Farm in Different Languages
Discover 'Farm' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Farm
Afrikaans plaas | ||
Albanian fermë | ||
Amharic እርሻ | ||
Arabic مزرعة | ||
Armenian ֆերմա | ||
Assamese খেতি | ||
Aymara uywa uywañawja | ||
Azerbaijani ferma | ||
Bambara foro | ||
Basque baserria | ||
Belarusian хутар | ||
Bengali খামার | ||
Bhojpuri खेत | ||
Bosnian farmi | ||
Bulgarian ферма | ||
Catalan granja | ||
Cebuano uma | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 农场 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 農場 | ||
Corsican tinuta agricula | ||
Croatian farmi | ||
Czech farma | ||
Danish gård | ||
Dhivehi ދަނޑު | ||
Dogri खेतर | ||
Dutch boerderij | ||
English farm | ||
Esperanto bieno | ||
Estonian talu | ||
Ewe agble | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sakahan | ||
Finnish maatila | ||
French ferme | ||
Frisian pleats | ||
Galician granxa | ||
Georgian ფერმა | ||
German bauernhof | ||
Greek αγρόκτημα | ||
Guarani mymba mongakuaaha | ||
Gujarati ફાર્મ | ||
Haitian Creole fèm | ||
Hausa gona | ||
Hawaiian mahiʻai | ||
Hebrew חווה חקלאית | ||
Hindi खेत | ||
Hmong liaj teb | ||
Hungarian farm | ||
Icelandic býli | ||
Igbo ugbo | ||
Ilocano talon | ||
Indonesian tanah pertanian | ||
Irish feirm | ||
Italian azienda agricola | ||
Japanese ファーム | ||
Javanese tegalan | ||
Kannada ಕೃಷಿ | ||
Kazakh ферма | ||
Khmer កសិដ្ឋាន | ||
Kinyarwanda umurima | ||
Konkani शेत | ||
Korean 농장 | ||
Krio fam | ||
Kurdish malgûndî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کێڵگە | ||
Kyrgyz чарба | ||
Lao ກະສິກໍາ | ||
Latin villam | ||
Latvian saimniecība | ||
Lingala ferme | ||
Lithuanian ūkis | ||
Luganda faamu | ||
Luxembourgish bauerenhaff | ||
Macedonian фарма | ||
Maithili बाडी | ||
Malagasy toeram-pambolena | ||
Malay ladang | ||
Malayalam ഫാം | ||
Maltese razzett | ||
Maori pāmu | ||
Marathi शेत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯕꯨꯛ | ||
Mizo lo | ||
Mongolian ферм | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လယ်ယာမြေ | ||
Nepali फार्म | ||
Norwegian gård | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) famu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚାଷ | ||
Oromo bakkee qonnaa | ||
Pashto فارم | ||
Persian مزرعه | ||
Polish gospodarstwo rolne | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fazenda | ||
Punjabi ਖੇਤ | ||
Quechua granja | ||
Romanian fermă | ||
Russian ферма | ||
Samoan faʻatoʻaga | ||
Sanskrit क्षेत्र | ||
Scots Gaelic tuathanas | ||
Sepedi polase | ||
Serbian фарми | ||
Sesotho polasi | ||
Shona purazi | ||
Sindhi فارم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගොවිපල | ||
Slovak farma | ||
Slovenian kmetija | ||
Somali beer | ||
Spanish granja | ||
Sundanese tegalan | ||
Swahili shamba | ||
Swedish odla | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sakahan | ||
Tajik ферма | ||
Tamil பண்ணை | ||
Tatar фермасы | ||
Telugu వ్యవసాయం | ||
Thai ฟาร์ม | ||
Tigrinya ምሕራስ | ||
Tsonga purasi | ||
Turkish çiftlik | ||
Turkmen ferma | ||
Twi (Akan) afuo | ||
Ukrainian ферми | ||
Urdu فارم | ||
Uyghur دېھقانچىلىق مەيدانى | ||
Uzbek ferma | ||
Vietnamese nông trại | ||
Welsh fferm | ||
Xhosa ifama | ||
Yiddish פאַרם | ||
Yoruba oko | ||
Zulu ipulazi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "plaas" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "plaats", which originally meant "place" or "settlement". |
| Albanian | The word "fermë" is derived from the Latin word "firma", meaning "firm, fixed" and in Albanian it can also refer to a "fortress" or a "stronghold". |
| Amharic | The word እርሻ is derived from the verb ራስ (ras), which means to cultivate or till. |
| Arabic | The word "مزرعة" (farm) in Arabic is derived from the root "زرع" (to sow), indicating its primary purpose as a place for cultivating crops. |
| Armenian | A similar sounding Armenian word is ֆերմա (ferma), which is taken from Latin and specifically from the medical phrase 'therapeutic farm' - the place for treatment and recreation |
| Azerbaijani | "Ferma" is also an antonym of the Azerbaijani word "meşə" and means "field" in Persian. |
