Afrikaans maklik | ||
Albanian lehtësisht | ||
Amharic በቀላሉ | ||
Arabic بسهولة | ||
Armenian հեշտությամբ | ||
Assamese সহজে | ||
Aymara jasaki | ||
Azerbaijani asanlıqla | ||
Bambara nɔgɔnman | ||
Basque erraz | ||
Belarusian лёгка | ||
Bengali সহজেই | ||
Bhojpuri आसानी से | ||
Bosnian lako | ||
Bulgarian лесно | ||
Catalan fàcilment | ||
Cebuano dali ra | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 容易 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 容易 | ||
Corsican facilmente | ||
Croatian lako | ||
Czech snadno | ||
Danish let | ||
Dhivehi ފަސޭހައިން | ||
Dogri सैह्लें | ||
Dutch gemakkelijk | ||
English easily | ||
Esperanto facile | ||
Estonian lihtsalt | ||
Ewe bɔbɔe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) madali | ||
Finnish helposti | ||
French facilement | ||
Frisian maklik | ||
Galician facilmente | ||
Georgian მარტივად | ||
German leicht | ||
Greek εύκολα | ||
Guarani hasy'ỹme | ||
Gujarati સરળતાથી | ||
Haitian Creole fasil | ||
Hausa a sauƙaƙe | ||
Hawaiian maʻalahi | ||
Hebrew בְּקַלוּת | ||
Hindi सरलता | ||
Hmong yooj yim | ||
Hungarian könnyen | ||
Icelandic auðveldlega | ||
Igbo mfe | ||
Ilocano a nalaka | ||
Indonesian dengan mudah | ||
Irish go héasca | ||
Italian facilmente | ||
Japanese 簡単に | ||
Javanese gampang | ||
Kannada ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh оңай | ||
Khmer យ៉ាងងាយស្រួល | ||
Kinyarwanda byoroshye | ||
Konkani सोंपेंरितीन | ||
Korean 용이하게 | ||
Krio izi | ||
Kurdish bi hêsanî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بە ئاسانی | ||
Kyrgyz оңой | ||
Lao ໄດ້ຢ່າງງ່າຍດາຍ | ||
Latin facile | ||
Latvian viegli | ||
Lingala na pete | ||
Lithuanian lengvai | ||
Luganda kyangu | ||
Luxembourgish einfach | ||
Macedonian лесно | ||
Maithili आसानी सँ | ||
Malagasy mora foana | ||
Malay dengan mudah | ||
Malayalam എളുപ്പത്തിൽ | ||
Maltese faċilment | ||
Maori ngawari noa | ||
Marathi सहज | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯥꯝꯅ ꯂꯥꯏꯅ | ||
Mizo awlsam takin | ||
Mongolian амархан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလွယ်တကူ | ||
Nepali सजिलैसँग | ||
Norwegian enkelt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mosavuta | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସହଜରେ | | ||
Oromo salphaatti | ||
Pashto په اسانۍ | ||
Persian به آسانی | ||
Polish z łatwością | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) facilmente | ||
Punjabi ਅਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ | ||
Quechua mana sasalla | ||
Romanian uşor | ||
Russian без труда | ||
Samoan faigofie | ||
Sanskrit अनायासेन | ||
Scots Gaelic gu furasta | ||
Sepedi gabonolo | ||
Serbian лако | ||
Sesotho ha bonolo | ||
Shona nyore | ||
Sindhi آساني سان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පහසුවෙන් | ||
Slovak ľahko | ||
Slovenian enostavno | ||
Somali si fudud | ||
Spanish fácilmente | ||
Sundanese gampang | ||
Swahili kwa urahisi | ||
Swedish lätt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) madali | ||
Tajik ба осонӣ | ||
Tamil எளிதாக | ||
Tatar җиңел | ||
Telugu సులభంగా | ||
Thai ได้อย่างง่ายดาย | ||
Tigrinya ብቐሊሉ | ||
Tsonga olovile | ||
Turkish kolayca | ||
Turkmen aňsatlyk bilen | ||
Twi (Akan) fo koraa | ||
Ukrainian легко | ||
Urdu آسانی سے | ||
Uyghur ئاسان | ||
Uzbek osonlik bilan | ||
Vietnamese dễ dàng | ||
Welsh yn hawdd | ||
Xhosa ngokulula | ||
Yiddish לייכט | ||
Yoruba awọn iṣọrọ | ||
Zulu kalula |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "maklik" is derived from the Dutch word "makkelijk", which in turn comes from the Middle Dutch word "makelijc", meaning "possible". In Afrikaans, the word "maklik" can also be used to describe something that is simple or straightforward. |
| Albanian | The word "lehtësisht" in Albanian derives from the Latin "levis," meaning "light" or "easy," and also shares a similar etymological root with the English word "levity." |
| Amharic | The term "በቀላሉ" has a broader sense in Amharic that corresponds to "readily" and "simply". |
| Arabic | بسهولة (Basohula) literally means 'with ease', and is a very common everyday word used across the Arab world. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "asanlıqla" can also mean "lightly" or "without difficulty" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word erraz has additional meanings such as "already, now" and "indeed". |
| Belarusian | The word "лёгка" can also mean "light" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | "সহজেই" is derived from Sanskrit "सहज" (sahaja) meaning "easy" or "without strain, effortlessly". |
| Bosnian | The word "lako" can also refer to light in weight or effort, or to a person who is naive or gullible. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "лесно" can also refer to a place where wood is cut and processed, known as a sawmill. |
| Catalan | "Fàcilment" comes from the Latin word "facile", which also means "easily" and is the root of the English words "facile", "facility", and "facilitate". |
| Cebuano | "Dali ra" can also mean "quickly" or "fast" depending on the context. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 容易 can also mean 'appropriate' (e.g. 恰如其分) or 'not easily agitated or upset' (e.g. 沉著冷静). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 容易 (literally means "easy to be sold or used") originally meant "to have a good harvest." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "facilmente" also means "without difficulty". |
