Ethics in Different Languages
Discover 'Ethics' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Ethics
Afrikaans etiek | ||
Albanian etikën | ||
Amharic ሥነ ምግባር | ||
Arabic أخلاق | ||
Armenian էթիկա | ||
Assamese নীতি | ||
Aymara kunkini | ||
Azerbaijani etika | ||
Bambara taabolow | ||
Basque etika | ||
Belarusian этыка | ||
Bengali নীতিশাস্ত্র | ||
Bhojpuri आचार-विचार | ||
Bosnian etika | ||
Bulgarian етика | ||
Catalan ètica | ||
Cebuano pamatasan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 伦理 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 倫理 | ||
Corsican etica | ||
Croatian etika | ||
Czech etika | ||
Danish etik | ||
Dhivehi ސުލޫކު | ||
Dogri धरम | ||
Dutch ethiek | ||
English ethics | ||
Esperanto etiko | ||
Estonian eetika | ||
Ewe sedziwɔwɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) etika | ||
Finnish etiikka | ||
French éthique | ||
Frisian etyk | ||
Galician ética | ||
Georgian ეთიკის | ||
German ethik | ||
Greek ηθική | ||
Guarani tekoporã | ||
Gujarati નીતિશાસ્ત્ર | ||
Haitian Creole etik | ||
Hausa xa'a | ||
Hawaiian nā loina | ||
Hebrew אֶתִיקָה | ||
Hindi आचार विचार | ||
Hmong kev coj zoo | ||
Hungarian etika | ||
Icelandic siðareglur | ||
Igbo ụkpụrụ omume | ||
Ilocano dagiti etika | ||
Indonesian etika | ||
Irish eitic | ||
Italian etica | ||
Japanese 倫理 | ||
Javanese etika | ||
Kannada ನೀತಿಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ | ||
Kazakh этика | ||
Khmer ក្រមសីលធម៌ | ||
Kinyarwanda imyitwarire | ||
Konkani नितीतत्वां | ||
Korean 윤리학 | ||
Krio biliv dɛn | ||
Kurdish exlaq | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئێتیک | ||
Kyrgyz этика | ||
Lao ຈັນຍາບັນ | ||
Latin ratio | ||
Latvian ētika | ||
Lingala bizaleli malamu | ||
Lithuanian etika | ||
Luganda eby'empisa | ||
Luxembourgish ethik | ||
Macedonian етика | ||
Maithili नीति शास्त्र | ||
Malagasy fitsipi-pitondran- | ||
Malay etika | ||
Malayalam നീതിശാസ്ത്രം | ||
Maltese etika | ||
Maori matatika | ||
Marathi नीतिशास्त्र | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯧꯅ ꯂꯣꯟꯆꯠꯁꯤꯡ | ||
Mizo nundan mawi | ||
Mongolian ёс зүй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကျင့်ဝတ် | ||
Nepali नैतिकता | ||
Norwegian etikk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chikhalidwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନ ics ତିକତା | ||
Oromo safuu | ||
Pashto اخلاق | ||
Persian اخلاق | ||
Polish etyka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ética | ||
Punjabi ਨੈਤਿਕਤਾ | ||
Quechua etica | ||
Romanian etică | ||
Russian этика | ||
Samoan amio lelei | ||
Sanskrit सत्यनिष्ठा | ||
Scots Gaelic beusachd | ||
Sepedi maitshwaro | ||
Serbian етика | ||
Sesotho melao ea boitšoaro | ||
Shona hunhu | ||
Sindhi اخلاقيات | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආචාර ධර්ම | ||
Slovak etika | ||
Slovenian etiko | ||
Somali anshaxa | ||
Spanish ética | ||
Sundanese étika | ||
Swahili maadili | ||
Swedish etik | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) etika | ||
Tajik ахлоқ | ||
Tamil நெறிமுறைகள் | ||
Tatar этика | ||
Telugu నీతి | ||
Thai จริยธรรม | ||
Tigrinya ስነ-ምግባር | ||
Tsonga matikhomelo | ||
Turkish ahlâk | ||
Turkmen etika | ||
Twi (Akan) mmara | ||
Ukrainian етики | ||
Urdu اخلاقیات | ||
Uyghur ئەخلاق | ||
Uzbek axloq | ||
Vietnamese đạo đức | ||
Welsh moeseg | ||
Xhosa imigaqo yokuziphatha | ||
Yiddish עטיקס | ||
Yoruba ethics | ||
Zulu izimiso zokuziphatha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans adopted "etiek" from a Dutch variant and ultimately from Greek "ethos," meaning "character." |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the word "etikën" is also used to refer to moral conduct or virtue and is derived from the Greek word "ethos," meaning "custom" or "character." |
| Amharic | "ሥነ ምግባር" can also mean "morality" or "morals" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "أخلاق" in Arabic has an additional meaning of "virtues" or "good character." |
| Armenian | In Armenian, "էթիկա" derives from the Greek "ἠθική" and signifies "moral philosophy" or "practical philosophy". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "etika" comes from the Greek word "ethos", which means "character" or "custom". |
| Basque | Basque "etika" comes from Ancient Greek "ethikos" meaning "moral" or "customary". |