| Basque | The Basque word "baserria" (farm) is derived from the words "baso" (forest) and "erri" (town), reflecting the traditional Basque practice of establishing farms in forest clearings. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "хутар" (farm) comes from the Ukrainian word "хутір" (hamlet), which itself originated from the Romanian word "hotar" (border). |
| Bengali | The word "খামার" (farm) in Bengali can also mean a "storehouse" or a "granary". |
| Bosnian | The word "farmi" in Bosnian is derived from the Latin word "firma", meaning "fixed" or "established". |
| Bulgarian | The word "ферма" in Bulgarian is related to the Latin word "firmus" meaning "firm" or "strong", and can also refer to a "fortress" or "fortified place". |
| Catalan | The word "granja" in Catalan derives from the Late Latin word "granica", meaning "boundary of a farm". |
| Cebuano | "Uma" can also refer to a house lot, garden, or field of any kind. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | It has 2 radicals (部首): the first one, 田, means "farmland," and the second one, 夫, means "husband." This is a pun because in traditional China, husbands mostly do farming work. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese word 農場 (farm) in Traditional characters can also mean "agricultural plantation" or "farmhouse" in certain contexts. |
| Corsican | Corsican word "tinuta agricula" has alternate meanings such as "farmhouse" and "cultivation". |
| Croatian | The word 'farmi' in Croatian, though referring to a farm, is of Latin origin, coming from 'firmus', meaning 'strong'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "farma" can also refer to a "pharmaceutical company". |
| Danish | The Danish word "gård" is cognate with the English word "yard", both deriving from the Proto-Germanic word *gardaz, meaning "enclosure". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "boerderij" can also refer to a collection of buildings used for farming, such as a barn, stables, and a farmhouse. |
| Esperanto | "Bieno" is also used to refer to a small farm or homestead, as well as to a collection of farms or agricultural land. |
| Estonian | The word "talu" also means "household" and "farmstead". |
| Finnish | In the 16th century, |
| French | The word 'ferme' in French can also mean 'firm' or 'closed' and comes from the Latin word 'firmare', meaning 'to make firm or secure'. |
| Frisian | Frisian word 'pleats' shares its roots with the English word 'pleat', both related to folding. |
| Galician | Galician granxa "farm" comes from Latin "granica" "boundary", and has been used to refer to a "border castle" as well as to a "farm". |
| Georgian | The word "ფერმა" also means "frame" or a plot of land in Georgian. |
| German | The word "Bauernhof" is derived from the Middle High German word "būr", meaning "peasant", and "hof", meaning "court" or "yard". |
| Greek | The word "αγρόκτημα" is derived from the ancient Greek words "αγρός" (field) and "κτίζω" (to build), and also means "estate" or "plantation". |
| Gujarati | The word "ફાર્મ" is used in Gujarati to describe both commercial farms and smaller subsistence farms; it's origin is in the Indo-Aryan languages and is related to the Sanskrit word "phalam" meaning "fruit-tree". |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'fèm' (farm) in Haitian Creole also means 'woman' when capitalised ('Fèm'). |
| Hausa | Gona can also refer to a place where animals graze freely, as well as a place for leisure and recreation. |
| Hawaiian | The term 'mahiʻai' can also refer to food preparation, cultivation, and sustenance in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "חווה חקלאית" can refer to both a place where crops and animals are raised or a company that produces and distributes agricultural products. |
| Hindi | The word "खेत" (farm) derives from the Sanskrit word "क्षेत्र" (field), indicating its relation to land for cultivation. |
| Hmong | The term "liaj teb" in Hmong translates to "farm" in English, but it also references the specific space on the hill where the garden is planted. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "farm" ultimately derives from the German word "farm" via Slovak and Polish. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, |
| Igbo | "Ugbo" in Igbo may also refer to the act of farming or a place where plants are grown for food. |
