Afrikaans verken | ||
Albanian eksploroj | ||
Amharic ያስሱ | ||
Arabic يكتشف | ||
Armenian ուսումնասիրել | ||
Assamese অণ্বেষণ কৰা | ||
Aymara yant'aña | ||
Azerbaijani araşdırmaq | ||
Bambara ka mafilɛ | ||
Basque arakatu | ||
Belarusian даследаваць | ||
Bengali অন্বেষণ | ||
Bhojpuri पता लगाव | ||
Bosnian istražiti | ||
Bulgarian изследвайте | ||
Catalan explorar | ||
Cebuano pagsuhid | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 探索 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 探索 | ||
Corsican scopra | ||
Croatian istražiti | ||
Czech prozkoumat | ||
Danish udforske | ||
Dhivehi ދިރާސާކުރުން | ||
Dogri छान-बीन करना | ||
Dutch verkennen | ||
English explore | ||
Esperanto esplori | ||
Estonian uurima | ||
Ewe tsa le eme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) galugarin | ||
Finnish tutkia | ||
French explorer | ||
Frisian ferkenne | ||
Galician explorar | ||
Georgian გამოკვლევა | ||
German erkunden | ||
Greek εξερευνώ | ||
Guarani jehyvykói | ||
Gujarati અન્વેષણ કરો | ||
Haitian Creole eksplore | ||
Hausa bincika | ||
Hawaiian makaikai | ||
Hebrew לַחקוֹר | ||
Hindi अन्वेषण करना | ||
Hmong tshawb | ||
Hungarian fedezd fel | ||
Icelandic kanna | ||
Igbo inyocha | ||
Ilocano dapadapen | ||
Indonesian jelajahi | ||
Irish iniúchadh | ||
Italian esplorare | ||
Japanese 見る | ||
Javanese njelajah | ||
Kannada ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh зерттеу | ||
Khmer រុករក | ||
Kinyarwanda shakisha | ||
Konkani सोद घेवप | ||
Korean 탐험하다 | ||
Krio lan mɔ | ||
Kurdish lêkolîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گەڕان | ||
Kyrgyz изилдөө | ||
Lao ສຳ ຫຼວດ | ||
Latin explorarent | ||
Latvian izpētīt | ||
Lingala kotala | ||
Lithuanian tyrinėti | ||
Luganda okulambuula | ||
Luxembourgish entdecken | ||
Macedonian истражува | ||
Maithili अन्वेषण | ||
Malagasy hijery | ||
Malay meneroka | ||
Malayalam പര്യവേക്ഷണം ചെയ്യുക | ||
Maltese tesplora | ||
Maori torotoro | ||
Marathi अन्वेषण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯤꯗꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo zawngchhuak | ||
Mongolian судлах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စူးစမ်းလေ့လာပါ | ||
Nepali अन्वेषण | ||
Norwegian utforske | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kufufuza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅନୁସନ୍ଧାନ କର | | ||
Oromo gadi fageenyaan ibsuu | ||
Pashto سپړنه | ||
Persian کاوش کردن | ||
Polish badać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) explorar | ||
Punjabi ਪੜਚੋਲ ਕਰੋ | ||
Quechua taqwiriy | ||
Romanian explora | ||
Russian исследовать | ||
Samoan suesue | ||
Sanskrit अन्वेषण | ||
Scots Gaelic rannsaich | ||
Sepedi utolla | ||
Serbian истражити | ||
Sesotho hlahloba | ||
Shona ongorora | ||
Sindhi ڳوليو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගවේෂණය කරන්න | ||
Slovak preskúmať | ||
Slovenian raziskovati | ||
Somali sahamin | ||
Spanish explorar | ||
Sundanese ngajajah | ||
Swahili chunguza | ||
Swedish utforska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) galugarin | ||
Tajik омӯхтан | ||
Tamil ஆராயுங்கள் | ||
Tatar тикшерү | ||
Telugu అన్వేషించండి | ||
Thai สำรวจ | ||
Tigrinya ዳህሰሳ | ||
Tsonga valanga | ||
Turkish keşfetmek | ||
Turkmen gözleg | ||
Twi (Akan) hwehwɛ mu | ||
Ukrainian досліджувати | ||
Urdu دریافت کریں | ||
Uyghur ئىزدىنىش | ||
Uzbek o'rganmoq | ||
Vietnamese khám phá | ||
Welsh archwilio | ||
Xhosa hlola | ||
Yiddish ויספאָרשן | ||
Yoruba ṣawari | ||
Zulu hlola |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "verken" is derived from the Dutch verb "verkennen", meaning "to reconnoiter" or "to scout". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "eksploroj" comes from the Latin word "explorare", which means "to search out" or "to investigate." |
| Amharic | The verb ያስሱ has multiple meanings and can mean "explore", "explain", or "interpret". |
| Arabic | يكتشف also means "to discover" in Arabic, and this meaning is used in the expression "مكتشف الذهب" (gold explorer). |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "araşdırmaq" is derived from the Persian word "ārāstan", meaning "to adorn" or "to decorate". |
| Basque | "Arakatu" also means "to seek" and "to discover" in other Basque dialects. |
| Bengali | অন্বেষণ (anvEshon) likely derives from the Sanskrit word 'an-vish' meaning 'to seek out', and thus also means 'research' or 'investigation' in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "istražiti" in Bosnian has its origins in the Old Church Slavonic word "istražiti", which means "to seek out" or "to investigate". |
| Bulgarian | The verb "изследвайте" can also mean "to investigate" or "to research". |
| Catalan | The word "explorar" comes from the Latin word "explorare", which means to search out or investigate. |
| Cebuano | Pagsuhid comes from the root word "suhid" which means to rub, scrub, or wipe something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 探索 originated as a Buddhist term to mean the searching for truth, with the 索 (seek) radical and 探 (probe) phonetic element. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 探索 can also mean "to inquire into," as in "to explore causes (探究原因)". |
