Learning in Different Languages
Discover 'Learning' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Learning
Afrikaans leer | ||
Albanian të mësuarit | ||
Amharic መማር | ||
Arabic تعلم | ||
Armenian սովորելը | ||
Assamese শিক্ষণ | ||
Aymara yatiqawi | ||
Azerbaijani öyrənmək | ||
Bambara kalan | ||
Basque ikaskuntza | ||
Belarusian навучанне | ||
Bengali শেখা | ||
Bhojpuri ज्ञानार्जन | ||
Bosnian učenje | ||
Bulgarian изучаване на | ||
Catalan aprenentatge | ||
Cebuano pagkat-on | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 学习 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 學習 | ||
Corsican amparera | ||
Croatian učenje | ||
Czech učení se | ||
Danish læring | ||
Dhivehi އުގެނުން | ||
Dogri पढ़ाई | ||
Dutch aan het leren | ||
English learning | ||
Esperanto lernado | ||
Estonian õppimine | ||
Ewe nusɔsrɔ̃ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pag-aaral | ||
Finnish oppiminen | ||
French apprentissage | ||
Frisian learen | ||
Galician aprendizaxe | ||
Georgian სწავლა | ||
German lernen | ||
Greek μάθηση | ||
Guarani ñembokatupyrykuévo | ||
Gujarati શીખવાની | ||
Haitian Creole aprantisaj | ||
Hausa koyo | ||
Hawaiian ke aʻo ʻana | ||
Hebrew לְמִידָה | ||
Hindi सीख रहा हूँ | ||
Hmong kev kawm | ||
Hungarian tanulás | ||
Icelandic nám | ||
Igbo mmụta | ||
Ilocano panagadal | ||
Indonesian belajar | ||
Irish ag foghlaim | ||
Italian apprendimento | ||
Japanese 学習 | ||
Javanese sinau | ||
Kannada ಕಲಿಕೆ | ||
Kazakh оқыту | ||
Khmer រៀន | ||
Kinyarwanda kwiga | ||
Konkani शिक्षण | ||
Korean 배우기 | ||
Krio de lan | ||
Kurdish fêrbûn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فێربوون | ||
Kyrgyz үйрөнүү | ||
Lao ການຮຽນຮູ້ | ||
Latin doctrina | ||
Latvian mācīšanās | ||
Lingala koyekola | ||
Lithuanian mokymasis | ||
Luganda okuyiga | ||
Luxembourgish léieren | ||
Macedonian учење | ||
Maithili अधिगम | ||
Malagasy fianarana | ||
Malay belajar | ||
Malayalam പഠനം | ||
Maltese tagħlim | ||
Maori ako | ||
Marathi शिकत आहे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯝꯂꯤꯕ | ||
Mizo zir | ||
Mongolian сурах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သင်ယူခြင်း | ||
Nepali सिक्दै | ||
Norwegian læring | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuphunzira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶିଖିବା | ||
Oromo barachuu | ||
Pashto زده کړه | ||
Persian یادگیری | ||
Polish uczenie się | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aprendendo | ||
Punjabi ਸਿੱਖਣਾ | ||
Quechua yachakuy | ||
Romanian învăţare | ||
Russian обучение | ||
Samoan aʻoaʻoga | ||
Sanskrit शिक्षण | ||
Scots Gaelic ionnsachadh | ||
Sepedi go ithuta | ||
Serbian учење | ||
Sesotho ho ithuta | ||
Shona kudzidza | ||
Sindhi سکڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉගෙනීම | ||
Slovak učenie | ||
Slovenian učenje | ||
Somali barashada | ||
Spanish aprendizaje | ||
Sundanese diajar | ||
Swahili kujifunza | ||
Swedish inlärning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pag-aaral | ||
Tajik омӯзиш | ||
Tamil கற்றல் | ||
Tatar өйрәнү | ||
Telugu నేర్చుకోవడం | ||
Thai การเรียนรู้ | ||
Tigrinya ምምሃር | ||
Tsonga ku dyondza | ||
Turkish öğrenme | ||
Turkmen öwrenmek | ||
Twi (Akan) resua adeɛ | ||
Ukrainian навчання | ||
Urdu سیکھنا | ||
Uyghur ئۆگىنىش | ||
Uzbek o'rganish | ||
Vietnamese học tập | ||
Welsh dysgu | ||
Xhosa ukufunda | ||
Yiddish לערנען | ||
Yoruba eko | ||
Zulu ukufunda |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "leer" in Afrikaans can also refer to reading, understanding, or teaching. |
| Albanian | The word "të mësuarit" in Albanian also refers to the process of acquiring knowledge or skills through study, experience, or instruction. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "መማር" can also refer to the act of teaching, indicating a bidirectional nature in the concept of knowledge transfer. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "تعلم" not only means "learning", but it also refers to "teaching" or "studying", as the root "علم" can have these different connotations. |
| Azerbaijani | The word 'öyrənmək' in Azerbaijani also means 'to gain knowledge or skills through study or experience'. |
| Basque | "Ikaskuntza" derives from the Basque verb "ikasi" (to learn), which in turn comes from the Proto-Basque root "*ekasi" (to know). |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "навучанне" can also refer to a training session or a lesson. |
| Bengali | Related to 'শিষ্য' (disciple), শেখা (learning) likely shares its roots with 'শিক্ষা' (education). |
| Bosnian | "Učenje" can also be understood as "getting to know" or "becoming acquainted with". |
| Bulgarian | In Old Church Slavonic, "изучаване на" meant "to study", "to investigate", "to examine", and "to interpret" |
| Catalan | Its original meaning was "the act of grasping" and refers to both the grasp of an idea and the grasp of objects with the hand. |
