Around in Different Languages
Discover 'Around' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Around
Afrikaans rondom | ||
Albanian përreth | ||
Amharic ዙሪያ | ||
Arabic حول | ||
Armenian շուրջը | ||
Assamese চাৰিওফালে | ||
Aymara ukathiya | ||
Azerbaijani ətrafında | ||
Bambara dafɛ | ||
Basque inguruan | ||
Belarusian вакол | ||
Bengali কাছাকাছি | ||
Bhojpuri चारों ओर | ||
Bosnian okolo | ||
Bulgarian наоколо | ||
Catalan al voltant | ||
Cebuano sa palibut | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 周围 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 周圍 | ||
Corsican intornu | ||
Croatian oko | ||
Czech kolem | ||
Danish rundt om | ||
Dhivehi ވަށައިގެން | ||
Dogri आलै-दुआलै | ||
Dutch in de omgeving van | ||
English around | ||
Esperanto ĉirkaŭ | ||
Estonian ümber | ||
Ewe le wo dome | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sa paligid | ||
Finnish noin | ||
French environ | ||
Frisian rûnom | ||
Galician arredor | ||
Georgian გარშემო | ||
German um | ||
Greek περίπου | ||
Guarani jerére | ||
Gujarati આસપાસ | ||
Haitian Creole alantou | ||
Hausa kewaye | ||
Hawaiian puni | ||
Hebrew סְבִיב | ||
Hindi चारों ओर | ||
Hmong ib ncig | ||
Hungarian körül | ||
Icelandic í kring | ||
Igbo gburugburu | ||
Ilocano lawlaw ti | ||
Indonesian sekitar | ||
Irish timpeall | ||
Italian in giro | ||
Japanese 周り | ||
Javanese sekitar | ||
Kannada ಸುತ್ತಲೂ | ||
Kazakh айналасында | ||
Khmer នៅជុំវិញ | ||
Kinyarwanda hirya no hino | ||
Konkani भोंवतणी | ||
Korean 주위에 | ||
Krio arawnd | ||
Kurdish dorhal | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نزیکەی | ||
Kyrgyz айланасында | ||
Lao ຮອບ | ||
Latin circum | ||
Latvian apkārt | ||
Lingala zingazinga | ||
Lithuanian aplinkui | ||
Luganda okwetooloola | ||
Luxembourgish ronderëm | ||
Macedonian околу | ||
Maithili चारू दिस | ||
Malagasy around | ||
Malay sekitar | ||
Malayalam ചുറ്റും | ||
Maltese madwar | ||
Maori huri noa | ||
Marathi सुमारे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯀꯣꯏꯕ | ||
Mizo vel | ||
Mongolian эргэн тойронд | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပတ်ပတ်လည် | ||
Nepali वरपर | ||
Norwegian rundt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mozungulira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚାରିପାଖରେ | ||
Oromo naannoo | ||
Pashto شاوخوا | ||
Persian دور و بر | ||
Polish na około | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) por aí | ||
Punjabi ਆਲੇ ਦੁਆਲੇ | ||
Quechua muyuriq | ||
Romanian în jurul | ||
Russian вокруг | ||
Samoan faataamilo | ||
Sanskrit सर्वतः | ||
Scots Gaelic timcheall | ||
Sepedi raretša | ||
Serbian око | ||
Sesotho ho potoloha | ||
Shona kutenderedza | ||
Sindhi چوڌاري | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අවට | ||
Slovak okolo | ||
Slovenian okoli | ||
Somali hareeraha | ||
Spanish alrededor | ||
Sundanese sakitar | ||
Swahili karibu | ||
Swedish runt omkring | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sa paligid | ||
Tajik дар гирду атроф | ||
Tamil சுற்றி | ||
Tatar тирәсендә | ||
Telugu చుట్టూ | ||
Thai รอบ ๆ | ||
Tigrinya አብ ከባቢ | ||
Tsonga rhendzela | ||
Turkish etrafında | ||
Turkmen töwereginde | ||
Twi (Akan) ho | ||
Ukrainian навколо | ||
Urdu آس پاس | ||
Uyghur ئەتراپىدا | ||
Uzbek atrofida | ||
Vietnamese xung quanh | ||
Welsh o gwmpas | ||
Xhosa ngeenxa zonke | ||
Yiddish ארום | ||
Yoruba ni ayika | ||
Zulu nxazonke |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "rondom" is derived from the Dutch word "rondom", which means "around" or "in all directions". |
| Albanian | The word "përreth" shares its Proto-Indo-European root with the English word "perimeter" and the German word "Rand". |
| Amharic | The word "ዙሪያ" can also mean "border" or "circumference". |
| Arabic | The word "حول" in Arabic can also mean "time" or "power". |
| Armenian | The word շուրջը can also refer to the vicinity or neighborhood of a place. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ətrafında" ("around") in Azerbaijani stems from the Persian word "afrāvand" ("adjacent"), meaning it can also be used to indicate "near" or "close to" someone or something. |
| Basque | The Basque word 'inguruan' also means 'environment' or 'surroundings'. |
| Belarusian | A cognate of "вокруг" in Russian and "вокал" in Ukrainian, which in turn comes from Old Church Slavonic "около" |
| Bengali | The word "কাছাকাছি" is also used to describe something that is close to being, but not yet, complete. |
| Bosnian | The word "okolo" also has a meaning in the sense of "near" or "nearby". |
| Bulgarian | The word "наоколо" can also mean "around there" or "in the neighborhood". |
| Catalan | “Al voltant” can also mean “the area or vicinity” or “the circumstances or context”. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "sa palibut" derives from the Proto-Austronesian word *paliput, which also means "to surround" in Indonesian and Malay. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "周围" (zhou wei) literally means "surrounding perimeter". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character 周 means "complete" or "thorough", and the character 圍 means "to surround" or "to enclose". |
