Farmer in Different Languages
Discover 'Farmer' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Farmer
Afrikaans boer | ||
Albanian fermer | ||
Amharic ገበሬ | ||
Arabic مزارع | ||
Armenian ֆերմեր | ||
Assamese খেতিয়ক | ||
Aymara yapuchiri | ||
Azerbaijani fermer | ||
Bambara sɛnɛkɛla | ||
Basque nekazaria | ||
Belarusian фермер | ||
Bengali কৃষক | ||
Bhojpuri किसान | ||
Bosnian farmer | ||
Bulgarian земеделски производител | ||
Catalan pagès | ||
Cebuano mag-uuma | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 农民 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 農民 | ||
Corsican agricultore | ||
Croatian seljak | ||
Czech zemědělec | ||
Danish landmand | ||
Dhivehi ދަނޑުވެރިޔާ | ||
Dogri करसान | ||
Dutch boer | ||
English farmer | ||
Esperanto kamparano | ||
Estonian talupidaja | ||
Ewe agbledela | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magsasaka | ||
Finnish viljelijä | ||
French fermier | ||
Frisian boer | ||
Galician labrego | ||
Georgian ფერმერი | ||
German farmer | ||
Greek αγρότης | ||
Guarani ñemitỹhára | ||
Gujarati ખેડૂત | ||
Haitian Creole kiltivatè | ||
Hausa manomi | ||
Hawaiian mahiʻai | ||
Hebrew חַקלאַי | ||
Hindi किसान | ||
Hmong yawg | ||
Hungarian gazda | ||
Icelandic bóndi | ||
Igbo onye oru ugbo | ||
Ilocano agtal-talun | ||
Indonesian petani | ||
Irish feirmeoir | ||
Italian contadino | ||
Japanese 農家 | ||
Javanese petani | ||
Kannada ರೈತ | ||
Kazakh фермер | ||
Khmer កសិករ | ||
Kinyarwanda umuhinzi | ||
Konkani शेतकार | ||
Korean 농장주 | ||
Krio fama | ||
Kurdish gûndî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جووتیار | ||
Kyrgyz дыйкан | ||
Lao ຊາວກະສິກອນ | ||
Latin agricola | ||
Latvian zemnieks | ||
Lingala moto ya bilanga | ||
Lithuanian ūkininkas | ||
Luganda omulimi | ||
Luxembourgish bauer | ||
Macedonian земјоделец | ||
Maithili किसान | ||
Malagasy mpamboly | ||
Malay petani | ||
Malayalam കർഷകൻ | ||
Maltese bidwi | ||
Maori kaiparau | ||
Marathi शेतकरी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯧꯃꯤ | ||
Mizo loneitu | ||
Mongolian фермер | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လယ်သမား | ||
Nepali किसान | ||
Norwegian bonde | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mlimi | ||
Odia (Oriya) କୃଷକ | ||
Oromo qotee bulaa | ||
Pashto بزګر | ||
Persian مزرعه دار | ||
Polish rolnik | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) agricultor | ||
Punjabi ਕਿਸਾਨ | ||
Quechua granjero | ||
Romanian agricultor | ||
Russian фермер | ||
Samoan faifaatoaga | ||
Sanskrit कृषक | ||
Scots Gaelic tuathanach | ||
Sepedi molemi | ||
Serbian земљорадник | ||
Sesotho sehoai | ||
Shona murimi | ||
Sindhi هاري | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගොවියා | ||
Slovak farmár | ||
Slovenian kmet | ||
Somali beeralay | ||
Spanish granjero | ||
Sundanese patani | ||
Swahili mkulima | ||
Swedish jordbrukare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magsasaka | ||
Tajik деҳқон | ||
Tamil உழவர் | ||
Tatar фермер | ||
Telugu రైతు | ||
Thai ชาวนา | ||
Tigrinya ሓረስታይ | ||
Tsonga murimi | ||
Turkish çiftçi | ||
Turkmen daýhan | ||
Twi (Akan) okuani | ||
Ukrainian фермер | ||
Urdu کسان | ||
Uyghur دېھقان | ||
Uzbek dehqon | ||
Vietnamese nông phu | ||
Welsh ffermwr | ||
Xhosa umlimi | ||
Yiddish פּויער | ||
Yoruba agbẹ | ||
Zulu umlimi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Boer is derived from the Dutch word 'boere' meaning 'peasant' or 'rustic'. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "fermer" can also mean "closed" or "locked". |
| Amharic | "ገበሬ" (farmer) also refers to a person who is poor and lives in a rural area. |
| Arabic | "مزارع" can also mean one who visits shrines. |
| Armenian | The word ֆերմեր (farmer) is derived from the Latin word "firmarius", meaning "tenant" or "renter". |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the word "fermer" also means "to finish" or "to wrap up." |
| Basque | In Basque, "nekazaria" can also mean "person who lives in the countryside" or "country dweller". |
