Horizon in Different Languages
Discover 'Horizon' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Horizon
Afrikaans horison | ||
Albanian horizont | ||
Amharic አድማስ | ||
Arabic الأفق | ||
Armenian հորիզոն | ||
Assamese দিগন্ত | ||
Aymara horizonte ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani üfüq | ||
Bambara horizon (horizon) ye | ||
Basque horizonte | ||
Belarusian гарызонт | ||
Bengali দিগন্ত | ||
Bhojpuri क्षितिज के बा | ||
Bosnian horizont | ||
Bulgarian хоризонт | ||
Catalan horitzó | ||
Cebuano kapunawpunawan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 地平线 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 地平線 | ||
Corsican orizonte | ||
Croatian horizont | ||
Czech horizont | ||
Danish horisont | ||
Dhivehi ހޮރައިޒަން އެވެ | ||
Dogri क्षितिज | ||
Dutch horizon | ||
English horizon | ||
Esperanto horizonto | ||
Estonian silmapiiril | ||
Ewe horizon (dziŋgɔli) (horizon). | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) abot-tanaw | ||
Finnish horisontti | ||
French horizon | ||
Frisian hoarizon | ||
Galician horizonte | ||
Georgian ჰორიზონტი | ||
German horizont | ||
Greek ορίζοντας | ||
Guarani horizonte rehegua | ||
Gujarati ક્ષિતિજ | ||
Haitian Creole orizon | ||
Hausa sararin sama | ||
Hawaiian pae ʻāina | ||
Hebrew אופק | ||
Hindi क्षितिज | ||
Hmong qab ntug | ||
Hungarian horizont | ||
Icelandic sjóndeildarhringur | ||
Igbo mmiri | ||
Ilocano horizon ti sanguanan | ||
Indonesian cakrawala | ||
Irish léaslíne | ||
Italian orizzonte | ||
Japanese 地平線 | ||
Javanese cakrawala | ||
Kannada ದಿಗಂತ | ||
Kazakh көкжиек | ||
Khmer ជើងមេឃ | ||
Kinyarwanda horizon | ||
Konkani क्षितीज | ||
Korean 수평선 | ||
Krio ɔrayzin | ||
Kurdish asûman | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئاسۆ | ||
Kyrgyz горизонт | ||
Lao ຂອບເຂດ | ||
Latin horizon | ||
Latvian horizonts | ||
Lingala horizon (horizon) oyo ezali | ||
Lithuanian horizonto | ||
Luganda horizon (horizon) mu bbanga | ||
Luxembourgish horizont | ||
Macedonian хоризонт | ||
Maithili क्षितिज | ||
Malagasy paravodilanitra | ||
Malay cakrawala | ||
Malayalam ചക്രവാളം | ||
Maltese orizzont | ||
Maori pae | ||
Marathi क्षितीज | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯣꯔꯥꯏꯖꯣꯟꯗꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo horizon (horizon) a ni | ||
Mongolian тэнгэрийн хаяа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မိုးကုပ်စက်ဝိုင်း | ||
Nepali क्षितिज | ||
Norwegian horisont | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) m'maso | ||
Odia (Oriya) ରାଶି | ||
Oromo horizon jedhamuun beekama | ||
Pashto افق | ||
Persian افق | ||
Polish horyzont | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) horizonte | ||
Punjabi ਦੂਰੀ | ||
Quechua horizonte nisqa | ||
Romanian orizont | ||
Russian горизонт | ||
Samoan tafailagi | ||
Sanskrit क्षितिजम् | ||
Scots Gaelic fàire | ||
Sepedi lebaka la go bona | ||
Serbian хоризонт | ||
Sesotho mahlo | ||
Shona kutenderera | ||
Sindhi افق | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ක්ෂිතිජය | ||
Slovak horizont | ||
Slovenian obzorje | ||
Somali cirif | ||
Spanish horizonte | ||
Sundanese cakrawala | ||
Swahili upeo wa macho | ||
Swedish horisont | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) abot-tanaw | ||
Tajik уфуқ | ||
Tamil அடிவானம் | ||
Tatar офык | ||
Telugu హోరిజోన్ | ||
Thai ขอบฟ้า | ||
Tigrinya ኣድማስ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga horizon ya xirhendzevutani | ||
Turkish ufuk | ||
Turkmen gorizont | ||
Twi (Akan) horizon a ɛyɛ fɛ | ||
Ukrainian горизонт | ||
Urdu افق | ||
Uyghur ئۇپۇق | ||
Uzbek ufq | ||
Vietnamese chân trời | ||
Welsh gorwel | ||
Xhosa isibhakabhaka | ||
Yiddish האָריזאָנט | ||
Yoruba ipade | ||
Zulu umkhathizwe |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'horison' in Afrikaans originates from the Dutch word 'horizon', which means 'horizon' or 'sky-line'. |
| Albanian | The word "horizont" in Albanian derives from the Latin word "horizōn" meaning "dividing line". |
| Amharic | The word "አድማስ" can also refer to "limit, border, boundary" or "end, edge". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "الأفق" has multiple meanings including "the visible boundary between earth and sky" and "a distant goal or aspiration". |
| Azerbaijani | Üfüq can also mean "future," "prospect," or "vision" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | 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." |
| Belarusian | Гарызонт comes from the Greek 'horizōn', denoting the boundary of visible and invisible |
| Bengali | The word "দিগন্ত" can also mean "the end of the universe", "the boundary of the world" or "the limit of knowledge". |
| Bosnian | The word "horizont" in Bosnian can also refer to a line separating day and night, or a limit beyond which something cannot be seen. |
| Bulgarian | The word "хоризонт" comes from the Greek word "horizōn", which means "boundary" or "dividing line". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "horitzó" comes from the Greek word "orizeiv," meaning to limit or separate. |
