Horizon in different languages

Horizon in Different Languages

Discover 'Horizon' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Updated on March 6, 2024

The horizon, a concept that has captivated humans for millennia, is the line at which the earth meets the sky. It represents the limit of our vision, a boundary that both separates and connects us to the vastness of the universe. This ever-present yet constantly changing phenomenon has been a source of inspiration for poets, painters, and philosophers alike.

Throughout history, the horizon has held great cultural significance. In ancient Greece, it was associated with the god Helios, who rose from the horizon each morning to bring light to the world. For the Indigenous peoples of Australia, the horizon is a sacred space where the physical and spiritual worlds meet. And in many modern cultures, the horizon symbolizes the promise of new horizons, new opportunities, and new beginnings.

Understanding the translation of the word 'horizon' in different languages can provide fascinating insights into how different cultures perceive and interact with this universal concept. Here are a few examples:

  • In Spanish, the word for horizon is 'horizonte'.
  • In French, it is 'horizon'.
  • In German, it is 'Horizont'.
  • In Mandarin Chinese, it is '地平线' (dì píng xiàn).
  • In Japanese, it is '地平線' (chihei-sen).

Horizon


Horizon in Sub-Saharan African Languages

Afrikaanshorison
The word 'horison' in Afrikaans originates from the Dutch word 'horizon', which means 'horizon' or 'sky-line'.
Amharicአድማስ
The word "አድማስ" can also refer to "limit, border, boundary" or "end, edge".
Hausasararin sama
Hausa 'sararin sama' (horizon) combines 'sarari' (space) and 'sama' (sky) but has the dual meaning of either the point where the land meets the sky or the sky without the land.
Igbommiri
"Mmiri" also denotes "the great waters," referring to either the sea or the sky.
Malagasyparavodilanitra
The Malagasy word "paravodilanitra" literally means "the end of the sky."
Nyanja (Chichewa)m'maso
The word "m'maso" in Nyanja is derived from the root word "maso," which means "eye" or "sight."
Shonakutenderera
The word 'kutenderera' can also mean 'the place where the sun sets' in Shona.
Somalicirif
The word "cirif" is also used in the sense of a boundary separating a geographical region from the surrounding environment.
Sesothomahlo
The word "mahlo" in Sesotho also refers to the end of the earth or the boundary between the earth and the sky.
Swahiliupeo wa macho
The Swahili word "upeo wa macho" literally translates to "the eye's edge".
Xhosaisibhakabhaka
The word "isibhakabhaka" (horizon) in Xhosa literally means "the place where heaven meets earth."
Yorubaipade
The Yoruba word "ipade" also means "the place where the sun sets".
Zuluumkhathizwe
The word umkhathizwe also refers to a large gathering or assembly of people.
Bambarahorizon (horizon) ye
Ewehorizon (dziŋgɔli) (horizon).
Kinyarwandahorizon
Lingalahorizon (horizon) oyo ezali
Lugandahorizon (horizon) mu bbanga
Sepedilebaka la go bona
Twi (Akan)horizon a ɛyɛ fɛ

Horizon in North African & Middle Eastern Languages

Arabicالأفق
The Arabic word "الأفق" has multiple meanings including "the visible boundary between earth and sky" and "a distant goal or aspiration".
Hebrewאופק
The Hebrew word אופק (horizon) derives from the ancient root of facing or orientation, and can also refer to the east (where the sun rises) or the front of a line of soldiers.
Pashtoافق
The word "افق" is also used in Pashto to refer to "boundary" or "limit".
Arabicالأفق
The Arabic word "الأفق" has multiple meanings including "the visible boundary between earth and sky" and "a distant goal or aspiration".

