Diversity in Different Languages
Discover 'Diversity' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Diversity
Afrikaans diversiteit | ||
Albanian larmia | ||
Amharic ብዝሃነት | ||
Arabic تنوع | ||
Armenian բազմազանություն | ||
Assamese অনৈক্য | ||
Aymara kunaymani | ||
Azerbaijani müxtəliflik | ||
Bambara danfaraw | ||
Basque aniztasuna | ||
Belarusian разнастайнасць | ||
Bengali বৈচিত্র্য | ||
Bhojpuri विविधता | ||
Bosnian raznolikost | ||
Bulgarian разнообразие | ||
Catalan diversitat | ||
Cebuano pagkalainlain | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 多样性 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 多樣性 | ||
Corsican diversità | ||
Croatian raznolikost | ||
Czech rozmanitost | ||
Danish mangfoldighed | ||
Dhivehi ޑިވަރސިޓީ | ||
Dogri बन्न-सबन्नता | ||
Dutch diversiteit | ||
English diversity | ||
Esperanto diverseco | ||
Estonian mitmekesisus | ||
Ewe vovototo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagkakaiba-iba | ||
Finnish monimuotoisuus | ||
French la diversité | ||
Frisian ferskaat | ||
Galician diversidade | ||
Georgian მრავალფეროვნება | ||
German vielfalt | ||
Greek ποικιλία | ||
Guarani jopara | ||
Gujarati વિવિધતા | ||
Haitian Creole divèsite | ||
Hausa bambancin | ||
Hawaiian ʻokoʻa | ||
Hebrew מגוון | ||
Hindi विविधता | ||
Hmong muaj ntau haiv neeg | ||
Hungarian sokféleség | ||
Icelandic fjölbreytileiki | ||
Igbo iche iche | ||
Ilocano panagduduma | ||
Indonesian perbedaan | ||
Irish éagsúlacht | ||
Italian diversità | ||
Japanese 多様性 | ||
Javanese bhinéka | ||
Kannada ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆ | ||
Kazakh әртүрлілік | ||
Khmer ភាពចម្រុះ | ||
Kinyarwanda bitandukanye | ||
Konkani विविधताय | ||
Korean 상이 | ||
Krio difrɛn | ||
Kurdish pirrengî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هەمەڕەنگی | ||
Kyrgyz ар түрдүүлүк | ||
Lao ຄວາມຫຼາກຫຼາຍ | ||
Latin diversitas | ||
Latvian daudzveidība | ||
Lingala bokeseni | ||
Lithuanian įvairovė | ||
Luganda okubera ne ebirungo bingi | ||
Luxembourgish diversitéit | ||
Macedonian разновидност | ||
Maithili विविधता | ||
Malagasy samihafa | ||
Malay kepelbagaian | ||
Malayalam വൈവിധ്യം | ||
Maltese diversità | ||
Maori rerenga kētanga | ||
Marathi विविधता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯣꯉꯥꯟꯕ ꯃꯒꯨꯟ ꯆꯦꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo chi hrang hrang | ||
Mongolian олон янз байдал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မတူကွဲပြားမှု | ||
Nepali विविधता | ||
Norwegian mangfold | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kusiyanasiyana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିବିଧତା | | ||
Oromo garaagarummaa | ||
Pashto تنوع | ||
Persian تنوع | ||
Polish różnorodność | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) diversidade | ||
Punjabi ਭਿੰਨਤਾ | ||
Quechua tukuy rikchaq | ||
Romanian diversitate | ||
Russian разнообразие | ||
Samoan 'eseʻesega | ||
Sanskrit विविधता | ||
Scots Gaelic iomadachd | ||
Sepedi pharologano | ||
Serbian разноликост | ||
Sesotho mefuta-futa | ||
Shona kusiyana | ||
Sindhi تنوع | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විවිධත්වය | ||
Slovak rôznorodosť | ||
Slovenian raznolikost | ||
Somali kala duwanaanta | ||
Spanish diversidad | ||
Sundanese karagaman | ||
Swahili utofauti | ||
Swedish mångfald | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagkakaiba-iba | ||
Tajik гуногунрангӣ | ||
Tamil பன்முகத்தன்மை | ||
Tatar төрлелек | ||
Telugu వైవిధ్యం | ||
Thai ความหลากหลาย | ||
Tigrinya ፍልልይነት | ||
Tsonga hambana | ||
Turkish çeşitlilik | ||
Turkmen dürlüligi | ||
Twi (Akan) sonobi-sonobi | ||
Ukrainian різноманітність | ||
Urdu تنوع | ||
Uyghur كۆپ خىللىق | ||
Uzbek xilma-xillik | ||
Vietnamese đa dạng | ||
Welsh amrywiaeth | ||
Xhosa iyantlukwano | ||
Yiddish דייווערסיטי | ||
Yoruba oniruuru | ||
Zulu ukwehluka |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "diversiteit" in Afrikaans also means "variety" or "range". |
| Albanian | "Larmia" is derived from the Greek word "larnax," meaning "coffin" or "sarcophagus." |
| Amharic | ብዝሃነት also signifies the concept of tolerance or acceptance within the Amharic-speaking community. |
| Arabic | The word "تنوع" (tanawu`) in Arabic also means "variety" or "variation". |
| Azerbaijani | "Müxtəliflik" means "diversity" in Azerbaijani and is related to the word "müxtəlif" (meaning "different," "various," or "diverse"). |
| Basque | "Aniztasuna" also means "variety", "heterogeneity" or "multiplicity" in Basque. |
| Bengali | The word "বৈচিত্র্য" is of Sanskrit origin, derived from the root word "विचित्र" (vichitra), meaning "varied" or "diverse". In Bengali, the word "বৈচিত্র্য" additionally holds the connotation of "beauty" or "ornamentation". |
| Bosnian | The word 'raznolikost' can also be used in Bosnian to describe the variety of opinions or perspectives within a group. |
| Bulgarian | The word "разнообразие" can also mean "variety" or "assortment" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "diversitat" in Catalan is derived from the Latin word "diversitas", meaning "difference" or "distinction." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 汉语中“多样性”一词源自“多”和“样”，意为“多种多样”或“各种各样”，常用于描述事物的种类、类别或特征的丰富性。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 多樣性 (Diversity) can also refer to: 許多 (Much, many). |