| Belarusian | "Фермер" means "landlord" in Russian (not a farmer). |
| Bengali | In Bengali, "কৃষক" (krishok) has an alternate meaning of "husband" and originates from the Sanskrit word "कृषक" (Krishaka), meaning "one who cultivates". |
| Bosnian | Bosnian "farmer" (zemljoradnik) has an alternate meaning of "cultivator of the land". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "земеделски производител" (farmer) literally means "land worker." |
| Catalan | Catalan "pagès" originates from the Latin "paganus," meaning "civilian" or "rustic dweller." |
| Cebuano | The word 'mag-uuma' in Cebuano can also refer to a person who owns or cultivates land, or a person who is engaged in agriculture. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "农民" translates as "peasant" and also connotes a lower social status. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to "farmer", "農民" can also mean "peasant" or "agricultural worker". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word “agricultore” also refers to a worker on a farm who is not an owner or tenant. |
| Croatian | The word 'seljak' (farmer) derives from the Proto-Slavic word 'sel' (village), indicating the connection between farming and rural life. |
| Czech | The Czech word "zemědělec" literally translates to "earth-worker," reflecting the historical connection between agriculture and the land in Czech culture. |
| Danish | The Danish word "landmand" originates from the words "land" (country or land) and "mand" (man). |
| Dutch | The word "boer" is also used to refer to a South African of Dutch descent. |
| Estonian | The word "talupidaja" in Estonian originally meant "landlord". |
| Finnish | "Viljelijä" is ultimately derived from the Late Proto-Finnic verb *willeH, meaning "to want, strive, desire, wish". |
| French | The French word "fermier" can also refer to a person who leases a source of income, such as a tax or a toll. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "boer" originally meant "a man who dwells" and was used to refer to all men, and only over time acquired the meaning of "farmer". |
| Galician | In Portuguese, "labrego" also means "hick" or "boorish." |
| Georgian | ფერმერი (fermeri) is Georgian for 'farmer'; related to French 'fermier' (tax-farmer) and Romanian 'fermar' (to stop). |
| German | Farmer is derived from the Middle English word 'fermer', meaning 'one who holds land' or 'one who cultivates land'. |
| Greek | The word "αγρότης" in Greek also means "countryman" and derives from the root "αγρός" which means "field" |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ખેડૂત" (farmer) is derived from "ખેડ" (field) and "ઉત" (to work), and colloquially refers to those who cultivate the land. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, 'kiltivatè' means 'farmer' and derives from French 'cultivateur', a person who cultivates the land. |
| Hausa | ''Manomi'' is a Hausa noun meaning ''husband'' or ''family head'', but it may also refer to the head of the family household, or even the head of a village. |
| Hawaiian | Originally, "mahiʻai" also meant "to grow, to bring up, to feed," and "to nurse or provide for a child." |
| Hebrew | חַקלאַי is related to the word "חוק" (law or regulation) implying that a farmer is bound by specific rules and practices. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "किसान" (farmer) derives from the Sanskrit word "कृषि" (agriculture), meaning "one who works the land." |
| Hmong | The word "yawg" can also be used to refer to a "grandparent" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | Hungarian "Gazda" may mean "lord", "host", "master" or "owner" |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word 'bóndi' can also refer to a free peasant or even the head of a household. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "onye oru ugbo" literally translates to "a person who works on a farm". |
| Indonesian | The word "petani" also refers to a specific type of land tenure system in Indonesia, where farmers are granted usufruct rights to cultivate land owned by the state or other parties. |
