Insight in Different Languages
Discover 'Insight' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Insight
Afrikaans insig | ||
Albanian depërtim | ||
Amharic ማስተዋል | ||
Arabic تبصر | ||
Armenian խորաթափանցություն | ||
Assamese অন্তৰ্দৄষ্টি | ||
Aymara uñjawi | ||
Azerbaijani bəsirət | ||
Bambara hakilina | ||
Basque ikuspegi | ||
Belarusian праніклівасць | ||
Bengali অন্তর্দৃষ্টি | ||
Bhojpuri अंतर्दृष्टि | ||
Bosnian uvid | ||
Bulgarian прозрение | ||
Catalan perspicàcia | ||
Cebuano panan-aw | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 洞察力 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 洞察力 | ||
Corsican insight | ||
Croatian uvid | ||
Czech porozumění | ||
Danish indsigt | ||
Dhivehi އިންސައިޓް | ||
Dogri अंदर | ||
Dutch in zicht | ||
English insight | ||
Esperanto kompreno | ||
Estonian ülevaade | ||
Ewe numesese | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kabatiran | ||
Finnish oivallus | ||
French perspicacité | ||
Frisian ynsjoch | ||
Galician perspicacia | ||
Georgian გამჭრიახობა | ||
German einblick | ||
Greek διορατικότητα | ||
Guarani hechapy | ||
Gujarati આંતરદૃષ્ટિ | ||
Haitian Creole insight | ||
Hausa hankali | ||
Hawaiian ʻike ʻike | ||
Hebrew תוֹבָנָה | ||
Hindi अंतर्दृष्टि | ||
Hmong kev pom | ||
Hungarian belátás | ||
Icelandic innsæi | ||
Igbo nghọta | ||
Ilocano makuna | ||
Indonesian wawasan | ||
Irish léargas | ||
Italian intuizione | ||
Japanese 洞察 | ||
Javanese wawasan | ||
Kannada ಒಳನೋಟ | ||
Kazakh түсінік | ||
Khmer ការយល់ដឹងទូលំទូលាយ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubushishozi | ||
Konkani दुरदृष्टी | ||
Korean 통찰력 | ||
Krio tink gud wan | ||
Kurdish rastdîtinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تێڕوانین | ||
Kyrgyz түшүнүк | ||
Lao ຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈ | ||
Latin acies | ||
Latvian ieskats | ||
Lingala bwanya | ||
Lithuanian įžvalga | ||
Luganda obusobozi bwokufuna okutegera kwekintu | ||
Luxembourgish asiicht | ||
Macedonian увид | ||
Maithili दष्टि | ||
Malagasy lalin-tsaina | ||
Malay pandangan | ||
Malayalam ഉൾക്കാഴ്ച | ||
Maltese għarfien | ||
Maori tirohanga | ||
Marathi अंतर्दृष्टी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯨꯡꯒꯤ ꯋꯥꯈꯜ | ||
Mizo hrefiah | ||
Mongolian ойлголт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထိုးဖောက် | ||
Nepali अन्तर्दृष्टि | ||
Norwegian innsikt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuzindikira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅନ୍ତର୍ଦୃଷ୍ଟି | | ||
Oromo qalbii | ||
Pashto بصیرت | ||
Persian بینش، بصیرت، درون بینی | ||
Polish wgląd | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) discernimento | ||
Punjabi ਸਮਝ | ||
Quechua chayana | ||
Romanian perspicacitate | ||
Russian на виду | ||
Samoan malamalamaaga | ||
Sanskrit अंतर्दृष्टि | ||
Scots Gaelic lèirsinn | ||
Sepedi tlhaologanyo | ||
Serbian на видику | ||
Sesotho temohisiso | ||
Shona njere | ||
Sindhi بصيرت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තීක්ෂ්ණ බුද්ධිය | ||
Slovak náhľad | ||
Slovenian vpogled | ||
Somali aragti | ||
Spanish visión | ||
Sundanese sawangan | ||
Swahili ufahamu | ||
Swedish insikt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kabatiran | ||
Tajik фаҳмиш | ||
Tamil நுண்ணறிவு | ||
Tatar зирәклек | ||
Telugu అంతర్దృష్టి | ||
Thai ข้อมูลเชิงลึก | ||
Tigrinya ዓሚቊ ምስትውዓል | ||
Tsonga vundzeni | ||
Turkish içgörü | ||
Turkmen düşünje | ||
Twi (Akan) nhunumu | ||
Ukrainian в поле зору | ||
Urdu بصیرت | ||
Uyghur چۈشىنىش | ||
Uzbek tushuncha | ||
Vietnamese cái nhìn sâu sắc | ||
Welsh mewnwelediad | ||
Xhosa ukuqonda | ||
Yiddish ינסייט | ||
Yoruba ìjìnlẹ òye | ||
Zulu ukuqonda |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "insig" originates from the Dutch word "inzicht" with the same meaning, in turn derived from "in-zien" (to see into). |
| Albanian | While 'depërtim' primarily means 'insight', it also denotes 'penetration', 'permeation', and 'infiltrate'. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, the word "ማስተዋል" can also mean "to understand" or "to comprehend." |
| Arabic | "تبصر" ('insight') comes from the Semitic root 'b-s-r' ('to see') and is related to terms like 'vision' and 'discernment'. |
| Azerbaijani | Bəsirət derives from the Arabic "baṣīrah", meaning "inward knowledge" or "discernment", but also denotes a "hidden path". |
| Basque | Ikuspegi can also mean perspective, point of view, or way of seeing things. |
| Bengali | The Sanskrit root of "অন্তর্দৃষ্টি" means to see through, alluding to the ability to perceive the deeper meaning of something. |
| Bosnian | The word "uvid" in Bosnian is derived from the Slavic root "vid-" meaning "to see" or "to know", and is related to the words "vidjeti" (to see), "vidovnjak" (seer), and "vidik" (view). |
| Bulgarian | The word "прозрение" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *prozьrěti, meaning "to see through" or "to understand". |
| Catalan | The word "perspicàcia" is derived from the Latin word "perspicere", meaning "to see clearly". It can also refer to the ability to understand or judge situations accurately. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "洞察力"源自汉语成语 "洞若观火"，意为能清晰洞悉真相。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 洞察力, literally meaning "cave-see", is a Chinese word originally used to describe the ability to see through a cave. |