| Cebuano | "Kapunawpunawan" is derived from the Cebuano word "punaw" which means "end" or "limit". This suggests that the horizon represents the boundary or the end of what can be seen. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "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) | 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。 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "orizonte" also means "the line that separates the sea from the sky". |
| Croatian | The word "horizont" in Croatian originated from the Greek word "horizōn", which means "a bounding line" or "a boundary between two things." |
| Czech | 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". |
| Danish | Horisont in Danish comes from the Greek words 'Oros', meaning mountains, and 'Zontos', meaning belt. |
| Dutch | "Horizon" in Dutch can also mean "view", or "scope". |
| Esperanto | Esp. "horizonto" (horizon) comes from Gr. "όρίζω" (to limit, to define) as it delineates the boundary between sky and earth. |
| Estonian | "Silmapiiril" is also used to refer to the edge of something, such as a cliff or a forest. |
| Finnish | 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. |
| French | The word "horizon" in French comes from the Greek word "horos", meaning "boundary" or "limit". |
| Frisian | Frisian's “hoarizon” also signifies a “boundary” between two different kinds of weather |
| Galician | O termo 'horizonte' deriva do grego 'orizein', que significa 'limitar' ou 'definir'. |
| German | Horizont is a loanword from the Greek word 'orizein', meaning 'to delimit, separate, determine' |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word "ὁρίζοντας" (horizon) also signifies a "border" or "boundary". |
| Gujarati | 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." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "orizon" can also mean "direction" or "orientation". |
| Hausa | 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. |
| Hawaiian | The word "pae ʻāina" can also refer to the boundary between land and sea, or the area where the sky meets the earth. |
| Hebrew | 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. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word "क्षितिज" can also mean "the boundary between the earth and the sky" or "the point where the earth meets the sky." |
| Hmong | There is no word for "horizon" in Hmong, but "qab ntug" literally means "the edge of the sky". |
| Hungarian | A szó a latin horizōn szóból származik, amely görög eredetű és "határát" vagy "elválasztást" jelent. |
| Icelandic | Horizon in Icelandic is "sjóndeildarhringur," which literally translates to "circle of the division of sight." |
| Igbo | "Mmiri" also denotes "the great waters," referring to either the sea or the sky. |
| Indonesian | 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. |
| Irish | 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. |
| Italian | The word "orizzonte" comes from the Greek word "horizōn", meaning "boundary" or "dividing line." |
| Japanese | '地' (chi) means 'earth' and '平線' (heisen) means 'flat line' in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The Old Javanese word 'cakrabala' has meanings of 'circle' or 'wheel' and can refer to the horizon, the universe, or the zodiac. |
| Kannada | The word 'ದಿಗಂತ' ('horizon') in Kannada also means 'the furthest point that can be seen' or 'the limit of one's knowledge or experience'. |
| Kazakh | 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. |
| Khmer | The word "ជើងមេឃ" (horizon) literally means "the foot of the clouds" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The Korean word 수평선 (horizon) literally translates to 'horizontal line' or 'level line'. |
| Kurdish | The word "asûman" in Kurdish also means "sky" or "heaven" and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word "*h₂wes-u-" meaning "to shine". |
| Kyrgyz | "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"). |
| Lao | The Lao word ຂອບເຂດ (khorb khèt) derives from the Pali language and literally means "the edge of a field". |
| Latin | The Latin word "horizon" also means "dividing line" or "boundary". |
| Latvian | 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. |
| Lithuanian | "Horizonto" in Lithuanian also means "a circle" or "a ring". |
| Luxembourgish | Horizont in Luxembourgish can also refer to the horizon of a person's knowledge or understanding. |
| Macedonian | The word 'хоризонт' can also refer to perspective, reach or viewpoint, such as a political horizon. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "paravodilanitra" literally means "the end of the sky." |
| Malay | In Old Malay, "cakrawala" also referred to a type of celestial sphere or the sky seen as a dome. |
| Malayalam | 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. |
| Maltese | In architecture, 'orizzont' also means 'cornice' or 'eaves'. |
