Central in Different Languages
Discover 'Central' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Central
Afrikaans sentraal | ||
Albanian qendrore | ||
Amharic ማዕከላዊ | ||
Arabic وسط | ||
Armenian կենտրոնական | ||
Assamese কেন্দ্ৰীয় | ||
Aymara chika taypinkiwa | ||
Azerbaijani mərkəzi | ||
Bambara cɛmancɛ la | ||
Basque zentrala | ||
Belarusian цэнтральны | ||
Bengali কেন্দ্রীয় | ||
Bhojpuri केंद्रीय बा | ||
Bosnian centralno | ||
Bulgarian централен | ||
Catalan central | ||
Cebuano sentral | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 中央 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 中央 | ||
Corsican centrale | ||
Croatian središnji | ||
Czech centrální | ||
Danish central | ||
Dhivehi ސެންޓްރަލް | ||
Dogri केंद्रीय | ||
Dutch centraal | ||
English central | ||
Esperanto centra | ||
Estonian keskne | ||
Ewe titina | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sentral | ||
Finnish keskeinen | ||
French central | ||
Frisian sintraal | ||
Galician central | ||
Georgian მთავარი | ||
German zentral | ||
Greek κεντρικός | ||
Guarani central rehegua | ||
Gujarati કેન્દ્રીય | ||
Haitian Creole santral | ||
Hausa tsakiya | ||
Hawaiian waena | ||
Hebrew מֶרכָּזִי | ||
Hindi केंद्रीय | ||
Hmong nruab nrab | ||
Hungarian központi | ||
Icelandic miðsvæðis | ||
Igbo etiti | ||
Ilocano sentral | ||
Indonesian pusat | ||
Irish lárnach | ||
Italian centrale | ||
Japanese 中央 | ||
Javanese tengah | ||
Kannada ಕೇಂದ್ರ | ||
Kazakh орталық | ||
Khmer កណ្តាល | ||
Kinyarwanda hagati | ||
Konkani मध्यवर्ती | ||
Korean 본부 | ||
Krio sentral | ||
Kurdish navî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ناوەندی | ||
Kyrgyz борбордук | ||
Lao ໃຈກາງ | ||
Latin centralis | ||
Latvian centrālā | ||
Lingala na katikati | ||
Lithuanian centrinis | ||
Luganda wakati | ||
Luxembourgish zentral | ||
Macedonian централно | ||
Maithili केन्द्रीय | ||
Malagasy foibe | ||
Malay tengah | ||
Malayalam കേന്ദ്ര | ||
Maltese ċentrali | ||
Maori pokapū | ||
Marathi मध्यवर्ती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯟꯠꯔꯦꯂꯒꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ ꯑꯦꯝ | ||
Mizo central-ah a awm | ||
Mongolian төв | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဗဟို | ||
Nepali केन्द्रीय | ||
Norwegian sentral | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chapakati | ||
Odia (Oriya) କେନ୍ଦ୍ରୀୟ | | ||
Oromo giddu galeessa | ||
Pashto مرکزي | ||
Persian مرکزی | ||
Polish centralny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) central | ||
Punjabi ਕੇਂਦਰੀ | ||
Quechua chawpi | ||
Romanian central | ||
Russian центральный | ||
Samoan ogatotonu | ||
Sanskrit केन्द्रीय | ||
Scots Gaelic meadhan | ||
Sepedi bogareng bja | ||
Serbian централни | ||
Sesotho bohareng | ||
Shona pakati | ||
Sindhi مرڪزي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මධ්යම | ||
Slovak centrálny | ||
Slovenian osrednji | ||
Somali dhexe | ||
Spanish central | ||
Sundanese tengah | ||
Swahili katikati | ||
Swedish central | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sentral | ||
Tajik марказӣ | ||
Tamil மைய | ||
Tatar үзәк | ||
Telugu కేంద్ర | ||
Thai ศูนย์กลาง | ||
Tigrinya ማእከላይ | ||
Tsonga exikarhi ka | ||
Turkish merkezi | ||
Turkmen merkezi | ||
Twi (Akan) mfinimfini | ||
Ukrainian центральний | ||
Urdu مرکزی | ||
Uyghur central | ||
Uzbek markaziy | ||
Vietnamese trung tâm | ||
Welsh canolog | ||
Xhosa embindini | ||
Yiddish צענטראלע | ||
Yoruba aarin | ||
Zulu maphakathi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "sentraal" in Afrikaans, like its cognate "central" in English, can also mean "main" or "principal". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "qendrore" (central) originally referred to the midpoint of a bowstring, and is related to the Latin "centrum" (center). |
| Amharic | The word "ማዕከላዊ" can also refer to a central place or location. |
| Arabic | The word "وسط" can also refer to the waist or middle of the body, an intermediary, a middleman, a moderator, a broker or go-between, or the middle of anything. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "mərkəzi" is derived from the Persian word "markaz", which means "center". |
| Basque | The Basque word "zentrala" can also refer to a hydro-electric power plant. |
| Belarusian | The word "цэнтральны" in Belarusian can also mean "main" or "most important". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "কেন্দ্রীয়" derives from the Sanskrit word "केन्द्रिय" (kendra), which means "organ of sense" or "center of attention." |
| Bosnian | The word "centralno" can also refer to the central part of a region or country. |
| Bulgarian | The word "централен" can also mean "principal" or "main" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "central" comes from the Latin "centralis", meaning "of the center". |
| Cebuano | The word "sentral" in Cebuano is derived from the Spanish word "central", and can also refer to the central part of a town or city. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character "中央" can also refer to "the government" or "the highest authority". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to 'central', "中央" is also an antiquated Chinese architectural term referring to the 'main building' or 'central chamber'. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "centrale" can also mean "middle" or "main". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'središnji' originally meant 'in the middle', which later shifted to 'central'. |