| Croatian | The word lako is a shortened form of lagodno meaning gently. |
| Czech | Snadno also means "perhaps" in Czech, derived from "snad" (perhaps). |
| Danish | The Danish word 'let' traces back to Proto-Norse 'lættr,' meaning 'light' and ultimately derives from the Indo-European root 'leh₂w-' (light, quick). |
| Dutch | De woordherkomst van "gemakkelijk" is "gemák", dat "gebrek aan moeite" betekent. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "facila" derives from the Latin word "facilis", which means "easy" or "simple". |
| Estonian | Lihtsalt's root word 'liht' means 'simple', suggesting a straightforward and effortless quality in its meaning of 'easily'. |
| Finnish | The word "helposti" is derived from the Proto-Uralic noun meaning "hand". |
| French | The word "facilement" in French can also mean "freely" or "willingly". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'maklik' is cognate with the Dutch word 'makkelijk' and the German word 'mächtig', both meaning 'powerful' or 'mighty'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "facilmente" can also mean "easily" or "quickly". |
| Georgian | "მარტივად" derives from the Arabic "مارت" ("mart"), which was used during the Arab Caliphate to describe a person who was responsible for the market and the weighing of goods. |
| German | The adjective leicht, which originally meant 'free of burdens or effort' (Old-German 'leihti') now also means 'lacking weight' (in mass and importance). |
| Greek | The word "εύκολα" is derived from the root "εύκ", which also appears in words like "ευκταίος" (desirable) and "ευχή" (wish). |
| Gujarati | "સરળતાથી" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सरल" (sarala), which also means "straightforward". In Gujarati literature, the word is often used in a figurative sense too, referring to the smoothness or fluency of a process or task. |
| Haitian Creole | The phrase "fasil fasil" in Haitian Creole translates to "piece by piece" and suggests "bit by bit" or "gradually" in English. |
| Hausa | The word 'a sauƙaƙe' is related to the word 'sauƙi' which means 'ease' or 'comfort'. It also shares a root with the verb 'sauƙaƙa' which means 'to make easy' or 'to simplify'. |
| Hawaiian | It can also mean 'a slight motion,' 'a trembling,' or 'a ripple on the water'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "בקלות" (b'kalut) also means "with lightness," alluding to a lack of heaviness or burden. |
| Hindi | The word "सरलता" is also used to describe someone who is simple-minded or naive. |
| Hmong | The word "yooj yim" can also mean "lightly" or "gently" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | "Könnyen" is derived from the word "könny" (light) and originally meant "without effort". |
| Icelandic | Originally, the word auðveldlega meant "with a good tool", but the meaning has shifted to "easily" in modern Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The word "mfe" is derived from the Igbo word "efe", which means "good" or "well". |
| Indonesian | Dalam bahasa Melayu, 'dengan mudah' juga berarti 'dengan senang hati' |
| Irish | The word "go héasca" also refers to a type of Irish traditional dance. |
| Italian | The word "facilmente" derives from the Latin "facilis" (easy), and can also mean "conveniently" or "without difficulty" in Italian. |
| Japanese | "簡単に" also means "lightly; at random; without thinking". |
| Javanese | "Gampang" is taken from the Sanskrit word "gamam". In Sanskrit, "gamam" has the meaning of "going", "walking", "moving". |
| Kannada | ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ means 'without difficulty or effort', and is derived from the root 'सु' (su) meaning 'good' or 'well'. |
| Kazakh | "Оңай" can also mean "right side" or "appropriate" in addition to its meaning of "easy". |
| Khmer | The word "យ៉ាងងាយស្រួល" can also be used to describe something that is convenient, or something that is done without difficulty. |
| Korean | The word "용이하게" derives from the Chinese idiom "容易", meaning "without difficulty". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "оңой" also means "simple", "convenient", or "uncomplicated". |
| Latin | The Latin word "facile" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-, meaning "to seize", and is related to the English word "do" and the French word "faire". |
| Latvian | The word viegli is related to the word vieglas (“light”), sharing the root viegl- meaning "easy to move". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "lengvai" also has the alternate meaning of "lightly" in English. |
| Luxembourgish | "Einfach" also means "simply," "plainly," or "merely" in Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | The word "лесно" in Macedonian is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "лѧстъ", meaning "easy" or "effortless". |
| Malagasy | "Mora foana" literally means "always dead" in Malagasy, but is used to mean "easily". |
| Malay | "Dengan mudah" literally means "with ease". In Malay, "mudah" can also mean "simple", "facile", or "uncomplicated". |
| Maltese | Maltese "faċilment" derives from Latin "faciliter" and shares its connotation of ease or lack of difficulty with the English phrase "with facility". |
