Dozen in Different Languages
Discover 'Dozen' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Dozen
Afrikaans dosyn | ||
Albanian duzinë | ||
Amharic ደርዘን | ||
Arabic دزينة | ||
Armenian տասնյակ | ||
Assamese ডজন ডজন | ||
Aymara tunka payani | ||
Azerbaijani onlarca | ||
Bambara tan ni fila | ||
Basque dozena | ||
Belarusian дзясятак | ||
Bengali ডজন | ||
Bhojpuri दर्जन भर के बा | ||
Bosnian desetak | ||
Bulgarian десетина | ||
Catalan dotzena | ||
Cebuano dosena | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 打 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 打 | ||
Corsican dicina | ||
Croatian desetak | ||
Czech tucet | ||
Danish dusin | ||
Dhivehi ދިހަވަރަކަށް | ||
Dogri दर्जन भर | ||
Dutch dozijn | ||
English dozen | ||
Esperanto dekduo | ||
Estonian tosin | ||
Ewe blaeve vɔ eve | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) dosena | ||
Finnish tusina | ||
French douzaine | ||
Frisian tsiental | ||
Galician ducia | ||
Georgian ათეული | ||
German dutzend | ||
Greek ντουζίνα | ||
Guarani docena rehegua | ||
Gujarati ડઝન | ||
Haitian Creole douzèn | ||
Hausa dozin | ||
Hawaiian kakini | ||
Hebrew תְרֵיסַר | ||
Hindi दर्जन | ||
Hmong kaum os | ||
Hungarian tucat | ||
Icelandic tugi | ||
Igbo iri na abuo | ||
Ilocano dosena | ||
Indonesian lusin | ||
Irish dosaen | ||
Italian dozzina | ||
Japanese ダース | ||
Javanese rolas | ||
Kannada ಡಜನ್ | ||
Kazakh ондаған | ||
Khmer បួនដប់ | ||
Kinyarwanda icumi | ||
Konkani डझनभर | ||
Korean 다스 | ||
Krio duzin | ||
Kurdish deste | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەیان | ||
Kyrgyz ондогон | ||
Lao ອາຍແກັ | ||
Latin dozen | ||
Latvian ducis | ||
Lingala zomi na mibale | ||
Lithuanian keliolika | ||
Luganda daziini | ||
Luxembourgish dosen | ||
Macedonian десетина | ||
Maithili दर्जन भरि | ||
Malagasy ampolony | ||
Malay berpuluh-puluh | ||
Malayalam ഡസൻ | ||
Maltese tużżana | ||
Maori tatini | ||
Marathi डझन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯗꯖꯟ ꯑꯃꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo dozen zet a ni | ||
Mongolian хэдэн арван | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဒါဇင် | ||
Nepali दर्जन | ||
Norwegian dusin | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) khumi ndi awiri | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଡଜନ | ||
Oromo kudhan kudhan | ||
Pashto درجن | ||
Persian دوازده | ||
Polish tuzin | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) dúzia | ||
Punjabi ਦਰਜਨ | ||
Quechua chunka iskayniyuq | ||
Romanian duzină | ||
Russian дюжина | ||
Samoan taseni | ||
Sanskrit दर्जनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic dusan | ||
Sepedi dozen ya go lekana | ||
Serbian десетак | ||
Sesotho leshome le metso e 'meli | ||
Shona gumi nemaviri | ||
Sindhi درجن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දුසිමක් | ||
Slovak tucet | ||
Slovenian ducat | ||
Somali darsin | ||
Spanish docena | ||
Sundanese belasan | ||
Swahili dazeni | ||
Swedish dussin | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) dosenang | ||
Tajik даҳҳо | ||
Tamil டஜன் | ||
Tatar дистә | ||
Telugu డజను | ||
Thai โหล | ||
Tigrinya ደርዘን ዝኾኑ | ||
Tsonga khume-mbirhi | ||
Turkish düzine | ||
Turkmen onlarça | ||
Twi (Akan) dumien | ||
Ukrainian десяток | ||
Urdu درجن | ||
Uyghur ئون | ||
Uzbek o'nlab | ||
Vietnamese tá | ||
Welsh dwsin | ||
Xhosa ishumi elinambini | ||
Yiddish טוץ | ||
Yoruba mejila | ||
Zulu kweshumi nambili |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "dosyn" comes from Middle Dutch "dusent", or "duzend", meaning "thousand", which refers to a large quantity, rather than twelve. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "duzinë" is derived from the Italian "dozzina" and ultimately from the Latin "duodecim". |
| Amharic | The word "dozen" comes from the Old French word "douzaine", which in turn comes from the Latin word "duodecim", meaning "twelve". |
| Arabic | "دزينة" can also refer to the number 11 or the number 13 in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word also has an alternate meaning of "decade" in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | "Onlarca" (dozen) is also an Azerbaijani slang word meaning "much," "a lot," or "several." |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "dozena" can also mean "large group" or "multitude." |
