Clock in Different Languages
Discover 'Clock' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Clock
Afrikaans klok | ||
Albanian ora | ||
Amharic ሰዓት | ||
Arabic ساعة حائط | ||
Armenian ժամացույց | ||
Assamese ঘড়ী | ||
Aymara riluju | ||
Azerbaijani saat | ||
Bambara mɔnturu | ||
Basque erlojua | ||
Belarusian гадзіннік | ||
Bengali ঘড়ি | ||
Bhojpuri घड़ी | ||
Bosnian sat | ||
Bulgarian часовник | ||
Catalan rellotge | ||
Cebuano orasan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 时钟 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 時鐘 | ||
Corsican rillogiu | ||
Croatian sat | ||
Czech hodiny | ||
Danish ur | ||
Dhivehi ގަޑި | ||
Dogri घड़ी | ||
Dutch klok | ||
English clock | ||
Esperanto horloĝo | ||
Estonian kell | ||
Ewe gaƒoɖokui | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) orasan | ||
Finnish kello | ||
French l'horloge | ||
Frisian klok | ||
Galician reloxo | ||
Georgian საათი | ||
German uhr | ||
Greek ρολόι | ||
Guarani aravopapaha | ||
Gujarati ઘડિયાળ | ||
Haitian Creole revèy | ||
Hausa agogo | ||
Hawaiian uaki | ||
Hebrew שָׁעוֹן | ||
Hindi घड़ी | ||
Hmong moos | ||
Hungarian óra | ||
Icelandic klukka | ||
Igbo elekere | ||
Ilocano orasan | ||
Indonesian jam | ||
Irish clog | ||
Italian orologio | ||
Japanese 時計 | ||
Javanese jam | ||
Kannada ಗಡಿಯಾರ | ||
Kazakh сағат | ||
Khmer នាឡិកា | ||
Kinyarwanda isaha | ||
Konkani घड्याळ | ||
Korean 시계 | ||
Krio klok | ||
Kurdish seet | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کاتژمێر | ||
Kyrgyz саат | ||
Lao ໂມງ | ||
Latin horologium | ||
Latvian pulksteni | ||
Lingala montre | ||
Lithuanian laikrodis | ||
Luganda essaawa | ||
Luxembourgish auer | ||
Macedonian часовник | ||
Maithili घड़ी | ||
Malagasy famantaranandro | ||
Malay jam | ||
Malayalam ക്ലോക്ക് | ||
Maltese arloġġ | ||
Maori karaka | ||
Marathi घड्याळ | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯘꯔꯤ | ||
Mizo sona | ||
Mongolian цаг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နာရီ | ||
Nepali घडी | ||
Norwegian klokke | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wotchi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଘଣ୍ଟା | ||
Oromo sa'atii | ||
Pashto ساعت | ||
Persian ساعت | ||
Polish zegar | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) relógio | ||
Punjabi ਘੜੀ | ||
Quechua reloj | ||
Romanian ceas | ||
Russian часы | ||
Samoan uati | ||
Sanskrit घटिका | ||
Scots Gaelic gleoc | ||
Sepedi nako | ||
Serbian сат | ||
Sesotho tshupanako | ||
Shona wachi | ||
Sindhi گھڙي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඔරලෝසුව | ||
Slovak hodiny | ||
Slovenian ura | ||
Somali saacad | ||
Spanish reloj | ||
Sundanese jam | ||
Swahili saa | ||
Swedish klocka | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) orasan | ||
Tajik соат | ||
Tamil கடிகாரம் | ||
Tatar сәгать | ||
Telugu గడియారం | ||
Thai นาฬิกา | ||
Tigrinya ሰዓት | ||
Tsonga tliloko | ||
Turkish saat | ||
Turkmen sagat | ||
Twi (Akan) wɔɔkye | ||
Ukrainian годинник | ||
Urdu گھڑی | ||
Uyghur سائەت | ||
Uzbek soat | ||
Vietnamese đồng hồ | ||
Welsh cloc | ||
Xhosa iwotshi | ||
Yiddish זייגער | ||
Yoruba aago | ||
Zulu iwashi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "klok" is a cognate of English "clock", with a possible secondary meaning of "bell or gong". |
| Albanian | The root of "ora" can be traced back to ancient Greek, where it originally meant "season" or "time of year".} |
| Amharic | Derived from Arabic "sa'ah" (hour), in Amharic "sə'at" can also refer to "time" or a "moment". |
| Arabic | In the Arab world, a "ساعة حائط" (clock) can also refer to a "pocket watch" or "wristwatch". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ժամացույց" (clock) derives from the Greek words "χρόνος" (time) and "δείκτης" (indicator) |
| Azerbaijani | The word "saat" in Azerbaijani derives from the Persian word "sā'at" and can also refer to a period of time (e.g., an hour). |
| Basque | The word "erlojua" can also refer to a "watch" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "гадзіннік" comes from the Greek word "horologion", meaning "time measurer". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "ঘড়ি" can also refer to an hourglass or a sundial, instruments that were used to tell time before modern clocks. |
| Bosnian | The word "sat" also has the alternate meaning of "hour" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "часовник" can also refer to a prayer book or a watch. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word «rellotge» originates from the Latin word «horologium», meaning «timepiece». However, in some areas of Catalonia, it is also used to refer to a «watch». |
| Cebuano | "Orasan" is derived from the Spanish word "horas", meaning "hours". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "时钟"的汉字分解为"时"（时间）和"钟"（敲击），指通过有规律地敲击来报时的装置。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Traditional Chinese, 時鐘 (clock) is also pronounced "shizhong". 時 corresponds to the English word "time", and 鐘 means "bell" or "gong". |
| Corsican | The word 'rillogiu' is derived from the Latin word 'horologium', which means 'timepiece' or 'clock'. |
| Croatian | The word "sat" also means "hour" or "o'clock" in Croatian, derived from the Latin "hora". |
| Czech | The Czech word hodiny not only means 'clock', but is also used in a plural sense to mean 'watch' |
| Danish | The Danish word "ur" is derived from the Germanic word "ura", meaning "timepiece". |
