Draw in Different Languages
Discover 'Draw' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Draw
Afrikaans teken | ||
Albanian barazim | ||
Amharic መሳል | ||
Arabic رسم | ||
Armenian նկարել | ||
Assamese অঁকা | ||
Aymara jamuqaña | ||
Azerbaijani çəkmək | ||
Bambara ka desɛn | ||
Basque marraztu | ||
Belarusian маляваць | ||
Bengali আঁকুন | ||
Bhojpuri खींचीं | ||
Bosnian izvući | ||
Bulgarian рисувам | ||
Catalan dibuixar | ||
Cebuano pagdrawing | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 画 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 畫 | ||
Corsican disegnà | ||
Croatian crtati | ||
Czech kreslit | ||
Danish tegne | ||
Dhivehi ކުރެހުން | ||
Dogri खिच्चो | ||
Dutch trek | ||
English draw | ||
Esperanto desegni | ||
Estonian joonistama | ||
Ewe ta nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gumuhit | ||
Finnish piirtää | ||
French dessiner | ||
Frisian tekenje | ||
Galician debuxar | ||
Georgian დახატვა | ||
German zeichnen | ||
Greek σχεδιάζω | ||
Guarani moha'anga | ||
Gujarati દોરો | ||
Haitian Creole trase | ||
Hausa zana | ||
Hawaiian kahakaha | ||
Hebrew לצייר | ||
Hindi खींचना | ||
Hmong kos | ||
Hungarian húz | ||
Icelandic draga | ||
Igbo see | ||
Ilocano iladawan | ||
Indonesian seri | ||
Irish tarraing | ||
Italian disegnare | ||
Japanese ドロー | ||
Javanese nggambar | ||
Kannada ಡ್ರಾ | ||
Kazakh сурет салу | ||
Khmer គូរ | ||
Kinyarwanda gushushanya | ||
Konkani पितारप | ||
Korean 무승부 | ||
Krio drɔ | ||
Kurdish xetkirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وێنەکێشان | ||
Kyrgyz тартуу | ||
Lao ແຕ້ມ | ||
Latin trahere | ||
Latvian izdarīt | ||
Lingala kobenda | ||
Lithuanian piešti | ||
Luganda okukuba ekifaananyi | ||
Luxembourgish molen | ||
Macedonian извлекување | ||
Maithili खींचू | ||
Malagasy hantsaka | ||
Malay menarik | ||
Malayalam സമനില | ||
Maltese tiġbed | ||
Maori tuhi | ||
Marathi काढा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯠꯄ | ||
Mizo ziak | ||
Mongolian зурах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆွဲ | ||
Nepali ड्र | ||
Norwegian tegne | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) jambulani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଡ୍ର | ||
Oromo kaasuu | ||
Pashto رسمول | ||
Persian قرعه کشی | ||
Polish remis | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) desenhar | ||
Punjabi ਡਰਾਅ | ||
Quechua siqiy | ||
Romanian a desena | ||
Russian рисовать | ||
Samoan tusi | ||
Sanskrit आकर्षयतु | ||
Scots Gaelic tarraing | ||
Sepedi thala | ||
Serbian цртати | ||
Sesotho hula | ||
Shona dhonza | ||
Sindhi ڪڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අදින්න | ||
Slovak kresliť | ||
Slovenian žrebanje | ||
Somali sawirid | ||
Spanish dibujar | ||
Sundanese ngagambar | ||
Swahili chora | ||
Swedish dra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gumuhit | ||
Tajik кашидан | ||
Tamil வரை | ||
Tatar рәсем | ||
Telugu డ్రా | ||
Thai วาด | ||
Tigrinya ሰኣል | ||
Tsonga dirohwa | ||
Turkish çizmek | ||
Turkmen çyzmak | ||
Twi (Akan) twe | ||
Ukrainian нічия | ||
Urdu ڈرا | ||
Uyghur سىزىش | ||
Uzbek chizish | ||
Vietnamese vẽ tranh | ||
Welsh tynnu | ||
Xhosa zoba | ||
Yiddish מאל | ||
Yoruba iyaworan | ||
Zulu dweba |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "teken" also means "tick" or "sign" in English. |
| Albanian | The word 'barazim' derives from an ancient Greek term, 'grapho' (write). |
| Amharic | መሳል in Amharic can also mean to resemble or to match. |
| Arabic | The word "رسم" also means "custom" in Arabic, highlighting the close relationship between art and tradition. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "նկարել" (nkarêl) is derived from the Indo-European root *nek-, meaning "to bind" or "to twist", suggesting a connection to the physical act of drawing. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "çəkmək" also means "to drag", "to pluck", or "to smoke". |
| Basque | 'Marraztu' can also mean 'to delineate' or 'to design' in Basque. |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, the word "маляваць" (draw) is derived from the Proto-Slavic root "*maljь", which also means "to paint" and "to smear". |
| Bengali | "আঁকুন" is a verb originating from Sanskrit "आर्कु" (arku), which means "to bend" or "to curve". |
| Bosnian | Izvući can also mean to take something out, to extract, to obtain, to deduce, or to conclude. |
| Bulgarian | The word "рисувам" (draw) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *risovati, meaning "to scratch" or "to engrave." |
| Catalan | In the 14th century, "dibuixar" also meant "to write in a scriptorium" in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | Pagdrawing is also the Cebuano word for "salary" and "wages", derived from the Spanish word "pagar" which means "to pay". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In ancient Chinese, "画" could also refer to prison cells or paintings. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to its primary meaning, "畫" can also refer to a picture, painting, or writing. |