| Belarusian | "Дзясятак" is the derivative of the Proto-Slavic word meaning "ten", and also means "tithe", "a group of ten people", and "a set of ten" |
| Bengali | The word "ডজন" derives from the French word "douzaine" and the Latin word "duodecim," both meaning "twelve," and its use in Bengali reflects the historical influence of French in the region. |
| Bosnian | In addition to its common meaning, 'desetak' can also refer to a group of approximately ten people. |
| Bulgarian | The word "десетина" in Bulgarian originally referred to a group of ten, and later came to mean "dozen" in the sense of twelve. |
| Catalan | The word "dotzena" in Catalan comes from the Latin word "duodecim" meaning "twelve" and shares the root with the English "dozen". |
| Cebuano | In Philippine politics, a |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In certain texts, the Chinese character 打 (dozen) is counted as one number unit rather than two |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "打的" means taxi in Cantonese; it's short for 「打电话」（call the taxi）. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'dicina' is cognate with the Italian 'decina' meaning 'a tenth', and originally signified a group of ten; the sense 'dozen' is a specialization. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "desetak" literally translates to "ten-piece", further emphasizing its grouping of ten. |
| Czech | In Czech, "tucet" is a synonym of "dozen" but is also colloquially used to refer to a group of twelve items. |
| Danish | In colloquial Danish, "dusin" can also refer to 10 or 11 items, or to a group of people |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "dozijn" is derived from the Latin word "duodecim", meaning "twelve." |
| Esperanto | The word "dekduo" is derived from the Greek "δεκαδύο" (dekadyo), meaning "twelve". |
| Estonian | The word "tosin" in Estonian is derived from the Proto-Germanic root "*tuz-,* meaning "ten," but also "dozen" in some Germanic languages. |
| Finnish | The word "tusina" is derived from an Old Germanic root meaning ten. |
| French | "Douzaine" comes from the Latin "duodecim" and can also mean "a group of twelve people" or "a period of twelve days". |
| Frisian | The word "tsiental" is thought to derive from the Proto-Germanic word for ten, "tekhonto." |
| Galician | In Galician "ducía" can also mean "group or set", "congregation or gathering" and, more often than not, "group". |
| Georgian | The word "ათეული" (dozen) is derived from the word "ათი" (ten), and originally meant "a group of ten". Over time, its meaning has expanded to include "a group of twelve". In some contexts, it can also be used to refer to a "set of twelve" or a "collection of twelve". |
| German | "Dutzend" ultimately derives from the Old French "douzaine". In addition to its primary meaning of "dozen", "Dutzend" can also informally refer to a group of 11 or 13. |
| Greek | The word ντουζίνα (dozen) is borrowed from the French word "douzaine" and ultimately derives from the Latin "duodecim" meaning "twelve." |
| Gujarati | The word "dozen" is derived from the Old French word "douzaine", which comes from the Latin word "duodecim", meaning "twelve". |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "douzèn" derives from French "douzaine", both ultimately from Latin "duodecim" meaning "twelve". |
| Hausa | The word "dozin" is also used to refer to a group of twelve, especially in the context of animals or objects. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian mythology, 'kakini' also refers to the twelve guardians of Laka, the goddess of hula and forests. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word תְרֵיסַר (dozen) is related to the word שְׁרִיר (arm), as in ancient times a dozen was measured by the number of phalanges on an arm. |
| Hindi | "दर्जन" (dozen) comes from the Persian word "dast" (hand), referring to a group of 12 since it's the number of knuckles on a hand. |
| Hmong | The word "kaum os" in Hmong has a literal meaning of "ten two" and is used to refer to a group of twelve items. |