| Czech | The word "centrální" in Czech is an adjective meaning "central" and can also be used metaphorically to refer to something that is at the center of something else. |
| Danish | The Danish word "central" has the same meaning as the English word, and can also refer to a central point or a center of activity. |
| Dutch | The word "centraal" in Dutch can also refer to a central government or authority. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "centra" derives from the Latin word "centrum," which means "center," and also has the connotation of "the most important point." |
| Estonian | "Keskne" is related to "keskmine" and "keskkond", and derives from the Proto-Finnic word *keks- |
| Finnish | Keskeinen derives from the word "keski", which means "middle" or "center". |
| French | In French, the word "central" can also refer to a telephone exchange or a headquarters. |
| Frisian | The word "sintraal" also means "midst" or "middle" in Frisian. |
| Galician | “Central” also means “telephone exchange” in Galician. |
| German | In German, the word "zental" can mean either "central" or "ten thousand". |
| Greek | The word "κεντρικός" comes from the Greek word "κέντρον," meaning "center". |
| Gujarati | The word "કેન્દ્રીય" (central) in Gujarati can also mean "related to the center or hub of something". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "santral" also means "telephone exchange" or "switchboard". |
| Hausa | The word "tsakiya" also refers to the middle part of a body like the chest, waist, or head |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "waena" also means "between" or "among". |
| Hebrew | מֶרכָּזִי may also mean 'focal', 'leading', or 'chief', and its root can also mean 'to gather' or 'to focus'. |
| Hindi | In Sanskrit, "केंद्रीय" is derived from the root "कंद", meaning "to glow" or "to shine, indicating the radiance or importance of something central. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "nruab nrab" also refers to someone in a central position in the family, such as an older sibling. |
| Hungarian | The word also means “public”, which may be related to the original meaning of “central” in Hungarian: “pertaining to or shared by all.” |
| Icelandic | The word is a compound of "mið" and "svæði", which means "area", so "miðsvæðis" literally means "middle-area" or "central area". |
| Igbo | 'Eti' also means 'heart', referring to the heart of a matter. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'pusat' also has a different meaning, which is navel. |
| Irish | The word "lárnach" in Irish is derived from the Proto-Celtic root *larno-. |
| Italian | "Centrale" in Italian retains its Latin root and can refer to a place (like "power station"), an institution (like "a bank's HQ"), or someone or something holding a central position (like the "main artery"). |
| Japanese | 中央 (chūō) can also mean "capital city" and is often used to refer to Tokyo, the de facto capital of Japan. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "tengah" also means "middle" or "half". |
| Kannada | ಕೇಂದ್ರ can also mean center, core, and focus in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | 'Орталық' is not only a Kazakh word meaning 'central', but also refers to a district within a city. |
| Korean | The word "본부" can also mean "headquarters" or "main office". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "navî" also carries connotations of centrality, prominence, or core. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "борбордук" is also used to refer to an organization that acts as a center or hub. |
| Lao | The word "ໃຈກາງ" (central) in Lao is also used to refer to the core or heart of something. |
| Latin | The term "centralis" ultimately descends from "centrum," which not only means the middle, but also the vital part of any being. |
| Latvian | The word "centrālā" can also refer to a telephone exchange or a power plant. |
| Lithuanian | The word “centrinis” originates from the word “centras” (centre), but can also mean "medium", "neutral" or "moderate." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "zentral" is derived from the French word "central" and can also refer to a place where public services are concentrated. |
| Macedonian | Централно може да значи и "главно" како у административном, тако и у значењу најбитније.} |
| Malagasy | The word "foibe" in Malagasy means "central", but can also refer to the central highlands of the country known as the "Central Plateau". |
| Malay | The word "tengah" in Malay is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *taŋah, meaning "middle" or "centre". |
| Malayalam | The word "കേന്ദ്ര" (kēndra) in Malayalam, meaning "central," is also used in astrology to refer to the 12 houses of the zodiac, each of which represents a different aspect of life. |
| Maltese | Maltese word ċentrali can mean either 'central' or 'nerve center' depending on the context. |
