Justice in Different Languages
Discover 'Justice' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Justice
Afrikaans geregtigheid | ||
Albanian drejtësia | ||
Amharic ፍትህ | ||
Arabic عدالة | ||
Armenian արդարություն | ||
Assamese ন্যায় | ||
Aymara justisya | ||
Azerbaijani ədalət | ||
Bambara tílennenya | ||
Basque justizia | ||
Belarusian справядлівасць | ||
Bengali বিচার | ||
Bhojpuri न्याय | ||
Bosnian pravda | ||
Bulgarian справедливост | ||
Catalan justícia | ||
Cebuano hustisya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 正义 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 正義 | ||
Corsican ghjustizia | ||
Croatian pravda | ||
Czech spravedlnost | ||
Danish retfærdighed | ||
Dhivehi އިންސާފު | ||
Dogri न्यांऽ | ||
Dutch gerechtigheid | ||
English justice | ||
Esperanto justeco | ||
Estonian õiglus | ||
Ewe ʋɔnudɔdrɔ nyuie | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hustisya | ||
Finnish oikeudenmukaisuus | ||
French justice | ||
Frisian rjocht | ||
Galician xustiza | ||
Georgian სამართლიანობა | ||
German gerechtigkeit | ||
Greek δικαιοσύνη | ||
Guarani tekojoja | ||
Gujarati ન્યાય | ||
Haitian Creole jistis | ||
Hausa adalci | ||
Hawaiian kaulike | ||
Hebrew צֶדֶק | ||
Hindi न्याय | ||
Hmong kev ncaj ncees | ||
Hungarian igazságszolgáltatás | ||
Icelandic réttlæti | ||
Igbo ikpe ziri ezi | ||
Ilocano hustisia | ||
Indonesian keadilan | ||
Irish ceartas | ||
Italian giustizia | ||
Japanese 正義 | ||
Javanese keadilan | ||
Kannada ನ್ಯಾಯ | ||
Kazakh әділеттілік | ||
Khmer យុត្តិធម៌ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubutabera | ||
Konkani न्याय | ||
Korean 정의 | ||
Krio du wetin rayt | ||
Kurdish mafî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دادپەروەری | ||
Kyrgyz адилеттүүлүк | ||
Lao ຄວາມຍຸດຕິ ທຳ | ||
Latin iustitia | ||
Latvian taisnīgums | ||
Lingala bosembo | ||
Lithuanian teisingumas | ||
Luganda obwenkanya | ||
Luxembourgish gerechtegkeet | ||
Macedonian правда | ||
Maithili न्याय | ||
Malagasy ny rariny | ||
Malay keadilan | ||
Malayalam നീതി | ||
Maltese ġustizzja | ||
Maori tika | ||
Marathi न्याय | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯆꯨꯝꯕ ꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜ | ||
Mizo rorelna tha | ||
Mongolian шударга ёс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တရားမျှတမှု | ||
Nepali न्याय | ||
Norwegian rettferdighet | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chilungamo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନ୍ୟାୟ | ||
Oromo haqa | ||
Pashto عدالت | ||
Persian عدالت | ||
Polish sprawiedliwość | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) justiça | ||
Punjabi ਨਿਆਂ | ||
Quechua kuskachay | ||
Romanian justiţie | ||
Russian справедливость | ||
Samoan faamasinoga tonu | ||
Sanskrit न्याय | ||
Scots Gaelic ceartas | ||
Sepedi toka | ||
Serbian правда | ||
Sesotho toka | ||
Shona kururamisira | ||
Sindhi انصاف | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) යුක්තිය | ||
Slovak spravodlivosť | ||
Slovenian pravičnost | ||
Somali cadaalada | ||
Spanish justicia | ||
Sundanese kaadilan | ||
Swahili haki | ||
Swedish rättvisa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) hustisya | ||
Tajik адолат | ||
Tamil நீதி | ||
Tatar гаделлек | ||
Telugu న్యాయం | ||
Thai ความยุติธรรม | ||
Tigrinya ፍትሒ | ||
Tsonga vululami | ||
Turkish adalet | ||
Turkmen adalat | ||
Twi (Akan) pɛrepɛreyɛ | ||
Ukrainian справедливість | ||
Urdu انصاف | ||
Uyghur ئادالەت | ||
Uzbek adolat | ||
Vietnamese sự công bằng | ||
Welsh cyfiawnder | ||
Xhosa ubulungisa | ||
Yiddish יושר | ||
Yoruba ododo | ||
Zulu ubulungiswa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, the word "geregtigheid" is derived from the Dutch word "gerechtigheid" and ultimately traces back to Latin via Old Saxon |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the word "drejtësia" can also mean "right, correctness, honesty, and fairness." |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ፍትህ" is derived from the Arabic word "فتوح" which refers to 'success, victory' but has also been influenced by the Latin word "iustitia" meaning "justice." |
| Arabic | The word عدالة ('justice') also carries the meaning of "equitness" and is etymologically related to the root عَدَل ('balance'). |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ədalət" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Arabic word "عدل" (adl), which means "justice" or "fairness". |