| Irish | "Feirmeoir" comes from the Irish word "fearm, |
| Italian | {"text": "The term "contadino" derives from the Latin word "computare," meaning "to count," and originally referred to peasants who had to account for their harvests to feudal lords."} |
| Japanese | "The etymology of 農家 (nōka, "farmer") reveals two components: 農業(farming)" and "家族 (household)." |
| Javanese | In ancient Javanese, "petani" referred to landowners who were responsible for managing and collecting taxes on agricultural land. |
| Kannada | The word 'ರೈತ' is derived from the Tamil word 'றையிறு' meaning 'chief' or 'lord'. |
| Kazakh | The term фермер in Kazakh comes from Russian and can also be used to mean collective farmer. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word កសិករ (kăsĕka) likely derives from the Sanskrit words kṛṣi 'agriculture' and kara 'doer'. Other meanings include 'cultivator', 'agriculturist', and 'tiller'. |
| Korean | The word "농장주" (nongjangju) can also refer to a landowner or plantation owner. |
| Kurdish | The word “gündî” derives from an alternate form of “gûnd” (village), thus signifying the “village dweller.” |
| Kyrgyz | The word "дыйкан" shares its root with the word "дыйка", meaning "to sow" or "to plant". |
| Lao | In Thai, "ชาวกะสิกร" also means "farmer". |
| Latin | The Latin noun "agricola" referred to farm laborers or peasant farmers, while "agricolae" denotes farmers as a distinct social class. |
| Latvian | The word "zemnieks" also means "inhabitant" or "resident" in Latvian, but not necessarily one who lives in the countryside. |
| Lithuanian | 'Ūkininkas' is related, via Proto-Baltic, to Polish 'ochotnik' (hunter). |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Bauer" has an alternate meaning besides "farmer": that of an uncultivated, rustic individual. |
| Macedonian | The word "земјоделец" also refers to a person who cultivates the land for agricultural purposes. |
| Malagasy | The word "mpamboly" can also mean "cultivator" or "planter" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "petani" may derive from the Sanskrit term "patani" or from the Old Javanese "patengni", both meaning "land". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "കർഷകൻ" is derived from the Sanskrit root "कृष्" meaning "to cultivate", and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*krs-" with the same meaning. |
| Maltese | The word "bidwi" is derived from the Arabic word "badwī" which means "nomad" or "bedouin". |
| Maori | The word 'kaiparau' also refers to 'a person who provides food' or 'sustenance', such as a fisherman or hunter. |
| Marathi | The word "शेतकरी" (farmer) is also used to refer to a "cultivator" or someone who works on a farm. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, “фермер” (fermer) is borrowed from Russian, but is not synonymous with “фермер” (фермэр) in Russian, which means “renter or tenant of a farm” |
| Nepali | "किसान" derives from "कृषति" (agriculture) and "मन" (thinking), thus indicating 'one who thinks about agriculture'. |
| Norwegian | The word "bonde" is derived from the Old Norse word "búandi", meaning "dweller" or "settler". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Swahili and Zulu words for 'farmer' (mkulima and umlimi) are also used similarly in Chichewa, where mlimi specifically designates a male or female professional farmer. |
| Pashto | The word |
| Persian | "مزرعه دار" is the Persian translation of the English word “planter”, which in the 17th century referred to someone who established a plantation in an American colony. |
| Polish | The word "rolnik" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "orlьnikъ" meaning "a person who ploughs the land with a crooked stick" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), the word "agricultor" derives from Latin "ager" (field) and "colere" (to cultivate). |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਿਸਾਨ" can also refer to a person who works on a farm, especially in a rural area. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "agricultor" is derived from the Latin word "agricultura", meaning "agriculture". |
