Afrikaans oes | ||
Albanian kulture | ||
Amharic ሰብል | ||
Arabic ا & قتصاص | ||
Armenian բերք | ||
Assamese শস্য | ||
Aymara yapu | ||
Azerbaijani məhsul | ||
Bambara sɛnɛ fɛnw | ||
Basque laborantza | ||
Belarusian ўраджай | ||
Bengali ফসল | ||
Bhojpuri फसल | ||
Bosnian rezati | ||
Bulgarian реколта | ||
Catalan cultiu | ||
Cebuano ani | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 作物 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 作物 | ||
Corsican culturi | ||
Croatian usjev | ||
Czech oříznutí | ||
Danish afgrøde | ||
Dhivehi ގޮވާން | ||
Dogri फसल | ||
Dutch bijsnijden | ||
English crop | ||
Esperanto rikolto | ||
Estonian saak | ||
Ewe nuku | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pananim | ||
Finnish sato | ||
French surgir | ||
Frisian crop | ||
Galician cultivo | ||
Georgian მოსავალი | ||
German ernte | ||
Greek καλλιέργεια | ||
Guarani ñemitỹ | ||
Gujarati પાક | ||
Haitian Creole rekòt | ||
Hausa amfanin gona | ||
Hawaiian ʻohi | ||
Hebrew יְבוּל | ||
Hindi काटना | ||
Hmong qoob loo | ||
Hungarian vág | ||
Icelandic uppskera | ||
Igbo ihe ubi | ||
Ilocano ani | ||
Indonesian tanaman | ||
Irish barr | ||
Italian ritaglia | ||
Japanese 作物 | ||
Javanese panen | ||
Kannada ಬೆಳೆ | ||
Kazakh егін | ||
Khmer ដំណាំ | ||
Kinyarwanda imyaka | ||
Konkani पीक | ||
Korean 수확고 | ||
Krio tin we yu plant | ||
Kurdish zadçinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) قرتاندن | ||
Kyrgyz түшүм | ||
Lao ພືດ | ||
Latin seges | ||
Latvian kultūru | ||
Lingala biloko balongoli na bilanga | ||
Lithuanian pasėlių | ||
Luganda ekirime | ||
Luxembourgish crop | ||
Macedonian култура | ||
Maithili फसल | ||
Malagasy vokatra | ||
Malay potong | ||
Malayalam വിള | ||
Maltese uċuħ tar-raba ' | ||
Maori hua | ||
Marathi पीक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯍꯩꯃꯔꯣꯡ | ||
Mizo thlai | ||
Mongolian ургац | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သီးနှံရိတ်သိမ်းမှု | ||
Nepali बाली | ||
Norwegian avling | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mbewu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଫସଲ | ||
Oromo midhaan | ||
Pashto فصل | ||
Persian محصول | ||
Polish przyciąć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) colheita | ||
Punjabi ਫਸਲ | ||
Quechua tarpuy | ||
Romanian a decupa | ||
Russian урожай | ||
Samoan fua | ||
Sanskrit अन्नग्रह | ||
Scots Gaelic bàrr | ||
Sepedi puno | ||
Serbian усев | ||
Sesotho sejalo | ||
Shona chirimwa | ||
Sindhi فصل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බෝග | ||
Slovak plodina | ||
Slovenian pridelek | ||
Somali dalagga | ||
Spanish cosecha | ||
Sundanese pepelakan | ||
Swahili mazao | ||
Swedish beskära | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ani | ||
Tajik зироат | ||
Tamil பயிர் | ||
Tatar уҗым культурасы | ||
Telugu పంట | ||
Thai ครอบตัด | ||
Tigrinya እኽሊ | ||
Tsonga ximila | ||
Turkish mahsul | ||
Turkmen ekin | ||
Twi (Akan) nnɔbaeɛ | ||
Ukrainian урожай | ||
Urdu فصل | ||
Uyghur زىرائەت | ||
Uzbek hosil | ||
Vietnamese mùa vụ | ||
Welsh cnwd | ||
Xhosa isityalo | ||
Yiddish שניידן | ||
Yoruba irugbin | ||
Zulu isivuno |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "oes" in Afrikaans also refers to the gullet or esophagus. |
| Albanian | "Kulture" can also mean "harvest" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "ሰብል" is derived from the Proto-Ethio-Semitic root "s-b-r" meaning "to cut or break off." |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "اقتصاص" (iqtisas) comes from the root ق-ص, which means "to cut" or "to divide", indicating its connection to the process of cutting and harvesting crops. |
| Azerbaijani | Although its current meaning is restricted to plant products, the word məhsul originally meant any product in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Originally, 'laborantza' meant 'toil' in Basque but shifted its meaning to farming over time. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "ўраджай" (crop) originates from the Proto-Slavic word "*orъdъje" meaning "harvest" or "time for harvesting". |
| Bengali | "ফসল" (crop) originates from the Sanskrit word "फसल" (fasala), meaning "harvest"} |
| Bosnian | In the Croatian and Bosnian languages, "rezati" not only means "crop" but also signifies "cut" or "slice". |
| Bulgarian | Bulgaria's 'rekolta' derives from Turkish 'rekolte' and means a 'group' or 'collection' |
| Catalan | "Cultiu" also means "cult" in Catalan, in the sense of the worship of a particular practice or activity. |
| Cebuano | The word "ani" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word for "harvest" or "crop". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "作" in "作物" also means "to create", giving the word the additional meaning of "something that is created". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The earliest recorded use of "作物" was in the 1st century BCE, with a meaning of "something made". |
| Corsican | The word "culturi" can also mean "culture" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | "Ušjev" can also mean "harvest" or "yield" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "oříznutí" can also refer to a type of hair trim or to a reduction in the amount of something. |