| Dutch | The origin of the Dutch word "klok" may also be onomatopoeic, referring to the ticking of a clock |
| Esperanto | The word "horloĝo" is derived from the Latin word "horologium", meaning "timepiece". It can also refer to a sundial or an hourglass. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "kell" is derived from the Old Norse "klocka" meaning "bell", which is also the origin of the English word "clock". |
| Finnish | The word 'kello' has cognates in most other Uralic languages, such as 'kell' in Estonian, and it may originate from an Indo-European root *gʰel- ('to sound'). |
| French | The word “l’horloge” derives from Latin's "horologium", the Greek word for "hour" being "hora". |
| Frisian | In Frisian the word "klok" not only means "clock" it also refers to a bell tower. |
| Galician | The Galician word "reloxo" originates from the Latin "horologium", meaning "time-telling instrument". |
| Georgian | The word 'საათი' is derived from the Arabic word 'saat', meaning 'hour'. |
| German | The German word "Uhr" derives from the Latin word "hora" (hour) and the Germanic word "uz-werkā" (work during day). |
| Greek | The word "ρολόι" (clock) comes from the Italian word "orologio", which itself comes from the Latin word "horologium", meaning "timepiece". |
| Gujarati | The word "ઘડિયાળ" (clock) is derived from the Sanskrit word "घटी" (ghati), meaning "hour". It can also mean a "watch" or a "timepiece". |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole revèy comes from French and is a cognate with English 'review' |
| Hausa | "Agogo" is also an exclamation to get attention |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "uaki" can also refer to a type of bird or a specific period of time |
| Hebrew | The word 'sha'on' has ancient Egyptian roots, and means both 'clock' and 'hour' in Hebrew slang. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "घड़ी" can also refer to a "watch" or the "hour" of the day. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "moos" can also refer to the sound made by a cow. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, the word "óra" can also refer to a "period" (as in "time period"). |
| Icelandic | Icelandic "klukka" derives from Old Norse "klukkr", meaning "bell", or the later "klucka", meaning "to cluck". |
| Igbo | In Igbo tradition, 'elekere', which is translated to mean 'hour' or 'clock' also connotes the chime of bells. |
| Indonesian | "Jam" can also refer to any substance that has a jelly-like consistency, such as food preserves or traffic congestion. |
| Irish | Irish "clog" derives from Proto-Celtic "klekwos" meaning "bell" or "noisemaker". |
| Italian | The Italian word "orologio" originally referred to an hourglass, from the Latin "horologium," meaning "device for measuring time." |
| Japanese | "時計" (clock) comes from the kanji 時 (time) and 計 (measure), suggesting its function as a time-measuring device. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "jam" can also refer to a type of traditional dance or to a time period. |
| Kannada | Alternate meanings for "ಗಡಿಯಾರ" include a "boundary" or "limit". |
| Kazakh | The word "сағат" is derived from the Arabic word "sa'ah" which can also mean "time" or "hour". |
| Khmer | The word "នាឡិកា" derives from the Sanskrit word "nālikā" meaning "tube" or "pipe," possibly referring to the water-clocks used in ancient times. |
| Korean | 시계 can also refer to 'a time' in idiomatic usages such as 저녁시계 (lit: in the time of the evening; during evening), or 밥시계 (lit: in the time of eating; at meal time). |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "seet" can also refer to a type of traditional Kurdish water wheel. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "саат" can also mean "hour" or "time", derived from the Persian word "saat" with the same meanings. |
| Lao | The Lao word for clock, ໂມງ, may also refer to a gong, the time the gong is struck, or a type of bird. |
| Latin | The word "horologium" originally referred to any instrument for measuring time, such as a sundial or water clock. |
| Latvian | “Pulkstenis” derives from an alternate form of “pulk” (“a beat”), suggesting its early connection with percussion. |
| Lithuanian | " laikrodis" is a derivative of the Greek word horologion, meaning "time measurer". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Auer" is derived from the Latin word "hora" which also means "time." |
| Macedonian | The word "часовник" in Macedonian also means "watchmaker" and can refer to a person who makes or repairs clocks. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "famantaranandro" literally means "what counts the hours". |
| Malay | The word "jam" in Malay can also mean "hour" or "time". |
| Malayalam | The word "ക്ലോക്ക്" is derived from the Middle English word "clokke", meaning a bell or gong. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word “arloġġ” comes from the Italian word “orologio”, which in turn comes from the Latin word “horologium”, meaning “timepiece”. |
| Maori | The word "karaka" can also refer to the New Zealand native tree Corynocarpus laevigatus, whose fruit is known for its high nutritional qualities. |
| Marathi | "घड्याळ" in Marathi, derived from the Sanskrit word "घटी," also refers to an hourglass or any device that measures time. |