| Basque | "Justizia" is derived from the Latin word "iustitia, |
| Belarusian | In Polish, "sprawiedliwosc" means "justice", derived from the Old Church Slavonic "pravda", meaning "truth" or "right". |
| Bengali | Derived from the Sanskrit root 'vi-char', 'বিচার' also means 'consideration', 'examination', or 'deliberation'. |
| Bosnian | The word 'pravda' comes from an Indo-European root shared by the Greek 'brabeus' ('judge') and the Russian 'prav' ('correct'). |
| Bulgarian | Справедливост derives from the word правдa or "pravda", meaning "truth" or "correct". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "justícia" derives from the Latin "iustitia", ultimately originating from "ius", meaning "law" or "right". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "hustisya" also means "righteousness" and "rightness". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | While the etymology of 正义 (‘zhèngyì’) reveals its close correlation to ‘correct’ (‘zheng’) and ‘meaning’ (‘yi’), it can also mean ‘public justice’ and ‘law enforcement in practice’. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 正義 can also mean "righteousness" or "public morality". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "ghjustizia" is derived from the Latin "iustitia," meaning "law" or "legal right." |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'pravda,' meaning 'justice,' is derived from a Proto-Slavic word meaning 'righteousness' or 'truth'. |
| Czech | "Spravedlnost" also means "fairness" or "equity" in the Czech language. |
| Danish | Retfærdighed, the Danish word for justice, is etymologically related to "ret" (law) and "færdig" (complete, ready), implying "making things right according to the law." |
| Dutch | It derives from Germaan *gahraiht- that means ‘agreement’, ‘meeting’ or ‘court’, and is related to ‘gericht’. |
| Esperanto | The word "justeco" in Esperanto is derived from the French word "justice" and can also be used to mean "fairness" or "equity". |
| Estonian | "Õiglus" derives from Indo-European roots via proto-Finnic *oikeus, and is originally synonymous with "right" and "law" |
| Finnish | Oikeudenmukaisuus is a Finnish term related to justice and law derived from the words "oikeus" (law) and "mukaisuus" (compliance). |
| French | The French word "justice" can also mean "lawsuit" or "court case". |
| Frisian | In West Frisian, 'rjocht' also means 'straight' or 'correct'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "xustiza" originally meant "judgment" or "sentence", and is related to the Latin "iudicium" (judgment). |
| German | The German word 'Gerechtigkeit' derives from the Old High German 'garihti', meaning a right, claim or legal proceeding. |
| Greek | The term 'δικαιοσύνη' also has the alternate meaning 'righteousness' in Modern Greek. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, the word "ન્યાય" (nyaya) can also refer to "logic" or "reasoning," reflecting the interconnectedness of justice and rational thought in the Gujarati language and culture. |
| Haitian Creole | In addition to "justice," the Creole word "jistis" can also mean retribution, punishment, fairness, or impartiality. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "adalci" can also mean "fairness" and "equity." |
| Hawaiian | “Kaulike” is also the foundation of the Hawaiian judicial system and of the Hawaiian creation myth. |
| Hebrew | "צֶדֶק" is also the Hebrew word for "charity," and is related to the word for "righteousness". |
| Hindi | The word "न्याय" originates from the Sanskrit word "ni", meaning "to lead" or "to guide", and refers to the ethical principles that govern societal conduct. |
| Hmong | The word "kev ncaj ncees" also means "straight and upright" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "igazságszolgáltatás" literally means "the serving of truth". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic 'réttlæti' is related to the Old Norse 'réttr' (meaning 'straight') and 'lög' (meaning 'law'). |
| Igbo | "Ikpe" (judgement) + "ziri" (sit) + "ezi" (right) = to sit to judge the right thing. |