| Danish | The word "afgrøde" derives from the Old Norse "afgrǫðr," meaning "yield, produce," and is used to refer to the total agricultural yield of a plant. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "Bijsnijden" also refers to the process of adjusting the size or shape of an image to fit a particular format. |
| Esperanto | The word "rikolto" is derived from the Latin word "recoltus", which means "gathering" or "harvesting". |
| Estonian | "Saak" also denotes profit or loot in a wider sense (compare to German "Sache") |
| Finnish | Sato can also refer to a "harvest" or "hauling in" of something, such as satoa kalaa, "a big catch of fish". |
| French | The French word "surgir" originates from the Latin word "surgo" which means "to rise" and has the alternate meaning of "to appear". |
| Frisian | Frisian word "crop" also means "gizzard". |
| Galician | Galician 'cultivo' comes from the Latin 'cultūra', which refers to anything cultivated, including land, vines, and the mind. |
| Georgian | The word "მოსავალი" in Georgian is derived from Persian "hasl", which means "harvest" or "result". |
| German | "Ernte" is cognate with "harvest" in English, both deriving from the Proto-Indo-European word "*ker-/*sker-/*kr- "to cut." |
| Greek | The modern Greek word καλλιέργεια stems from the ancient Greek verb καλλιεργέω, meaning "to cultivate" or "to till" as well as "to improve". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "પાક" can also refer to "ripening fruit" or "to achieve maturity and perfection, " a broader sense than the standard English translation to "crop." |
| Haitian Creole | Rekòt, also a Kreyòl term for the harvesting of crops, ultimately derives from the French word "récolte" with the same meaning. |
| Hausa | "Amfanin gona" may also refer to the yield or produce of a crop. |
| Hawaiian | The word 'ʻohi' can also refer to the process of harvesting or gathering fruits. |
| Hebrew | "יבול" in Hebrew relates to "yielding" or "bearing fruit", and shares the same root as "יבלה", meaning "wearing out". |
| Hindi | The word "काटना" in Hindi can also mean "to cut", "to harvest", or "to trim". |
| Hmong | In the Hmong-speaking regions of Vietnam, "qoob loo" also refers to the portion of land left in the rice field after the rice has been harvested. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "Vág" is thought to be derived from the Proto-Uralic "*wakä", meaning "to cut". |
| Icelandic | Uppskera is also the past tense of 'uppskera' ('to put up'). |
| Igbo | "Ihe ubi" can also refer to the produce of a person's farm or other work, such as their earnings or salary. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'tanaman' can also refer to ornamental plants or plantations. |
| Irish | The word "barr" can also refer to a "top" or "summit" in Irish. |
| Italian | "Ritaglia" comes from the Latin word "retaliare" which means "cut off". |
| Japanese | 作物 can also mean an action or behavior |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'panen' has a metaphorical meaning related to receiving the results of one's actions or efforts. |
| Kannada | In agricultural contexts, "ಬೆಳೆ" refers not only to the harvest but also to the plants cultivated for that harvest. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word for "crop" (егін) also has meanings related to food and livestock. |
| Khmer | The word "ដំណាំ" ("crop") in Khmer can also refer to a plantation or a plot of land used for growing crops. |
| Korean | "수확고" can also refer to the results of an action, like the amount of money earned. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "zadçinî" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰed- "to gather", shared with the English word "crop". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "түшүм" also means "income" or "earnings". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ພືດ" (crop) originally referred to plants in general, and is still used in that sense in some contexts. |
| Latin | The word "seges" also means "a band of reapers", indicating its close association with harvesting. |
| Latvian | The word "kultūru" in Latvian originates from the Old Slavic word "kultura", which means "to cultivate" or "till the soil." |
| Lithuanian | The word "pasėlių" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word meaning "to sow". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word 'Crop' can also refer to a 'craw' or 'stomach' of a bird or animal. |
| Macedonian | The word "култура" also means "culture" in Macedonian, a testament to the close relationship between agriculture and civilization in Macedonian society. |
| Malagasy | The word "vokatra" comes from the Proto-Austronesian word "*puqan", meaning "to sow or plant". |
| Malay | "Potong" can also mean "to cut" or "to sever" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'വിള' ('crop') is derived from the Proto-Dravidian *vil, meaning 'to sow or plant'. |
| Maltese | Maltese word “uċuħ tar-raba” or “uċuħ” (crops) derives from Arabic “wujuh”, meaning faces, with agricultural sense, also in Sicilian: “arba” (field). |
