Ethnic in Different Languages
Discover 'Ethnic' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Ethnic
Afrikaans etnies | ||
Albanian etnike | ||
Amharic ጎሳዊ | ||
Arabic عرقي | ||
Armenian էթնիկ | ||
Assamese জাতিগত | ||
Aymara étnico ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani etnik | ||
Bambara siyako | ||
Basque etnikoa | ||
Belarusian этнічны | ||
Bengali জাতিগত | ||
Bhojpuri जातीय के बा | ||
Bosnian etnički | ||
Bulgarian етнически | ||
Catalan ètnic | ||
Cebuano etniko | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 民族 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 民族 | ||
Corsican etnicu | ||
Croatian etnički | ||
Czech etnický | ||
Danish etnisk | ||
Dhivehi ނަސްލީ ގޮތުންނެވެ | ||
Dogri जातीय | ||
Dutch etnisch | ||
English ethnic | ||
Esperanto etna | ||
Estonian etniline | ||
Ewe to vovovo me tɔwo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) etniko | ||
Finnish etninen | ||
French ethnique | ||
Frisian etnysk | ||
Galician étnico | ||
Georgian ეთნიკური | ||
German ethnisch | ||
Greek εθνικός | ||
Guarani etnia rehegua | ||
Gujarati વંશીય | ||
Haitian Creole etnik | ||
Hausa kabila | ||
Hawaiian lāhui | ||
Hebrew אתני | ||
Hindi संजाति विषयक | ||
Hmong haiv neeg | ||
Hungarian etnikai | ||
Icelandic þjóðerni | ||
Igbo agbụrụ | ||
Ilocano etniko nga puli | ||
Indonesian etnis | ||
Irish eitneach | ||
Italian etnico | ||
Japanese エスニック | ||
Javanese etnis | ||
Kannada ಜನಾಂಗೀಯ | ||
Kazakh этникалық | ||
Khmer ជនជាតិ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwoko | ||
Konkani वंशीक अशें म्हण्टात | ||
Korean 민족 | ||
Krio etnik grup we dɛn kɔmɔt | ||
Kurdish etnîkî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئیتنیکی | ||
Kyrgyz этникалык | ||
Lao ຊົນເຜົ່າ | ||
Latin ethnic | ||
Latvian etniskā | ||
Lingala bato ya ekólo | ||
Lithuanian etninis | ||
Luganda amawanga | ||
Luxembourgish ethnesch | ||
Macedonian етнички | ||
Maithili जातीय | ||
Malagasy ara-poko | ||
Malay etnik | ||
Malayalam വംശീയ | ||
Maltese etniku | ||
Maori iwi | ||
Marathi वांशिक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯏꯊꯅꯤꯛ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo hnam hrang hrang | ||
Mongolian угсаатны | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တိုင်းရင်းသား | ||
Nepali जातीय | ||
Norwegian etnisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mafuko | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜାତି | ||
Oromo sabaa fi sablammoota | ||
Pashto قومي | ||
Persian قومی | ||
Polish etniczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) étnico | ||
Punjabi ਨਸਲੀ | ||
Quechua etnia nisqa | ||
Romanian etnic | ||
Russian этнический | ||
Samoan ituaiga | ||
Sanskrit जातीय | ||
Scots Gaelic cinneachail | ||
Sepedi morafe | ||
Serbian етнички | ||
Sesotho morabe | ||
Shona dzinza | ||
Sindhi لساني | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වාර්ගික | ||
Slovak etnický | ||
Slovenian etničen | ||
Somali qowmiyadeed | ||
Spanish étnico | ||
Sundanese etnis | ||
Swahili kabila | ||
Swedish etnisk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) etnikong | ||
Tajik қавмӣ | ||
Tamil இன | ||
Tatar этник | ||
Telugu జాతి | ||
Thai ชาติพันธุ์ | ||
Tigrinya ብሄራዊ ምዃኑ ይፍለጥ | ||
Tsonga rixaka | ||
Turkish etnik | ||
Turkmen etnik | ||
Twi (Akan) mmusuakuw mu | ||
Ukrainian етнічна | ||
Urdu نسلی | ||
Uyghur مىللەت | ||
Uzbek etnik | ||
Vietnamese dân tộc | ||
Welsh ethnig | ||
Xhosa ubuhlanga | ||
Yiddish עטניש | ||
Yoruba eya | ||
Zulu ubuhlanga |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "etnies" can also refer to a group of people sharing a common culture or language. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "etnike" is derived from the Turkish word "etnik", which itself is borrowed from French "ethnique" and ultimately from Greek "ethnikos", meaning "of the nation". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word 'ጎሳዊ' ('ethnic') is derived from the verb 'ተጋየ' ('to divide'). |
| Arabic | The word "عرقي" in Arabic can also mean "alcoholic" or "pertaining to alcohol." |
| Armenian | The Armenian word էթնիկ (ethnic) derives from Ancient Greek ethnikē (ἐθνική) which originally referred to non-Hellenes, pagans and outsiders. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "etnik" can also refer to a person's social or cultural group. |
| Basque | The Basque word “etnikoa” can also refer to “people” or “folk.” |
| Belarusian | The word "этнічны" in Belarusian has the additional meaning of "pertaining to an ethnos," a term referring to a historically distinct cultural group. |
| Bengali | The word "জাতিগত" also means "racial" or "pertaining to a particular race or group of people". |
| Bosnian | The term 'etnički' is also used colloquially to refer to racial characteristics of an individual |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "етнически", in addition to its meaning of "ethnic", can also refer to concepts like "folkloric", "traditional", or "cultural". |