| Corsican | The etymology of "scopra" can be traced back to the medieval Latin word "explorāre" (to investigate). |
| Croatian | "Istražiti" is derived from the Latin word "investigare", meaning "to search into", and is related to the Croatian word "istraga", meaning "investigation". |
| Czech | The word "prozkoumat" also means "to investigate" or "to examine" in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "udforske" is derived from the Old Norse word "útforska", meaning "to search by going out". |
| Dutch | Although "verkennen" can mean to explore, it can also mean "mistake" or "misrecognize". |
| Esperanto | The word "esplori" also means "spy out, scout out" and was coined by L. L. Zamenhof in his dictionary. |
| Estonian | The word "uurima" is derived from the Proto-Finnic verb *uor-, meaning "to see" or "to watch". |
| Finnish | "Tutkia" is an etymological sibling of "touch" |
| French | The French word "explorer" shares its origin with the Latin word "explicare", meaning "to unfold" or "to make clear". |
| Frisian | Frisian "ferkenne" shares its root with English "fern" or "faring," but in its modern usage refers to "exploring" or "investigating." |
| Galician | "Explorar" also means "to spy" or "to research" in Galician. |
| German | "Erkunden" originates from the Middle High German "erkunnen" meaning "to make known" or "to find out". |
| Greek | The Greek word "εξερευνώ" is derived from the ancient Greek verb "εξερευναώ," which means "to search out thoroughly" or "to investigate." |
| Haitian Creole | "Eksplore" is a Haitian Creole word borrowed from French "explorer" and also means "to inquire about" or "to investigate". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "bincika" can also mean "research", "investigate", or "discover." |
| Hawaiian | "Makaikai" is derived from "maka" (eye) and "kai" (sea), indicating the act of gazing out to sea to discover something new. |
| Hebrew | לַחקוֹר (lachakór) also means 'to search' or 'to examine'. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "अन्वेषण करना" can also mean "to investigate" or "to research". |
| Hmong | The word 'tshawb' has different meanings, such as to go through, to look around, or to investigate. |
| Hungarian | The word "Fedezd fel" can also mean "to discover" or "to find out". |
| Icelandic | The word "kanna" is also used to mean "to feel" or "to sense" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | "Iyocha" also means "to search for" or "to look for" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word 'jelajahi' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'carita', which means 'to go' or 'to move'. |
| Irish | The Irish word "iniúchadh" can also refer to examining or investigating something. |
| Italian | The Italian word "Esplorare" comes from the Latin word "Explorare", which means "to investigate" or "to examine". It was brought to Italy around the 16th century and has been used since to describe the act of exploring and investigating. |
| Japanese | The original meaning of "見る" was more of "looking over" or "watching", and the meaning as "explore" has a rather short history as just ~ 100 years. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "njelajah" also means "to travel" or "to go on a journey." |
| Kannada | The word 'ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸಿ' ('explore') in Kannada derives from the Sanskrit verb 'अन्वेष' ('to search, inquire, investigate'). |
| Kazakh | "Зерттеу" can also mean to investigate or examine. |
| Khmer | The word "រុករក" also refers to "fumbling" and "rummaging". |
| Korean | The word 탐험하다 can also mean to investigate or examine something carefully. |
| Kurdish | The word "lêkolîn" is derived from the Persian word "talash" meaning "to search". It can also mean "to investigate" or "to examine". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "изилдөө" also has the alternate meaning of "investigation"} |
| Lao | The word "ສຳ ຫຼວດ" is derived from the Pali word " samma-iddhi ", which means "correct achievement" or "perfect accomplishment". It is also related to the Sanskrit word " sampūrṇa ", which means "complete" or "perfect". |
| Latin | In Latin, "explorarent" can also mean "probe" or "examine". |
| Latvian | The word “izpētīt” shares its root with “pētīt” (“to study”), and is likely derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂- (“to watch, guard, protect”). |
| Lithuanian | The word "tyrinėti" is derived from the Lithuanian word "tyros" meaning "research" or "investigation". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "entdecken" not only means "discover" but also "to uncover". |
| Macedonian | The word comes from the Slavic root „стр„, meaning „to look". |
| Malagasy | The word "hijery" is of Arabic origin and also means "to flee" or "to exile". |