| Corsican | In Corsican the word 'diversità' can also indicate 'difference' between two or more elements. |
| Croatian | The word "raznolikost" comes from the Old Slavic word "razn", meaning "different" or "other." |
| Czech | The word "rozmanitost" is likely derived from the Old Czech word "rozný", meaning "various" or "differentiated". |
| Danish | In Danish, "mangfoldighed" also refers to the act of multiplying something. |
| Dutch | The word "diversiteit" in Dutch can also mean "variety" or "range". |
| Esperanto | "Diverseco" can also be used to refer to differences or disagreements among different groups of people. |
| Estonian | "Mitmekesisus" in Estonian is originally "mitmeti kesine kes" meaning "a hundred different truths". |
| Finnish | "Monimuotoisuus" means both "diversity" and "monomorphism" in Finnish." |
| French | "La diversité" (diversity) shares the same root with "diversion" and hence can also be used in French for entertainment. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word ferskaat can also be used to refer to variation in the weather or the natural environment. |
| Galician | In medieval Galician, diversidade could also mean "debt", especially "debt of gratitude". |
| German | The German word "Vielfalt" also has the connotation of "abundance" or "multitude". |
| Greek | "Ποικιλία" derives from "ποικίλος" ("variegated") and literally means "variety" with secondary meanings including "art form," "ornamentation," "tapestry," or "embroidery." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "વિવિધતા" literally translates to "difference" or "variety" in English. |
| Haitian Creole | The term "divèsite" originates from the French word "diversité" and holds a broader significance encompassing a range of meanings, including difference, variety, and distinction. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "bambancin" is also used in the sense of "separateness" or "distinction". |
| Hawaiian | ʻokoʻa also means "difference" and "variety". |
| Hebrew | The feminine noun "מגוון" derives from the verb "גיוון" meaning "vary, change," and can also mean "variety, range," etc. |
| Hindi | "विविधता" originates from the Sanskrit word "विविध" meaning "different" or "varied". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "muaj ntau haiv neeg" also refers to a group of people who live together in a community or family. |
| Hungarian | 'Sokféleség' (diversity) in Hungarian comes from the root words 'sok' (much) and 'féle' (type, kind), meaning 'having many types or kinds'. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "fjölbreytileiki" is a compound word composed of "fjöl" (many) and "breytileiki" (changefulness), thus implying "a great variety of things". |
| Igbo | Some linguists have derived the Ika Igbo word "iche iche" which also exists in Standard Igbo, from the phrase “nke e che nke e che"—thing which differs from another that differs.”} |
| Indonesian | The word "perbedaan" can also refer to a difference between two or more things, or to a dispute or quarrel. |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "diversità" also means "distraction", a meaning now considered rare or archaic. |
| Japanese | The Japanese term "多様性" (tayousei) literally means "many kinds" or "variety" and is often used in the context of biodiversity or cultural diversity. |
| Javanese | The word "bhinéka" in Javanese is derived from Sanskrit and means "manifold" or "many different kinds". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆ" can also mean "difference", "variation", or "contradiction". |
| Korean | 상이 originally referred to different musical notes and was only used to mean “diversity” in the late 19th century. |
| Kurdish | Etymology: Persian ‘pirêngî’ (adornment, a way of getting respect) |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "ар түрдүүлүк" comes from two separate Kyrgyz words "ар" (each, every, one by one, etc.) and "түр" (look, appearance, shape, kind, species, nature, type, etc.). |
| Latin | "Diversitas" also means "discord" in Latin and was used by early Roman grammarians to refer to a disagreement among the different ancient sources. |
| Latvian | The word "daudzveidība" can also have the connotation of "abundance" or "variety" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, the word "įvairovė" means "diversity", which originated from the Proto-Indo-European root "wei", meaning "to separate" |
| Luxembourgish | "Diversitéit" is related to the French word "diversité" (diversity), which originates from the Latin word "diversitas" (difference) |
| Macedonian | Разновидност is derived from the Cyrillic verb "разновндитися" meaning "to become diverse or different." |
| Malagasy | Samihafa is an Antambahoaka word, meaning 'to be different'; however, the word was adopted by other dialects and developed a more general meaning of 'difference'. |