| Indonesian | The word "tanah pertanian" literally means "agricultural land" and can also refer to a field or plot of land used for cultivation. |
| Irish | The Irish word "feirm" can also refer to the rent of a farm and, less commonly, to the "firm" that rents or holds the farm. |
| Italian | The term "azienda agricola" can also refer to a wider agricultural business entity, encompassing not only farming but also related activities such as food processing and distribution. |
| Japanese | The word “ファーム” (faamu) can also refer to a tobacco plantation or a place for raising livestock. |
| Javanese | Tegalan is likely derived from the word 'tagal', which means 'cleared land', and is cognate with the Malay word 'tegalan' and the Indonesian word 'ladang', both of which mean 'farm'. |
| Kannada | The word "ಕೃಷಿ" also means "agriculture" in Kannada, and is derived from the Sanskrit word "कृषि" meaning "to cultivate" or "to till the soil". |
| Kazakh | Ферма сarries the additional meaning of "the space inside a geometric shape" and is related to the "ferma" in the same sense in Italian. |
| Khmer | The word "កសិដ្ឋាន" can also refer to a place where plants are grown for research or education purposes. |
| Korean | The word 농장, meaning "farm," originally referred to a military outpost or garrison. |
| Kurdish | The word 'malgûndî' in Kurdish has roots in the Persian word 'malgûn' meaning 'to overturn or to scatter,' and may also refer to a collective gathering of items or people. |
| Kyrgyz | "Чарба" comes from the Arabic word "charb", meaning "cattle" or "livestock." |
| Lao | "ກະສິກໍາ" is derived from Sanskrit "kṛṣikarma", meaning "tillage" and "agriculture", and is used both for farming and agriculture." |
| Latin | In Medieval Latin, villam also refers to a village, while in Late Latin it can mean a country estate. |
| Latvian | The word saimniecība originally referred to a smallholding, and is still used in this sense in some Latvian dialects. |
| Lithuanian | The word "ūkis" shares a common root with "auginti" (to grow), suggesting its original meaning was more general, referring to husbandry or agriculture, as opposed to just the management of real estate. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Bauerenhaff" is derived from the Old High German word "būr", meaning "house" or "dwelling." |
| Macedonian | The word "фарма" also means "apothecary", and is derived from the Greek word "pharmakon", meaning "drug" or "poison." |
| Malagasy | While "toeram-pambolena" literally translates to "place for planting," it can also refer to a garden or rice field. |
| Malay | The Malay word "ladang" means "farm", but it can also refer to a temporary clearing in the jungle created by burning and cultivating a plot of land for a few years. |
| Malayalam | "ഫാം" is derived from the Latin word "Firma" which means "fixed income". |
| Maltese | The word “razzett” could derive from Arabic “ras” (head) or “raz” (to sow), or from Sicilian “razzu” (land). |
| Maori | The word "pāmu" in Māori can also refer to a "place of cultivation", "a plantation", or "a cultivated area". |
| Marathi | The word "शेत" in Marathi originates from the Sanskrit word "क्षेत्र" (kṣētra), which can also mean "field" or "area". |
| Mongolian | The word 'ферм' comes from the Latin word 'firma' meaning 'fixed or established' and is also related to the word 'firm'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The original meaning of the word refers to a small area of land but later took on the meaning of an entire farm or estate. |
| Nepali | The word "फार्म" (farm) in Nepali, derived from Sanskrit, also means "form" or "method". |
| Norwegian | "Gård" is also an archaic term for "gate" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "famu" (farm) in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the Proto-Bantu root *-ima "to cultivate". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "فارم" can also refer to a "house" or "household". |
| Persian | The word مزرعه (mazra‘eh) is derived from the Arabic word مزرعة (mazra‘a), which means "a place for planting" or "a plot of land used for agriculture." |
