Creation in Different Languages
Discover 'Creation' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Creation
Afrikaans skepping | ||
Albanian krijim | ||
Amharic ፍጥረት | ||
Arabic خلق | ||
Armenian ստեղծում | ||
Assamese সৃষ্টি | ||
Aymara luraña | ||
Azerbaijani yaradılış | ||
Bambara danfɛnw dabɔli | ||
Basque sorkuntza | ||
Belarusian стварэнне | ||
Bengali সৃষ্টি | ||
Bhojpuri सृष्टि के बारे में बतावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian kreacija | ||
Bulgarian творение | ||
Catalan creació | ||
Cebuano paglalang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 创建 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 創建 | ||
Corsican creazione | ||
Croatian stvaranje | ||
Czech tvorba | ||
Danish skabelse | ||
Dhivehi އުފެއްދުމެވެ | ||
Dogri सृष्टि | ||
Dutch creatie | ||
English creation | ||
Esperanto kreado | ||
Estonian looming | ||
Ewe nuwɔwɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) paglikha | ||
Finnish luominen | ||
French création | ||
Frisian kreaasje | ||
Galician creación | ||
Georgian შექმნა | ||
German schaffung | ||
Greek δημιουργία | ||
Guarani creación rehegua | ||
Gujarati બનાવટ | ||
Haitian Creole kreyasyon | ||
Hausa halitta | ||
Hawaiian hanaia ana | ||
Hebrew יצירה | ||
Hindi सृष्टि | ||
Hmong kev tsim | ||
Hungarian teremtés | ||
Icelandic sköpun | ||
Igbo okike | ||
Ilocano panamarsua | ||
Indonesian penciptaan | ||
Irish cruthú | ||
Italian creazione | ||
Japanese 創造 | ||
Javanese titah | ||
Kannada ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ | ||
Kazakh құру | ||
Khmer ការបង្កើត | ||
Kinyarwanda kurema | ||
Konkani सृश्टी करप | ||
Korean 창조 | ||
Krio krieshɔn | ||
Kurdish xuliqî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دروستکردن | ||
Kyrgyz жаратуу | ||
Lao ການສ້າງ | ||
Latin creaturae | ||
Latvian radīšana | ||
Lingala bozalisi | ||
Lithuanian kūryba | ||
Luganda okutonda | ||
Luxembourgish kreatioun | ||
Macedonian создавање | ||
Maithili सृष्टि | ||
Malagasy zavaboary | ||
Malay ciptaan | ||
Malayalam സൃഷ്ടി | ||
Maltese ħolqien | ||
Maori hanga | ||
Marathi निर्मिती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯃꯒꯠꯄꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo thil siam a ni | ||
Mongolian бүтээл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖန်တီးမှု | ||
Nepali सृष्टि | ||
Norwegian opprettelse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chilengedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସୃଷ୍ଟି | ||
Oromo uumama | ||
Pashto جوړول | ||
Persian ایجاد | ||
Polish kreacja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) criação | ||
Punjabi ਰਚਨਾ | ||
Quechua kamasqa | ||
Romanian creare | ||
Russian создание | ||
Samoan foafoaga | ||
Sanskrit सृष्टिः | ||
Scots Gaelic cruthachadh | ||
Sepedi tlholo | ||
Serbian стварање | ||
Sesotho popo | ||
Shona zvisikwa | ||
Sindhi تخليق | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නිර්මාණය | ||
Slovak stvorenie | ||
Slovenian ustvarjanje | ||
Somali abuurid | ||
Spanish creación | ||
Sundanese ciptaan | ||
Swahili uumbaji | ||
Swedish skapande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) likha | ||
Tajik офариниш | ||
Tamil படைப்பு | ||
Tatar барлыкка китерү | ||
Telugu సృష్టి | ||
Thai การสร้าง | ||
Tigrinya ፍጥረት እዩ። | ||
Tsonga ku tumbuluxiwa | ||
Turkish oluşturma | ||
Turkmen döretmek | ||
Twi (Akan) adebɔ | ||
Ukrainian створення | ||
Urdu تخلیق | ||
Uyghur يارىتىش | ||
Uzbek yaratish | ||
Vietnamese sự sáng tạo | ||
Welsh creu | ||
Xhosa indalo | ||
Yiddish שאַפונג | ||
Yoruba ẹda | ||
Zulu indalo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, 'skepping' can also refer to the physical act of creation or the process of making something. |
| Albanian | The word "krijim" also has connotations of "birth", "existence", and "origin". |
| Amharic | The word ፍጥረት also means "birth" or "nature" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "خلق" (creation) also carries connotations of "inventing" or "composing" something new. |
| Armenian | "Ստեղծում" in Armenian also means "fabrication, construct, invention, birth, formation, conception, establishment, production, formation, breeding, composition, generation, and foundation." |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "yaradılış" also refers to the origin or nature of something. |
| Basque | The Basque word 'sorkuntza' not only means 'creation', but also refers to the 'act of establishing something new'. |
| Belarusian | The verb |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "সৃষ্টি" can also refer to a "literary composition" or "work of art". |
| Bosnian | "Kreacija" in Bosnian also refers to a "fashion show". |
| Bulgarian | Творение, a word for "creation" in Bulgarian, is also used in the context of a work of art or literature. |
| Catalan | Creació can also refer to a type of poem that praises God or the Virgin Mary. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The original meaning of "创建" was "make something new" rather than "the act of making something new". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「創」 can mean "wound" or "cut", and 「建」 means "to establish" or "to build", so 「創建」 literally means "to establish a wound" or "to build a cut". |
| Corsican | The word "creazione" in Corsican can also refer to a type of traditional Corsican folk music. |
| Croatian | "Stvaranje" in Croatian is etymologically related to "tvar", "tvor", and "tvorac", all of which relate to the concepts of existence and formation. |
