Afrikaans opvoed | ||
Albanian edukoj | ||
Amharic ማስተማር | ||
Arabic تعليم | ||
Armenian կրթել | ||
Assamese শিক্ষিত কৰা | ||
Aymara yatichaña | ||
Azerbaijani tərbiyə etmək | ||
Bambara kalan kɛ | ||
Basque hezi | ||
Belarusian выхоўваць | ||
Bengali শিক্ষিত করা | ||
Bhojpuri शिक्षित करे के बा | ||
Bosnian obrazovati | ||
Bulgarian възпитавам | ||
Catalan educar | ||
Cebuano edukar | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 教育 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 教育 | ||
Corsican educà | ||
Croatian obrazovati | ||
Czech vzdělávat | ||
Danish uddanne | ||
Dhivehi ތަޢުލީމު ދިނުން | ||
Dogri शिक्षित करना | ||
Dutch onderwijzen | ||
English educate | ||
Esperanto eduki | ||
Estonian harida | ||
Ewe fia nu ame | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) turuan | ||
Finnish kouluttaa | ||
French éduquer | ||
Frisian opliede | ||
Galician educar | ||
Georgian განათლება | ||
German erziehen | ||
Greek εκπαιδεύσει | ||
Guarani ohekombo’e | ||
Gujarati શિક્ષિત | ||
Haitian Creole edike | ||
Hausa ilimantarwa | ||
Hawaiian aʻo | ||
Hebrew לְחַנֵך | ||
Hindi शिक्षित | ||
Hmong kawm ntawv | ||
Hungarian oktat | ||
Icelandic mennta | ||
Igbo kuziere | ||
Ilocano edukaren | ||
Indonesian mendidik | ||
Irish oideachas | ||
Italian educare | ||
Japanese 教育する | ||
Javanese ndhidhik | ||
Kannada ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ | ||
Kazakh білім беру | ||
Khmer អប់រំ | ||
Kinyarwanda kwigisha | ||
Konkani शिक्षण दिवप | ||
Korean 기르다 | ||
Krio ɛdyukeshɔn | ||
Kurdish gîhandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پەروەردەکردن | ||
Kyrgyz билим берүү | ||
Lao ສຶກສາອົບຮົມ | ||
Latin educo | ||
Latvian izglītot | ||
Lingala koteya bato | ||
Lithuanian auklėti | ||
Luganda okusomesa | ||
Luxembourgish educéieren | ||
Macedonian едуцира | ||
Maithili शिक्षित करब | ||
Malagasy hanabe | ||
Malay mendidik | ||
Malayalam അഭ്യസിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് | ||
Maltese teduka | ||
Maori whakaakona | ||
Marathi शिकवणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯖꯨꯀꯦꯁꯟ ꯄꯤꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo zirtirna pe rawh | ||
Mongolian сургах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပညာတတ် | ||
Nepali शिक्षित | ||
Norwegian utdanne | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) phunzitsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶିକ୍ଷିତ କର | | ||
Oromo barsiisuu | ||
Pashto روزنه ورکول | ||
Persian آموزش | ||
Polish kształcić | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) educar | ||
Punjabi ਸਿੱਖਿਅਤ | ||
Quechua yachachiy | ||
Romanian educa | ||
Russian обучать | ||
Samoan aʻoaʻo | ||
Sanskrit शिक्षयति | ||
Scots Gaelic oideachadh | ||
Sepedi ruta | ||
Serbian васпитавати | ||
Sesotho ruta | ||
Shona dzidzisa | ||
Sindhi تعليم رکو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දැනුවත් කරන්න | ||
Slovak vzdelávať | ||
Slovenian izobraževati | ||
Somali waxbarid | ||
Spanish educar | ||
Sundanese ngadidik | ||
Swahili kuelimisha | ||
Swedish utbilda | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) turuan | ||
Tajik таълим медиҳанд | ||
Tamil கல்வி | ||
Tatar укыту | ||
Telugu చదువు | ||
Thai ให้ความรู้ | ||
Tigrinya ምምሃር | ||
Tsonga dyondzisa | ||
Turkish eğitmek | ||
Turkmen bilim bermek | ||
Twi (Akan) kyerɛkyerɛ | ||
Ukrainian виховувати | ||
Urdu تعلیم | ||
Uyghur تەربىيىلەش | ||
Uzbek tarbiyalash | ||
Vietnamese giáo dục | ||
Welsh addysgu | ||
Xhosa fundisa | ||
Yiddish דערציען | ||
Yoruba eko | ||
Zulu fundisa |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Opvoed is derived from Old Dutch opvoeden meaning "to bring up" and is cognate with the English word "upbringing". |
| Albanian | The word "edukoj" comes from the Latin word "educere", meaning "to lead out". |
| Amharic | Derived from the Ge'ez word 'stmr', meaning 'to show, demonstrate' |
| Arabic | The word "تعليم" can also mean "mark" or "sign" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "tərbiyə etmək" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Arabic word "tarbiya", meaning "training" or "upbringing". |
| Basque | "Hezi" can also mean "breed" or "raise livestock". |