| Indonesian | "Keadilan" has an alternative meaning of "straightness", derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *kaliy, meaning "level ground or water". |
| Irish | The word "ceartas" in Irish comes from the Proto-Celtic word "*kʷr̥tós", which means "right, justice, law". |
| Italian | The word "giustizia" derives from the Latin "iustitia", which means "justice" or "right", and also encompasses the concept of "fairness". |
| Japanese | 正義 (seigi) originally meant "correct political views" in Chinese, but in Japanese it has come to mean "justice" or "righteousness." |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "keadilan" also refers to a state or condition of being just or fair, rather than solely an outcome or verdict. |
| Kannada | The term 'ನ್ಯಾಯ' can also be used to describe the correct way of things, such as the 'ನ್ಯಾಯ' (correct way) of speaking, eating or dressing. |
| Khmer | The word "យុត្តិធម៌" also means "equity" and "fairness" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "yudhistira". |
| Korean | The Korean word '정의' can also refer to a 'definition' or a 'reason' for something. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word for justice, 'mafî,' also has connotations of law and peace. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "адилеттүүлүк" in Kyrgyz comes from the Persian word "عدالت" (adl), meaning "justice, equity, impartiality"} |
| Lao | The Laotian word “khoumphayouthi tharm” is also an archaic term for “law” and a synonym of “dhamma,” meaning “truth, morality and order.” |
| Latin | Iustitia in Latin also refers to the administration of justice by a legal authority. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “Taisnīgums” (“justice”) was formed from the ancient Latgalian word “teis”, meaning “a proper way” or “a rule.” |
| Lithuanian | "Teisingumas" is derived from the Proto-Baltic root *teisa-, meaning "truth" or "law"} |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Gerechtegkeet" also refers to the "judiciary" or "justice system". |
| Macedonian | The word "правда" also means "right" and "truth" in Old Church Slavonic and Russian, as opposed to "кривда", which means "injustice", "wrong" and "lie". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "ny rariny" (justice) is derived from the root word "rariny" (law), which itself comes from the Arabic word "قانون" (law). |
| Malay | The Malay word "keadilan" (justice) originates from the Arabic word "qādah" (rule) and can also refer to "law", "fairness", or "equity". |
| Malayalam | The term 'neethi' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'niti', meaning 'law' or 'principle'. It is also used in the sense of 'righteousness' or 'virtue'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "ġustizzja" comes from the Latin word "justitia", meaning "justice", "law", or "right." |
| Maori | The Maori word "tika" refers to the concept of rightness, including both justice and correct behavior. |
| Marathi | The word 'न्याय' ('justice') in Marathi has its roots in the Sanskrit word 'nyāya', which can also mean logic, reasoning, or fairness. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word “шударга ёс” literally means “straight road”, with “шударга” meaning “straight” and “ёс” meaning “road” or “path”. |
| Nepali | "न्याय" is an ancient Sanskrit word, originating from the root "yaj", meaning to join or reconcile. It implies the act of bringing harmony and fairness in society through ethical principles and moral laws. |
| Norwegian | "Rettferdighet" literally means "righteousness" or "rightness," reflecting the idea that justice is based on moral principles. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Chilungamo" in Nyanja derives from the verb "kulunga" (to set right, straighten), thus encompassing the idea of restoring balance or equilibrium. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "عدالت" can also refer to "balance" or "equity". |
| Persian | The Persian word عدالت originally referred to the 'right to vengeance', and its meaning has evolved over time to its modern sense of 'justice'. |