| Belarusian | The word "этыка" in Belarusian originates from the Greek word "ēthikós", meaning "moral". |
| Bengali | নীতিশাস্ত্র (nītiśāstra) translates to 'principles of behaviour', and is also related to the word 'policy' in English, both of which have roots in the Greek word 'polis' meaning 'city'. |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word 'etika' is derived from the Greek 'ēthikē', meaning 'morality' or 'custom'. It has been used in Bosnian since the 16th century, where it has also acquired a broader meaning of 'culture'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "етика" derives from the Greek "ethos" meaning "character" or "custom." |
| Catalan | Ètica, originating from the Greek word 'ethos', refers to the principles of right conduct and morality. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 伦理 (lúnlǐ) is an umbrella term encompassing both morality and ethics (deontology, teleology, and axiology), which all focus on distinguishing actions as virtuous or otherwise, in addition to defining a specific morality based on a system of beliefs that can be applied to the actions that are taken by an individual or an organization. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 倫理(Lúnlǐ)最初指處理人與人之間關係的規範，後引申為處理各種事務的規範。 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "etica" can also mean "custom" or "habit". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "etika" derives from the Greek "ethikos," meaning "pertaining to custom or habit" |
| Czech | In Czech, "etika" also refers to the philosophical study of morality. |
| Danish | The Danish word "etik" stems from the Ancient Greek "ethikos," meaning "moral" or "character." |
| Dutch | The word "ethiek" in Dutch is derived from the Greek word "ἠθικός" (ēthikós), meaning "moral" or "pertaining to character." |
| Esperanto | "Etiko" is also related to the word "ethic" or "ethical," which comes from the Greek word "ethos," meaning "character"} |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "eetika" comes from the Greek word "ethikos," which means "pertaining to character." |
| Finnish | The Finnish word 'etiikka' is derived from the Greek word 'ēthos', meaning 'custom, habit, character'. |
| French | The word "éthique" in French derives from the Greek word "êthos", meaning "character" or "custom". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'etyk' can also refer to 'law' and 'morals'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "ética" not only means "ethics", but can also refer to a "rule" or a "precept." |
| Georgian | In Georgian, "ეთიკის" also has philosophical, theological and general social connotations. |
| German | Derived from Greek 'ethos' (character), it can also refer to customs or social behavior (plural 'Ethiken'). |
| Greek | As a noun, the word ηθική can refer to “habits,” “character,” “usage,” or “custom.” |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "nītiśāstra" can also mean "morality" or "the science of conduct," which encompasses ideas about right and wrong behavior. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "etik" is derived from the French word "éthique" and also means "morals". |
| Hausa | "Xa'a" is derived from the Arabic word "'aql," meaning "intellect" or "reason." |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "nā loina" translates to "the intestines," and thus also symbolizes "the seat of morality." |
| Hebrew | אֶתִיקָה, from the Greek word "ethikos," meaning "moral," or "character." |
| Hindi | Derived from Sanskrit (आचार: conduct, विचार: thought), the term 'आचार विचार' not only denotes 'ethics', but also implies introspection and deliberation on one's own conduct. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kev coj zoo" can also refer to etiquette, manners, habits, customs, rules of conduct, and morals. |
| Hungarian | The word "etika" originates from the Greek word "ethikos", meaning "moral". In Hungarian, it retains its original meaning and refers to the branch of philosophy dealing with moral principles and values. |
| Icelandic | Siðareglur originally signified 'custom' which referred to a code of right behaviour within a specific society or tribe. |