| Hungarian | The word tucat in Hungarian comes from the Latin word duodecim, which also means "dozen". It also means "twelve". |
| Icelandic | The word tugi derives from Old Norse tugi "number; team of four," possibly borrowed from a Celtic language. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, "iri na abuo" literally translates to "ten with two," referring to the addition of two to ten. |
| Indonesian | The word "lusin" is derived from the Malay word "lusin", which itself comes from the Hindustani word "darjan", which means "set of twelve". The word "lusin" is also used in other Southeast Asian languages, such as Thai, Burmese, and Vietnamese. |
| Irish | In the Irish language it is known as "dúisin", a diminutive from an Old Irish word, "dús" (abundant). |
| Italian | The Italian word "dozzina" comes from the Latin word "duodecim", meaning "twelve". It can also refer to a group of twelve people or things, or to a set of items that are sold together. |
| Japanese | The word "ダース" (dozen) is derived from the French "douzaine", meaning "a set of twelve". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "rolas" is derived from the Sanskrit word "dvadasha", meaning "twelve." |
| Kannada | "Dozen" in Kannada also refers to the day of the week "Sunday" |
| Kazakh | The word |
| Khmer | The word "បួនដប់" can also mean "twenty-four" in Khmer, as it literally translates to "four times six." |
| Korean | "다스" can also refer to the number of objects in a traditional Korean measure, equivalent to 20 or 30. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "deste" has additional meanings such as "bunch", "group", "team", or "set". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ондогон" can also refer to a group of twelve people or objects. |
| Lao | ອາຍແກັ (dozen) comes from Sanskrit "dvadasa", meaning "twelve" and is related to English words "decade" and "duodecimal". |
| Latin | The word "dozen" comes from the Latin word "duodecim", meaning "twelve." |
| Latvian | Ducis is also used in Latvian to refer to a group of twelve people, such as a jury or a group of students. |
| Lithuanian | The word "keliolika" comes from "keli", which means "many," and "lika", denoting an amount or quantity. |
| Luxembourgish | Luxembourgish "Dosen" derives from Old French "douzaine" (dozen), ultimately from Latin "duodecim" (twelve). |
| Macedonian | The word "десетина" also has a historical meaning: it was a tax paid by Macedonian peasants to Ottoman rulers in the 15th and 16th centuries. |
| Malagasy | The word "ampolony" in Malagasy is derived from the Arabic word "ath-thalatha" (three) and the Malay word "puluh" (ten), indicating its original meaning was "three tens" (thirty). |
| Malay | The word "berpuluh-puluh" in Malay can also mean "tens" or "many". |
| Malayalam | The word "ഡസൻ" (dozen) in Malayalam originates from the French word "douzaine" meaning "a group of twelve". |
| Maltese | The word "tużżana" derives from the Sicilian plural "tuzzini" of the Arabic "tūzin" that means a group of twelve. |
| Maori | The word "tatini" in Maori can also refer to a group of twelve people or a set of twelve things. |
| Marathi | The word "डझन" in Marathi, meaning "dozen" in English, originates from the French word "douzaine". |
| Mongolian | The word “дуран дуран” can also be a slang term meaning 'a little,' or 'not quite.' |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဒါဇင် (dozen) is derived from the French word 'douzaine' meaning 'a group of twelve' and is also used to mean 'a set of similar things' in Myanmar (Burmese). |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "दर्जन" is a borrowing from the Arabic word "درزن" (dozin), which originally referred to a unit of weight and later to a group of twelve. |
| Norwegian | Dusin in Norwegian is a loanword from French, and means "twelve", "dozen", "set" or "series". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word comes from the Yao word 'khumi' (an amount of ten) and 'ndi awiri' (two). |
| Pashto | The word "درجن" in Pashto has an uncertain etymology, but it is thought to be derived from the Persian word "ده" (dah), meaning "ten", and the suffix "-زن" (-zan), meaning "holder" or "container". |
