History in Different Languages
Discover 'History' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
History
Afrikaans geskiedenis | ||
Albanian historia | ||
Amharic ታሪክ | ||
Arabic التاريخ | ||
Armenian պատմություն | ||
Assamese ইতিহাস | ||
Aymara isturya | ||
Azerbaijani tarix | ||
Bambara tariku | ||
Basque historia | ||
Belarusian гісторыі | ||
Bengali ইতিহাস | ||
Bhojpuri इतिहास | ||
Bosnian istorija | ||
Bulgarian история | ||
Catalan història | ||
Cebuano kaagi | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 历史 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 歷史 | ||
Corsican storia | ||
Croatian povijesti | ||
Czech dějiny | ||
Danish historie | ||
Dhivehi ތާރީޚް | ||
Dogri इतेहास | ||
Dutch geschiedenis | ||
English history | ||
Esperanto historio | ||
Estonian ajalugu | ||
Ewe nyadzɔdzɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kasaysayan | ||
Finnish historia | ||
French l'histoire | ||
Frisian skiednis | ||
Galician historia | ||
Georgian ისტორია | ||
German geschichte | ||
Greek ιστορία | ||
Guarani tembiasakue | ||
Gujarati ઇતિહાસ | ||
Haitian Creole istwa | ||
Hausa tarihi | ||
Hawaiian mōʻaukala | ||
Hebrew הִיסטוֹרִיָה | ||
Hindi इतिहास | ||
Hmong keeb kwm | ||
Hungarian történelem | ||
Icelandic sögu | ||
Igbo akụkọ ihe mere eme | ||
Ilocano pakasaritaan | ||
Indonesian sejarah | ||
Irish stair | ||
Italian storia | ||
Japanese 歴史 | ||
Javanese sejarah | ||
Kannada ಇತಿಹಾಸ | ||
Kazakh тарих | ||
Khmer ប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្ត | ||
Kinyarwanda amateka | ||
Konkani इतिहास | ||
Korean 역사 | ||
Krio istri | ||
Kurdish dîrok | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) مێژوو | ||
Kyrgyz тарых | ||
Lao ປະຫວັດສາດ | ||
Latin historia | ||
Latvian vēsture | ||
Lingala lisolo | ||
Lithuanian istorija | ||
Luganda ebyafaayo | ||
Luxembourgish geschicht | ||
Macedonian историја | ||
Maithili इतिहास | ||
Malagasy fiainany taloha | ||
Malay sejarah | ||
Malayalam ചരിത്രം | ||
Maltese l-istorja | ||
Maori hītori | ||
Marathi इतिहास | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯨꯋꯥꯔꯤ | ||
Mizo hmanlai hun zirna | ||
Mongolian түүх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သမိုင်း | ||
Nepali ईतिहास | ||
Norwegian historie | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mbiri | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଇତିହାସ | ||
Oromo seenaa | ||
Pashto مخینه | ||
Persian تاریخ | ||
Polish historia | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) história | ||
Punjabi ਇਤਿਹਾਸ | ||
Quechua willarina | ||
Romanian istorie | ||
Russian история | ||
Samoan talafaasolopito | ||
Sanskrit इतिहास | ||
Scots Gaelic eachdraidh | ||
Sepedi histori | ||
Serbian историја | ||
Sesotho nalane | ||
Shona nhoroondo | ||
Sindhi تاريخ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉතිහාසය | ||
Slovak história | ||
Slovenian zgodovino | ||
Somali taariikhda | ||
Spanish historia | ||
Sundanese sajarah | ||
Swahili historia | ||
Swedish historia | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kasaysayan | ||
Tajik таърих | ||
Tamil வரலாறு | ||
Tatar тарих | ||
Telugu చరిత్ర | ||
Thai ประวัติศาสตร์ | ||
Tigrinya ታሪኽ | ||
Tsonga matimu | ||
Turkish tarih | ||
Turkmen taryh | ||
Twi (Akan) abakɔsɛm | ||
Ukrainian історії | ||
Urdu تاریخ | ||
Uyghur تارىخ | ||
Uzbek tarix | ||
Vietnamese lịch sử | ||
Welsh hanes | ||
Xhosa imbali | ||
Yiddish געשיכטע | ||
Yoruba itan | ||
Zulu umlando |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "geskiedenis" derives from the Dutch word "geschiedenis" and ultimately from the Greek word "ἱστορία" (historia), meaning "inquiry" or "research." |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "historia" also means "story" or "tale" and is derived from the Greek "historie" which means "enquiry" or "investigation". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ታሪክ" comes from the Arabic word "tarikh" and originally referred to a "date" or "era". |
| Arabic | In pre-Islamic Arabic "التاريخ" referred to the act of recording dates, events and genealogies. |
| Armenian | In Armenian, the word "պատմություն" means "history", but it also shares a root with the verb "պատմել" meaning "to tell", as both originated from the Proto-Indo-European root "*gʷʰed-" meaning to say or tell a story. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "tarix" derives etymologically from the Arabic "ta'rīkh" (calendar, annals, history). |