| Polish | The word "gospodarstwo rolne" is derived from the Old Slavonic word "gospod" meaning "master" or "lord", and the word "rolny" meaning "agricultural". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "fazenda" originally derives from the Latin word "facere," meaning "to make". It can also refer to a large estate or plantation, especially in Brazil. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਖੇਤ" (farm) is also used in Punjabi to refer to the "field" or "land" where crops are grown. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "fermă" is derived from the Hungarian word "farm" and ultimately from the German word "farm". In Hungarian, "farm" can also mean "estate" or "manor". |
| Russian | The Russian word "ферма" can also refer to a truss or a structural framework. |
| Samoan | The noun "faʻatoʻaga" can also mean a plantation in English. |
| Scots Gaelic | The term "tuathanas" in Scots Gaelic historically referred to lands granted to a chieftain's followers in exchange for military service. |
| Serbian | The word 'фарми' in Serbian, meaning 'farm', is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'xvorma', meaning 'fenced enclosure'. |
| Sesotho | "Polasi" also means "field" or "garden" and may be related to the Zulu word "isibaya" meaning "place of safety." |
| Shona | "Purazi" is derived from the Portuguese root “prazo” meaning agricultural estate and it can also refer to a smallholding |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ගොවිපල" (farm) is derived from the Sanskrit word "कृषि" (kṛṣi), meaning "cultivation of the soil". |
| Slovak | The word "farma" in Slovak can also refer to a "company" or a "business". |
| Slovenian | In Slovene, the word "kmetija" can also mean "estate" or "homestead". |
| Somali | In the Afar language of Ethiopia and Eritrea, "beer" also means "field" or "plot of land." |
| Spanish | In Catalan, the word "granja" can also mean "café" or "bakery shop". |
| Sundanese | The word "tegalan" in Sundanese can also mean a garden, a field, or a piece of land that is prepared for cultivation. |
| Swahili | The word 'shamba' originates from the Persian word 'chumbar' meaning 'garden' or 'orchard', and also has the alternate meaning of 'a piece of land used for farming'. |
| Swedish | "Odla" in Swedish comes from the Old Norse word "œðla" (to clear or cultivate land) and is related to the English word "addle" (to make empty). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term sakahan also refers to a specific area or plot of land used for farming. |
| Tajik | "Ферма" (farm) comes from the Italian "ferma" meaning "fixed place" or "resting place for cattle." |
| Tamil | பண்ணை is sometimes used in the sense of a 'farm' or 'estate', but it can also mean 'a village, town, or city'. |
| Telugu | The word "వ్యవసాయం" in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "kṛṣi", which means "to plow" or "to cultivate". |
| Thai | Thai "ฟาร์ม" ("farm") is borrowed from English, which in turn derives from Old English "feorm" or Medieval Latin "firma," meaning "rent" or "lease." |
| Turkish | Çiftlik, besides its meaning of "farm", is also used to refer to any business or organization that operates on a large scale, or to a large number of people or animals belonging to one owner. |
| Ukrainian | The word 'ферми' (farm) is cognate with the German word 'farm', and the English word 'firm'. |
| Urdu | The word "farm" may also refer to a tax lease in the Mughal Empire. |
| Uzbek | The word "ferma" is borrowed from Russian where it means "farm" and ultimately comes from the Latin "firmus" meaning "strong" or "fixed". |
| Vietnamese | Nông trại in Vietnamese, besides its meaning of "farm," can also mean "plantation." |
| Welsh | Welsh 'fferm' also means 'tax' and derives from Latin 'firma' ('agreement'). |
| Xhosa | "Ifama" can also mean "a place of many trees" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאַרם" ("farm") can be traced to Middle Dutch "ferme," and is a cognate of English "farm," French "ferme," and German "Farm." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "oko" can also refer to a husband or a male, reflecting the significance of farming in traditional Yoruba society. |
| Zulu | Zulu word 'ipulazi' also refers to farm-workers, indicating the close relationship between them and the land. |
| English | The word 'farm' derives from the Old English word 'feorm', meaning 'food, provisions'. |