| Persian | دوازده (dozen) is ultimately derived from the Middle Persian word dozdeh which meant "ten plus two", the latter part of which is cognate with the English "two". |
| Polish | In Polish, "tuzin" originated from a German word, and also means a group of bad or low-quality things. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'dúzia' is also used in Portugal and Brazil to mean 'group' or 'set'. |
| Punjabi | "ਦਰਜਨ" is derived from the Persian word "darzan" meaning "a set of twelve". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "duzină" can also refer to a group of 12 items or to a generic group of items. |
| Russian | The word "дюжина" also means a set of 12 or a group of people. |
| Samoan | The word "taseni" in Samoan also means "a handful" or "a group of people". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "dusan" in Scots Gaelic can also mean "a set" or "a group". |
| Serbian | The word "десетак" is also used to mean "about ten" or "a few". |
| Shona | 'Gumi nemaviri' in Shona means 'dozen' and it is also a term used to refer to a group of twelve people or objects. |
| Sindhi | The word "درجن" comes from the Persian word "دوجین", which means "group of twelve". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | It also means 'the twelve divisions of the human body' in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "tucet" can also refer to a group of 666 devils. |
| Slovenian | The word "ducat" is derived from the Latin word "duodecim", meaning "twelve", and is cognate with the words "dozen" and "duodecimal" in English. |
| Somali | The term "darsin" also refers to a group of 20, as well as a type of cloth made up of 12 strips. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "docena" originally meant a group of 10, and only later came to refer to a group of 12. |
| Sundanese | The word "belasan" in Sundanese can also refer to a group of twelve people, objects, or animals. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "dazeni" is derived from the Arabic word "dusin", which means "twelve". |
| Swedish | Swedish "dussin" derives from the French "douzaine" or "douze" (literally "twelve"), while also relating to the Medieval Latin "ducena" (literally "group of twelve"). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The alternative spelling of "dosenang" is "dosenas", originally from Spanish but now archaic. |
| Tajik | The word "даҳҳо" is derived from the Persian word "ده" (pronounced "dah"), which also means "ten." It can also refer to "a great number" or "a lot" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "டஜன்" also refers to a group of 12 people or objects. |
| Telugu | "డజను" also means "a group of twelve" in Sanskrit, from which Telugu derives a lot of its words. |
| Thai | โหล in Thai is likely derived from the Mon word "hlaw," meaning "ten," but may also refer to a set of twelve. |
| Turkish | 'Düzine', meaning 'dozen' in Turkish, comes from the Greek word 'dozenas', which also means 'dozen'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "десяток" in Ukrainian can also mean "a group of ten people" or "a collection of ten objects". |
| Urdu | The word "درجن" also means a group of twelve items that are sold together in a bundle. |
| Uzbek | The word "o'nlab" may derive from the Old Persian word "dvādaśa," meaning "twelve." |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "tá" can also informally refer to a small, unspecific quantity or a large quantity. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "dwsin" is derived from the Latin word "duodecim", meaning "twelve." |
| Xhosa | The word "ishumi elinambini" in Xhosa has a deeper meaning than just "dozen", representing the 12 months of the year. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "טוץ" (dozen) is derived from the Old High German "dutzent", which itself comes from the Latin "duodecim" (twelve). |
| Yoruba | The word "mejila" also refers to a group of twelve people, similar to the English term "jury." |
| Zulu | The word "kweshumi nambili" literally means "ten and two" in Zulu. |
| English | A "dozen" can also be a group of 13 or "baker's dozen". |