Desk in Different Languages
Discover 'Desk' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Desk
Afrikaans lessenaar | ||
Albanian tavolinë | ||
Amharic ዴስክ | ||
Arabic مكتب | ||
Armenian սեղան | ||
Assamese ডেস্ক | ||
Aymara iskrituryu | ||
Azerbaijani yazı masası | ||
Bambara tabali | ||
Basque mahaia | ||
Belarusian пісьмовы стол | ||
Bengali ডেস্ক | ||
Bhojpuri मेज | ||
Bosnian radni sto | ||
Bulgarian бюро | ||
Catalan escriptori | ||
Cebuano lamesa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 台 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 台 | ||
Corsican scrivania | ||
Croatian radni stol | ||
Czech lavice | ||
Danish skrivebord | ||
Dhivehi ޑެސްކު | ||
Dogri डेस्क | ||
Dutch bureau | ||
English desk | ||
Esperanto skribotablo | ||
Estonian laud | ||
Ewe kplᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mesa | ||
Finnish vastaanotto | ||
French bureau | ||
Frisian buro | ||
Galician mesa | ||
Georgian მაგიდა | ||
German schreibtisch | ||
Greek γραφείο | ||
Guarani mesa mba'apoha | ||
Gujarati ડેસ્ક | ||
Haitian Creole biwo | ||
Hausa tebur | ||
Hawaiian pākaukau | ||
Hebrew שׁוּלְחָן כְּתִיבָה | ||
Hindi डेस्क | ||
Hmong rooj | ||
Hungarian asztal | ||
Icelandic skrifborð | ||
Igbo tebụl | ||
Ilocano lamesaan | ||
Indonesian meja tulis | ||
Irish deasc | ||
Italian scrivania | ||
Japanese 机 | ||
Javanese mejo | ||
Kannada ಮೇಜು | ||
Kazakh жұмыс үстелі | ||
Khmer តុ | ||
Kinyarwanda ameza | ||
Konkani बांक | ||
Korean 책상 | ||
Krio dɛks | ||
Kurdish meza nivîsê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) مێز | ||
Kyrgyz стол | ||
Lao ໂຕະ | ||
Latin desk | ||
Latvian rakstāmgalds | ||
Lingala biro | ||
Lithuanian rašomasis stalas | ||
Luganda meeza | ||
Luxembourgish dësch | ||
Macedonian биро | ||
Maithili टेबल | ||
Malagasy desk | ||
Malay meja | ||
Malayalam ഡെസ്ക്ക് | ||
Maltese skrivanija | ||
Maori tēpu | ||
Marathi डेस्क | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯥꯂ | ||
Mizo dawhkan | ||
Mongolian ширээ | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စားပွဲပေါ်မှာ | ||
Nepali डेस्क | ||
Norwegian skrivebord | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) desiki | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଡେସ୍କ | ||
Oromo barcuma | ||
Pashto ډیسک | ||
Persian میز کار | ||
Polish biurko | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) escrivaninha | ||
Punjabi ਡੈਸਕ | ||
Quechua escritorio | ||
Romanian birou | ||
Russian стол письменный | ||
Samoan kesi | ||
Sanskrit लेखनपीठ | ||
Scots Gaelic deasg | ||
Sepedi teseke | ||
Serbian радни сто | ||
Sesotho deske | ||
Shona tafura | ||
Sindhi ڊيسڪ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මේසය | ||
Slovak písací stôl | ||
Slovenian pisalna miza | ||
Somali miiska | ||
Spanish escritorio | ||
Sundanese méja | ||
Swahili dawati | ||
Swedish skrivbord | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mesa | ||
Tajik миз | ||
Tamil மேசை | ||
Tatar өстәл | ||
Telugu డెస్క్ | ||
Thai โต๊ะทำงาน | ||
Tigrinya ጠረጴዛ | ||
Tsonga desika | ||
Turkish sıra | ||
Turkmen stol | ||
Twi (Akan) akonnwa | ||
Ukrainian письмовий стіл | ||
Urdu ڈیسک | ||
Uyghur ئۈستەل | ||
Uzbek stol | ||
Vietnamese bàn | ||
Welsh desg | ||
Xhosa idesika | ||
Yiddish שרייַבטיש | ||
Yoruba iduro | ||
Zulu ideski |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "lessenaar" is derived from the Dutch word "lessenaar", meaning "reading stand" or "music stand". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "tavolinë" is derived from the Latin word "tabula", meaning "small plank" or a "flat surface used for writing". |
| Amharic | In Amharic, ዴስክ is borrowed from English and originally derived from Spanish “desco”. |
| Arabic | The term "مكتب" originates from the Arabic root "كتب" meaning "to write" and can also refer to a bureau or an office. |
| Armenian | Սեղան (desk) also refers to an altar or table used in religious ceremonies. |
| Azerbaijani | "Yazı masası" in Azerbaijani refers to both a desk, and to the written word, literature, and the act of writing itself. |
| Basque | The word "mahaia" derives from the Proto-Basque word “*maha-i”, from which also derives the word for "tablecloth" ("mahai-txapel") and "apron" ("mahaiko") in different dialects. |
| Belarusian | The word "пісьмовы стол" in Belarusian is derived from the Old East Slavic word "писати" (to write), which is related to the Latin word "scribere" and the Greek word "graphein". Other Slavic languages, such as Russian, Ukrainian and Polish, have similar words for "desk" that are derived from the same root. |
| Bengali | The word "desk" is derived from the Latin word "desca," meaning "table" or "writing surface." |
| Bosnian | The word "radni sto" comes from the word "rad", which means "work". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "бюро" originates from the French and German language and means either office or department. |
| Catalan | The word "escriptori" is derived from the Latin "scriptorium", meaning "writing room" or "office". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "lamesa" also means "table" in Spanish, and may have originated from the Spanish word "mesa" meaning "table". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character 台 can also mean 'platform', 'stage', or 'terrace'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 臺 can also refer to a raised platform or a stage, and its other Chinese character simplification is "台". |