| Maori | The phrase 'ngāwari noa' can also be used to describe something that is effortless or without difficulty. |
| Marathi | The word सहज is derived from the Sanskrit word सहज, which means 'born with' or 'natural'. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the origin of "амархан" lies in the word "амар" meaning relaxed state. |
| Nepali | सजिलैसँग is derived from the Sanskrit word "सजिल" meaning "uncomplicated" or "effortless" |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "Enkelt" derives from the Old Norse verb "einasta" and shares a root with the English adjective "single". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'mosavuta' is derived from the verb 'osavuta', meaning 'to simplify' or 'make easy'. |
| Pashto | په اسانۍ ('easily') derives from the Middle Persian word 'āsān', meaning 'restful'. In addition to its literal meaning, it can also be used figuratively to mean 'without difficulty' or 'gracefully'. |
| Persian | The word "به آسانی" ("easily") in Persian comes from the root word "آسان" ("ease") and is also used to describe something that is "convenient" or "effortless." |
| Polish | The word "z łatwością" derives from the adjective "łatwy" (easy) and the suffix "-ość," which forms abstract nouns denoting properties or qualities. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | From Latin "facilis", meaning "easy" or "docile". |
| Romanian | »Uşor« can also mean »light« or »low« in weight or number, and it derives from the Latin word »lux« (light). |
| Russian | The word “без труда” is an example of a tautology in Russian, which means it contains the same root twice. |
| Samoan | The word "faigofie" can also mean "very good" or "quickly".} |
| Scots Gaelic | "Gu furasta" also means "very", "very much", and "exceedingly" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "лако'' has the alternate meaning of "cheaply" in Serbian, reflecting its shared etymological root with the word "лак" (light). |
| Sesotho | Ha bonolo can also mean 'without difficulty', 'without much effort', or 'without too much trouble'. |
| Shona | "Nyore" also means "quickly" or "to be quick" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "آساني سان" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सुख" (sukha), meaning "ease, happiness, or comfort." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Its use may be associated with an older usage of පහසු (pahasu), or a derivative of it as a term denoting readiness, especially readiness to comply with someone's wishes or instructions. |
| Slovak | ľahko (easily) also means "lightly" or "shallowly" when describing sleep, wounds, or clothing. |
| Slovenian | "Enostavno" originally meant "that which can be done with a single step", from "eno-" (one) and "stopiti" (step)"} |
| Somali | The word "Si fudud" can also mean to be convenient or handy. |
| Spanish | The word "fácilmente" originates from the Latin word "facilis" meaning "easy to do, convenient". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "gampang" can also mean "carefree" or "irresponsible." |
| Swahili | The word "kwa urahisi" is made up of two parts: "kwa" which means "by" or "with" and "urahisi" which means "easiness" or "simplicity." |
| Swedish | Swedish word "lätt" derives from Old Norse "léttr" meaning "burden-free, unburdened." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "madali" is derived from the Tagalog word "dali", which means "fast" or "quick." |
| Tajik | The word "ба осонӣ" ("easily") in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "āsan" ("easy"). |
| Tamil | The word "எளிதாக" also means "gracefully" or "softly" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | "సులభంగా" means "comfortably", "effortlessly", "freely", and "without difficulty" in Telugu. |
| Thai | "ง่ายดาย" (Thai) comes from the Old Khmer root "ñāy" which means "easy, pleasant, convenient, comfortable." |
| Turkish | The word "kolayca" is derived from the Arabic word "kalla" (to say no), and originally meant "without contradiction." |
| Ukrainian | The word "легко" in Ukrainian comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "легко", meaning "light, not heavy". |
| Urdu | The word "آسانی سے" is derived from the Arabic word "آسان" meaning "easy" and the Persian word "از" meaning "from". |
| Uzbek | The word "osonlik bilan" can also mean "readily" or "willingly". |
| Vietnamese | "Dễ dàng" có thể có nghĩa là "dễ dàng đạt được" hoặc "dễ dàng chịu đựng/chấp nhận trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn" |
| Welsh | Yn hawdd comes from the word 'hawdd' meaning 'easy', and is also used in the sense of 'quickly' or 'without hesitation'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word ngokulula refers to not only being without difficulty but also to a certain quality of being relaxed and free from burdens. |
| Yiddish | The word "לייכט" (leykht) in Yiddish is derived from either Middle High German "lihte" or Old Polish "lekko" and can also mean "soft", "mild", or "gentle" in some contexts. |
| Yoruba | Awọn iṣọrọ is also a Yoruba word that means 'things that are easy to do or achieve'. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, "kalula" can also mean "quickly", "lightly", "gently", or "softly." |
| English | The word 'easily' derives from the Old French word 'aise,' meaning satisfaction, comfort or convenience. |