Brown in Different Languages
Discover 'Brown' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Brown
Afrikaans bruin | ||
Albanian kafe | ||
Amharic ብናማ | ||
Arabic بنى | ||
Armenian շագանակագույն | ||
Assamese মটিয়া | ||
Aymara anti | ||
Azerbaijani qəhvəyi | ||
Bambara bilenman | ||
Basque marroia | ||
Belarusian карычневы | ||
Bengali বাদামী | ||
Bhojpuri भूअर | ||
Bosnian braon | ||
Bulgarian кафяв | ||
Catalan marró | ||
Cebuano brown | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 棕色 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 棕色 | ||
Corsican marrone | ||
Croatian smeđa | ||
Czech hnědý | ||
Danish brun | ||
Dhivehi މުށި | ||
Dogri भूरा | ||
Dutch bruin | ||
English brown | ||
Esperanto bruna | ||
Estonian pruun | ||
Ewe kɔdzẽ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kayumanggi | ||
Finnish ruskea | ||
French marron | ||
Frisian brún | ||
Galician marrón | ||
Georgian ყავისფერი | ||
German braun | ||
Greek καφέ | ||
Guarani yvysa'y | ||
Gujarati ભુરો | ||
Haitian Creole mawon | ||
Hausa launin ruwan kasa | ||
Hawaiian palaunu | ||
Hebrew חום | ||
Hindi भूरा | ||
Hmong xim av | ||
Hungarian barna | ||
Icelandic brúnt | ||
Igbo aja aja | ||
Ilocano kayumanggi | ||
Indonesian cokelat | ||
Irish donn | ||
Italian marrone | ||
Japanese 褐色 | ||
Javanese coklat | ||
Kannada ಕಂದು | ||
Kazakh қоңыр | ||
Khmer ត្នោត | ||
Kinyarwanda umukara | ||
Konkani तपकिरी | ||
Korean 갈색 | ||
Krio brawn | ||
Kurdish qehweyî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) قاوەیی | ||
Kyrgyz күрөң | ||
Lao ສີນ້ ຳ ຕານ | ||
Latin brunneis | ||
Latvian brūns | ||
Lingala marron | ||
Lithuanian rudas | ||
Luganda kitaka | ||
Luxembourgish brong | ||
Macedonian кафеава | ||
Maithili कत्थी | ||
Malagasy brown | ||
Malay coklat | ||
Malayalam തവിട്ട് | ||
Maltese kannella | ||
Maori parauri | ||
Marathi तपकिरी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯣꯡ ꯃꯆꯨ | ||
Mizo uk | ||
Mongolian хүрэн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အညိုရောင် | ||
Nepali खैरो | ||
Norwegian brun | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) bulauni | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବାଦାମୀ | ||
Oromo diimaa duukkanaa'aa | ||
Pashto نصواري | ||
Persian رنگ قهوه ای | ||
Polish brązowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) castanho | ||
Punjabi ਭੂਰਾ | ||
Quechua chunpi | ||
Romanian maro | ||
Russian коричневый | ||
Samoan lanu enaena | ||
Sanskrit पिङ्गल | ||
Scots Gaelic donn | ||
Sepedi sotho | ||
Serbian браон | ||
Sesotho sootho | ||
Shona bhurawuni | ||
Sindhi ناسي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දුඹුරු | ||
Slovak hnedá | ||
Slovenian rjav | ||
Somali bunni | ||
Spanish marrón | ||
Sundanese coklat | ||
Swahili kahawia | ||
Swedish brun | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kayumanggi | ||
Tajik қаҳваранг | ||
Tamil பழுப்பு | ||
Tatar коңгырт | ||
Telugu గోధుమ | ||
Thai สีน้ำตาล | ||
Tigrinya ቡኒ | ||
Tsonga buraweni | ||
Turkish kahverengi | ||
Turkmen goňur | ||
Twi (Akan) dodoeɛ | ||
Ukrainian коричневий | ||
Urdu براؤن | ||
Uyghur قوڭۇر | ||
Uzbek jigarrang | ||
Vietnamese nâu | ||
Welsh brown | ||
Xhosa ntsundu | ||
Yiddish ברוין | ||
Yoruba brown | ||
Zulu nsundu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "bruin" originally referred to a dark horse, and only later came to mean "brown" in general. |
| Albanian | Albanian "kafe" comes from Turkish "kahve" (coffee) and also means "dark, opaque, or thick liquid". |
| Amharic | The word ብናማ can also refer to a roasted cereal grain. |
| Arabic | The word 'بنى' ('brown') in Arabic may also refer to the color 'tawny' or, when combined with 'أشقر' ('blond'), to a light brown shade. |
| Azerbaijani | In Ottoman Turkish, "qəhvəyi" referred to coffee and its preparation, potentially influencing its meaning in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "marroia" is of Celtic origin and also has the meaning of "rust". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "карычневы" can also refer to a horse of a brown colour or a type of mushroom. |
| Bengali | বাদামী color refers to the skin color of almonds, the fruit of the almond tree. |
| Bosnian | Braon has multiple meanings in Bosnian, including 'chestnut horse' and 'a type of coffee bean'. |
| Bulgarian | "Кафяв" is also a term used to describe roasted coffee beans in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word 'marró' comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer-, meaning 'to grind' or 'to crush'. |
| Cebuano | "Brown" is an English word for a color. "Brawn" is a Filipino word for a type of beef stew. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 棕色 means brown in Chinese, but also alludes to people with dark or freckled skin. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 棕色 means "brown" in Chinese, but it can also refer to a monk's robe or a type of tea. |
| Corsican | The word "marrone" in Corsican can also refer to a wild chestnut tree or the fruit of a wild chestnut tree. |
| Croatian | In Proto-Slavic, "smeđa" meant "stinking" or "putrid," while a different root meant "brown." |
| Czech | The word "hnědý" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰwendh-, meaning "to shine". |