| Igbo | "Ụkpụrụ omume" can also refer to good character or virtue and is related to the word "ụkpụrụ", which means "custom", "tradition", or "law". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "etika" derives from the Greek word "ethos," meaning "custom" or "character," and can also refer to rules of proper conduct in everyday life beyond just philosophy. |
| Irish | The word 'eitic' can also refer to 'law' or 'rule' in Irish. |
| Italian | The Italian word 'etica' is also a synonym of 'moral theology', and comes from the Latin 'ethicus' (ethical), which in turn comes from the Greek 'ēthikós' (moral, ethical). |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the kanji 倫理 ('ethics') can also mean social morality or human relations. |
| Javanese | "Etika" or "étika" in Javanese has the same etymological root with Sanskrit "iti" which means "thus", "this" or "like this". |
| Kannada | ನೀತಿಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (nītiśāstra) derives from the Sanskrit नीतिशास्त्र (nītiśāstra) meaning "science of conduct" or "science of right conduct". |
| Kazakh | The word "этика" in Kazakh also refers to the concepts of "morality" and "good manners." |
| Khmer | The word 'ក្រមសីលធម៌' is derived from Sanskrit and consists of three components: 'ក្រម' (order or law), 'សីល' (morality or conduct), and 'ធម៌' (virtue or righteous behavior). Therefore, its meaning encompasses established moral standards, rules of conduct, and principles that guide ethical behavior within a society or group. |
| Korean | The Korean word "윤리학" is derived from the Chinese word "倫理學", which in turn comes from the Greek word "ethikos", meaning "pertaining to character". |
| Kurdish | The term 'exlaq' in Kurdish, derived from Arabic, carries the connotations of both ethical principles and moral behavior. |
| Kyrgyz | "Этика" (ethics) comes from the Greek word "ethos", meaning "character" or "custom". |
| Latin | "Ratio" in Latin can also mean a rational calculation, proportion, or account. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "ētika" derives from the Greek "ethikos" (morally right), relating to customs, character, and habits. |
| Lithuanian | Etika (ethics) in Lithuanian also refers to a type of traditional Lithuanian folk music known as "sutartinės". |
| Luxembourgish | Ethik (German), ethik (French) |
| Macedonian | The word "етика" in Macedonian is derived from the Ancient Greek word "ήθος" (êthos), which means "character" or "custom." |
| Malagasy | The term Fitsipi-pitondran- may be related to morality and justice |
| Malay | The Malay word "etika" comes from the Greek word "ethikos", meaning "morals" or "character." |
| Malayalam | The term 'നീതിശാസ്ത്രം' (Ethics) originates from the ancient Greek word, 'ἠθική' (Ethics), referring to moral virtues or proper behaviour. |
| Maltese | "Etika" derives from Greek "ethos" (character, moral nature), and is not related to the Maltese "etika" (ticket). |
| Maori | Matatika shares a word root with a number of words meaning 'foundation' and 'structure', reflecting the core idea that ethics are essential to human life. |
| Marathi | The word "नीतिशास्त्र" also means "good governance" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word ёс зүй combines the words ёс (custom or tradition) and зүй (rule or law), which suggests that ethics in Mongolian culture are deeply rooted in social norms and customs. |
| Nepali | The word "नैतिकता" (naitikata) is derived from the Sanskrit word "nīti", which means "moral conduct" or "righteousness". |
| Norwegian | 'Etikk' can also mean 'étiquette' or 'manners' borrowed from French. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chikhalidwe" comes from the verb "kuchikha", meaning "to make good" or "do good for" in the Nyanja language. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word اخلاق originally meant “character, nature,” later gaining the sense of “ethics, morality.” |
| Persian | Derived from the Arabic root of "kh-l-q," which signifies character, nature, or disposition, "اخلاق" also alludes to concepts of ethics, morals, and character traits in Persian. |
| Polish | In Polish, "etyka" comes from the Greek word "ethos", meaning "character" or "disposition" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "ética" comes from the Greek "ethikos", meaning "moral" or "character." |