Horizon in Western European Languages

Albanianhorizont
The word "horizont" in Albanian derives from the Latin word "horizōn" meaning "dividing line".
Basquehorizonte
The word "horizonte" in Basque ultimately derives from the Spanish word "horizonte," which in turn comes from the Greek word "horizōn," meaning "dividing line" or "boundary."
Catalanhoritzó
The Catalan word "horitzó" comes from the Greek word "orizeiv," meaning to limit or separate.
Croatianhorizont
The word "horizont" in Croatian originated from the Greek word "horizōn", which means "a bounding line" or "a boundary between two things."
Danishhorisont
Horisont in Danish comes from the Greek words 'Oros', meaning mountains, and 'Zontos', meaning belt.
Dutchhorizon
"Horizon" in Dutch can also mean "view", or "scope".
Englishhorizon
The word 'horizon' derives from the Greek word 'horizein', meaning 'to bound' or 'to divide'.
Frenchhorizon
The word "horizon" in French comes from the Greek word "horos", meaning "boundary" or "limit".
Frisianhoarizon
Frisian's “hoarizon” also signifies a “boundary” between two different kinds of weather
Galicianhorizonte
O termo 'horizonte' deriva do grego 'orizein', que significa 'limitar' ou 'definir'.
Germanhorizont
Horizont is a loanword from the Greek word 'orizein', meaning 'to delimit, separate, determine'
Icelandicsjóndeildarhringur
Horizon in Icelandic is "sjóndeildarhringur," which literally translates to "circle of the division of sight."
Irishléaslíne
The word "léaslíne" comes from the Old Irish word "leas," meaning "half," and "líne," meaning "line," referring to the half-line between the sky and the earth.
Italianorizzonte
The word "orizzonte" comes from the Greek word "horizōn", meaning "boundary" or "dividing line."
Luxembourgishhorizont
Horizont in Luxembourgish can also refer to the horizon of a person's knowledge or understanding.
Malteseorizzont
In architecture, 'orizzont' also means 'cornice' or 'eaves'.
Norwegianhorisont
Horisont, a Norwegian word for 'horizon', is cognate with the English word 'horizon' and ultimately derives from the Greek word 'horizōn', meaning 'dividing line' or 'boundary'. It is also related to the Norwegian word 'horisontal', meaning 'horizontal' and 'horizontal plane'.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)horizonte
In Portuguese, "horizonte" can also mean "expectation" or "goal"
Scots Gaelicfàire
Fàire, meaning "horizon," derives from the Old Norse word "færi," meaning a path or course.
Spanishhorizonte
The word 'horizonte' comes from the Greek word 'horizōn' meaning 'dividing line' or 'boundary'.
Swedishhorisont
The word "horisont" also means "expectation" or "hope" in Swedish, indicating the sense of something waiting to be discovered or achieved on the horizon.
Welshgorwel
The Welsh word 'gorwel' can also mean 'a view' or 'a perspective'.

Horizon in Eastern European Languages

Belarusianгарызонт
Гарызонт comes from the Greek 'horizōn', denoting the boundary of visible and invisible
Bosnianhorizont
The word "horizont" in Bosnian can also refer to a line separating day and night, or a limit beyond which something cannot be seen.
Bulgarianхоризонт
The word "хоризонт" comes from the Greek word "horizōn", which means "boundary" or "dividing line".
Czechhorizont
Etymology of Czech "horizont": from Latin "horizon" from Greek "horizōn," meaning "boundary" or "separating" from present active participle of "horizein," "to bound" or "to separate".
Estoniansilmapiiril
"Silmapiiril" is also used to refer to the edge of something, such as a cliff or a forest.
Finnishhorisontti
The word "horisontti" is derived from the Greek word "horizōn", meaning "bounding" or "dividing line". It can also refer to the imaginary line that separates the Earth from the sky.
Hungarianhorizont
A szó a latin horizōn szóból származik, amely görög eredetű és "határát" vagy "elválasztást" jelent.
Latvianhorizonts
In Latvian, the word "apvārsnis" (horizon) has a broader meaning, encompassing not only the visible line between earth and sky but also the distant, invisible regions beyond it.
Lithuanianhorizonto
"Horizonto" in Lithuanian also means "a circle" or "a ring".
Macedonianхоризонт
The word 'хоризонт' can also refer to perspective, reach or viewpoint, such as a political horizon.
Polishhoryzont
In Polish, the word 'horyzont' also refers to the line separating light from shade on an object.
Romanianorizont
The word "orizont" may be borrowed not from French but from Italian "orizzonte," or Slavic *orzъ "border, edge," which in turn could be borrowed into Romanian from Hungarian "orizság."
Russianгоризонт
The word "горизонт" (horizon) in Russian also refers to the imaginary line that separates the visible part of the Earth from the invisible part.
Serbianхоризонт
The word 'Хоризонт' is derived from the Greek 'horizōn' meaning 'dividing line', or the Latin 'horizonta' meaning 'bounding' or 'limiting'.
Slovakhorizont
The word "horizont" in Slovak comes from the Greek word "horizōn", which means "boundary". It can also refer to the "range of someone's knowledge or experience" or to a "level or plane of existence".
Slovenianobzorje
The word 'obzorje' in Slovenian originates from the Proto-Slavic word '*obzorь' meaning 'view' or 'survey'.
Ukrainianгоризонт
The word "горизонт" comes from the Greek word "hórizōn", which means "dividing line".