| Czech | The word "tvorba" is derived from the verb "tvořit" (to create), which is related to the Proto-Slavic root *tьvoriti and further to the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰwer- (to do). |
| Danish | In Danish, "skabelse" not only means "creation" but also "creature" or "being" |
| Dutch | The Dutch word ''creatie'' can also mean ''creature'' or ''piece of art''. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto 'kreado' is derived from 'krei', meaning to create, and 'ado', meaning the act.} |
| Estonian | The word "looming" can also refer to something that is large and imposing, such as a building or a mountain. |
| Finnish | The word 'luominen' also refers to a type of Finnish folk poem, similar to an epic. |
| French | « Création » vient du latin *creatio*, « action de créer », et recouvre aussi le sens de « chose créée ». |
| Frisian | The word "kreaasje" is derived from the Latin "creatio", meaning "a bringing into being". |
| Galician | In Galician, "creación" can mean "breeding" (of animals) and "foundation" (of a company or institution). |
| German | The word 'Schaffung' is derived from the verb 'schaffen' ('to create'), and also has the alternate meaning of 'provision' or 'procurement'. |
| Greek | The word "δημιουργία" in Greek has alternate meanings such as "order" or "formation", and etymologically relates to the "demiurge" in Plato's philosophy. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "બનાવટ" (banaavat) has additional meanings such as "art" or "artificiality" in English. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word “kreyasyon” can also refer to the act of creating or producing something, similar to “creation” in English. |
| Hausa | Hausa word halitta means "creation" but also "being born" and "the act of giving birth". |
| Hawaiian | Hanaia ana can also refer to a type of spiritual ceremony used to connect with the spirit world. |
| Hebrew | "יצירה" (yetzirah) also means "formation" in the sense of "literary composition," like the Talmudic tractate by that name. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'सृष्टि' (creation) is derived from the Sanskrit root 'srij', meaning 'to let go' or 'to send forth'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word 'kev tsim' literally translates to 'making' or 'production', a broader concept than 'creation', which typically refers to something brought into existence from nothing. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word `Teremtés` also means `realm, domain, universe` or `nature` in archaic or poetic usage. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "sköpun" also refers to the "form" in which something is present. |
| Igbo | The word 'okike' is also used to describe the universe, the natural world, and the environment. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word penciptaan is derived from the Sanskrit word srishti (creation) and also has the secondary meaning of a work of art. |
| Irish | The word 'cruthú' in Irish may also refer to 'form', 'shape', or 'appearance'. |
| Italian | In Italian, "creazione" originates from the Latin "creatio," encompassing a wider range of meanings including "reproduction" and "foundation." |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "創造" also implies "re-creation" or "innovation," and is closely entwined with the act of "playing" or "amusement." |
| Javanese | **Tatah** is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word ‘taq’, and also has the meaning ‘carved’ or ‘written’. |
| Kannada | "ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ" in Kannada originates from Sanskrit "सृष्टि" meaning "creation," "composition," or "production" |
| Kazakh | "Құру" also means "to build" or "to construct" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "ការបង្កើត" in Khmer can also refer to the process of making or producing something, or the result of that process. |
| Korean | "창조" is also used to refer to the act of making something new, such as a work of art or a business. |
| Kurdish | The word "xuliqî" can also refer to the act of designing or forming something. |
| Kyrgyz | The word 'жаратуу' also means 'the act of giving birth' in Kyrgyz, demonstrating the deep connection between creation and procreation in the Kyrgyz worldview. |
| Latin | The Latin word "creaturae" can refer to both created beings and the act of creating itself. |
| Latvian | The word "radīšana" in Latvian also refers to the act or process of making or doing something. |
| Lithuanian | The word "kūryba" shares its root "kur-" with "kūrimas" ("formation"), "kūrinys" ("work"), "kurti" ("to build"), and "kur" ("where"). |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Kreatioun" in Luxembourgish can also refer to "a creative work" or "a product of creativity". |
| Macedonian | The word "создавање" means "creation" in Macedonian and derives from the Proto-Slavic word "sъzьdati" meaning "to create" which is cognate with English "sound" and Sanskrit "śunáuti". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'zavaboary' is derived from the root 'vory' ('to create') and the prefix 'za-' ('to do' or 'to cause'). It carries the sense of bringing something into existence or causing something to happen. |
| Malay | "Ciptaan" in Malay also means "invention" or "something that is created through human effort or imagination." |
| Malayalam | In Sanskrit, "സൃഷ്ടി" means both "creation" and "the world" as well as "progeny." |