| Punjabi | "ਨੈਤਿਕਤਾ" also translates to morality, morals, and the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word 'etică' comes from the Greek word 'ethos,' which refers to moral values, character, and disposition. |
| Russian | "Этика" comes from the ancient Greek word "ethos", meaning "character," and refers to the study of right and wrong in human behavior. |
| Samoan | The word 'amio lelei' in Samoan originally meant 'good behavior towards relatives', but eventually came to encompass ethical behavior in general. |
| Scots Gaelic | Beusachd is related to the Irish word `buaidhseach`, which means `courtesy` or `good manners`. It is also related to the Welsh word `buchedd`, which means `life`. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "етика" also means "theory of moral obligation". |
| Sesotho | The word "melao ea boitšoaro" is derived from the root "-tsoara", meaning "to hold" or "to grasp", and the prefix "me-", indicating a place or state. |
| Shona | In the Shona language, the word "hunhu" also means "good behavior" or "good manners". |
| Sindhi | The word "اخلاقيات" can also mean "morality" or "values". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ආචාර ධර්ම" derives from the Sanskrit words "आचार" (action) and "धर्म" (law) and can also refer to "conduct" or "custom". |
| Slovak | The term "etika" in Slovak stems from the French "éthique", ultimately deriving from the Latin "ethica" and Greek "ethos" (character, customs). |
| Slovenian | The term "etiko" is used to refer to the discipline of ethics or the principles of morality, as well as the rules or standards governing conduct. |
| Somali | The word "anshaxa" comes from the Arabic word "akhlaq", which also means "ethics", and is used in Somali to refer to both individual and societal moral principles. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "ética" comes from the Greek word "ethos," meaning "character" or "custom." |
| Sundanese | 'Étika' in Sundanese also refers to a belief that a person should be willing to do things that are forbidden, for the sake of protecting oneself or family from harm.} |
| Swahili | The word "maadili" can also refer to "morals" or "values" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word 'etik' has been used in Sweden since the early 19th century, and is derived from the German word 'Ethik'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "etika" can also refer to etiquette or social norms, similar to the Greek "ethos" meaning "character" or "custom". |
| Tajik | The word "ахлоқ" in Tajik is derived from the Arabic word "أخلاق" meaning "character" or "disposition." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "நெறிமுறைகள்" derives from the Sanskrit root "nīti", meaning "conduct" or "discipline", and shares a common etymological origin with "ethics" in English. |
| Telugu | The word "నీతి" in Telugu shares its origin with the Sanskrit word "nīti" meaning "conduct, behavior, or rule of conduct". |
| Thai | "จริยธรรม" derives from Sanskrit word "caria" (action, conduct) + "dharma" (law), and also means law, morality, justice. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word 'ahlâk', meaning 'ethics' or 'morals', ultimately derives from the Arabic 'khuluq' signifying 'disposition', 'nature' and 'character'. |
| Ukrainian | Ukrainian "етики" originally meant "logic" (from Ancient Greek), but now means "ethics". |
| Urdu | This word can have an alternate meaning as "morals". The word can also be used to describe behavior that is good from a moral standpoint, or the study of that behavior. |
| Uzbek | The word "axloq" also means "morals" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Đạo đức was originally a dualistic concept referring to "the way of virtue" and "the way of morality". |
| Welsh | Moeseg is derived from the Greek word "ethikos," which means "moral" or "character." |
| Xhosa | The word "imigaqo yokuziphatha" can also refer to "morals" or "customs". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "עטיקס" is borrowed from the Greek word "ēthikós", meaning "moral" or "character-related." |
| Yoruba | Ìwà is a related Yoruba word for ethics that refers to character and behavior. |
| English | The word 'ethics' originates from the Greek word 'ethos', meaning 'character'. |