| Danish | Brun (Brown) also derives from the word 'brande' (to burn), denoting something scorched in color. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "bruin" (brown) is the same word as the name for a bear, "beer". |
| Esperanto | The word "bruna" in Esperanto also means "dark-skinned", "brunette", or "dusky". |
| Estonian | Estonian “pruun” was originally related to the color of roasted grain or russet hair only, but it later extended to shades of reddish-brown and, finally, to the whole range of brown hues. |
| Finnish | The word "ruskea" ultimately comes from the Proto-Germanic word *rauskô- (cognate with English "russet"), meaning "reddish-brown". |
| French | Marron means both brown and chestnut in French, as the word is derived from the Italian marrone, meaning chestnut. |
| Frisian | In Saterland Frisian, "brún" exclusively means "red," not "brown." |
| Galician | Marrón is a Galician word of Celtic origin, related to the words for "rusty" or "rust". |
| Georgian | "ყავისფერი" (k'avisperi) means "brown," but it is also used to describe the color of coffee or the brown pigment in the eyes. |
| German | The word braun is derived from the Middle High German word brūn, which originally meant 'shining', 'gleaming'. |
| Greek | In Greek, the word "καφέ" ('kafé') initially referred to a shade of wine red (similar to 'rust') before being applied to the color brown in the Renaissance. |
| Gujarati | The word "ભુરો" can also refer to a type of soil or a type of rice. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "mawon" is derived from the French word "marron" meaning "chestnut", and is also used to refer to a person of mixed race, especially one with dark skin. |
| Hausa | In the context of soil, "launin ruwan kasa" can also mean "clay-colored." |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "palaunu" also refers to the color auburn, in addition to its primary meaning of brown. |
| Hebrew | The word "חום" (brown) also means "heat" or "warmth" in Hebrew, possibly due to the association of brown colors with the warmth of the sun or fire. |
| Hindi | The word भूरा ('brown') in Hindi may have originated from the Sanskrit root 'bhur' meaning 'earth' or 'soil' or from the Prakrit word 'bhurra' meaning 'dark' or 'tawny'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "xim av" also means "dark" or "black" when paired with other dark, black colored items. |
| Hungarian | Barna derives from the Turkic word 'baran', meaning 'wild sheep', whose fleece was used to create brown textiles. |
| Icelandic | The word "brúnt" in Icelandic can also refer to the surface of coffee or the golden crust on baked goods. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "aja aja" may also refer to a type of dark-colored animal, such as a goat or dog. |
| Indonesian | The word "cokelat" in Indonesian has a different meaning from its original Spanish "chocolate". |
| Irish | Though "donn" usually means "brown" in Irish, it can also mean "earth," "the land," "a chieftain," or even "a river." |
| Italian | "Marrone" in Italian means 'dark chestnut' and also 'chestnut tree'. |
| Japanese | The kanji '褐' can also refer to 'tanned skin' or 'the color of withered grass'. |
| Javanese | "Coklat" can also mean "mud" or "dirt" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಕಂದು' is also used to refer to a type of cloth dyed with natural brown dyes. |
| Kazakh | Қоңыр can also mean 'dark green'. The word is cognate with 'κόνις' (konis) in Greek, meaning 'dust'. |
| Korean | The word "갈색" also refers to the color of certain animals, such as horses and cows, and has been used in Korean since the 15th century. |
| Kurdish | The word 'qehweyî' in Kurdish derives from the Persian word 'qahave' meaning 'coffee', ultimately originating from the Arabic word 'qahwa'. |
| Kyrgyz | "Күрөң" also means "a kind of wolf with reddish brown hair". |
| Lao | The name is derived from the colour of palm wine or the juice from sugar cane flowers. |
| Latin | The Latin word "brunneis" not only means "brown," but also "sable" and "dark." |
| Latvian | "Brūns" is a type of wood, "brūns" is a horse, "brūns" is a beer, "brūns" is a potato, "brūns" is a fish. |
| Lithuanian | The word "rudas" also means "rusty" or "reddish" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "brong" can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic "brûnoz" meaning "burnt" or "brown". |
| Macedonian | The word 'кафеава' (brown) in Macedonian is derived from the Turkish word 'kahverengi', which in turn is derived from the Persian word 'kāh' (straw) |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "Brown" can also refer to a type of tree or a type of animal. |
| Malay | The word "coklat" derives from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl" meaning "bitter water" and originally referred to drinking chocolate. |
| Malayalam | Derived from Sanskrit "tapas" (heat), "തവിട്ട്" also means "dark skin" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | Although 'kannella' exclusively means 'brown' in Maltese today, it originally meant 'cinnamon'. |
| Maori | The word "parauri" in Maori can also mean "dark-green" or "bronze-colored". |
| Marathi | "तपकिरी" may come from the Sanskrit word "तप" (heat, penance), and can also refer to a reddish-brown shade. |