| Catalan | The word "ètnic" in Catalan can also mean "foreign" or "exotic". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese word "民族" (minzu) refers to both "nation" and "ethnic group," and was coined in the late 19th century as a translation of the Japanese word "minzoku." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 民族 in modern Chinese is a translation of the German Volk coined by Yan Fu, in contrast to its original usage in ancient China referring to a specific race or people. |
| Corsican | Corsican "etnicu" also means "pagan" or "gentile", and derives from Greek "ethnikos", which also has the sense of "foreign" or "barbarian." |
| Croatian | The word "etnički" is a Croatian adjective that can also mean "ethnographic". |
| Czech | "Etnický" pochází z řečtiny a znamená "pohanské" či "cizí". |
| Danish | In Danish, "etnisk" can also refer to the concept of belonging to or being part of a particular cultural or linguistic group. |
| Dutch | The word "etnisch" in Dutch can also refer to a specific ethnic group, such as a "Volk" (people). |
| Esperanto | The word "etna" can also refer to a type of volcano or a mountain range in Sicily. |
| Estonian | "Etni" in "etniline" is derived from the Greek word "ethnos", which refers to a group of people united by cultural, linguistic, or racial ties. Hence, the term "etniline" implies a shared cultural or national identity. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "etninen" is derived from the Greek word "ethnos," which originally referred to a group of people descended from a common ancestor but came to refer to any cultural or linguistic group in the 19th century. |
| French | In French, the word "ethnique" can have a more general sense than "ethnic" in English, referring to anything related to a particular country or culture. |
| Frisian | The word "etnysk" in Frisian comes from the Greek word "ethnos," which means "nation" or "people." |
| Georgian | The word "ეთნიკური" ("ethnic") in Georgian can also refer to "belonging to a particular people or group of people". |
| German | German "ethnisch" derives from Greek "ethnos" and has the alternate meaning "foreign". |
| Greek | The Greek word εθνικός (ethnikos) originally meant "heathen" or "pagan" and was used to refer to non-Christians. |
| Haitian Creole | Ethnic (etnik) also means 'pagan' or 'heathens' in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word "kabila" in Hausa can also refer to a group of people who share a common ancestor or a tribe. |
| Hawaiian | Lāhui, meaning "nation" or "people" in Hawaiian, is also used to denote ethnic or cultural identity. |
| Hebrew | The term אתני also translates to "authentic", and as such is often used to refer to authentic food dishes that are not influenced by other cultures. |
| Hindi | The word "संजाति विषयक" in Hindi derives from the root "संजाति" meaning "birth" or "lineage". |
| Hmong | The word "haiv neeg" can also mean "clan" or "tribe" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian "etnika" can refer not only to ethnic groups, but also to the science or knowledge of ethnic groups. |
| Icelandic | The word þjóðerni is used to refer to the ethnicity of a person or group, and is cognate with the Old English word `þēod` meaning "people". |
| Igbo | Agburu is also the Igbo word for "tribe" and "clan". |
| Indonesian | "Etnis" is derived from the Greek word "ethnos" meaning "nation" or "people", and refers to a group of people who share a common cultural identity. |
| Irish | The word "eitneach" can also refer to a pagan or non-Christian person. |
| Italian | The Italian word "etnico" can also refer to pagan religious practices, customs, and beliefs. |
| Japanese | The word "エスニック" was originally coined in Japanese to refer to the spices and seasonings used in Southeast Asian cuisine, but has since expanded to include a wider range of non-Japanese cuisines. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "etnis" can also mean "skin color" or "caste." |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh "этникалық" is derived from the Greek word "ethnos" which means both a "tribe" and "people." |
| Khmer | The word "ជនជាតិ" (ethnic) in Khmer is also used to refer to a nation, race, or tribe. |
| Korean | The word "민족" in Korean can also mean "nation" or "race", and was originally derived from the Chinese character "民族". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "etnîkî" can also refer to "foreign", "pagan", or "infidel". |
| Kyrgyz | The term also refers to traditional cultural customs and practices. |
| Latin | The Latin word "ethnicus" originally referred to pagans, non-Christians, or non-Greeks. |
| Latvian | The word "etniskā" is derived from the Latin word "ethnos", meaning "people" or "nation". |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian word "etninis" can also mean "anthropological". |
| Luxembourgish | (Et)hnesch is a Luxembourgish word that refers to anything foreign or strange, and is also used to describe people of other ethnicities. |
| Macedonian | The word 'етнички' can also refer to ethnic clothing or garments characteristic of a particular group. |
| Malagasy | The word "ara-poko" in Malagasy also means "a person who has a different culture or origin, a foreigner." |
| Malay | Ethnic (etnik) can also refer to a non-Malay minority group in Malaysia, especially Chinese and Indians. |