| Corsican | In addition to its original meaning, the Corsican word "scrivania" can also refer to a writing cabinet, a bureau, or an office. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "radni stol" literally translates to "working table". |
| Czech | Lavice was borrowed from German language where it means 'bench' or 'form'. |
| Danish | The word "skrivebord" derives from the Old Norse "skrifa" (write) and "bord" (table). |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "bureau" also means "office" and is derived from the French word "bureau" meaning "cloth covering a writing table". |
| Esperanto | The word "skribotablo" is derived from the Latin words "scribo" (to write) and "tabula" (table). |
| Estonian | In addition to its primary meaning of "desk," "laud" can also refer to a flat surface, a board, or a table in Estonian. |
| Finnish | In addition to 'desk', the word 'vastaanotto' can also mean 'reception' or 'appointment' in Finnish. |
| French | Bureau also means the equivalent of the United States Census Bureau or the Indian Central Statistical Organisation in French. |
| Frisian | "Buro" also means "office" in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, "mesa" can also refer to a table, an altar, or a sacrificial stone, all with similar flat surfaces to a desk. |
| Georgian | The word “მაგიდა” in Georgian comes from Persian and originally meant "carpet, cloth on the floor". |
| German | The German word "Schreibtisch" comes from Middle High German "schrîbetisch", meaning "table for writing" or "writing desk". |
| Greek | "Γραφείο" also signifies "office," which derives from Ancient Greek "γραφέω," "to write." |
| Gujarati | The word 'desk' comes from the Latin word 'desca', meaning 'table'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "biwo" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a table or a counter. |
| Hausa | "Tebur" is also used to refer to a flat area or surface |
| Hawaiian | Pākaukau can also refer to the base of an object, a support or foundation |
| Hebrew | The word שולחן כתיבה means 'writing table' in Hebrew, and is derived from the verb 'שלח' ('to send'), which implies the idea of extending or stretching out. |
| Hindi | "डेस्क" is derived from the Latin "desca", meaning "table". |
| Hmong | The word "rooj" in Hmong can also mean 'seat', 'sofa', or 'bench'. |
| Hungarian | In some dialects, "asztal" also means "table". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word for "desk", skrifborð, literally translates as "writing board". |
| Igbo | "Tebụl" is cognate with "table" and is sometimes also used to mean a dining or study "table". |
| Indonesian | "Meja tulis" also means "writing table" in Indonesian, possibly referring to the table used for writing in the past. |
| Irish | The Irish word "deasc" has alternate meanings of "table" in general and also "writing desk." |
| Italian | The word "scrivania" derives from the Latin word "scribere", meaning "to write". |
| Japanese | The word "机" (desk) can also mean "machine" or "opportunity" and is derived from the Chinese word "幾" (table). |
| Javanese | "Mejo" is also a term for a carpenter, or someone who works at a desk. |
| Kannada | The word "ಮೇಜು" (mēju) is likely derived from the Sanskrit word "मेज" (meja), which means "a table"} |
| Kazakh | The word "жұмыс үстелі" in Kazakh can also be used to refer to a "work table" or "work surface".} |
| Khmer | The word "តុ" can also refer to a "table" or a "platform" in Khmer. |
| Korean | '책상' originates from '책' (book) and '상' (table), meaning a table specifically for books. |
| Kurdish | The word meza nivîsê comes from Persian, meaning "place for writing". Similar words can be traced back to ancient Indo-European languages, such as the Greek verb "menein", meaning "to remain". |
| Kyrgyz | Слово "стол" в кыргызском языке имеет дополнительное значение "гора". |
| Lao | "ໂຕະ" is also sometimes used to refer to the table used for eating as well. |
| Latin | In late Latin, the word "descus" referred to a slanted board used for writing and drawing. |
| Latvian | The word "rakstāmgalds" ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic word "*wrikaną", meaning "to write". |
| Lithuanian | The word rašomasis stalas in Lithuanian literally means "writing table" and comes from the word "rašyti" meaning "to write". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Dësch" is derived from the Latin word "discus", meaning "flat circular plate" or "table". |
| Macedonian | The word "биро" comes from the Turkish word "büro", which in turn comes from the French word "bureau". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "desk" (latabatra) can also refer to a table or a workbench. |
| Malay | The word "meja" also means "table" in Malay, as it originates from the Portuguese word "mesa" with the same meaning. |
| Malayalam | The word 'ഡെസ്ക്ക്' in Malayalam can also refer to a table or a bench used for studying or working. |
| Maltese | The word "skrivanija" is derived from Italian, where it originally meant not only "desk" but also "secretary". |
| Maori | "Tēpu" can also mean "table" or "shelf". |