| Corsican | Originating from the Latin word "designare" which means "to mark out," "disegnà" can also mean "to point out" or "to indicate" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The verb 'crtati' is also used in Croatian to describe scratching, etching or tracing. |
| Czech | The word 'kreslit' derives from an Old Slavonic word meaning 'to scratch' and is also related to the words 'krev' ('blood') and 'křivda' ('wrong') in Czech. |
| Danish | The word "tegne" in Danish also means "make a sign" or "to mark". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "trek" can also mean "desire" or "pull," derived from the Middle Dutch word "trecken," meaning "to pull" or "to draw." |
| Esperanto | "Desegni" is a word borrowed from Italian that also has the meaning of "plan". |
| Estonian | The word "joonistama" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *joonista-, which also means "to delineate" or "to sketch". |
| Finnish | Etymology possibly from the word 'piirto' (a mark, a line), or Proto-Uralic *piret- (to cut). |
| French | The word "dessiner" in French comes from the Latin "designare," meaning "to mark out" or "to designate." |
| Frisian | Besides its main meaning, "tekenje" can also mean "sign" or "gesture" in Frisian. |
| Galician | Debuxar in Galician, and debuxar in Spanish, are both derived from the Latin word "depingere" meaning "to depict". |
| Georgian | The word "დახატვა" in Georgian can also mean to "finish painting" or "to complete a drawing or painting." |
| German | "Zeichnen" also means "sign" and is related to "Zeichen" meaning "sign". |
| Greek | The verb "σχεδιάζω" in Greek can also mean "plan" or "devise", reflecting its root in the word "σχέδιο," which denotes both "drawing" and "plan." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "દોરો" is also used to refer to a thread or a thin rope. |
| Haitian Creole | "Trase" is also used in Haitian Creole to describe the action of making a mark on a surface. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "zana" means "to draw", but it can also be used to refer to writing or counting. |
| Hawaiian | 'Kahakaha' can also mean 'to pull' or 'to drag.' |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לצייר" ("draw") also means "to shape" or "to form." |
| Hindi | In Hindi, “खींचना” can also mean to stretch, drag, or pull something. |
| Hmong | The word "kos" can also mean "to trace" or "to copy". |
| Hungarian | Hungarian "húz" ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *tew- "to swell, grow," as in Latin "tumor" and English "tooth". |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, "draga" meant "to pull" and "to kill." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "see" can also mean "to paint" or "to carve". |
| Indonesian | Seri can also mean 'in a draw', 'ties', 'series' (e.g. a football match), 'a set' (as in tennis), 'equal', 'level', or 'a round'. |
| Irish | In Irish, "tarraing" not only means "draw" but can also refer to "dragging" or "pulling with force". |
| Italian | "Disegnare" in Italian also means "to design" and comes from the Latin "designare," meaning "to mark out," "to point out," or "to designate." |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "ドロー (dorō)" can also refer to a tie in a game or competition. |
| Javanese | In addition to its meaning of "draw," "nggambar" can also mean "to carve" or "to sculpt" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಡ್ರಾ' can also mean 'a lottery' or 'a draught of liquid'. |
| Kazakh | The word "сурет салу" can also mean "to take a picture" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "គូរ" in Khmer can also refer to the process of engraving or etching. |
| Korean | The word "무승부" is derived from Chinese and means both "no win, no loss" and "no winner, no loser". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word “xetkirin” derives from the Old Iranian root *kart- "to cut," also found in the name “Kurd”. |
| Kyrgyz | The term тартуу also refers to a type of lottery or raffle. |
| Lao | "ແຕ້ມ" can also be used to describe smearing or applying something onto another surface |
| Latin | The Latin verb 'trahere' also means 'to drag', 'to lead', or 'to attract'. |
| Latvian | The word “izdarīt“ also means “to do” or “to make.” |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "piešti" also means "to write". It is related to the Latvian verb "zīmēt" and the Russian verbs "писать" and "рисoвать." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "molen" in Luxembourgish can also mean "to grind" or "to mill", which reflects its historical use in the context of milling grain. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "hantsaka" also means "to trace" or "to mark out".} |
| Malay | Menarik in Malay not only means "to draw", but also "attractive" or "interesting". |
| Malayalam | The term "സമനില" also means a state of equal balance or equilibrium. |
| Maltese | Tiġbed can also mean "to drag", "to pull", or "to attract". |