| Mongolian | "Хүрэн" also refers to the color of a horse, a reddish brown in this case. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "According to the Sanskrit language, the word "brown” comes from the word brauna." |
| Nepali | The word "खैरो" in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "कपिलः", meaning "coppery" or "yellowish-brown" |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "brun" also means "burn". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "bulauni" is related to "bura" (a dark color) |
| Pashto | The word "نصواري" in Pashto also refers to a specific shade of brown, often seen in the color of horses. |
| Persian | The Persian word "رنگ قهوه ای" ("brown") is derived from the Arabic word meaning "coffee bean" "قهوه" which is ultimately thought to be of Ethiopian origin |
| Polish | The word "brązowy" derives from the word "brąz", meaning copper, because of the reddish brown color of copper alloys. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "Castanho" derives from Latin "castaneus" (chestnut-colored) and is also used in Galician and Spanish. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਭੂਰਾ' or 'boora' is often used to describe the earth or soil, hence 'earthy' soil |
| Romanian | "Maro" can also mean "chestnut". While in Romanian the adjective for "brown" is "brun", "Maro" is used in some fixed expressions like "calul maro" (the brown horse). |
| Russian | The word "коричневый" (brown) derives from the Old Russian word "кор" (bark), indicating its initial association with the color of tree bark. |
| Samoan | Lanu enaena, meaning 'brown' in Samoan, comes from the word enaena, meaning reddish-brown, as well as the word ena, meaning 'rust' or 'red oxide'. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Donn" in Scots Gaelic also means "dark" and comes from the Proto-Celtic root *dubnos, meaning "deeply submerged", from the Indo-European root *dheub-, meaning "deep", "dark". |
| Serbian | The word "браон" is derived from the German word "braun", meaning "brown" or "dark brown". |
| Sesotho | The word 'sootho' has a related term 'lesootho', which is the name of the country Lesotho. |
| Shona | Bhurawuni is also a type of mushroom that can be found in Zimbabwe's forests after rainy seasons. |
| Sindhi | "ناسي" is used in various senses, including: the color "brown" as well as a "dark complexioned person", or a "black person". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 'දුඹුරු' also means 'sad' or 'dull' in Sinhala, with some people suggesting that it could be linked to the appearance of withered brown leaves. |
| Slovak | The word "hnedá" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*gъnędъ", which originally meant "reddish-brown" or "chestnut-colored". |
| Slovenian | It originally meant 'reddish' (compare Gothic 'rauða', English 'ruddy'). |
| Somali | The word also means 'roasting' in Somali. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "marrón" can also refer to a type of chestnut or a type of clay |
| Sundanese | Coklat in Sundanese also means 'black'} |
| Swahili | The word 'kahawia' also means 'coffee' in Swahili, derived from the Arabic word 'qahwah'. |
| Swedish | In modern Swedish, "brunn" can also mean "well, spring" and "brown" is "brun". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, the word 'kayumanggi' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'kumkuma', meaning saffron, but it has come to be associated with brown skin. |
| Tajik | "қаҳваранг" comes from the Persian word "قهوهای", which originally referred specifically to the color of coffee. |
| Telugu | The word 'గోధుమ' can also refer to wheat, and is cognate with the Hindi word 'गेहूँ' ('gehu'). |
| Thai | The Thai word "สีน้ำตาล" (brown) is composed of the words "สี" (color) and "น้ำตาล" (sugar), likely referring to the color of sugarcane or caramel. |
| Turkish | Kahverengi derives from "kahvereng","coffee-colored", which comes from "kahveh","coffee", which in turn comes from Arabic "qahwah","wine". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "коричневий" (brown) is also used to describe a reddish-brown hue, similar to the color of rust. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'براؤن' ('brown') can also refer to a type of rice or to someone with dark complexion. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "jigarrang" could be related to the word "jigar", which means liver, and may therefore refer to the color of the liver. |
| Vietnamese | The word "nâu" in Vietnamese can also refer to the color "mustard" or "yellow-brown". |
| Welsh | The word 'brown' derives from the Old English word 'brun', which referred to the dark reddish color of a roasted chestnut. |
| Xhosa | The word "ntsundu" can also mean "deep" or "dark" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ברוין" (brown) is a loanword from the German word "braun". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "brown" also translates to "a shade of red". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "nsundu" also means "a dark patch on the skin". |
| English | The word "brown" derives from the Old English word "brun", which meant "dark" or "burnt" and was also used to describe the color of beer or dark bread. |