| Malayalam | The word "വംശീയ" can also refer to a lineage or dynasty in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "etniku" can also mean "pagan" or "heathen" in certain contexts, and is derived from the Latin word "ethnos," meaning "nation" or "people." |
| Maori | In Maori, "iwi" refers to a tribe or ethnic group, and its alternate meanings include "bone" and "root". |
| Marathi | वांशिक is an adjective which not only means ethnic in Marathi, but also means that of bamboo. |
| Mongolian | The word "угсаатны" can also refer to "race" or "nationality". |
| Nepali | The word "जातीय" in Nepali can also refer to "national, tribal, belonging to or constituting a tribe". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "etnisk" can also refer to the "ethnic" or "cultural" background of a group of people. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja term "mafuko" also refers to the traditional tattoos adorned by women of the Chewa and Ngoni communities. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "قومي" (ethnic) literally means "of the tribe" or "of the people". |
| Persian | The word "قومی" (qowmi) is derived from the Arabic word "قوم" (qawm), which means "people" or "nation." |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "etniczny" can also refer to a "racial minority" or a "minority group" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "étnico" can also refer to something related to a particular ethnic group or culture. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "etnic" also means "foreign" or "exotic". |
| Russian | In Russian, "этнический" means not only "ethnic" but also "racist". |
| Samoan | The word 'ituaiga' can also be used to refer to a person's extended family or clan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "cinneachail" in Scots Gaelic can also mean "clan" or "kindred".} |
| Serbian | "етнички" has alternate meanings such as 'ethnical' and 'national' in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | Morabe can refer not only to ethnicity but also to culture, language, and nationality in Sesotho. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word لساني (ethnic) derives from the Arabic root لسان (language), signifying a shared linguistic identity. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | It comes from Pali 'vaga' meaning group or tribe, or from Tamil 'varigam' meaning kind or division. |
| Slovak | V češtine sa „etnický“ používa aj na označenie príslušníkov národností, v slovenčine nie. |
| Slovenian | The word 'etničen' can also mean 'national' or 'tribal' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The term "qowmiyadeed" may also refer to the sense of belonging to a particular group or community |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "étnico" can also refer to a person's "nationality" or "origin." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "etnis" can also indicate one's ancestry or lineage. |
| Swahili | "Kabila" also means "clan" or "lineage" in Swahili, and is a Bantu term common also to other languages such as Luba. |
| Swedish | The word "etnisk" can refer to either ethnicity or origin in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog term "etnikong" ultimately derives from the Greek word "ethnos," meaning "nation," but can also refer to any distinctive social or cultural group. |
| Tajik | The word “қавмӣ” in Tajik can also mean “tribal” and “national” and is derived from the Arabic word “qawm” which means “people” or “nation”. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "இன" also refers to "type" or "category", highlighting its broader semantic range beyond mere ethnicity. |
| Telugu | The word "జాతి" ("ethnic") comes from the Sanskrit word "जाति" ("caste"), and originally referred to a group of people sharing the same caste. |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "ชาติพันธุ์" can also be used to refer to a group of people who share a common culture or language. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word "etnik" can also refer to "folkloric" or "traditional." |
| Ukrainian | The Russian word “этнический” (“ethnic”) derives from the Greek adjective “ἐθνικός” (“of a nation” or “foreign”), whose basic meaning is “nation.” |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "نسلی" can also refer to "lineage" or "ancestral".} |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "etnik" can also mean "national or cultural group". |
| Vietnamese | "Dân tộc" is derived from "dân" (people) and "tộc" (clan), meaning "a group of people who share a common origin, culture, and language." |
| Welsh | Ethnig also means 'heathen' in Welsh and is derived from the word 'adain' meaning 'foreigner'. |
| Xhosa | The word "ubuhlanga" in Xhosa originally meant "clan" or "tribe" and is still used in this sense today. |
| Yiddish | עטניש sometimes means someone who is Jewish |
| Yoruba | The word 'eya' in yoruba can also mean a taboo or a curse. |
| Zulu | "Ubuhlanga" is also used to refer to the color of one's skin, and can be used in a positive or negative way depending on the context. |
| English | Ethnic derives from Greek ethnos, "people" or "nation", so has both cultural and political connotations. |