| Mongolian | "Цаг" can also refer to time in general, period, era or epoch. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The Burmese word "နာရီ" is derived from the Pali word "nālikā", which originally referred to a water clock. |
| Nepali | In Nepali, घडी (ghari) originally referred to an hourglass but now also means any time-keeping device. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, the word "klokke" can also refer to a bell, a church bell in particular. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "wotchi" also means "timepiece" and can refer to any device that measures time. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ساعت" originally meant "an astrolabe" and is derived from the Arabic word "ساعة". |
| Persian | The Persian word "ساعت" also means "hour". |
| Polish | The word "zegar" originally referred to an hourglass or sandglass, and only later came to mean a mechanical clock. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "relógio" has its origin in the Latin word "horologium", meaning "time measurer". In everyday speech, it also refers to a wristwatch or a person's watch. |
| Punjabi | "ਘੜੀ" is cognate with the words "घड़ी" in Hindi, "غڑی" in Urdu, and " घडी " in Gujarati originating from Sanskrit "घटिका" meaning "pitcher; pot; bowl containing water with a hole letting the water drop slowly; water clock" possibly used to measure short intervals of time. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "ceas" also means "hour" as a measure of time, similar to its counterparts in other Romance languages like French "heure" and Italian "ora." |
| Russian | The word "Часы" can also refer to "hours" and "hours of work." |
| Samoan | The term 'uati' in Samoan is derived from the Māori word 'wati', which in turn is derived from the English word 'watch' |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "gleoc" derives from the Old Irish "clog", which initially meant "bell" in the context of the early Celtic Church. |
| Serbian | The word "сат" in Serbian is derived from Turkish "saat" which means "time" or "hour". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "tshupanako" originates from the Zulu word "isikupha", which means "alarm". |
| Shona | Wachi can also mean 'time' or 'a period of time', and is thought to derive from the verb 'kuwacha', meaning 'to guard' or 'to watch'. |
| Sindhi | The word "گھڙي" can also refer to a "watch" or a "timepiece." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "ඔරලෝසුව" is a Sinhalese word for "clock", which is derived from the Portuguese "relogio", meaning "small wheel." |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "hodiny" also means "hours" which is a measurement of time in a day, typically 24. |
| Slovenian | Ura may also mean 'an hour', 'time,' 'lesson' or 'appointment'. |
| Somali | The Somali word "saacad" is derived from the Arabic word "sa'ah", which means "hour", and has the additional meaning of "timepiece" in some contexts. |
| Spanish | The word "reloj" comes from the Latin word "horologium," which means "timepiece" or "instrument for measuring time." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "jam" can also refer to a type of sundial used to determine traditional prayer times. |
| Swahili | "Saa" also means "time" in Swahili, and can refer to a specific time of day or a period of time. |
| Swedish | "Klocka" means "bell" in Old Norse, its original function being a bell that calls to assembly. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "orasan" also refers to the time indicated by the clock. |
| Tajik | The word "соат" is derived from the Persian word "sā'at", which ultimately comes from the Arabic word "sā'a", meaning "time", "hour", or "watch". |
| Tamil | "கடிகாரம்" means both "hand" and "clock" in Tamil, due to the rotating hand pointing to hours. |
| Telugu | The word "గడియారం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "घटिका" (ghaṭikā), which means "a part of time" |
| Thai | The Thai word for "clock", "นาฬิกา", is derived from the Sanskrit word "nālikā", meaning "tube" or "stalk", referring to the tube of water used in ancient water clocks. |
| Turkish | The word "saat" is derived from the Arabic word "sa'ah", meaning "hour", and is used in Turkish to refer to both clocks and watches. |
| Ukrainian | The word "годинник" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "godina", meaning "hour". It can also refer to a watch or other device for measuring time. |
| Urdu | گھڑی can also refer to a machine which measures time and strikes at every hour. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, the word "soat" also carries the meaning of "a short break". |
| Vietnamese | "Đồng hồ" can also mean "measure" or "meter", denoting something that measures time, distance, or volume |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'cloc' can also refer to a bell or a gong. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "iwotshi" derives from the onomatopoeic sound of a clock ticking. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "זייגער" also means "watch" or "hourglass". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "àág" can also refer to a timepiece or a period of 12 hours. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, "iwashi" also means "timepiece" or "sandglass." |
| English | The word "clock" derives from the Middle Dutch "klocke", meaning "bell", as early clocks used bells to chime the hour. |