Horizon in South Asian Languages

Bengaliদিগন্ত
The word "দিগন্ত" can also mean "the end of the universe", "the boundary of the world" or "the limit of knowledge".
Gujaratiક્ષિતિજ
The word "ક્ષિતિજ" (horizon) is derived from the Sanskrit word "क्षिति" (earth) and "इज" (to go), which literally means "the place where the earth meets the sky."
Hindiक्षितिज
The Sanskrit word "क्षितिज" can also mean "the boundary between the earth and the sky" or "the point where the earth meets the sky."
Kannadaದಿಗಂತ
The word 'ದಿಗಂತ' ('horizon') in Kannada also means 'the furthest point that can be seen' or 'the limit of one's knowledge or experience'.
Malayalamചക്രവാളം
The word 'ചക്രവാളം' is composed of two Sanskrit words, 'चक्र' (chakram, wheel) and 'वाल' (val, circumference) and means the circular boundary between earth and sky.
Marathiक्षितीज
The Marathi word 'क्षितीज' literally means 'the end of the earth', highlighting its role as the boundary between the visible and the unknown.
Nepaliक्षितिज
The word 'क्षितिज' is derived from Sanskrit, where 'क्षिति' means 'earth' and 'अज' means 'edge' or 'limit', indicating the boundary between the earth and the sky.
Punjabiਦੂਰੀ
'ਦੂਰੀ' originates from the Sanskrit term 'dur', which can mean 'far away', 'distance', or 'remoteness' in English.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)ක්ෂිතිජය
The word 'ක්ෂිතිජය' in Sinhala derives from Sanskrit and denotes not only the horizon, but also the boundary between land and water.
Tamilஅடிவானம்
The word "அடிவானம்" (horizon) in Tamil literally means "the base of the sky".
Teluguహోరిజోన్
The word "హోరిజోన్" (horizon) is derived from the Greek word "ὁρίζων" (horízon), meaning "boundary" or "limit"}
Urduافق
The word 'افق' in Urdu not only means 'horizon' but also refers to 'understanding' and 'knowledge'.

Horizon in East Asian Languages

Chinese (Simplified)地平线
"地平线"意为水平分割天空和地面的一条直线,亦指比喻的界限或分界线。
Chinese (Traditional)地平線
在中文裡,「地平線」除了表示「視線與地面或海水交界處」之外,還引申出「事物或境界的極限」之意。
Japanese地平線
'地' (chi) means 'earth' and '平線' (heisen) means 'flat line' in Japanese.
Korean수평선
The Korean word 수평선 (horizon) literally translates to 'horizontal line' or 'level line'.
Mongolianтэнгэрийн хаяа
Myanmar (Burmese)မိုးကုပ်စက်ဝိုင်း

