Cause in Different Languages
Discover 'Cause' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Cause
Afrikaans oorsaak | ||
Albanian shkaku | ||
Amharic መንስኤ | ||
Arabic سبب | ||
Armenian պատճառ | ||
Assamese কাৰণ | ||
Aymara ukxata | ||
Azerbaijani səbəb | ||
Bambara bila | ||
Basque kausa | ||
Belarusian прычына | ||
Bengali কারণ | ||
Bhojpuri कारन | ||
Bosnian uzrok | ||
Bulgarian кауза | ||
Catalan causa | ||
Cebuano hinungdan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 原因 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 原因 | ||
Corsican causa | ||
Croatian uzrok | ||
Czech způsobit | ||
Danish årsag | ||
Dhivehi ސަބަބު | ||
Dogri कारण | ||
Dutch oorzaak | ||
English cause | ||
Esperanto kaŭzo | ||
Estonian põhjust | ||
Ewe wᴐe be | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) dahilan | ||
Finnish syy | ||
French cause | ||
Frisian oarsaak | ||
Galician causa | ||
Georgian მიზეზი | ||
German ursache | ||
Greek αιτία | ||
Guarani gui | ||
Gujarati કારણ | ||
Haitian Creole kòz | ||
Hausa dalilin | ||
Hawaiian kumu | ||
Hebrew גורם | ||
Hindi वजह | ||
Hmong ua | ||
Hungarian ok | ||
Icelandic orsök | ||
Igbo akpata | ||
Ilocano gapu | ||
Indonesian sebab | ||
Irish cúis | ||
Italian causa | ||
Japanese 原因 | ||
Javanese sabab | ||
Kannada ಕಾರಣ | ||
Kazakh себеп | ||
Khmer មូលហេតុ | ||
Kinyarwanda impamvu | ||
Konkani कारण | ||
Korean 원인 | ||
Krio mek | ||
Kurdish semed | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هۆکار | ||
Kyrgyz себеп | ||
Lao ສາເຫດ | ||
Latin causam | ||
Latvian cēlonis | ||
Lingala ntina | ||
Lithuanian priežastis | ||
Luganda okuleetera | ||
Luxembourgish ursaach | ||
Macedonian кауза | ||
Maithili कारण | ||
Malagasy antony | ||
Malay sebab | ||
Malayalam കാരണം | ||
Maltese kawża | ||
Maori take | ||
Marathi कारण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯝ | ||
Mizo chhan | ||
Mongolian шалтгаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကြောင်းမရှိ | ||
Nepali कारण | ||
Norwegian årsaken | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chifukwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାରଣ | ||
Oromo sababa | ||
Pashto لامل | ||
Persian علت | ||
Polish przyczyna | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) causa | ||
Punjabi ਕਾਰਨ | ||
Quechua causa | ||
Romanian cauză | ||
Russian причина | ||
Samoan mafuaʻaga | ||
Sanskrit निमित्तम् | ||
Scots Gaelic adhbhar | ||
Sepedi hlola | ||
Serbian узрок | ||
Sesotho baka | ||
Shona kukonzera | ||
Sindhi سبب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හේතුව | ||
Slovak príčina | ||
Slovenian vzrok | ||
Somali sababa | ||
Spanish porque | ||
Sundanese sabab | ||
Swahili sababu | ||
Swedish orsak | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sanhi | ||
Tajik сабаб | ||
Tamil காரணம் | ||
Tatar сәбәп | ||
Telugu కారణం | ||
Thai สาเหตุ | ||
Tigrinya ጠንቂ | ||
Tsonga xivangelo | ||
Turkish sebep olmak | ||
Turkmen sebäp | ||
Twi (Akan) sɛnti | ||
Ukrainian причина | ||
Urdu وجہ | ||
Uyghur سەۋەبى | ||
Uzbek sabab | ||
Vietnamese nguyên nhân | ||
Welsh achos | ||
Xhosa unobangela | ||
Yiddish גרונט | ||
Yoruba fa | ||
Zulu imbangela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word “oorsaak” is etymologically linked to “cause”, both originating from the Latin term causa. |
| Albanian | The word "shkaku" in Albanian originates from the Proto-Albanian word *skāko-, meaning "reason" or "motive". |
| Amharic | "መንስኤ" is a cognate of "መነስ" (spirit) and is often used to refer to the underlying cause of something, especially an event or phenomenon. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "سبب" also carries the meaning of a connecting rod or piston in engines. |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | The Basque word "kausa" also means "thing" or "object." |
| Belarusian | The word "прычына" derives from the Old Church Slavonic "прѣчина" and originally meant "an obstacle", "a reason to stop". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word 'কারণ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'कारण', which also means 'reason' or 'factor'. |
| Bosnian | Cognate with the Russian word "узор" (uzor) meaning "pattern" |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "кауза" can also mean "lawsuit" or "trial". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "causa" also refers to a legal proceeding or case. |
| Cebuano | The word "hinungdan" (cause) in Cebuano comes from the root word "tungod" (because) which has alternate meanings in some contexts relating to "responsibility" and "reason". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 因果 (yīnguǒ) means "law of karma" or "cause and effect" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "原因" (yuányīn) can also mean "reason" or "origin". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "causa" can also mean "a lawsuit" or "a reason for an argument." |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'uzrok' originates from the Slavic 'vzъ' (up), denoting an upward movement or action leading to a change or effect. |
