Job in Different Languages
Discover 'Job' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Job
Afrikaans werk | ||
Albanian punë | ||
Amharic ሥራ | ||
Arabic مهنة | ||
Armenian աշխատանք | ||
Assamese চাকৰি | ||
Aymara irnaqawi | ||
Azerbaijani iş | ||
Bambara baara | ||
Basque lana | ||
Belarusian працу | ||
Bengali কাজ | ||
Bhojpuri नौकरी | ||
Bosnian posao | ||
Bulgarian работа | ||
Catalan feina | ||
Cebuano trabaho | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 工作 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 工作 | ||
Corsican travagliu | ||
Croatian posao | ||
Czech práce | ||
Danish job | ||
Dhivehi ވަޒީފާ | ||
Dogri नौकरी | ||
Dutch baan | ||
English job | ||
Esperanto laboro | ||
Estonian töö | ||
Ewe dɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) trabaho | ||
Finnish job | ||
French emploi | ||
Frisian taak | ||
Galician traballo | ||
Georgian სამუშაო | ||
German job | ||
Greek δουλειά | ||
Guarani mba'apo | ||
Gujarati નોકરી | ||
Haitian Creole travay | ||
Hausa aiki | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew עבודה | ||
Hindi काम | ||
Hmong hauj lwm | ||
Hungarian munka | ||
Icelandic starf | ||
Igbo oru | ||
Ilocano tarabaho | ||
Indonesian pekerjaan | ||
Irish post | ||
Italian lavoro | ||
Japanese ジョブ | ||
Javanese padamelan | ||
Kannada ಕೆಲಸ | ||
Kazakh жұмыс | ||
Khmer ការងារ | ||
Kinyarwanda akazi | ||
Konkani काम | ||
Korean 일 | ||
Krio wok | ||
Kurdish kar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پیشە | ||
Kyrgyz жумуш | ||
Lao ວຽກ | ||
Latin officium | ||
Latvian darbs | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian darbas | ||
Luganda omulimu | ||
Luxembourgish aarbecht | ||
Macedonian работа | ||
Maithili चाकरी | ||
Malagasy asa | ||
Malay pekerjaan | ||
Malayalam ജോലി | ||
Maltese xogħol | ||
Maori mahi | ||
Marathi नोकरी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯕꯛ | ||
Mizo hna | ||
Mongolian ажил | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလုပ် | ||
Nepali काम | ||
Norwegian jobb | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ntchito | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚାକିରି | ||
Oromo hojii | ||
Pashto دنده | ||
Persian کار | ||
Polish praca | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) trabalho | ||
Punjabi ਨੌਕਰੀ | ||
Quechua llamkay | ||
Romanian loc de munca | ||
Russian работа | ||
Samoan galuega | ||
Sanskrit कार्य | ||
Scots Gaelic dreuchd | ||
Sepedi mošomo | ||
Serbian посао | ||
Sesotho mosebetsi | ||
Shona basa | ||
Sindhi نوڪري | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රැකියා | ||
Slovak zamestnanie | ||
Slovenian službo | ||
Somali shaqo | ||
Spanish trabajo | ||
Sundanese padamelan | ||
Swahili kazi | ||
Swedish jobb | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) trabaho | ||
Tajik кор | ||
Tamil வேலை | ||
Tatar эш | ||
Telugu ఉద్యోగం | ||
Thai งาน | ||
Tigrinya ስራሕ | ||
Tsonga ntirho | ||
Turkish iş | ||
Turkmen iş | ||
Twi (Akan) adwuma | ||
Ukrainian робота | ||
Urdu نوکری | ||
Uyghur خىزمەت | ||
Uzbek ish | ||
Vietnamese việc làm | ||
Welsh swydd | ||
Xhosa umsebenzi | ||
Yiddish אַרבעט | ||
Yoruba iṣẹ | ||
Zulu umsebenzi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word 'werk' likely derives from the Middle Dutch 'werc', meaning 'action, business, or occupation' |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "punë" also means "work" or "task". |
| Amharic | "ሥራ" (job in Amharic), can also refer to one's calling, duty or service. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "مهنة" originally referred to a "profession" or "craft", but now has a broader meaning of "job" or "occupation". |
| Armenian | "Աշխատանք" stems from the Middle Persian "kad" ("to work") via the Parthian "aškār". Its first recorded use is from the 17th century. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "iş" in Azerbaijani also has the meanings of "action", "deed", and "business". |
| Basque | Basque "lana" (job) also means "wool" in Spanish and "blade" in Latin. |
| Belarusian | The word "працу" (job) in Belarusian comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*orba", meaning "work" or "field work." |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "কাজ" (job) is derived from the Sanskrit word "कर्म" (karma), which also means "action" or "deed". |
| Bosnian | Etymology of Bosnian word "posao": from Proto-Slavic *posъlъ, meaning "sending, delegation" or "message, commandment". Indo-European origin: *peḱ- "to shear, comb, card". |
| Bulgarian | The word "работа" in Bulgarian also means "labor" or "slavery". |
| Catalan | The word "feina" also means "deed" or "work" in a more general sense. |
| Cebuano | The word 'trabaho' derives from the Proto-Austronesian root word 'tabaq' meaning 'to cut' or 'to work'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 工作 (job) in Chinese is also used to refer to a piece of art or writing. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "工作" (job) is derived from the concept of "gong" (work) and "zuo" (to do), meaning "to perform work". |
| Corsican | The word "travagliu" derives from the Late Latin "trabaculum", meaning "tool" or "instrument". |
| Croatian | The word "posao" originates from the ancient word "posao" meaning "thing", "matter", "duty", "task", or "business". |