| Maori | The etymology of the Maori word "tuhi" is uncertain, but it may be derived from the Proto-Polynesian word "tufu" meaning "to grow" or "to push forth." |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'काढा' (draw) originates from the Sanskrit word 'कृष्' (to pull or extract) and has alternative meanings including pulling, extracting, or creating a specific shape or pattern. |
| Mongolian | Derived from the Middle Mongolian ‘zuruq’ and Proto-Mongolic ‘*zuγu-'’ meaning ‘to make, write’ |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "ဆွဲ" also means to "pull," "to lead," or "to guide." |
| Nepali | The word "ड्र" in Nepali can also mean "to sketch" or "to write". |
| Norwegian | The word "tegne" in Norwegian can also refer to signing a document or tracing something on paper. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | 'Jambulani' can also refer to a type of tree and its fruit. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "رسمول" is also used figuratively to mean "to plan" or "to intend". |
| Persian | The word "قرعه کشی" is derived from the Arabic word "قرعة", meaning "lot" or "chance", and is used to describe a process of randomly selecting a winner from a group of participants. |
| Polish | Remis can also mean "tie-up" and is also used to describe a draw in sports. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Desenhar comes from the Latin "designāre", which means "designate" or "mark out". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਡਰਾਅ" can also mean "a tie" or "a picture" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | The word "a desena" in Romanian also means "to draw a picture or diagram". |
| Russian | Рисовать (risovat’) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *risati, meaning "to scratch, carve". |
| Samoan | The Polynesian verb for 'draw' in Samoan, 'tusi', is often used for 'write', while 'tala', which means 'speak', may also be used in the sense of 'say', as well as 'draw'. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, `tarraing` also means `drag`, `haul in`, and `trawl` |
| Serbian | Although it means "draw", in Serbian, "цртати" can also refer to the act of creating a line on a surface, or making marks with an instrument, such as a pencil. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "hula" also means "to gather" or "to collect". |
| Shona | The word "dhonza" also means "to lead" or "to guide" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "ڪڻ" in Sindhi (pronounced "kun") can also mean "to outline" or "to delineate". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term 'අදින්න' in Sinhala, derived from 'අදි' (to take) and 'අන්න' (to bring), implies drawing as a process of taking a line or shape from one point to another. |
| Slovak | The word "kresliť" also means "sketch" or "outline" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | "žrebanje" in Old Church Slavonic meant "lot, fate, allotment, oracle, divination, destiny, casting of lots, a person selected by lot, a sorcerer, a fortuneteller, or a chosen one. |
| Somali | The Somali word |
| Spanish | The word "dibujar" also means "to delineate" or "to describe" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | In Indonesian, “menggambar” also means to draw, but it can also refer to creating a picture with a computer. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "chora" also means "to scratch" or "to scrape". |
| Swedish | Besides "draw", "dra" can also be used to say "drag" or "pull" something. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Gumuhit" (draw) is also used to describe the act of writing or carving into a surface. |
| Tajik | The word "кашидан" also means "to paint" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "வரை" in Tamil also means "until" or "up to". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "డ్రా" originates from the English word "draw" and also means "to attract" in English. |
| Thai | The word "วาด" in Thai is thought to derive from the Pali language, where it means "to sketch" or "to paint." |
| Turkish | The word "çizmek" can also mean "to scratch" or "to trace". |
| Ukrainian | "Нічия" originally meant "nothing" or "no one". |
| Urdu | In Urdu, the word "ڈرا" ("draw") is also used to mean "to scare" or "to frighten". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "chizish" shares a common Indo-European root with the English word "design". |
| Vietnamese | "Vẽ tranh" also means "paint" in English, as it shares the same root meaning of creating artwork. |
| Welsh | The word "tynnu" in Welsh has alternate meanings such as "pull" and "stretch" |
| Xhosa | The word "zoba" in Xhosa can also mean "to pull" or "to drag". |
| Yiddish | "מאל" פירושו גם "סימן" או "פגם" ביידיש. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'iyaworan' can also refer to the act of writing or copying. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "dweba" can also refer to the act of painting or writing. |
| English | The word "draw" derives from the Old English word "dragan," with a wide range of meanings including "pull," "drag," and "sketch." |