| Czech | The word "způsobit" is derived from the Old Czech word "spůsobiti", meaning "to give rise to" or "to bring about". |
| Danish | The word årsag is derived from the Old Norse word orsök, meaning "beginning" or "origin". |
| Dutch | In Old Dutch, "oorzaak" referred to "origin" or "reason for existence". |
| Esperanto | Kaŭzo is a loanword from Romance languages that has a variety of cognates in Slavic languages with similar meanings such as result. |
| Estonian | The word "põhjust" originates from the Proto-Finnic word "*pohja", meaning "bottom", and thus originally referred to the underlying reason or cause of something. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "syy" (cause) derives from Proto-Finnic *sywi and means "reason, basis, motive, guilt, blame, fault, crime, sin, ground, floor, place, direction, side, area, field, region, origin, source, or birth." |
| French | The French word "cause" can also mean a legal matter, as opposed to the English word "case" which refers to the factual elements, and it originates from a different Medieval Latin term, "causa". |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "oarsaak" also means "case" or "lawsuit." |
| Galician | Galician causa's alternate meaning includes "cause for celebration", and the saying "ter causa para falar" literally means "have reason to talk". |
| Georgian | მიზეზი is also a term used to denote a 'reason' or 'pretext' in Georgian. |
| German | In addition to its primary meaning, "Ursache" also derives from the Latin "origo", signifying "origin" or "source". |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word "αιτία" (aitia) originally meant "accusation, blame" and later came to mean "cause". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "કારણ" can also mean "reason" or "purpose". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kòz" in Haitian Creole also means "reason" or "conversation". |
| Hausa | Hausa "dalilin" also means "reason" or "motivation". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "kumu" derives from the Proto-Polynesian word "tumu", which also meant "post" and "root" and was later adopted by other Polynesian languages. |
| Hebrew | "גורם" can also refer to someone who is responsible for something or a reason, motive or factor. |
| Hindi | The word 'वजह' shares the same root 'vaz' as the English word 'wage' and originally meant 'weight' before taking on its current meaning. |
| Hmong | In Hmong, the word "ua" can also mean "reason" or "purpose." |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "ok" (pronounced "okei") can also mean "alright" or "okay." |
| Icelandic | "Orsök" (cause) derives from the verb "orsa" (to provoke), hence its original meaning is "stimulus". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, Akpata could also refer to the fruit tree Irvingia gabonensis or it's nut. |
| Indonesian | In Javanese, "sebab" also means "because" and "so that". |
| Irish | "Cúis" derives from Old Irish "cúissed" meaning "a matter or debate" or "a point at issue" |
| Italian | The Italian word "causa" can also refer to a legal case or lawsuit. |
| Japanese | The word "原因" (cause) in Japanese can also mean "reason" or "motive". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "sabab" can also mean "way" or "means" in other contexts. |
| Kannada | "ಕಾರಣ" can also mean reason, motive, or purpose |
| Kazakh | It is derived from the Old Turkic word * sebep * meaning "reason", and related to the Mongolian word * seb * meaning "beginning"} |
| Khmer | The word "មូលហេតុ" can also mean "the motive" or "the reason for something happening". |
| Korean | The Korean word "원인" can also refer to a "reason" or a "motive" |
| Kurdish | The word "semed" also means "reason" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "себеп" also means "reason" and "motive". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ສາເຫດ" (cause) is derived from the Sanskrit word "हेतु" (hetu), meaning "reason" or "cause". |
| Latin | In Latin, the word "causam" can also refer to a legal case or lawsuit. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "cēlonis" also means "knee" in some contexts. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "priežastis" is etymologically related to the Sanskrit "pratyaya" meaning "consequence, effect, result." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Ursaach" is derived from the Old High German word "ursāhi" which means "origin" or "source." |
| Macedonian | The word "кауза" in Macedonian can also mean an excuse or a pretext. |
| Malagasy | Antony in Malagasy is also derived from the Greek word meaning "flower", which was used for "cause" in medieval literature. |
| Malay | "Sebab" can also mean "motive" or "reason" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "കാരണം" (kāraṇam) in Malayalam is derived from Sanskrit and originally refers to the root or cause of something. |
| Maltese | The word 'kawża' has a double meaning, it can also translate to 'lawsuit'. |
| Maori | The Maori word “take” is derived from the Proto-Polynesian verb *take, which also means "to carry" or "to hold". |