| Russian | The word "фермер" originally referred to a tax collector in Kievan Rus' and later became synonymous with "peasant" in the 16th century. |
| Samoan | The word 'faifaatoaga' comes from the Proto-Polynesian word *fai?fato?, meaning 'to cultivate or grow food'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "tuathanach" in Scots Gaelic also denotes a "countryman" or a "native" of a particular area. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "zemljоradnik" (farmer) derives from the Slavic root "zemlja" (land) and "raditi" (to work), and also denotes a "tiller" or "cultivator" of the land. |
| Sesotho | The word "sehoai" also means "worker" or "labourer" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | "Murimi" can also mean "one who collects firewood" or "one who gathers wild fruits" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "هاري" can also refer to a husband or a lover in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word ගොවියා (goviyā) in Sinhala, meaning 'farmer', originally meant 'cowherd' or 'cattle-breeder'. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "farmár" ultimately derives from the Proto-Slavic word *xormь, which also means "servant". |
| Slovenian | The word "kmet" originally meant "a married man" and was later used to refer to a farmer because farmers were typically married men. |
| Somali | The word "beeralay" in Somali also means "a person who tends animals". |
| Spanish | The word "granjero" originally referred to a person who lived in a granary or storehouse. |
| Sundanese | Patani in Sundanese derives from Old Javanese and can also mean "farm" or "farming practice". |
| Swahili | The term "mkulima" in Swahili refers to "one who plows using oxen," implying a traditional method of farming. |
| Swedish | "Jordbrukare" is derived from the Old Norse word "jǫrðr" meaning "earth" and "búandi" meaning "inhabitant" or "dweller". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Magsasaka' can also refer to a person who cultivates a small piece of land |
| Tajik | The word "деҳқон" derives from Proto-Iranian *dahyu-ka- "countryman, inhabitant of a village", and cognate with Avestan dahyu- (meaning "land, region, country") |
| Tamil | The word 'உழவர்' ('farmer') in Tamil is cognate to 'uzhavu' ('labor') and may originally have meant 'worker'. |
| Telugu | The term "రైతు" (farmer) is also used in Telugu to refer to a "husband" or "master".} |
| Thai | The Thai word "ชาวนา" (farmer) can also refer to a person who works in a rice paddy. |
| Turkish | Çiftçi, also meaning "pair" or "double" in Turkish, originates from the word "çift" (pair). |
| Ukrainian | The word "фермер" in Ukrainian can also refer to a type of board game. |
| Urdu | The word “کسان” can also refer to |
| Uzbek | The word "dehqon" (деҳқон) in Uzbek also has the meanings "villager" and "owner of a land plot" |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "nông phu" also carries the alternate meaning of "husbandman" and is etymologically rooted in the Sino-Vietnamese "nong" (agriculture) and "phu" (man). |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "ffermwr" is linguistically related to words such as "farm" in English, "ferme" in French, and "firma" in Latin, all derived from the Indo-European root word "dher-." |
| Xhosa | Umlimi can also mean "an old man" or "a chief". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּויער" can also refer to a type of coarse bread or a clumsy person. |
| Yoruba | In some dialects of Yoruba it refers to an adult who works on a plantation but not necessarily the head of a household or lineage. |
| Zulu | 'Umlimi' also means 'sower' or 'one who cultivates the soil'. |
| English | The term "farmer" has been used in Middle English to refer to people who collect revenue, and also to one who leases land. |