| Basque | "Historia" is derived from the Basque word "historioa", meaning "story" or "narrative". |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, “гісторыі” not only means “history” but also “stories” and “tales”. |
| Bengali | ইতিহাস shares its root word with "iti" (thus) and "has" (is), denoting the idea that past events shape the present. |
| Bosnian | The term "istorija" in Bosnian is derived from the Greek word "ἱστορία" (historiā), meaning "inquiry" or "knowledge acquired by investigation." |
| Bulgarian | The word "история" in Bulgarian comes from the Greek "ἱστορία" (istoria), which originally meant "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation", and later "a narrative of past events". |
| Catalan | "Història" derives from the ancient Greek word "ἱστορία" (historia), which referred to "knowledge acquired through investigation". This sense is preserved in the Catalan "història", |
| Cebuano | "Kaagi" can also mean "paper" in Cebuano, as it comes from the Malay word "kertas" or the Javanese word "kraas", meaning paper. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "历史" originally means "clerk" (吏) who records things (事). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "歷史" (history) originally meant "the past" or "the past events" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The word 'storia' in Corsican comes from the Italian 'storia' and can also refer to a short story. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "povijesti" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *pоvьstь, which also meant "news," "tale," or "story." |
| Czech | The Czech word "Dějiny" originates from the Old Church Slavonic word "dĕjati," meaning "to do, to happen," and has connotations of both events and their interpretation. |
| Danish | The word historie can also mean 'story' or 'background' in Danish. |
| Dutch | The word "geschiedenis" in Dutch also means "account of events" or "past events". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "historio" can also refer to a "historical event" or a "historical record". |
| Estonian | Estonian word "ajalugu" comes from the Old Russian word "istorija" which means "inquiry, research; news, story, history" and is related to "ajada" which means "to drive, to urge on, to carry along, to pursue, to hasten, to hunt, to follow, to chase", and figuratively "to investigate, to study, to learn, to inquire". |
| Finnish | "Historian tutkima ja kuvaama menneisyys" eli historia tarkoittaa kreikaksi yksinkertaisesti "tutkimusta," "tiedustelua" tai "oppimista" |
| French | The word "histoire" in French not only means "history" but also "story" and "tale." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "skiednis" is derived from *skieda* "to divide" with the -nis suffix which denotes a thing, event, state or concept. |
| Georgian | In Georgian, the word "ისტორია" can also mean "science" or "study of something." |
| German | The German word 'Geschichte' derives from the Old High German term 'geschiht' meaning 'event', and also bears the connotation of 'telling something'. |
| Greek | "Ιστορία" (history) comes from the verb "ἵστημι" (to make stand, establish), hence also meaning "inquiry, learning, knowledge acquired by investigation." |
| Gujarati | The word 'ઇતિહાસ' in Gujarati is derived from the Sanskrit words 'iti' and 'haas', meaning 'thus' and 'to laugh or smile', respectively. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "istwa" in Haitian Creole ultimately derives from the French word "histoire" and has cognates in other Romance languages such as Spanish "historia" and Italian "storia". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "tarihi" can also mean "destiny" or "fate". |
| Hawaiian | The word "mōʻaukala" in Hawaiian originally referred to genealogies or traditions passed down through generations. |
| Hebrew | הִיסטוֹרִיָה can also mean 'investigation' or 'storytelling' |
| Hindi | The word "इतिहास" is derived from the Sanskrit words "iti" (thus) and "haasa" (past), and also means "a discourse on past events". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word for history, "keeb kwm," literally translates as "the old person's words." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "történelem" originates from the verb "történik" ("occurs") and literally means "what happens". |