| Marathi | कारण (kāraṇa) is derived from the Sanskrit root 'kṛ' meaning 'to do' or 'to make', and also means 'reason' or 'purpose'. |
| Mongolian | The word “шалтгаан” also has an additional meaning, referring to “the reason for an event or state of affairs”. |
| Nepali | The word "कारण" in Nepali can also mean "reason" or "motive." |
| Norwegian | Årsaken is a cognate of the German word 'Ursache' which shares its root with words such as 'origin' and 'source'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | There is no evidence that the Chichewa word "chifukwa" has an etymology rooted in another language and its alternate meanings are not documented. |
| Pashto | The word "لامل" (cause) in Pashto is derived from the Arabic word "سبب" (reason, cause) and has the alternate meaning of "excuse" or "reason for doing something". |
| Persian | The Persian word "علت" (cause) has the same root as the Latin word "causa," and also means "reason," "motive," or "excuse." |
| Polish | The word "przyczyna" in Polish can also refer to a legal or logical reason for an action or event. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "causa" is similar to its Latin counterpart "causa", which means "reason" or "motive". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਾਰਨ" in Punjabi can also mean "because" or "reason". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "cauză" also refers to a reason for an action or a judicial proceeding. |
| Russian | "Причина" can also mean "reason" or "motive". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "mafuaʻaga" not only means "cause" but also refers to a "place of origin" or a "source of something." |
| Scots Gaelic | "Adhbhar" is etymologically a compound of the words for "cause" (`ad`) and "fate" or "luck" (`far`)." |
| Serbian | The word "узрок" can also refer to a "reason" or a "motive" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "baka" in Sesotho can also mean "because" or "so that". |
| Shona | The word 'kukonzera' also means 'to be patient'. |
| Sindhi | The word 'سبب' (cause) in Sindhi originates from the Arabic word 'سبب', which also signifies 'connection', 'reason', and 'motive'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Sinhala "හේතුව" derives from Sanskrit "हेतु" (hetu) and may also refer to a "reason", "motive", "occasion", or "antecedent" |
| Slovak | "Príčina" also means "the natural beginning of something" or "the female breast". |
| Slovenian | The word "vzrok" can also mean "reason" or "motive". |
| Somali | The word "sababa" in Somali has the alternate meaning of "reason" or "purpose" |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "porque" can also be used to introduce a purpose or a reason, as in "vine porque te amo" (I came because I love you). |
| Sundanese | "Sabab" (cause) is derived from the Sanskrit word "sa-hetu", meaning "having a reason". It can also be used figuratively to refer to a reason, motive, or excuse. |
| Swahili | The word 'sababu' is derived from the Arabic word 'sabab', which also means 'cause'. |
| Swedish | Orsak in Swedish also refers to the name of a bear in the Dalarna province, who was killed by a hunter in the 17th century. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word “sanhi” is also used in Tagalog to refer to a motive or a reason. |
| Tajik | The word "сабаб" can also mean "reason" or "motive" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | "காரணம்" also means "reason", "motive", or "source" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | కారణం is related to the concepts of causality and reason and can also mean 'because' or 'for'. |
| Thai | สาเหตุ can also mean "reason" or "motive". |
| Turkish | The word "sebep olmak" is derived from the Arabic word "sabab", which also means "reason" or "motive". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian noun "причина" (cause) comes from the Proto-Slavic word "pričina", meaning "dispute" or "controversy". |
| Urdu | The word “وجہ” is derived from the same root as the word “view” or “face,” suggesting that the cause of something is what we see or perceive as its source. |
| Uzbek | The word 'sabab' is also rooted in Arabic, where it means 'connection,' 'means,' or 'motive'. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "nguyên nhân" also has the alternate meaning of "root". |
| Welsh | The word "achos" also means "pain" in Welsh, and shares a proto-Celtic root with the word "ache" in English. |
| Xhosa | The word "unobangela" is also used in the sense of "because" in the Nguni language. |
| Yiddish | "גרונט" (cause) is also used to mean "reason" or "grounds" in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | "Fa", an alternative spelling of "faà", also means "to be in possession of". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "imbangela" can also refer to a reason, motive, or justification. |
| English | The word 'cause' originates from the Old French term 'cause', derived from the Latin 'causa', meaning 'reason', 'origin', or 'source'. |