| Maltese | Maltese "ħolqien" stems from Arabic "khalq" which also means "creature" or "birth". |
| Maori | In Maori, “hanga” can refer to creations of both physical and spiritual nature and also means “to bear a child”. |
| Marathi | The word "निर्मिती" means "creation" or "production" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "निर्मिति" (creation). |
| Mongolian | The original word ‘бүтээх’ means ‘to form out of nothing’. In a narrower sense, it means ‘to make’, ‘to create something in general’.”} |
| Nepali | The Sanskrit word 'सृष्टि' ('srishti') also means 'composition,' as in literary composition. |
| Norwegian | "Opprettelse" also refers to an establishment as an institution, organization, or arrangement. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In addition to 'creation,' 'chilengedwe' can also mean 'the universe' or 'the world.' |
| Pashto | The word "جوړول" also means "making" or "producing" in Pashto. |
| Persian | Etymology of "ایجاد": 'ijād' is an Arabic-derived word meaning both 'creation' and 'producing something' |
| Polish | The word "kreacja" also means "fashion" in Polish, possibly as this field includes the artistic creation of new looks and designs. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In the 15th century Brazil, 'criação' referred to the act of breeding cattle. |
| Punjabi | "ਰਚਨਾ" comes from "rachna" in Sanskrit, meaning "to make" or "to create," but can also refer to a "composition" or "literary work." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "creare" ultimately derives from the Latin "creare", meaning "to produce" or "to bring into existence". |
| Russian | The Russian word "создание" can also be used to refer to the act of creation or the result of creation. |
| Samoan | While 'foafoaga' means 'creation' in Samoan, it also means 'the act of causing something to happen'. |
| Scots Gaelic | Cruthachadh also carries the meaning "appearance" and is used in the context of a person's "look" or "expression" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'стварање' is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word 'сътворити' meaning 'to create', and also has the alternate meaning of 'creature' or 'being'. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word 'popo' not only refers to creation, but also to the concept of a seed or the first item in a sequence. |
| Sindhi | The word "تخليق" in Sindhi literally means "to mold," and has an alternate meaning of "to make from nothing." |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "stvorenie" also means "creature". |
| Slovenian | "Ustvarjanje" can also mean "establishing" or "founding" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | 'Abuurid' also means 'origin' or 'source' in Somali. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "creación" also means "belief" or "dogma." |
| Sundanese | "Ciptaan" in Sundanese can also refer to a work of art or a product of the imagination. |
| Swahili | The word "uumbaji" in Swahili is derived from the verb "umba" which means "to shape, to mold, to form" and "aji" which means "condition, state, quality, property, attribute" indicating that creation involves transforming something from an unformed state to a structured form. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "skapande" originally referred to the act of creating something, but has since come to mean "creation" itself. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In the Philippines, the word "likha" also refers to an act of making something out of available materials. |
| Tajik | The word "офариниш" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "آفرینش" (āfarinesh), which means "creation" or "act of creating". |
| Tamil | படைப்பு is a Tamil word that means 'creation' and shares a root with padaippu, which means 'army' and 'force'. |
| Telugu | The word "సృష్టి" (creation) in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "srsti," which also means "production" or "projection." |
| Thai | คำว่า "การสร้าง" ยังหมายถึงการแต่งเพลงร้องเพลง การแต่งหนังสือ การออกแบบวาดภาพ และการประดิษฐ์สิ่งของบางอย่าง |
| Turkish | "Oluşturma" also means "occurrence" or "taking place" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "створення" (creation) is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "сътворити" (to create), which is related to the Sanskrit word "srj" (to create). |
| Urdu | تخلیق in Urdu can also refer to 'liberation' or 'emptying out'. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "yaratish" also means "to arrange" or "to prepare." |
| Vietnamese | "Sáng tạo" means both "creation" and "creativity" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "creu" (pronounced "cray") can also mean "growth" or "multiplication." |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "indalo" also refers to the art of creation. |
| Yiddish | The word 'שאַפונג' in Yiddish can also refer to a 'figure' or 'shape', alluding to its creation from something formless. |
| Yoruba | Ẹda in Yoruba also means 'nature' and is an honorific for women, often in a name such as Ẹda-ọba. |
| Zulu | Indalo originates from the Zulu word "indawo", meaning "place" and is also associated with the notion of "home" or "village" in Zulu culture. |
| English | The word 'creation' derives from the Latin 'creatio', meaning 'the act of creating', and is also associated with the concept of 'creating something from nothing' in theology. |