| Icelandic | The word 'sögu' also means 'news' or 'rumor' in Icelandic. |
| Indonesian | The word "sejarah" is derived from the Sanskrit word "itih?sa" and originally meant "thus it happened" |
| Irish | Stair derives from Latin "scala" which means "flight of steps" or ladder. |
| Italian | The Italian word "storia" comes from the Greek "historia," which originally meant "inquiry," or "investigation." |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "歴史" (rekishi) originally referred to the calendar and was later used to denote the passage of time and events. |
| Javanese | "Sejarah" means "history" in Javanese, but it also means "a record of time" and "something that serves as a reminder of the past". |
| Kannada | The word 'ಇತಿಹಾಸ' is derived from Sanskrit and means 'thus it was' or 'that which happened' |
| Kazakh | 'Тарих' also means 'fate' or 'destiny' in Kazakh. |
| Korean | The word "역사" in Korean originally meant "to know" or "to be aware, |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "dîrok" also has the meanings of "investigation" or "origin", related to its Persian root word "dīgar" meaning "other". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "тарых" (history) also refers to "age" and "a trace" in Mongolian, from a root meaning "to pull out, to draw out, to extend". |
| Latin | Historia derives from the Greek word "ἱστορία" (historia), which originally meant "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “vēsture” is related to the root “vest-” meaning “news,” “message,” “story” in Proto-Indo-European and many Germanic languages. |
| Lithuanian | The word "istorija" in Lithuanian is derived from the Greek word "historia," which means "inquiry" or "investigation." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Geschicht" originates from the German word "Geschichte" and is closely related to the English word "gesture," reflecting its original meaning of "something that happened." |
| Macedonian | The word "историја" comes from the Greek word "ἱστορία" (historia), which originally meant "inquiry, investigation". |
| Malagasy | The term FIAINANY TALOHA comes from the words FIAINA (life) and TALOHA (to leave) and literally means "past lives". |
| Malay | 'Sejarah' shares the same root word as 'syajarah' (family tree), emphasizing the importance of tracing roots and understanding the interconnectedness of events. |
| Malayalam | ചരിത്രം means "tradition, lore" in Sanskrit; in Malayalam it specifically signifies "history of Kerala". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "l-istorja" is derived from the Latin "historia", meaning both "history" and "story". |
| Maori | In Māori, the word “hītori” also means “mythology” or “lore”, showcasing the close relationship between history and narrative in Māori culture. |
| Marathi | The word इतिहास literally means "that which is established" or "the essence of events". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "түүх" (history) is derived from the verb "түүхэх" (to tell, to narrate) |
| Nepali | "इतिहास" (history) can also refer to a "mythical story" or an "epic narrative" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "historie" in Norwegian also means "story" or "narrative." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mbiri" also means "news" in Swahili. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word مخینه, also referring to ``story '', is derived from the Persian word ``تاریخ'', which itself is a loanword from the Arabic word for ``date' or ``time'''. |
| Persian | In Persian, "تاریخ" not only means "history" but also "date" or "fate." |
| Polish | "Historia" in its original Greek usage also means "inquiry," which is mirrored in the Polish language. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "história" in Portuguese relates to the concept of "story" and can also refer to a narrative of past events. |
| Punjabi | "ਇਤਿਹਾਸ" (history) in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word "itihaasa", meaning "thus it was" or "that which happened in the past." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, 'istorie' is also used as a plural word in the sense of 'old-fashioned tales'. |
