Learn in Different Languages
Discover 'Learn' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Learn
Afrikaans leer | ||
Albanian mësoj | ||
Amharic ተማሩ | ||
Arabic تعلم | ||
Armenian սովորել | ||
Assamese শিকা | ||
Aymara yatiqaña | ||
Azerbaijani öyrənmək | ||
Bambara ka kalan | ||
Basque ikasi | ||
Belarusian вучыцца | ||
Bengali শিখুন | ||
Bhojpuri सीखल | ||
Bosnian naučiti | ||
Bulgarian уча | ||
Catalan aprendre | ||
Cebuano pagkat-on | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 学习 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 學習 | ||
Corsican amparà | ||
Croatian naučiti | ||
Czech učit se | ||
Danish lære | ||
Dhivehi ދަސްކުރުން | ||
Dogri सिक्खेआ | ||
Dutch leren | ||
English learn | ||
Esperanto lerni | ||
Estonian õppida | ||
Ewe srɔ̃ nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) matuto | ||
Finnish oppia | ||
French apprendre | ||
Frisian leare | ||
Galician aprender | ||
Georgian ვისწავლოთ | ||
German lernen | ||
Greek μαθαίνω | ||
Guarani kuaapyhy | ||
Gujarati શીખો | ||
Haitian Creole aprann | ||
Hausa koya | ||
Hawaiian aʻo | ||
Hebrew לִלמוֹד | ||
Hindi सीखना | ||
Hmong kawm | ||
Hungarian tanul | ||
Icelandic læra | ||
Igbo na-amụta | ||
Ilocano sursuruen | ||
Indonesian belajar | ||
Irish foghlaim | ||
Italian imparare | ||
Japanese 学ぶ | ||
Javanese sinau | ||
Kannada ಕಲಿ | ||
Kazakh үйрену | ||
Khmer រៀន | ||
Kinyarwanda wige | ||
Konkani शिकप | ||
Korean 배우다 | ||
Krio lan | ||
Kurdish fêrbûn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فێربوون | ||
Kyrgyz үйрөн | ||
Lao ຮຽນຮູ້ | ||
Latin discite | ||
Latvian mācīties | ||
Lingala koyekola | ||
Lithuanian mokytis | ||
Luganda okuyiga | ||
Luxembourgish léieren | ||
Macedonian научи | ||
Maithili सीखू | ||
Malagasy mianatra | ||
Malay belajar | ||
Malayalam പഠിക്കുക | ||
Maltese jitgħallmu | ||
Maori ako | ||
Marathi शिका | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo zir | ||
Mongolian сурах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သင်ယူပါ | ||
Nepali सिक्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian lære | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) phunzirani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶିଖ | | ||
Oromo barachuu | ||
Pashto زده کړه | ||
Persian فرا گرفتن | ||
Polish uczyć się | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aprender | ||
Punjabi ਸਿੱਖੋ | ||
Quechua yachakuy | ||
Romanian învăța | ||
Russian учиться | ||
Samoan aʻoaʻo | ||
Sanskrit जानातु | ||
Scots Gaelic ionnsaich | ||
Sepedi ithuta | ||
Serbian научити | ||
Sesotho ithute | ||
Shona dzidza | ||
Sindhi سکو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉගෙන ගන්න | ||
Slovak učiť sa | ||
Slovenian nauči se | ||
Somali baro | ||
Spanish aprender | ||
Sundanese diajar | ||
Swahili jifunze | ||
Swedish lära sig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) matuto | ||
Tajik омӯхтан | ||
Tamil அறிய | ||
Tatar өйрәнү | ||
Telugu నేర్చుకోండి | ||
Thai เรียนรู้ | ||
Tigrinya ተመሃር | ||
Tsonga dyondza | ||
Turkish öğrenmek | ||
Turkmen öwreniň | ||
Twi (Akan) sua | ||
Ukrainian вчитися | ||
Urdu سیکھنا | ||
Uyghur ئۆگىنىش | ||
Uzbek o'rganish | ||
Vietnamese học hỏi | ||
Welsh dysgu | ||
Xhosa funda | ||
Yiddish לערנען | ||
Yoruba kọ ẹkọ | ||
Zulu funda |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "leer" can also mean "to teach" or "to instruct". |
| Albanian | "Mësoj" also means "make" in the sense of "make bread" or "make tea" or "make a mistake". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ተማሩ" can also mean "to train" or "to teach". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word "تعلم" not only means "to learn" but also "to become accustomed to" or "to get used to" something. |
| Armenian | The word "սովորել" (sovorel) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂es- "to be accustomed" and is also related to the English word "habit". |
| Azerbaijani | The verb "öyrənmək" is also used in the sense of "to get used to" or "to be accustomed to" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "ikasi" has connections to the Proto-Basque verb root *ekasi, which means "to grow". Thus, it can also mean "to grow" and "to teach". |
| Belarusian | "Вучыцца" in Belarusian, originally meant to "get accustomed to", "get used to" something. |
| Bengali | শিখুন comes from the Sanskrit word 'shiksha,' meaning 'instruction' or 'learning,' and can also refer to a disciple or student. |
| Bosnian | The word 'naučiti' can also mean 'to teach' or 'to cause to learn' in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian word "уча" is derived from Proto-Slavic "*učiti" meaning "to learn by listening" and from Proto-Slavic "*učiti" meaning "to teach or instruct". |
| Catalan | Catalan "aprende" derives from Latin "apprehendere" meaning "to seize." |
| Cebuano | Pagkat-on (meaning "learning" in Cebuano) is said to be related to the Tagalog word "katha" ('to compose a song'), referring to the ability to acquire knowledge orally. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 学习 can also mean 'to copy' or 'to imitate'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 學習 ('learn') in Traditional Chinese shares a character with 學 ('study') which also means 'imitation' or 'pattern'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'amparà' comes from the Italian 'imparare', ultimately derived from the Latin 'imparare' (to learn). |