| Malay | "Meneroka" is derived from the Malay word "teroka" meaning "to break open or to clear land" and is synonymous with "menjelajah" which means "to travel or roam across a place" |
| Maltese | The word "tesplora" can mean "explore" in Maltese, but also "inspect" or "examine" when referring to a place or object. |
| Maori | The word "torotoro" in Maori also means "to search for" or "to investigate". |
| Marathi | अन्वेषण, meaning 'to explore' in Marathi, derives from Sanskrit and carries the connotation of 'following after' or 'seeking with care'. |
| Mongolian | "Судлах" comes from the Mongolian word "суд" (path) and can also mean "to follow a path" or "to investigate". |
| Nepali | The word "अन्वेषण" is derived from the Sanskrit root "anvishan", meaning "to seek" or "to follow up on." |
| Norwegian | "Utforske" derives from Old Norse "út" (out) and "forskja" (search). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kufufuza" can also mean "to search for" or "to investigate". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "سپړنه" can also mean "examination" or "research". |
| Polish | The word "badać" in Polish is cognate to "badania" meaning "scientific research", and "badacz" meaning "researcher." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Explorar" comes from Latin "explorare" meaning also "observe carefully." |
| Romanian | "Explora" and its derivatives in Romanian also have the sense of "to examine" and "to investigate." |
| Russian | The word "исследовать" also means "to research" or "to investigate". |
| Samoan | 'Suesue' also means to 'inquire' about a person's whereabouts |
| Scots Gaelic | The verb rannsaich evolved from the Old Irish ro-fo-saic (literally 'to seek out thoroughly'). |
| Serbian | The verb 'истражити' derives from the Serbo-Croatian verb 'istražiti', which means 'to investigate' or 'examine'. |
| Sesotho | The word "hlahloba" means "to investigate" or "to examine" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | "Ongorora" comes from the verb stem "-ongor" (look at or into), and can refer to examining an area, investigating an issue, or simply thinking carefully. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ڳوليو" (explore) is derived from the Sanskrit word "गोल" (circle), suggesting a circular or comprehensive search. |
| Slovak | The verb "preskúmať" originally comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "poruskati" (to investigate, search). |
| Slovenian | "Raziskovati" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "razo", meaning "to scatter, separate, or divide." |
| Somali | In addition to its primary meaning, "sahamin" can also mean "investigate" or "study" in Somali. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the verb "explorar" can also mean "to reconnoiter" or "to probe". |
| Sundanese | "Ngajajajah" means "elephant hunting" in Sundanese, which also implies exploration. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "chunguza" is derived from the Arabic word "jassa", meaning "to examine or scrutinize." |
| Swedish | Utforska comes from "ut" (out) and "forska" (research), meaning "to go out and research". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'galugarin' comes from the Spanish word 'galugar', which means 'to traverse or travel through'. |
| Tajik | The word "омӯхтан" is derived from the Persian verb "آموختن" (âmoxtan), which can also mean "to learn", "to study", or "to gain knowledge". |
| Tamil | The word "ஆராயுங்கள்" (explore) in Tamil originates from the root word "ஆர்" which means "to search or inquire". |
| Telugu | In addition to its primary sense of 'explore,' 'anveṣiñcaṇḍi' can mean 'to inquire,' 'to search for,' and 'to consider.' |
| Thai | สำรวจ (สำ-เรี-ย) < สํ (สํ) + อร (อ่านว่า อาน) + ว (อ่านว่า วอ) + ษ (อ่านว่า สะ) แปลว่า ประสาท ตรวจตรอง |
| Turkish | Keşfetmek is also used when revealing a secret or making people aware of something new and unseen. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "досліджувати" also means "investigate" or "study". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "o'rganmoq" also means "to study" or "to be engaged in." |
| Vietnamese | "Khám phá" also refers to discover new lands or knowledge. |
| Welsh | Archwilio's root word 'arch' means 'sufficient' or 'enough', suggesting the concept of delving deep enough to find something valuable. |
| Xhosa | "Hlola" can also mean "to examine," "to search," or "to investigate." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ויספאָרשן" (visporshn) is derived from the German "erforschen", meaning "to investigate thoroughly". |
| Yoruba | Yoruba "ṣawari" meaning "to explore" also means "to look after something or someone". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'hlola' also means 'to examine' or 'to observe carefully'. |
| English | The word 'explore' derives from the Middle English verb 'aspyren', which means 'to search' or 'to investigate'. |