| Belarusian | The word “выхоўваць” (educate) comes from the Proto-Slavic word “*vъzъchovattь”, meaning “to raise”. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "শিক্ষিত করা" also means "to civilize" or "to refine". |
| Bosnian | The word 'obrazovati' derives from the Old Slavonic root 'obraz', meaning both 'image' and 'form'. It shares this root with words like 'obr(a)z', 'obrazac', 'obrati', and 'obrazina'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "възпитавам" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "въспитати", which originally meant "to raise" or "to bring up". |
| Catalan | The word "educar" in Catalan originates from the Latin word "educare", meaning "to lead out or bring up". |
| Cebuano | "Edukar" is derived from "Educare", Latin for 'to draw out', and also shares the root of 'education', 'educate' and 'edutainment." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 教育 in Chinese (Simplified) can also refer to raising children, cultivating personal character, cultivating plants or animals, and training or instructing others. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The first character 教 in "教育" means teaching, and the second character 育 means growing and nourishing, implying the process of cultivating knowledge and wisdom in students. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "educà" can also mean "to feed" or "to give birth to a child". |
| Croatian | The verb "obrazovati" also means "to create" or "to form". |
| Czech | The Czech word "vzdělávat" originates from "vzdělat", meaning "to cultivate" or "to improve", signifying the nurturing aspect of education. |
| Danish | The word "uddanne" is derived from the Old Norse word "udan," which means "to bring up" or "to raise." |
| Dutch | The Dutch verb 'onderwijzen' is derived from the Middle Dutch word 'onderwisen', which originally meant 'to instruct in the faith'. |
| Esperanto | The word "eduki" in Esperanto is derived from the Latin word "educere", meaning "to lead out". In addition to its primary meaning, it can also refer to "to raise" or "to bring up". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "harida" also means "to rear" or "to cultivate" in the sense of growing crops. |
| Finnish | "Kouluttaa" has a secondary meaning of "to train". |
| French | The French word "éduquer" derives from the Latin "educare", meaning "to lead out, to bring up". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "opliede" is derived from the Old Frisian word "oplieden", which originally meant "to bring up" or "to raise". In modern Frisian, it is used exclusively in the sense of "to educate". |
| Galician | In Galician, "educar" can also mean "to breed" or "to raise" animals. |
| German | "Erziehen" comes from "er-zieh-en" - to pull up, and in old usage also meant "to feed (livestock)". |
| Greek | The term is derived from the Greek root word ''paideia'', meaning ''upbringing'' or ''education''. |
| Gujarati | શિક્ષિત (shikshit) comes from Sanskrit and is related to 'knowledge', 'instruction', and 'learning'. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "edike" comes from the French word "éduquer" which also means "educate". |
| Hausa | Ilimantarwa derives from the Arabic word 'ilm (knowledge), suggesting a strong emphasis on the acquisition of knowledge as the foundation of education. |
| Hawaiian | The word "aʻo" also conveys meanings of "to teach; to be wise; to make known; to enlighten;" to bring out to the light or from the dark." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word 'לְחַנֵך' ('educate') also means 'to dedicate' or 'to inaugurate' in the context of religious ceremonies. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "शिक्षित" can also mean "trained" or "disciplined." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kawm ntawv" also means "to teach" and "to learn". |
| Hungarian | The word "oktat" in Hungarian derives from the Latin "octo" (eight), referring to the eight-year elementary education system during the Middle Ages. |
| Icelandic | The word 'mennta' comes from the Old Norse word 'menta' ('to think'), thus it's related to the English words 'mental' and 'mentality'. |
| Igbo | The word "kuziere" can also mean "to bring up" or "to nurture" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | "Mend" is a Middle English word that means “make whole,” “restore to health,” and “repair.” It derives ultimately from the Latin "medēri," which means “heal.” |