| Corsican | "Intornu" in Corsican also means "at home" or "in the house." |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "oko" can also mean "eye" and is possibly derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*okъ" with the same meaning. |
| Czech | In Old Czech, "kolem" originally meant "wheel" and the preposition developed from there. |
| Danish | "Rundt om" in Danish literally means "round about" and comes from the preposition "rundt" (around) and the adverb "om" (about). |
| Dutch | "In de omgeving van" means more than just "around" in Dutch, it often implies a close neighborhood, or vicinity. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'ĉirkaŭ' originates from the Polish word 'około' (around) |
| Estonian | "Ümber" also means "over" and "across". |
| Finnish | In addition to its meaning of "around," "noin" can also mean "approximately" or "about." |
| French | "Environ" derives from the Latin "in viron," meaning "in the green," and in Old French referred to fields outside town walls. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'rûnom' is related to the English words 'room' and 'roam' and the German preposition 'rum'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "arredor" derives from the Latin word "ad redor" meaning "towards the edge" or "towards the wheel". |
| Georgian | Originally, "გარშემო" referred only to the motion of the Sun around the Earth, but later became more general. |
| German | The word "um" can also mean "about", "approximately", or "over" in German. |
| Greek | Its second meaning is 'roughly', stemming from its use of estimating an area with a round shape |
| Gujarati | The word "આસપાસ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "आसपास" (āsa-pāsa), which means "a binding or connection". In Gujarati, it can also refer to a "group of people" or a "neighborhood". |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'alantou' originated from the French word 'alentour', meaning 'around the'. |
| Hausa | The word 'kewaye' in Hausa also signifies 'the environment' as well as 'the surrounding area'. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "puni" also means "to gather", "to collect", or "to surround". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "סְבִיב" ("around") is cognate with the Arabic word "حَوْل" ("around") and the Akkadian word "sabābu" ("to surround"). |
| Hindi | In Hindi, "चारों ओर" can also mean "completely" or "thoroughly". |
| Hmong | The word "ib ncig" in Hmong is related to "ib" (to go) and "cig" (to turn), suggesting a circular movement. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "körül" originally meant “circle" and is related to the Finnish word "kera" which means “ball”. |
| Icelandic | Í kring is also used as a preposition meaning "about" or "approximately". |
| Igbo | 'Gburugburu', meaning 'around' in Igbo, also means 'enclosure' or 'surroundings'. |
| Indonesian | The word "sekitar" in Indonesian comes from the Sanskrit word "sakrt," meaning "completely"} |
| Irish | In Irish folklore, 'timpeall' also refers to a supernatural protective boundary or enchantment. |
| Italian | The term "in giro" also means "itinerant" as a noun in Italian. |
| Japanese | "周り" also means "surroundings" or "circumference". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'sekitar' also means 'about' or 'approximately', indicating a range or estimation. |
| Kannada | The word ಸುತ್ತಲೂ also has a meaning of 'encompass' or 'surround' |
| Kazakh | "Айналасында" means "around" in Kazakh and also refers to "environs", "circumference", or "environment". |
| Korean | 주위에, 주변 are both common vocabulary words with the same meaning of “the surrounding areas” or “the area around something”. |
| Kurdish | The word "dorhal" also means "about" or "concerning" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "айланасында" can also be used to mean "in the vicinity of" or "near". |
| Lao | The word can also be used to describe the period of time spent traveling around something. |
| Latin | Circum is a prefix that can also mean 'about', 'concerning', or 'around something' |
| Latvian | The word "apkārt" can also mean "about" or "approximately". |
| Lithuanian | The word "aplinkui" in Lithuanian is derived from the word "linkus", which means "to bend" or "to curve". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "ronderëm" in Luxembourgish derives from the Old High German "umbiring" and Latin "rotūnda," connoting a circular shape or motion. |
| Macedonian | Macedonian "околу" also means "near", "close to", and "approximately." |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "around" can also mean "nearly" or "approximately". |
| Malay | The word "sekitar" in Malay can also mean "about" or "approximately". |
| Malayalam | The root "చుట్టు" (chuttu) means "to enclose" or "to surround", hence why its derivative "ചുറ്റും" (chutum) means "around". |
| Maltese | The word "madwar" in Maltese is also related to the concepts of "nearby" and "surrounding". |