| Malay | The word "kepelbagaian" is derived from the word "pelbagai" meaning "various" or "different". |
| Malayalam | "Variety" in Malayalam has the additional meaning of "the number of types or sorts of things in a group or area" |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'diversità' is often used in reference to linguistic and cultural differences. |
| Maori | The word "rerenga kētanga" in Maori can also refer to the flight of different birds, symbolising the diversity of perspectives and experiences within a group. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word विविधता derives from the Sanskrit word विविध (vividha), meaning "multifarious" or "manifold." |
| Nepali | The word 'विविधता' in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word 'विविध', which means 'different' or 'varied'. |
| Norwegian | The word "mangfold" can refer to both "diversity" and "multiplication" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The literal meaning of "kusiyanasiyana" is "to make different" and it's rooted in verbs such as "to separate", "to be different" and "to change, transform, diversify" |
| Pashto | The term “تنوع” can also imply “difference of opinions” in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "تنوع" (tanavvo‘) originally meant "scattering" or "variety" in Persian |
| Polish | The word "różnorodność" in Polish can also mean 'variation' or 'variety'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'diversidade' comes from the Latin word 'diversus', meaning 'turned in different directions' or 'different'. |
| Punjabi | ਭਿੰਨਤਾ' or 'difference' is often used as a synonym for 'variety', but it can also refer to a disagreement or a dispute. |
| Romanian | The word "diversitate" in Romanian comes from the Latin word "diversitas" which refers to "variety". It's also used to refer to "contradiction" and "dissimilarity". |
| Russian | "Разнообразие" is also the plural of the word "разность" ("difference"). |
| Samoan | 'Eseʻesega (diversity) is related to the word ese (different). Eseʻesega also means variation or distinction. |
| Scots Gaelic | The term "iomadachd" can also refer to the variety of different things in a place, or the number of different types of people or things. |
| Serbian | The word "raznolikost" can also refer to diversity of colour or quality rather than just of origin or kind. |
| Shona | The word "kusiyana" in Shona is often translated to mean diversity but has many layers to its definition and application. |
| Sindhi | "تنوع" means both "diversity" and "flower" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The concept of "විවිධත්වය" is closely linked to the idea of "variety" and also carries the connotations of "beauty" and "goodness" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The root word of "rôznorodosť" is "rôzny", meaning "different". |
| Slovenian | "Raznolikost" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "raznъ", meaning "different" or "varied". |
| Somali | Somali "kala duwanaanta" (diversity) literally means "the differences in nature". |
| Spanish | The word "diversidad" (diversity) in Spanish also refers to entertainment, and is related to the word "diversion" (entertainment). |
| Sundanese | Karagaman in Sundanese also refers to a state of disharmony or conflict, highlighting the nuanced and layered meanings of the word. |
| Swahili | The word "utofauti" derives from the prefix "u-" denoting a singular noun, and "tofauti", meaning "difference". |
| Swedish | The word 'mångfald' in Swedish is derived from the Old Norse word 'mangfoldi', meaning 'a multitude'. |
| Thai | "หลาก" in "หลาย" and "หลากหลาย" derives from the Mon-Khmer root *laŋ, meaning "different" |
| Turkish | The word "çeşitlilik" is derived from the Arabic word "tasnıf", meaning "category" or "classification", and also means "variety" or "abundance" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | In Old Ukrainian, “різноманітність” was used to describe a difference in species or variety. |
| Urdu | "تنوع" originally meant variation or difference, but now commonly refers to diversity in society or culture. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "xilma-xillik" is a compound word that means "variety" or "difference". |
| Vietnamese | "Đa dạng" also means "colorful" or "varied" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | Amrywiaeth is also the Welsh word for a myriad, meaning a large, indefinite number. |
| Xhosa | "Iyantlukwano" also means "a mixture of people from different tribes, nations, etc." |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "דייווערסיטי" derives from Hebrew and can also refer to a "sermon" or "speech". |
| Yoruba | "Oniruuru" is derived from the Yoruba words "oni" (owner) and "iru" (type, variety), hence its meaning as "having various types." |
| Zulu | The word 'ukwehluka' derives from the Zulu word 'wahlukana,' meaning 'to be different' or 'to separate'. |
| English | The word "diversity" derives from the Old French "diversite" which comes from the Latin "diversitas", meaning "variety" or "difference". |