Horizon in South East Asian Languages

Indonesiancakrawala
The word "cakrawala" in Indonesian is derived from the Sanskrit word "chakravala", which means "circle of the sky". It can also refer to the circumference of the earth or the boundary between the earth and the sky.
Javanesecakrawala
The Old Javanese word 'cakrabala' has meanings of 'circle' or 'wheel' and can refer to the horizon, the universe, or the zodiac.
Khmerជើងមេឃ
The word "ជើងមេឃ" (horizon) literally means "the foot of the clouds" in Khmer.
Laoຂອບເຂດ
The Lao word ຂອບເຂດ (khorb khèt) derives from the Pali language and literally means "the edge of a field".
Malaycakrawala
In Old Malay, "cakrawala" also referred to a type of celestial sphere or the sky seen as a dome.
Thaiขอบฟ้า
"ขอบฟ้า" means both "horizon" and "scope" or "limit" which is fitting as the horizon is the limit of our vision.
Vietnamesechân trời
The word "chân trời" in Vietnamese can also mean "the end of the world" or "the limit of one's knowledge or experience."
Filipino (Tagalog)abot-tanaw

Horizon in Central Asian Languages

Azerbaijaniüfüq
Üfüq can also mean "future," "prospect," or "vision" in Azerbaijani.
Kazakhкөкжиек
The Kazakh word "көкжиек" originally meant "blue seam" and referred to the edge of the sky where the blue of the sky meets the green of the earth.
Kyrgyzгоризонт
"Горизонт" (horizon) originated from the Persian word "gerew" (meaning "a place where one might see") and ultimately derives from the Greek word "hora" (meaning "hour").
Tajikуфуқ
The term “уфуқ” also denotes in Tajik language the edge between any two contrasting objects.
Turkmengorizont
Uzbekufq
'Ufq' is also used as a metaphor for 'limit' or 'end' in Uzbek.
Uyghurئۇپۇق

Horizon in Pacific Languages

Hawaiianpae ʻāina
The word "pae ʻāina" can also refer to the boundary between land and sea, or the area where the sky meets the earth.
Maoripae
"Pae" can also mean the boundary, edge or margin of anything.
Samoantafailagi
The word 'tafailagi' is also used to refer to the 'boundary' or 'edge' of something.
Tagalog (Filipino)abot-tanaw
The term "abot-tanaw" can also mean "limit" or "boundary" in a metaphorical sense, extending beyond just its literal meaning of "horizon".

Horizon in American Indigenous Languages

Aymarahorizonte ukat juk’ampinaka
Guaranihorizonte rehegua

Horizon in International Languages

Esperantohorizonto
Esp. "horizonto" (horizon) comes from Gr. "όρίζω" (to limit, to define) as it delineates the boundary between sky and earth.
Latinhorizon
The Latin word "horizon" also means "dividing line" or "boundary".

Horizon in Others Languages

Greekορίζοντας
The Ancient Greek word "ὁρίζοντας" (horizon) also signifies a "border" or "boundary".
Hmongqab ntug
There is no word for "horizon" in Hmong, but "qab ntug" literally means "the edge of the sky".
Kurdishasûman
The word "asûman" in Kurdish also means "sky" or "heaven" and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word "*h₂wes-u-" meaning "to shine".
Turkishufuk
"Ufuk" also means "hope, aspiration, anticipation" in Turkish.
Xhosaisibhakabhaka
The word "isibhakabhaka" (horizon) in Xhosa literally means "the place where heaven meets earth."
Yiddishהאָריזאָנט
In Yiddish, האָריזאָנט (horizon) is a compound word meaning "the end of the world". Its usage sometimes implies an apocalyptic overtone.
Zuluumkhathizwe
The word umkhathizwe also refers to a large gathering or assembly of people.
Assameseদিগন্ত
Aymarahorizonte ukat juk’ampinaka
Bhojpuriक्षितिज के बा
Dhivehiހޮރައިޒަން އެވެ
Dogriक्षितिज
Filipino (Tagalog)abot-tanaw
Guaranihorizonte rehegua
Ilocanohorizon ti sanguanan
Krioɔrayzin
Kurdish (Sorani)ئاسۆ
Maithiliक्षितिज
Meiteilon (Manipuri)ꯍꯣꯔꯥꯏꯖꯣꯟꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ꯫
Mizohorizon (horizon) a ni
Oromohorizon jedhamuun beekama
Odia (Oriya)ରାଶି
Quechuahorizonte nisqa
Sanskritक्षितिजम्
Tatarофык
Tigrinyaኣድማስ ምዃኑ’ዩ።
Tsongahorizon ya xirhendzevutani

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