| Croatian | The word 'naučiti' can also mean 'to teach' or 'to give a lesson'. |
| Czech | "Učit se" means both "learn" and "get used to". |
| Danish | The word "lære" also means "teach" or "doctrine" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "leren" also means "to teach". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "lerni" is derived from the Latin word "levare," meaning "to raise" or "to lift." |
| Estonian | Õppida also means to 'grasp' or 'comprehend' something. |
| Finnish | The verb opia is also an archaic synonym for the verb toivo ("to hope"). |
| French | "Apprendre" can also mean "to teach" in a judicial context. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "leare" comes from the proto-germanic root "liz-". This same root also gave rise to the English word "learn", |
| Galician | "Aprender" in Galician also means to teach, a meaning that survives in phrases like "aprender a ler" (to teach someone to read). |
| German | The word "lernen" in German is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "liznaną", meaning "to know", and is related to the English word "learn". |
| Greek | The verb 'μαθαίνω' is derived from the noun 'μάθος' meaning 'knowledge' which further descends from a Proto-Indo-European root '*men-' meaning 'to think'. |
| Gujarati | The word 'શીખો' (learn) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'शिक्ष' (teach), which means to impart knowledge or skill. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "aprann" is a cognate of "apprendre" in French, which also has the same meaning. |
| Hausa | "Koya" is not restricted to academic learning but also includes the acquisition of knowledge in any field, such as skills or crafts. |
| Hawaiian | The word "aʻo" also means "to teach", reflecting the reciprocal nature of learning and teaching in Hawaiian culture. |
| Hebrew | The word "לִלמוֹד" ("learn") in Hebrew also means "to teach". |
| Hindi | The word "सीखना" also means "to train" or "to get accustomed to" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word "kawm" in Hmong can also mean "to study" or "to memorize". |
| Hungarian | The word 'tanul' is derived from the Proto-Uralic root *tona- meaning 'to know' and is cognate with the Finnish word 'tunnus' ('sign, mark'). |
| Icelandic | Láera is a noun in Icelandic that means learning as a process or a teaching. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "na-amụta" primarily signifies "learning" but also holds the connotation of "studying". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'belajar' derives from the Old Javanese word 'ajar', which also means 'teach' or 'instruction'. In modern Indonesian, 'belajar' can also refer to studying or practicing a skill. |
| Irish | The word "foghlaim" in Irish is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weg- ("to move"), and is related to the English word "wag." |
| Italian | The Italian word "imparare" is derived from the Latin "imparare," meaning "to acquire knowledge" or "to become familiar with." |
| Japanese | The verb "学ぶ" shares its kanji with the noun "学" (study), which can also refer to an academic institution or a particular field of knowledge. |
| Javanese | The word "sinau" in Javanese also means "to teach" or "to study", as the pursuit of knowledge is seen as a two-way process involving both students and teachers. |
| Kannada | ಕಲಿ, a Kannada word meaning "learn", also holds the connotations of "acquire knowledge or skills" and "study diligently". |
| Kazakh | The word "үйрену" in Kazakh is derived from the verb "үйре", meaning "to teach", and can also refer to the process of acquiring knowledge or skills. |
| Khmer | The word "រៀន" can also be used to mean "study" or "teach" in Khmer. |
| Korean | "배우다" (learn) originally referred to acting, as in imitating gestures and sounds. Later, its meaning expanded to include learning any new skill or knowledge. |
| Kurdish | While 'fêrbûn' primarily means 'learn' in Kurdish, it also shares the same root as 'for' and 'before', implying a connection between learning and progress or precedence. |
| Kyrgyz | "Үйрөн" in Kyrgyz also means "to take care of", "to look after", "to raise" (an animal or child), and "to groom" (a horse). |
| Lao | ຮຽນຮູ້ (เรียน+รู้) is a compound word that means 'to gain knowledge or skill' |
| Latin | "Discite" (learn) is the root of "discipline," originally meaning "instruction". |
| Latvian | The word “mācīties” also has the meaning of “to teach” in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "mokytis" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*men-g-", meaning "to think or understand." |
| Macedonian | The word "научи" in Macedonian, meaning "learn", has an alternate meaning of "to teach" or "to tell someone something new"} |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'mianatra' is of Austronesian origin and is related to several other words in Oceanic languages meaning 'think' or 'know'. |
| Malay | "Belajar" (to learn) can also mean "to teach" in some Malay dialects |