| Marathi | The word "डेस्क" is derived from Latin "desca", meaning "table" or "counter". |
| Mongolian | "Ширээ" Mongolian word for "desk", is also used to refer to the flat table-like area at the back of some types of horse saddles. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word 'डेस्क' is borrowed from the English word 'desk' which in turn originates from the Old Spanish word 'desco' meaning 'writing table'. |
| Norwegian | The word "skrivebord" is derived from the Old Norse words "skrifa" (to write) and "bord" (table), and originally meant a writing table. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "desiki" has roots in Portuguese and is used in Nyanja (or Chichewa) to mean not only "desk" but also "workstation". |
| Pashto | The word "ډیسک" in Pashto comes from the Persian word "ديسک" meaning "flat surface", and can also refer to a table or a tray. |
| Persian | The word "میز کار" comes from the French word "bureau", which originally meant "a piece of cloth used to cover a writing table". |
| Polish | "Biurko" in Polish is derived from the German "Büro", which is derived in turn from the French "bureau". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "escrivaninha" comes from the Old French word "escrivainie", meaning "writing desk". |
| Punjabi | The term "desk" can also refer to a platform for public speaking in the United Kingdom |
| Romanian | The word "birou" comes from the Turkish word "büro," which itself is derived from the French word "bureau". |
| Russian | Derived from "стол" (table) with the addition of "письменный" (written), emphasizing its specific purpose for writing. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "kesi" can also mean "table" or "shelf", highlighting its multifunctional nature. |
| Scots Gaelic | Deasg (desk) may originally have referred to a rectangular table, or to the long table at the side of a room to which diners retired after a meal for drinks. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "радни сто" (desk) literally translates to "working hundred", with "сто" (hundred) possibly referring to the table's 4 legs. |
| Sesotho | The word 'deske' in Sesotho refers to a piece of furniture used for working or studying at, but also means 'a bench' or 'a seat'. |
| Shona | The word 'tafura' comes from the Proto-Bantu root *-pʰul-, meaning 'to spread out' or 'to flatten'. |
| Sindhi | The word 'ڊيسڪ' ('desk') in Sindhi is derived from the English word 'desk', which in turn comes from the Old French word 'desque', meaning 'table'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "මේසය" (desk) in Sinhala originates from the Sanskrit word "मेज" (table). |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "písací stôl" also means "writing table" in English. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "pisalna miza" literally translates to "writing table" in English, highlighting its primary purpose. |
| Somali | The word 'miiska' is also used to refer to other types of work surfaces such as a kitchen counter or even an altar or a podium. |
| Spanish | Escritorio (desk) derives from the Latin 'scriptorium' (writing room or office), a place for monks to copy texts. |
| Sundanese | The word "méja" can also refer to a "table" or a "platform" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "dawati" in Swahili can also refer to an inkpot or writing case, reflecting its historical use as a writing surface. |
| Swedish | The word 'skrivbord' comes from the medieval Latin 'scriptorium', meaning 'writing table'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Mesa (desk) is a synonym of "lamesa" in Spanish which also means "desk". |
| Tajik | The word "миз" in Tajik can also refer to a "table" or a "bench". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "மேசை" can also refer to a "table" or a "platform". |
| Telugu | The word "desk" comes from the Latin word "discus", meaning "table". |
| Thai | The Thai word "โต๊ะทำงาน" can also refer to a workbench or a writing table, in addition to its primary meaning of "desk". |
| Turkish | The word "sıra" can also mean "order" or "series" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | Письмовий стіл comes from the word письмо (pys'mo), meaning letter or writing, and стіл (stil), meaning table. |
| Urdu | The English word "desk" comes from the Latin "discus", meaning "a dish or plate". |
| Uzbek | "Stol" also means "chair" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Bàn is also used as a noun to refer to an examination table or a table used to display items. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "desg" can also refer to a writing table, a writing surface, or a lectern. |
| Xhosa | Idesika in Xhosa also refers to a place where a chief holds court. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish שרייַבטיש (shraybtish) derives from the German Schreibtisch, which in turn comes from the Middle High German schrîptisch, meaning "writing table" |
| Yoruba | In the Yoruba language, the word 'Iduro' also means 'a place of rest or a stool'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word “ideski” can also mean “chair” or “table.” |
| English | The word 'desk' originates from the Latin word 'descus,' meaning 'table' or 'board,' and its use specifically for a writing table dates back to the 16th century. |