| Maori | "Huri noa" is also a Māori expression for "all the way around." |
| Marathi | "सुमारे" is also used to refer to the circumference of a circle, adding a new dimension to its meaning. |
| Mongolian | In astronomy, ''эргэн тойронд'' can refer to the Earth's movement around the Sun in elliptical orbit. |
| Nepali | वरपर is cognate to 'परि' which means to encircle, encompass or be located near something. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "rundt" is related to "runde", meaning run or turn. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mozungulira" is also used to refer to the movement of a person or an object around a central point |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "شاوخوا" is also used to refer to a group of things or people in a specific location or context. |
| Persian | The term “dur o bar” can refer to both “around” and “nearby” in Persian. |
| Polish | The Polish word "na około" can also mean "approximately" or "more or less" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | 'Por aí' could also mean 'approximately'. |
| Romanian | "În jurul", as its etymology suggests, also means "enclosed by" in a manner similar to the English word "environ" |
| Russian | The word "вокруг" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *vъkrugъ, meaning "a circle". It can also be used figuratively to mean "around" or "in the vicinity of" something. |
| Samoan | Fa'ataamilo is also used to describe something round or circular. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "timcheall" is derived from the Old Irish word "timchill," which meant "a circuit" or "a going around." |
| Serbian | The word "око" also means "eye" in Serbian, deriving from the Proto-Slavic word "oko", meaning "eye, face, appearance." |
| Sesotho | Ho potoloha also means "to surround" or "to envelop". |
| Shona | The word "kutenderedza" in Shona is derived from the prefix "ku-" (to) and the verb stem "enderedza" (to twist or turn), indicating a sense of wrapping or going around something. |
| Sindhi | The word "چوڌاري" (around) in Sindhi also means "a boundary" or "a limit". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අවට" is also used in Sinhala to describe the area immediately surrounding a person or place or the neighborhood of a residence. |
| Slovak | While "okolo" is the common Slovak word for "around" and literally means "approximately," it can also mean "near," "close to," or "in the vicinity of." |
| Slovenian | The word "okoli" can also mean "approximately" or "nearly". |
| Somali | The word "hareeraha" in Somali also refers to the peripheral edge of something. |
| Spanish | The word "alrededor" comes from Latin "al-red-edor", which means "on the border of" or "around". |
| Sundanese | Sakitar is thought to be derived from the Malay word 'sekitar' or the Sanskrit word 'parikramana' which have similar meanings. |
| Swahili | Swahili word "karibu" is also used to express welcome or invitation, possibly derived from Arabic "qarib" meaning "near" or "close". |
| Swedish | Runt omkring is a phrase in Swedish that literally translates to "around around". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "sa paligid" can also mean "in the neighborhood" or "in the vicinity of" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | Etymology: From Persian دَرگِرد "around, all around" (a preposition), itself from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭩, from Old Persian 𐎹𐎬𐎼𐎹𐎰𐎢𐎯𐎧𐎠 (drayahya), from Proto-Iranian *draya- "around, around about, all around". Alternate meanings: also "near", "close to", "by", "at", "in". |
| Tamil | "சுற்றி" also means "surround" or "encircle" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "చుట్టూ" also means "in a circle" and "on all sides" in Telugu. |
| Thai | 'รอบ ๆ' is a reduplication of 'รอบ'. It can also mean 'about' or 'approximately'. |
| Turkish | The word "etrafında" can also mean "in the presence of" or "in the company of". |
| Ukrainian | The word "навколо" is also a preposition meaning "about" or "concerning" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | آس پاس is also used in Farsi and is derived from the root آس (aas) meaning sky or universe, emphasizing the sense of all-encompassing surroundings. |
| Uzbek | The word "atrofida" can also mean "surrounding" or "nearby" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Xung quanh" originates from Chinese, where it means "all around" and can also be used as a preposition similar to the English "around". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "o gwmpas" can also mean "approximately" or "more or less." |
| Xhosa | The word ngeenxa zonke can also refer to someone who is sneaky or roundabout. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "арум" also means elbow |
| Yoruba | In the Yoruba language, "ni ayika" is also used to refer to a person's surroundings, environment or circumstances. |
| Zulu | The word 'nxazonke' can also mean 'near' or 'close by' in Zulu. |
| English | "Around' derives from Old Norse 'á rönd,' meaning 'on a circle' or 'in the direction of.' |