| Maori | In Maori, "hua" can also refer to a flower, fruit, or offspring. |
| Marathi | The Sanskrit word 'pic' (meaning 'to cut') is the root of the Marathi word पीक ('crop'). |
| Mongolian | The word "ургац" can also refer to a harvest or the act of gathering crops. |
| Nepali | The word 'बाली' can also refer to a bundle of harvested crops or a sacrificial offering, reflecting its multifaceted significance in Nepali agriculture and religious practices. |
| Norwegian | "Avling" also means "offspring" or "brood" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mbewu" originally referred to "seed" but now can also mean "crop". |
| Pashto | While "فصل" primarily means "crop" in Pashto, it can also refer to "harvest" or "season". |
| Persian | محصول is also used colloquially to refer to any type of product or yield, such as a manufactured good or a piece of writing. |
| Polish | The verb "przyciąć" also means "cut short". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "colheita" can also mean "harvest" or "collection". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਫਸਲ" also refers to the period of time when crops are harvested. |
| Romanian | "A decupa" in Romanian comes from the French word "découper," meaning "to cut out". |
| Russian | The Russian word "урожай" comes from the Proto-Slavic "*orъ" meaning "fruit, crop" or "year", hence the related meaning of "harvest" |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "fua" also refers to fruits and vegetables collectively. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "bàrr" also refers to the leafy tops of plants and the hair of a person or animal's head. |
| Serbian | The word "усев" can also refer to the action of sowing, or to a specific area of land that has been sown. |
| Sesotho | In the phrase "sejalo sa tlhogo", "sejalo" refers to one's scalp rather than harvest. |
| Shona | The word 'chirimwa' is cognate with the Tonga word 'jilimwa' that refers to the maize cob without the kernels. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "فصل" can also refer to the "harvest" or "season". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term 'බෝග' also holds significance in astrology, denoting the division of the ecliptic into 12 sectors. |
| Slovak | The word "plodina" in Slovak derives from the Proto-Slavic root *plodъ, meaning "fruit" or "offspring." |
| Slovenian | The word "pridelek" is derived from the Slovene verb "pridelati" which means "to produce" or "to grow". |
| Somali | The word "dalagga" originates from the Proto-Somali root "*dalag" meaning "to cut" and is cognate with the Oromo word "dalga" also meaning "to cut". |
| Spanish | The word "cosecha" also means "harvest" and derives from the Latin word "colligere" meaning "to gather". |
| Sundanese | The word "pepelakan" in Sundanese has the alternate meaning of "a place where something is planted" |
| Swahili | The word "mazao" in Swahili has roots in the Proto-Bantu word *-zalu, meaning "to grow." |
| Swedish | The term 'beskära' can also refer to a 'reduction in quantity or quality' that is not specific to crops. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "ani" is also the root of the word "anihan," which means "harvest". |
| Tajik | The word "зироат" "ziroat" (crop) derives from Persian "زراعت zira'at" (agriculture, cultivation), which in turn originated from the Arabic root "زرع zara'" (to sow). |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "பயிர்" can also mean "sowing" or "cultivation." |
| Telugu | In Telugu, the word "పంట" can also refer to a field or a harvest. |
| Thai | In English, the word "crop" can also mean "a group of people or animals that are considered as a unit". |
| Turkish | The word “mahsul” in Turkish derives from Arabic, where it primarily means “product” or “result” and also refers to “crop” or “harvest.” |
| Ukrainian | The word "урожай" can also refer to a harvest festival or the amount of produce harvested. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "فصل" can also refer to a season or the act of dividing something into parts |
| Uzbek | In the phrase “hosil berdi” (“the harvest ripened”), “hosil berdi” does not mean a physical crop but the “reward for labor.” |
| Vietnamese | "Mùa vụ" (crop) in Vietnamese comes from the word "mùa" (season), indicating agricultural activities that occur during specific seasons. |
| Welsh | "Cnwd" also means harvest, produce, yield, or growth. |
| Xhosa | The word "isityalo" in Xhosa shares its roots with the isiZulu word "isithelo" and the isiNdebele word "isitshalo," all of which refer to plants, crops, or fruit. |
| Yiddish | The word "שניידן" in Yiddish can also mean "to cut", "to trim", or "to prune." |
| Yoruba | The word "irugbin" can also mean "a farm" or "a field" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'isivuno' can also refer to a 'harvest' or a 'collection of something'. |
| English | The word "crop" derives from the Middle English word "croppen," meaning "to clip" or "to cut," and can refer to a variety of objects or body parts that have been "cut" or "clipped." |