| Polish | The Polish word 'sprawiedliwość' is derived from the word 'sprawiedliwy,' meaning 'fair' or 'rightful,' with the suffix '-ość' to form a noun. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "justiça" is ultimately derived from the Latin word "justitia", which means "justice, fairness, and right." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਨਿਆਂ" (justice) in Punjabi originates from the Sanskrit word "न्याय" (nyāya), meaning "righteousness" or "what is right." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "justiţie" is derived from the Latin word "iustitia", which means "justice" but can also refer to "law" or "right". |
| Russian | The modern Russian word for justice, справедливость originates from the Old West Slavic language. |
| Samoan | The word "faamasinoga tonu" in Samoan is a compound word meaning "the doing of justice," and is derived from the words "fa'a" (to do), "masino" (justice), and "tonu" (rightly, correctly). |
| Scots Gaelic | The word ``ceartas'' is likely related to the Proto-Celtic root, ``*ᶍert,'' and is cognate with Irish ``ceart'' which means ``just''. |
| Serbian | "Правда" also means "truth" in Serbian, which reflects the close relationship between justice and truth in the Serbian worldview. |
| Sesotho | The word 'toka' was originally used to mean the settling of issues, such as when a quarrel was put to rest. |
| Shona | In Shona, 'kururamisira' is a compound word that means to rectify or set something right. |
| Sindhi | The word "انصاف" in Sindhi also means "equality" and "fairness". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "යුක්තිය" (justice) in Sinhala is derived from the Sanskrit root "yukti", which means "skill, cleverness, or reason." |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "spravodlivosť" also means "honesty" and "fairness". |
| Slovenian | "Pravičnost" is the Slovenian word for justice, which is derived from the Slavic root "prav", meaning "right", and can also refer to fairness, equity, or morality. |
| Somali | The Somali word cadaalad is cognate with the Arabic word 'adal, meaning 'equity' or 'fairness. |
| Spanish | The word "justicia" comes from the Latin word "iustus," which means "right" or "fair." |
| Sundanese | "Kaadilan" can also refer to a place of justice, such as a courtroom, and to the legal proceedings that take place within it. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, 'haki' also denotes a proper or rightful state or condition, and an ethical or religious law or principle. |
| Swedish | "Rättvisa" (justice) can also refer to "a dish," possibly from an old legal custom of giving food to judges. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Hustisya" is cognate with "hustizia" in Spanish and "iustitia" in Latin. |
| Tajik | The word "адолат" in Tajik also refers to "fairness" and "equality". |
| Tamil | Originally meant 'straightness', 'truth' or 'correctness'. |
| Telugu | The word "న్యాయం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "nyaya" meaning "reason" or "right". It has a wide range of meanings, including justice, fairness, morality, and ethical conduct. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ความยุติธรรม" derives from Sanskrit "dharma", meaning both "justice" and "law". |
| Turkish | "Adalet" is a word of Arabic origin that also means "testimony" or "proof" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "справедливість" originates from the Proto-Slavic word *pravda*, which means "right" or "correct". |
| Urdu | The word "انصاف" can also mean "fairness" or "equity" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "adolat" can also refer to "equality" or "right". |
| Vietnamese | The word "Sự công bằng" in Vietnamese can also mean "fairness" or "equity". |
| Welsh | "Cyfiawnder" is derived from the Proto-Celtic word "*kʷen-dh(e)i̯-", meaning "to strike or hurt", and connotes the idea of righting a wrong. |
| Xhosa | "Ubulungisa" may also mean fairness, righteousness, or law and order. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "יושר" (justice) is derived from the Hebrew word "יושר" (straightness), and also means "honesty" or "integrity". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ododo" also means "calmness or peace" which highlights the idea that justice brings about a state of tranquility. |
| Zulu | The word 'ubulungiswa' is derived from the verb 'ukulunga', meaning 'to make right or just'. |
| English | The word "justice" derives from the Latin "jus," meaning "law," and implies the fair distribution of rewards and punishments. |