| Corsican | Corsican has two words for “insight”: "aspettu", meaning "perspective", and "scrittu", meaning "knowledge obtained through writing or study". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'uvid' is cognate to the Czech word 'úvod', both meaning 'foreword' and deriving from 'voditi', meaning 'to lead'. |
| Czech | The word "porozumění" in Czech has the same root as "rozum", meaning "understanding", and also means "agreement". |
| Danish | In Danish, 'indsigt' can also mean 'understanding' or 'knowledge'. |
| Dutch | "In zicht" in Dutch not only means "in sight" but also can mean "in view" or "in the offing." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "kompreno" comes from the Latin word "comprehendere", meaning "to grasp" or "to understand." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word “ülevaade” can also refer to a “review”, “summary”, or “perspective” in English. |
| Finnish | In the Karelian language and certain Eastern dialects of Finnish, "oivallus" means "to see into" and "to understand". |
| French | Perspicacité comes from the Latin 'perspicere' meaning 'to see through', suggesting someone with 'perspicacité' can see the truth or the essence of something. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ynsjoch" has cognates in other Germanic languages, such as the English word "insight", the German word "Einsicht" and the Dutch word "inzicht." |
| German | "Einblick" (insight) originally meant "a hole into" and shares a root with the English words "inlet" and "inlook". |
| Greek | The Greek word "διορατικότητα" can also be used to refer to the gift of foresight or a keenness of judgment. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'આંતરદૃષ્ટि' can also mean 'intuition' or 'sixth sense'. |
| Haitian Creole | "Insight" in Haitian Creole also means "perception". |
| Hausa | 'hankali' is also a traditional Hausa dish made from the baobab fruit. |
| Hawaiian | The term 'ike ike means insight or knowledge in Hawaiian and its meanings are rooted in ancient spiritual teachings. |
| Hebrew | תוֹבָנָה is related to the word בִּינָה (bina), which means "understanding" or "intelligence." |
| Hindi | Hindi word 'अंतर्दृष्टि' derives from 'अंतर' (inner) + 'दृष्टि' (vision), referring to either 'inner vision' or deeper understanding gained through introspection or experience. |
| Hmong | Kev pom may also mean "understanding". |
| Hungarian | The verb form "belát" means "admit, confess" and it refers to something that had to be seen before the admission or confession. |
| Icelandic | The word "innsæi" can also refer to one's conscience or the act of self-reflection. |
| Igbo | 'Nghọta' can also refer to a 'thought', or 'consideration'. |
| Indonesian | The word 'wawasan' is also used to signify 'perspective' or 'angle of vision'. |
| Irish | The word "léargas" also means "flash of lightning" and is related to the word "léir" meaning "bright" or "clear". |
| Italian | The word 'intuizione' derives from the Latin 'intuitio' meaning 'action of looking at' and is related to 'intent' and 'intention'. |
| Japanese | The word 洞察 (tōsatsu) is also used to refer to a "keyhole" or "aperture" in Japanese, as well as a "hole" or "cavity". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the term wawasan is also employed as a philosophical concept encompassing enlightenment, perception, and comprehension. |
| Kannada | "ಒಳನೋಟ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अंतर्दृष्टि" (antar-drishti), which means "inner vision" or "deep understanding". It also refers to the ability to see through or understand something, especially something hidden or complex. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "түсінік" can also refer to a "conclusion". |
| Korean | 통찰력 is also a synonym for "intuition", meaning an innate ability to understand something without conscious reasoning. |
| Kurdish | The word "rastdîtinî" is derived from the Kurdish word "rast" meaning "truth". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "түшүнүк" in Kyrgyz also means "understanding" and "interpretation". |
| Latin | In Latin, the word "acies" also means "edge" or "sharpness," and is related to the word "acuere," meaning "to sharpen." |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word "ieskats" derives from the root "skat-" (to look), implying a penetrating or attentive look. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "įžvalga" can also mean a "glimpse" or a "view". |
| Luxembourgish | In old Luxembourgish, "asiicht" also referred to a small fish that was often used as bait. |
| Macedonian | Macedonian word "увид" can also refer to a "sight" or "vision". |
| Malagasy | The word "lalin-tsaina" can also mean "light" or "shine" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | Pandangan means 'viewpoint' but also 'look' or 'gaze'. |
| Malayalam | ഉൾക്കാഴ്ച originally meant "to appear" or "to be revealed," but now has the alternate meaning of "to understand something deeply." |
| Maori | The word "tirohanga" is derived from the ancient Polynesian word "ti" meaning "to perceive" or "to understand". |