| Maori | Pokapū refers to both the literal center and the abstract core of something in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "मध्यवर्ती" can also refer to an intermediary or middleman. |
| Mongolian | The word "төв" can also mean "middle" or "centre" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "ဗဟို" can also mean the heart or centre of something. |
| Nepali | The word "केन्द्रीय" is derived from the Sanskrit word "केन्द्र" meaning "center" or "core". It can also mean "main", "chief", or "principal". |
| Norwegian | The word "sentral" in Norwegian originally meant "seat" or "throne". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chapakati" in Nyanja (Chichewa) can also refer to a place where people gossip or gather. |
| Pashto | The word "مرکزي" (markazi) is derived from the Arabic word "مركز" (markaz), which means "center" or "headquarters." |
| Persian | The Persian word مرکزی (markazi) can also refer to a branch, department, or office of an organization. |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "centralny" also has the meaning of "middle", as in "the middle finger" (palec centralny). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Central" can also mean "telephone exchange" or "telephone operator" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | ਕੇਂਦਰੀ (kendrī) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'kendra', meaning a 'place' or 'region'. It can also refer to a 'pivot' or 'turning-point'. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "central" can also refer to a central power plant or the center of a city or administrative division. |
| Russian | The word "центральный" ("central") in Russian can also refer to the main office of an organization or institution. |
| Samoan | The word "ogatotonu" can also refer to the middle of a group of people or objects. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word “meadhan” also connotes a physical middle, a centre point between two others and a point of balance and equilibrium. |
| Serbian | The word "централни" can also mean "main" or "principal" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "bohareng" in Sesotho originates from the verb "ho boha" meaning "to give" or "to donate". |
| Shona | "Pakati" in Shona also means "the main part" or "the heart of the matter." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word “مرڪزي” also means “main” or “primary”. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "මධ්යම" (madhyama) derives from Sanskrit "मध्यम" (madhyama), meaning "middle, central" and is cognate with English "medium". |
| Slovak | Besides 'central', centrálny can also mean 'centrifugal' or 'centralizing' in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "osrednji" comes from the Latin word "centralis", which means "relating to the center". |
| Somali | The word "dhexe" also means "middle". |
| Spanish | The word "central" in Spanish can also mean "main" or "principal." |
| Sundanese | "Tengah" in Sundanese can also mean "half" or "middle". |
| Swahili | The word “katikati” in Swahili also means "in the middle" or "among". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "central" derives from the Latin word "centrum" which means "center" or "middle". The term "central" implies something at the center or core of a system, organization, geographic location, or concept and can refer to a headquarters, a main office, or a hub. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "sentral" also means "essence" or "core" and is often used in the context of defining a person's character or a concept's fundamental nature. |
| Tajik | The word "марказӣ" is derived from the Arabic word "مركز" meaning "center" or "main point". |
| Tamil | In Tamil, the word மைய "central" also refers to an inked center dot used for drawing. |
| Telugu | కేంద్ర can also mean principal, cardinal, central figure, or essential. |
| Thai | ศูนย์กลาง (soonyaklang): the middle or core of something, a point of focus, a meeting point |
| Turkish | The word "merkezi" is derived from the Arabic word "markaz" and can also refer to a headquarters or hub. |
| Ukrainian | The word "центральний" can also mean "main" or "principal" in Ukrainian |
| Urdu | The word "مرکزی" (markazī) in Urdu also means "the center of a circle", "the middle point", and "the main point or focus of something". |
| Uzbek | The word "markaziy" shares its root with the Persian word "markaz" meaning "center" or "nucleus", and can also refer to a "central point" or "main place" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Trung tâm" (central) is also a word of Sino-Vietnamese origin, derived from the Chinese word "中心" (zhongxin). |
| Welsh | Canalog derives from the Welsh words "can" (middle) and "awl" (all) |
| Xhosa | The word 'embindini' also has the alternate meaning of 'middle' or 'in the middle'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word צענטראלע ('tsentrale') also means 'telephone exchange' in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | Aarin can mean 'middle' in context. |
| Zulu | The word "maphakathi" can also refer to a gathering place or a center. |
| English | The word "central" originates from the Latin word "centrum," meaning "center" or "middle," and is related to the Greek word "kentron," meaning "point." |