plants that grow for only one season, or events that occur yearly and/or at a designated time. |
| Kurdish | The word 'yek salî' is used in two different contexts, first in the sense of an annual event or a term that is valid for one year. The other meaning is when a word is composed of 'yek' (one) and 'sal' (year). In this sense, it means something that occurs once a year or the time period of one year itself. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жылдык" in Kyrgyz can also refer to a period of 12 years, known as a "Chinese" year. |
| Latin | The Latin word "annui" has the additional meanings of "yearly" and "lasting a year". |
| Latvian | The word gada ('annual') is derived from an ancient term meaning 'year,' and thus can also refer to a "yearling" (a horse aged 1 to 3 years). |
| Lithuanian | The word "metinis" in Lithuanian can refer to something that occurs yearly, continuously, or is related to the year. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "jäerlech" is derived from the Old High German word "jaralich," meaning "yearlong" or "yearly." |
| Macedonian | The word "годишен" can also mean "yearly" or "every year" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word |
| Malay | The word "tahunan" comes from the Arabic word "sanah" meaning year and is related to the words "sentah" (a 12-year cycle) and "musim" (season). |
| Malayalam | An interesting point to note about this word is that while "annual" typically means yearly in English, the word "vārshikaṃ" is also used in Malayalam to refer to something of value given to a priest. |
| Maltese | Maltese "ta 'kull sena" "annual" derives from Arabic "kull" "every" and "sana" "year." |
| Maori | The word "ā-tau" can also refer to the anniversary of an event or person's death |
| Marathi | वार्षिक is derived from the Sanskrit word 'वर्ष' (year), and also refers to a periodical publication released once a year. |
| Mongolian | The word "жил бүрийн" can also mean "yearly" or "per year". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | နှစ်စဉ် is also a Burmese word meaning 'each year' or 'every year'. Similarly, it can mean 'at the end of each year' or 'at the end of every year'. Yet another meaning is 'once a year' or 'every single year'. |
| Nepali | The word 'वार्षिक' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'वर्ष' (varsha), meaning 'year', and refers to something that occurs or is related to a year. |
| Norwegian | The word "årlig" in Norwegian can also refer to something that happens every year, such as an event or a publication. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "pachaka" can also refer to a type of drum in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | "کلنی" also refers to a certain period of time during the spring season. |
| Persian | The word "سالانه" in Persian can refer to both annual events and to something that happens annually on a specific date. |
| Polish | The word "roczny" in Polish also means "one-year-old", "yearling", or "yearly" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "anual" comes from the Latin word "annus", meaning "year", and can also refer to a publication that is released every year. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਸਾਲਾਨਾ" can also refer to a specific type of land tax collected in the region during the Mughal era. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "anual" can also refer to a horse-drawn carriage used in traditional Romanian burials. |
| Russian | The word "годовой" not only means "annual", but also "related to the back part of the head or the back of the neck". |
| Samoan | The word 'faaletausaga' in Samoan is derived from 'tausaga', meaning 'year', and is used to describe things that happen annually. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'bliadhnail' in Scots Gaelic is derived from the Old Irish word 'bliadain', meaning 'year'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "годишњи" also has the connotation of "relating to a year's time". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "selemo le selemo" is derived from the word "selemo", meaning "year", and is repeated for emphasis. |
| Shona | "Pagore" can mean "annual" or "harvest". |
| Sindhi | "ساليانو" is derived from the Arabic word "سنه" (year) and means "yearly" or "annual". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "වාර්ෂික" means "yearly" but can also mean "every week" depending on context. |
| Slovak | Výročný, derived from "výročie" ("anniversary"), also implies a commemorative or celebratory aspect. |
| Slovenian | The word “letno” in Slovenian means “annual” but also has the meaning of “summer” in Polish and Czech. |
| Somali | The word "sanadle ah" in Somali may also refer to a yearly commemoration or event. |
| Spanish | The term "anual" in Spanish also refers to a type of payment or fee that is made once a year. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "taunan" also means "every year" or "annually." |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kila mwaka" literally means "every year" and can also refer to an anniversary. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "årlig" can also refer to a publication issued once a year. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Taunang" is derived from the root word "taon" meaning "year", and is also used in the context of yearly events, festivals, or undertakings. |
| Tajik | The word "солона" can also refer to a "year" or a "season" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | ஆண்டு (Āṇḍu) can also mean "year" or "age" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word 'వార్షిక' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'varsham', meaning 'year', and can also refer to a festival or ritual performed annually. |
| Thai | The word "ประจำปี" can also refer to a festival or celebration that occurs yearly. |
| Turkish | "Yıllık" comes from the verb "yıllamak," meaning "to last one year," and also refers to a document issued by a company or organization on an annual basis. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "річний" also means "riverine". |
| Urdu | سالیانہ is also used in Urdu to refer to a yearly rent or tribute. |
| Uzbek | Yillik in Uzbek refers to the period between the start of one harvest and the start of the next. |
| Vietnamese | Hàng năm can also mean "yearly" or "annually" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "blynyddol" derives from "blynedd" (year), and originally meant "belonging to a year". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'yonyaka' originates from the Zulu word 'unyaka', which comes from the Nguni root *-nyaka, meaning 'sun'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "יערלעך" also means "small forests". |
| Yoruba | Lododun can also mean 'all year' or 'always'. |
| Zulu | "Minyaka yonke" means "every year," where "yonke" is derived from the noun for "all," the "yo" prefix indicating "in," and "minye" being an archaic plural for "years." |
| English | The word "annual" derives from the Latin word "annus" meaning "year", but it can also refer to a flower that blooms once a year. |