| Marathi | "अंतर्दृष्टी" has an alternate usage in science; "hypothesis" and "scientific law", while in astrology, its synonym is "horoscope". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "ойлголт" (insight) derives from the verb "ойлгох" (to think), implying a process of contemplation and reflection. |
| Norwegian | From the German 'innensicht' (interior sight), also meaning the ability to understand something, and 'innen' (within, in) |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Chichewa, the word "kuzindikira" also means "to guess" or "to suspect". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "بصیرت" not only means "insight" but also refers to the "power of perception" or "discernment." |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "wgląd" also means "to look into" or "to inspect." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word discernimento originated from the Latin 'discernere', which also means 'to distinguish or separate'. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਸਮਝ' also means 'agreement' or 'understanding' in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "perspicacitate" comes from the Latin word "perspicax," meaning "clear-sighted" or "penetrating." |
| Russian | The Russian word "на виду" can also mean "in sight" or "in view". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "malamalamaaga" shares its root with "mala" (light) |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word 'lèirsinn' also refers to a 'secret', and is cognate with the Irish and Manx 'léargas'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "на видику" also means "visible on the horizon". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word “temohisiso” is the passive form of “ho momahana”, which means “to be knowledgeable”. |
| Shona | Njere is a word of Shona origin with multiple meanings and derivations, one of them possibly traced to the verb 'kuona', meaning 'to see'. |
| Sindhi | The word "بصيرت" in Sindhi also has an alternate meaning of "intuition". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Pali/Sanskrit, the word 'teekshna' can also mean "intense," or "sharp as an instrument, pointed, piercing, subtle, ingenious" |
| Slovak | The word "náhľad" originally meant "a view" or "a glance" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | "Vpogled" can also mean "taking a look inside" or "peeking inside" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The Somali word "aragti" also means "opinion" or "point of view".} |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "visión" also means "sight", "vision", or "view", and derives from the Latin "visio". |
| Sundanese | "Sawangan" is likely derived from the Sundanese word "sawang" meaning "to see" or "to look". |
| Swahili | Ufahamu can also mean 'comprehension', 'perception', or 'awareness.' |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "insikt" also has the meaning of "intelligence" and derives from the German "einsicht" that means both "insight" and "view". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kabatiran" can also refer to knowledge acquired through experience or study. |
| Tajik | The word "фаҳмиш" in Tajik can also mean "understanding", "comprehension", or "knowledge." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "நுண்ணறிவு" originates from the Sanskrit word "सूक्ष्म" (sūkṣma), meaning "subtle" or "fine", denoting the ability to perceive subtle distinctions or hidden meanings. |
| Thai | ข้อมูลเชิงลึก (or "insight") is derived from the Middle English word "insigte," and Old English "onsiht, |
| Turkish | The word 'içgörü' derives from the Turkish word 'iç' (inner) and 'görü' (vision), meaning 'inner sight' or 'internal perspective'. |
| Ukrainian | Insight can also mean the ability to understand or perceive the intentions or thoughts of someone. |
| Urdu | "بصیرت" derives from the Arabic "بصراء", which means "place where someone sees clearly" and carries the alternate meaning of "knowledge of the unseen" in Islamic texts. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "tushuncha" is a derivative of the verb "tushunmoq" which in its broader sense means "to understand." |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "cái nhìn sâu sắc" can also refer to the act of seeing through something, such as a disguise or illusion. |
| Welsh | The word "mewnwelediad" is derived from the Welsh words "mewn" (in) and "gwelediad" (vision or sight), implying a seeing or understanding from within. |
| Xhosa | 'Ukuqonda' originates from the verb 'ukugonda,' meaning 'to strike' or 'to penetrate,' indicating the mental effort required to gain insight. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish derives ינסייט "insight" from German Einsicht, while "vision" is translated as חזון ( khazon) |
| Yoruba | Ìjìnlẹ òye is a compound noun which literally means "the depth of understanding" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | 'Ukuqonda' also means 'to listen attentively', suggesting that true insight comes from paying attention. |
| English | The word 'insight' comes from the Middle English word 'insighte,' which means 'inner sight' or 'understanding'. |