| Irish | The word "oideachas" can also refer to the act of fostering or nurturing something. |
| Italian | The Latin verb "educare" originally referred to the act of raising or bringing up a child. |
| Japanese | The kanji for 'education' (教育) literally means 'to pull out the child,' reflecting the traditional belief that education is about fostering potential from within. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "ndhidhik" can also refer to the process of training animals, particularly horses. |
| Kannada | "ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ" derives from the Sanskrit root "śiks" meaning "to learn," and also bears the connotation of "discipline and punishment." |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "білім беру" ("educate") derives from the Proto-Turkic verb "bil-" meaning "to know". |
| Khmer | The word "អប់រំ" also means "to nourish" or "to nurture" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The word "기르다" (educate) shares its origin with the word "길러 (raise)", and can also mean "to nurture" or "to care for". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "gîhandin" has cognates in other Indo-European languages, such as the Sanskrit word "jihvā", which means "tongue". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "билим берүү" can also mean "to give knowledge" or "to teach someone something." |
| Latin | The Latin word "Educo" also means "to lead out, or to bring up", as in "to lead out of ignorance". |
| Latvian | The word "izglītot" comes from the German word "ausbilden" and originally meant "to train". It can also mean "to civilize". |
| Lithuanian | The word "auklėti" is derived from the verb "aukti", to grow, and refers to the process of cultivating or nurturing the mind |
| Luxembourgish | "Educéieren" derives from the Latin "educare", meaning to "lead out" or "bring up". |
| Macedonian | The word "едуцира" comes from the Latin word "educare," which means to bring up or rear. |
| Malagasy | In the traditional sense, "hanabe" in Malagasy also refers to the preparation of a child for adulthood rather than the formal imparting of knowledge. |
| Malay | In Malay, the word "mendidik" has its roots in the Sanskrit term "vidya," which refers to knowledge and wisdom. |
| Maltese | The word "teduka" in Maltese is derived from the Italian word "educare," which means "to bring up" or "to nurture." |
| Maori | The Maori word "whakaakona" shares its root "ako" with the noun "akonga" (student), suggesting a reciprocal relationship between teaching and learning. |
| Marathi | The word "शिकवणे" is derived from the Sanskrit word "शिक्ष," which means "teaching."} |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "сургах" derives from the verb "сургуули", meaning "to study" or "to learn", and is cognate with the Turkish word "sürmek" (to pull, drag, or drive). |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In addition to the common meaning of "educate," ပညာတတ် can also mean "to acquire knowledge or skill." |
| Nepali | The word "शिक्षित" can also mean "educated", "knowledgeable", or "civilized". |
| Norwegian | The word Utdanne has roots in Old Norse and means 'to bring up' or 'to nourish'. Originally, the word was used to refer to the upbringing of children, but it has since come to be used in a more general sense to refer to the process of education. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'phunzitsa' is derived from the root word 'phunzi', which means 'to learn' or 'to understand'. In some contexts, 'phunzitsa' can also refer to 'teaching' or 'instructing'. |
| Pashto | The word "روزنه ورکول" in Pashto originally meant "to light a fire" or "to kindle", and only later came to mean "to educate". |
| Persian | 'آموزش' is derived from the root 'آموز' meaning 'to learn, to study', indicating that the emphasis is on the process of knowledge acquisition. |
| Polish | Kształcić means 'to form', 'to shape', 'to mold', or 'to educate' in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Educar" is derived from Latin "educare," which meant "to lead forth," and can also mean "to train" or "to raise" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | "ਸਿੱਖਿਅਤ" also means "to train, to teach, to make one learn," and also "to correct" and "to discipline". |