| Czech | The word "práce" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *orbota, meaning "slavery" or "serfdom". |
| Danish | In Danish, "job" also refers to a small fishing boat for inshore waters. |
| Dutch | Originally, the Dutch word "baan" referred only to activities and routes that were suitable for walking, riding, or driving. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "laboro" comes from the Latin "labor" which means "work" or "toil". |
| Estonian | The word "töö" in Estonian is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *tō̮ki, meaning "work" or "occupation". |
| Finnish | Its name "työ" is connected to the word "tapaus" meaning "event". |
| French | In French, 'emploi' also pertains to 'employment,' 'using,' and 'position,' and originates from Latin 'implicare' ('to fold, intertwine'). |
| Frisian | "Taak" is also used as a Frisian word for a small meadow |
| Galician | "Traballo" also means "suffering" and comes from Latin "trepalium" which is an instrument of torture. |
| German | The word 'Job' in German can also mean a 'messenger' or a 'herald'. |
| Greek | The word "δουλειά" derives from the ancient Greek word "δουλός," meaning "slave" or "servant." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "नोक्री" has the alternate meaning of "service". |
| Haitian Creole | "Travay" is a loanword from French that means "work" or "labor," and is used in Haitian Creole to refer to a paid occupation or employment. |
| Hausa | The word "aiki" in Hausa can also mean "profession" or "occupation". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word “hana” not only means “work,” but can also mean “responsibility,” “burden,” or “service. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "עבודה" (avodah), meaning "job," also holds historical and religious connotations of "worship," "service," and "labor." |
| Hindi | In Hindi, the word 'काम' (job) shares its root with the Sanskrit word 'karma,' meaning 'action, work, or destiny,' capturing the multifaceted nature of work. |
| Hmong | The word hauj lwm can also mean 'place of employment' or 'workplace'. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "munka" comes from the Proto-Uralic *moŋke, meaning "to do, to make, to create". |
| Icelandic | The word "starf" in Icelandic is derived from the Old Norse word "starf", which means "hard work" or "labor". |
| Igbo | (Igbo) The term 'oru' refers not only to employment, but also carries a broader sense of duty and accomplishment, reflecting the communal values of the Igbo culture. |
| Indonesian | The word pekerja in Indonesian comes from the Sanskrit word 'karyawān' which also means worker or employee. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'post' is derived from the Latin word 'positus', meaning 'to place' |
| Italian | The word "lavoro" comes from the Latin "laborare", which means "to work" or "to strive", and is related to the English word "labor" |
| Japanese | ジョブ can additionally refer to a type of character role in video games. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "padamelan" can also refer to a "group of people working together" or a "working environment". |
| Kannada | The word "ಕೆಲಸ" (job) also means "work" or "task" in Kannada as a noun and "to work" or "to do" as a verb. |
| Kazakh | The word "жұмыс" originated from the old Turkic word "jumus" which means "work" or "task". |
| Khmer | Its second meaning is 'work' as in physics or chemistry, as in 'the work done by a force'. |
| Korean | Originally, the Korean word "일" meant "sun", then came to mean "day" and finally settled into its current meaning of "work". |
| Kurdish | The word "kar" in Kurdish is often used to refer to the act of doing something, rather than a specific occupation or job title. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жумуш" may also mean "duty" or "task" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word "ວຽກ" is also used to refer to a specific piece of work that needs to be completed. |
| Latin | The Latin word "officium" originally referred to a religious duty or service, hence its connection to the concept of an assigned role or task. |
| Latvian | The word "darbs" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰwerbʰ- "to work, do, make" |
| Lithuanian | Darbas, meaning "job" in Lithuanian, traces its origin to the Indo-European root "*dʰer- (to hold, support)", also found in Sanskrit "dʰárma-" ("law, duty"), Latin "firmus" ("firm"), and English "firm". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Aarbecht" is derived from the Old High German word "arbieten", which means "to work". It is related to the English word "labour" and the German word "Arbeit". |
| Macedonian | In Old Church Slavonic, the word "работа" also meant "slavery" or "serfdom". |
| Malagasy | The word "asa" can also mean "duty" or "obligation" |
| Malay | The word "pekerjaan" in Malay is derived from the Sanskrit word "paricāra", meaning "service". It can also refer to "work" or "labor" in a more general sense. |
| Malayalam | The word "ജോലി" ultimately derives from the Sanskrit word "यज्ञ" (yajña), referring to a religious ceremony or sacrifice. |
| Maltese | The word "xogħol" in Maltese is derived from the Arabic word "shughl", meaning "work" or "occupation". |