| Malayalam | Malayalam "പഠിക്കുക" (padikkuk) originated in the 14th century from "aptikyati," meaning "to attain" or "to receive." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "jitgħallmu" comes from the Arabic word "تعلم" (ta'allama), which also means "to learn". |
| Maori | An alternate meaning of "ako" is "to cause to be taught", which implies a teaching-learning relationship. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "शिका" is derived from the Sanskrit word "शिक्ष," which means "to teach or to learn." |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "сурах" can also mean "to acquire knowledge or skill", "to become accustomed to", or "to be familiar with". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word 'सिक्नुहोस्' can also refer to the concept of 'becoming knowledgeable' or 'acquiring wisdom'. |
| Norwegian | From Old Norse læra, from Proto-Germanic *lizônai, cognate with English lore. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "phunzirani" can also mean "be taught" or "be trained" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The word "زده کړه" also means "to teach" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "فرا گرفتن" can also mean "to understand" or "to acquire knowledge" in Persian. |
| Polish | The verb "uczyć się" can also mean "to teach" or "to study". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "aprender" also means "to capture," deriving from the Latin "apprehendere," meaning "to seize or grasp." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਿੱਖੋ" can also mean "to teach" or "to be taught a lesson". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "învăța" is related to the Proto-Indo-European root "*n̥h₃ǵʰ-, which also meant learning or knowing. |
| Russian | "Учиться" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *učiti, meaning “to study or teach,” and is related to the Proto-Indo-European word *auk-, meaning “to increase.” |
| Samoan | In Samoan, aʻoaʻo literally means to instruct with a stick or a sharp object, reflecting the traditional practice of marking someone's body to record information. |
| Serbian | The verb 'научити' can also mean 'to teach' in the context of giving someone knowledge or skills. |
| Sesotho | The word "ithute" also means "to study" or "to be taught". |
| Shona | The word "dzidza" can also mean "teach" or "study". |
| Sindhi | In the Seraiki language, "سکو" means "to teach" and is also commonly used as a noun meaning "school". |
| Slovak | The word "učiť sa" comes from "učiti sę" in Old Church Slavonic and also means "to teach". |
| Slovenian | The verb 'nauči se' can also mean 'to study', 'to master', or 'to get to know'. |
| Somali | "Baro" also means "to become something" in Somali. |
| Spanish | In addition to meaning "to learn," "aprender" can also mean "to memorize" or "to get used to something" |
| Sundanese | The word "diajar" in Sundanese can also mean "to be taught". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "jifunze" can also mean "teach oneself" or "study independently." |
| Swedish | "Lära sig" is related to the old Swedish word "lista" which meant "to read", "to know", or "to be wise". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "matuto" in Tagalog is derived from the word "tuto" which means "to follow" or "to imitate" |
| Tajik | The word "омӯхтан" in Tajik is derived from the Persian verb "آموزیدن" (āmuzidan), which originally meant "to learn by heart" or "to memorize." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word _ariy(a)_ (அறிய) may originate from the root _er_ which is cognate with the Proto-Dravidian root *_eri-, *era_, which also gives the verb _eṟu_ "to rise," perhaps a reference to gaining knowledge or enlightenment. |
| Telugu | నేర్చుకోండి (learn) relates to 'knowledge' with an alternative meaning as 'practice' for music, arts, exercises, etc. |
| Thai | เรียนรู้ 'เรียน' (rian) means 'learn' and 'รู้' (ru) means 'know' |
| Turkish | The word "öğrenmek" also means "to borrow" or "to earn" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "вчитися" in Ukrainian is also used to refer to studying or acquiring knowledge through formal education. |
| Urdu | In Sanskrit, 'siksha' means 'instruction', but in Urdu it can also mean 'knowledge'. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word “o'rganish” is derived from the Middle Persian word “āmoxtan,” which also means “to learn.” |
| Vietnamese | The word "học hỏi" also means "ask for advice". |
| Welsh | The verb 'dysgu' translates to both 'learn' and 'teach' in English. |
| Xhosa | The word "funda" can also mean "to teach" or "to know" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לערנען" also means "to study religious texts" or "to be scholarly", reflecting the importance of religious study in Yiddish culture. |
| Yoruba | The verb "kọ ẹkọ" (to learn) is derived from the root word "kọ" (to receive) and the noun "ẹkọ" (knowledge). It means to receive knowledge or to acquire information through study or experience. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'funda' also refers to the practice of divination and communicating with ancestral spirits. |
| English | "Learn" derives from an Old English word that meant "to follow" or "to obey". |