| Romanian | The word "educa" in Romanian is related to the Latin verb "educare" (to nourish, to feed), suggesting the idea of nurturing the mind. |
| Russian | Обучать' can also mean to 'train' or 'to teach' in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word aʻoaʻo can be interpreted as either the act of educating/teaching or the knowledge acquired through the process. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'oideachadh' is derived from the Gaelic word 'oide' meaning 'teacher' or 'scholar'. |
| Serbian | The word "васпитавати" can also mean "to nurture" or "to raise" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word 'ruta' can also refer to grooming, teaching or bringing up. |
| Shona | "Dzidzisa" also means "to sow" in Shona, reflecting the traditional association between education and agriculture. |
| Sindhi | The word "تعليم رکو" in Sindhi literally means "to put a mark on something". |
| Slovak | The word "vzdelávať" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*vьzdelati", meaning "to work on, to cultivate" or "to make intelligent," and is related to the word "vzdelanie" ("education"). |
| Slovenian | The word "izobraževati" in Slovenian is derived from the Slavic root "obraz", meaning "image" or "form," suggesting that education involves the shaping or transformation of the mind. |
| Somali | In some contexts, "waxbarid" can also mean "to train" or "to discipline." |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "educar" derives from the Latin "educare," meaning "to lead out" or "to bring up." |
| Sundanese | The word ngadidik has a special connotation in Sundanese. It means not only teaching, but also nurturing and fostering one's character. |
| Swahili | The word "kuelimisha" is derived from the Arabic word "علم" (ʻilm), which means "knowledge" or "science". |
| Swedish | Utbilda, meaning "educate", is derived from the Old Norse word "bilda"} |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Turuan" can also mean "lesson" or "instruction". |
| Tajik | The word "таълим медиҳанд" in Tajik ultimately derives from the Classical Arabic word "تعليم" (taʿlīm), meaning "education", "instruction", or "teaching." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'கல்வி' shares an etymological root with 'கல்' ('stone') and carries the meaning of 'chiseling or inscribing' on a stone tablet. |
| Telugu | చదువు can also refer to the process of learning, studying, or gaining knowledge. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ให้ความรู้" (educate) also means "to enlighten" and "to give knowledge or information to". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "Eğitmek," meaning "to educate," comes from the Persian word "ākhīdan," meaning "to teach." |
| Ukrainian | The word 'виховувати' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *vychov-, meaning 'to lead, to guide', and is related to the words 'education' and 'upbringing'. |
| Urdu | The term تعلیم also refers to the knowledge or lessons derived from any experience, incident or narrative. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "tarbiyalash" (educate) derives from the Arabic "tarbiya" (breeding) and can also mean "upbringing" or "nurturing." |
| Vietnamese | Giáo dục means both "educate" in general and "raise livestock" in the animal husbandry context. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'addysgu' (educate) is derived from the Proto-Celtic *ad-sko- and is cognate with Latin 'disco' (learn) and the English 'school' |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "fundisa" is derived from the Zulu word "funda," meaning "to learn." |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word 'דערציען' ('educate') also refers to raising a child, while in modern Hebrew it primarily means teaching. |
| Yoruba | The word "eko" in Yoruba not only means "educate" but also refers to knowledge, school, and the brain. |
| Zulu | The word "fundisa" derives from the root "funda", meaning "to build" or "to establish". |
| English | The word "educate" derives from the Latin "educare," meaning "to bring up, rear, or nourish." |