| Maori | Mahi can also mean 'to work, to do, to create, to perform, to accomplish a task or duty'. |
| Marathi | The word "नोकरी" in Marathi derives from the Persian word "nukar", meaning "servant" or "employee". |
| Mongolian | "Ажил" can also refer to a person's occupation or profession, or to the duties and responsibilities associated with a particular position. |
| Nepali | The word |
| Norwegian | Norwegian "jobb" translates directly to "job," but is also used colloquially to mean "hassle" or "difficult situation." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "ntchito" can also mean "purpose" or "mission." |
| Pashto | The word "دنده" in Pashto also means "tooth." |
| Persian | The word "کار" (job) in Persian can also refer to "work" or "action" in a broader sense. |
| Polish | The word "praca" can also refer to toil, effort, or work in a general sense, rather than specifically a job or occupation. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "trabalho" has Latin roots, meaning "to torment" or "to struggle," reflecting its historical association with toil and labor. |
| Punjabi | "ਨੌਕਰੀ" is the Panjabi term for "job" which shares its etymology with the Sanskrit "नौकरमि" (naukarami) meaning "service" or "employment." |
| Romanian | "Loc de munca" in Romanian can also refer to a workplace or employment bureau. |
| Russian | The word "работа" in Russian can also mean "slavery" or "serfdom," a reminder of the country's feudal past. |
| Samoan | Galuega is a Polynesian word shared by Samoan, Tongan, Māori, and Hawaiian, meaning "work". It is cognate to the Rotuman word "gañua", the Fijian word "caloa", and the Indonesian word "kerja." |
| Scots Gaelic | The term 'dreuchd' (job) is likely derived from the Old Irish word 'drecht' (right) or 'dreich' (oppression). |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "posao" originally meant "work" or "business" and later came to mean "job". |
| Sesotho | The word "mosebetsi" is derived from the verb "seba", meaning "to work", which also gives rise to other terms like "mosebetsing" (work) and "mosebetsa" (worker). |
| Shona | In Shona, basa can also mean 'occupation, vocation, work, business, industry, profession, trade, or calling'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "نوڪري" also means "service" or "employment". |
| Slovak | The word "zamestnanie" in Slovak can also mean "occupation" or "employment". |
| Slovenian | The word "službo" also has the alternate meaning of "service" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "shaqo" likely came from the Arabic word "shaghl" or the English word "job" and was subsequently adopted into the Somali language. |
| Spanish | It shares its root with |
| Sundanese | "Padamelan" also refers to a type of dance performed during Sundanese weddings. |
| Swahili | The word "kazi" in Swahili can also refer to a "court case" or "occupation" |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "jobb" originally meant a "task" or "piece of work," and is related to the English word "job"} |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "trabaho" in Tagalog (Filipino) is derived from the Spanish word "trabajo", which means "work" or "labor". |
| Tajik | The word "кор" ("job") in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "کار" ( "work"), which is itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ker- ("to make"). |
| Tamil | "வேலை" can refer to a job, task, or work and comes from the Proto-Dravidian root *veḷ-, meaning "to do". |
| Telugu | The word ఉద్యోగం (udyogam) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'udyamag' meaning 'effort' or 'endeavor'. |
| Thai | The term "งาน" can also refer to an important event or ceremony (e.g., a wedding), its main part or task (e.g., the main part of a job), a person's duty or role (e.g., the task of a soldier), or an art or craft. |
| Turkish | The word "iş" comes from the Old Turkic word "iş", meaning "work" or "business". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "робота" can also refer to a person's duty, task, or role. |
| Urdu | The word نوکری ("job") in Urdu can also mean "servitude" or "slavery." |
| Uzbek | Ish can also mean "work" or "business" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Việc làm" is Sino-Vietnamese and means "to do something" or "task". Hence, it commonly refers to a job or employment, but can also refer to a mission or project. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "swydd" comes from the Proto-Celtic *suedyo-, meaning "path" or "road". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "umsebenzi" is cognate with the Zulu word "umsebenzi," both deriving from the Proto-Bantu word *sebɛnzi. |
| Yiddish | "אַרבעט" (arbet) literally means "four" or "four parts" in Yiddish, referring to the traditional division of labor into four parts of the day (morning, noon, afternoon, evening) |
| Yoruba | Although "iṣẹ" frequently translates as "job", it can also mean "work", "duty", "service", or even "business" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'umsebenzi' ('job') also refers to the work done for a 'chieftain', 'king' or 'head of household' as part of traditional community responsibilities. |
| English | The word "job" derives from the Middle English word "jobbe," meaning 'a piece of work' or 'a task'. |