| Maori | "Pae" can also mean the boundary, edge or margin of anything. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'क्षितीज' literally means 'the end of the earth', highlighting its role as the boundary between the visible and the unknown. |
| Nepali | 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. |
| Norwegian | 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'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "m'maso" in Nyanja is derived from the root word "maso," which means "eye" or "sight." |
| Pashto | The word "افق" is also used in Pashto to refer to "boundary" or "limit". |
| Persian | The word 'afgh' is a cognate of the English word 'edge', and both derive from Proto-Indo-European '*ak-', meaning 'edge or corner'. |
| Polish | In Polish, the word 'horyzont' also refers to the line separating light from shade on an object. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "horizonte" can also mean "expectation" or "goal" |
| Punjabi | 'ਦੂਰੀ' originates from the Sanskrit term 'dur', which can mean 'far away', 'distance', or 'remoteness' in English. |
| Romanian | 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." |
| Russian | The word "горизонт" (horizon) in Russian also refers to the imaginary line that separates the visible part of the Earth from the invisible part. |
| Samoan | The word 'tafailagi' is also used to refer to the 'boundary' or 'edge' of something. |
| Scots Gaelic | Fàire, meaning "horizon," derives from the Old Norse word "færi," meaning a path or course. |
| Serbian | The word 'Хоризонт' is derived from the Greek 'horizōn' meaning 'dividing line', or the Latin 'horizonta' meaning 'bounding' or 'limiting'. |
| Sesotho | The word "mahlo" in Sesotho also refers to the end of the earth or the boundary between the earth and the sky. |
| Shona | The word 'kutenderera' can also mean 'the place where the sun sets' in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word افق "ufuq" in Sindhi comes from the Arabic word "ufq", which means "horizon" or "boundary". It can also refer to the "limit of knowledge" or the "edge of perception". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'ක්ෂිතිජය' in Sinhala derives from Sanskrit and denotes not only the horizon, but also the boundary between land and water. |
| Slovak | 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". |
| Slovenian | The word 'obzorje' in Slovenian originates from the Proto-Slavic word '*obzorь' meaning 'view' or 'survey'. |
| Somali | The word "cirif" is also used in the sense of a boundary separating a geographical region from the surrounding environment. |
| Spanish | The word 'horizonte' comes from the Greek word 'horizōn' meaning 'dividing line' or 'boundary'. |
| Sundanese | Cakrawala (horizon) in Sundanese also means the rim of a wheel. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "upeo wa macho" literally translates to "the eye's edge". |
| Swedish | The word "horisont" also means "expectation" or "hope" in Swedish, indicating the sense of something waiting to be discovered or achieved on the horizon. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term "abot-tanaw" can also mean "limit" or "boundary" in a metaphorical sense, extending beyond just its literal meaning of "horizon". |
| Tajik | The term “уфуқ” also denotes in Tajik language the edge between any two contrasting objects. |
| Tamil | The word "அடிவானம்" (horizon) in Tamil literally means "the base of the sky". |
| Telugu | The word "హోరిజోన్" (horizon) is derived from the Greek word "ὁρίζων" (horízon), meaning "boundary" or "limit"} |
| Thai | "ขอบฟ้า" means both "horizon" and "scope" or "limit" which is fitting as the horizon is the limit of our vision. |
| Turkish | "Ufuk" also means "hope, aspiration, anticipation" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "горизонт" comes from the Greek word "hórizōn", which means "dividing line". |
| Urdu | The word 'افق' in Urdu not only means 'horizon' but also refers to 'understanding' and 'knowledge'. |
| Uzbek | 'Ufq' is also used as a metaphor for 'limit' or 'end' in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "chân trời" in Vietnamese can also mean "the end of the world" or "the limit of one's knowledge or experience." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'gorwel' can also mean 'a view' or 'a perspective'. |
| Xhosa | The word "isibhakabhaka" (horizon) in Xhosa literally means "the place where heaven meets earth." |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, האָריזאָנט (horizon) is a compound word meaning "the end of the world". Its usage sometimes implies an apocalyptic overtone. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ipade" also means "the place where the sun sets". |
| Zulu | The word umkhathizwe also refers to a large gathering or assembly of people. |
| English | The word 'horizon' derives from the Greek word 'horizein', meaning 'to bound' or 'to divide'. |