| Russian | In Russian, the word "история" also means "a story" or "a narrative", reflecting its origin from the Greek word "ἱστορία" (historia), meaning "inquiry" or "knowledge acquired through investigation". |
| Samoan | The word 'talafaasolopito' is a compound consisting of 'tala' meaning 'to speak, tell', 'faa' meaning 'to make, do' and 'solo' meaning 'long'. It therefore translates loosely as 'long speech or telling'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "eachdraidh" can also mean "narrative" or "story" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | "Историја" can also mean "story" or "tale". |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word “nalane” can also mean “old times” or “bygone days”. |
| Shona | "Nhoroondo" is also a term denoting the art of storytelling, which involves passing down oral traditions and cultural knowledge through generations. |
| Sindhi | "تاريخ" (sindhi) is a persian word that literally means "something that is new". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "ඉතිහාසය" is derived from the Sanskrit words "इति" and " हास्य" which mean “thus indeed” and “laugh, jest” and refers to the original meaning of chronicles as entertaining accounts of past events. |
| Slovak | In the Slovak language, "história" originally meant "the story of Christ". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "zgodovino" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *vědъ, which also means "knowledge" or "science". |
| Somali | The Somali word "taariikhda" is derived from the Arabic word "tarikh", meaning "date" or "chronology". |
| Spanish | "Historia" in Spanish not only means "history" but also "story". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "sajarah" can also refer to a genealogy or family tree. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, 'historia' also means 'narration', 'story' or 'tale', capturing the oral tradition of storytelling in African history. |
| Swedish | "Historia" is also a Swedish name for a magazine that publishes articles about the history of the Swedish royal house. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kasaysayan" is cognate with the Malay word "sejarah" and is derived from the Arabic word "qasas", meaning "stories or narratives". It has also been used to refer to "fate" or "destiny". |
| Tajik | The word "таърих" also means "era" and "date" in Tajik, reflecting its broad historical usage. |
| Tamil | The word 'வரலாறு' ('history') in Tamil means 'story of the past', and also refers to a chronicle or account of events. |
| Telugu | "చరిత్ర" is derived from "char" (move, go) + "tra" (through, across), thus meaning to traverse across the past or to travel through time. |
| Thai | "ประวัติศาสตร์" is derived from Sanskrit, and its root words "pra-vrutti", meaning "going forth," and "shastra", meaning "science". |
| Turkish | 'Tarih' also means 'date' in Turkish because historically the events were recorded on the date they happened. |
| Ukrainian | The word "історії" is a plural form of the word "історія", which means "a story" or "a narrative" |
| Urdu | In Urdu, the word "تاریخ" also has the alternate meanings of "fate" or "destiny." |
| Uzbek | The word "tarix" comes from the Persian word "tārīkh" which originally meant "date" or "era". |
| Vietnamese | Lị in Sino-Vietnamese can also mean "customary practices" |
| Welsh | Hanes derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root as the Greek "historia" and the English "history", meaning "a story, an inquiry, an account, an investigation." |
| Xhosa | Alternate meanings of the Xhosa word "Imbali" include "news", "information","lore", and "knowledge". |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "געשיכטע" derives from the German "Geschichte" and refers not only to past events but also to a narrated account of those events, encapsulating both historical narrative and storytelling. |
| Yoruba | "Itan" in Yoruba also means "story" or "tale". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'umlando' not only means 'history' but also encompasses 'tradition', 'culture', and 'heritage'. |
| English | The word "history" derives from the Greek "ἱστορία," meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation." |