| Cebuano | The word "pagkat-on" in Cebuano is derived from the root word "kat-on" which means "to learn" or "to study". It can also refer to the process of acquiring knowledge or skills. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 学习 is also sometimes interpreted as 'imitating' or 'copying'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, 學習 (learning) literally means "studying practice". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'amparera' derives from the Greek 'anapausis', meaning 'rest' or 'pause', hinting at the idea of learning as a process of contemplative reflection and quiet assimilation. |
| Croatian | Učenje can also mean 'teaching' or 'studying', and can refer to the process of learning something or the content that is being learned. |
| Czech | The Czech word "učení se" can also mean "teaching" or "studying". |
| Danish | The Danish word "læring" derives from the Old Norse "læra", meaning both "to learn" and "to teach". |
| Dutch | Aan het leren is the Dutch term for "studying" or "learning a skill or subject" |
| Esperanto | The -n- in 'lernado' is not a diminutive suffix but indicates a process or state, similar to the English '-ing' in 'running'. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "õppimine" derives from the verb "õppima," meaning "to study" and "to acquire knowledge." |
| Finnish | The word "oppiminen" is derived from the verb "oppia," meaning "to learn" or "to acquire knowledge." |
| French | The word "apprentissage" in French also refers to the system of training young workers through internships or apprenticeships. |
| Frisian | In Frisian the word "learen" also has the alternate meaning of "teaching" |
| Galician | "Aprendizaxe" is derived from "prender," meaning "to catch" or "to seize" in Galician, highlighting the active process of acquiring knowledge. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word for learning, |
| German | In German, "Lernen" also refers to teaching or informing someone about something. |
| Greek | "Μάθηση" can also mean the act of getting to know something or someone or the knowledge and skills gained from studying |
| Gujarati | The word "શીખવાની" can also refer to the process of acquiring knowledge or skills through study or experience. |
| Haitian Creole | Derived from French "apprentissage" via Spanish "aprendizaje" and Portuguese "aprendizagem" |
| Hausa | Hausa koyo "to learn" may correspond to the Serer term "koy" "to know" but this remains uncertain in the absence of clear evidence. |
| Hawaiian | Historically, "ke aʻo ʻana" also meant "to make or prepare food" and "to be wise or adept." |
| Hebrew | The word לִמְדָה also means "to measure; to calculate." |
| Hindi | सीख रहा हूँ literally means "getting cooked" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word "kev kawm" originates from the words "kev" (taking) and "kawm" (progress), together symbolizing the continuous acquisition of knowledge. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "tanulás" is cognate with the Finnish word "tunne" and the Sami word "duottar", all meaning "knowledge" or "skill". |
| Icelandic | The word "nám" also means "mine" or "quarry" in reference to the old practice of extracting ore from the earth to use in teaching rune carving. |
| Igbo | "Mmụta" is also an alternative form of the word "mmata" which means "wisdom". |
| Indonesian | Belajar (Indonesian: 'learning') is also used as a term for a ritual of exorcism in Balinese Hinduism, derived from a Sanskrit word. |
| Irish | The Irish word "ag foghlaim" derives from the Old Irish "fo-gleim" meaning "perception, insight, understanding." |
| Italian | The Italian word "apprendimento" derives from the Latin verb "apprehendere," meaning "to grasp" or "to seize hold of." |
| Japanese | The kanji "学" in "学習" can also mean "to imitate" or "to copy". |
| Javanese | The word 'sinau' in Javanese also means 'to understand' and 'to practice'. |
| Kannada | The term 'ಕಲಿಕೆ' can also refer to the process of acquiring knowledge or skills, or to the knowledge or skills acquired through this process. |
| Kazakh | The verb "оқыту" also has the meaning of "to teach" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The verb រៀន (learn) can also be used to refer to the act of teaching or studying. |
| Korean | In Korean, "배우기" also means "to become an actor", which is reflected in its etymology (배우 actor + 기 to become). |
| Kurdish | Fêrbûn, 'learning' in Kurdish, stems from the Proto-Indo-European root *bher-, 'to bear, carry', and also signifies 'bringing up, educating', hinting at the nurturing aspect of education. |
| Kyrgyz | үйрөнүү is also related to the Kyrgyz word for 'custom' or 'habit' (үрп-адат), suggesting a connection between learning and the establishment of patterns or behaviors. |
| Latin | Doctrina is Latin for 'doctrine' and is the root of words such as 'doctor', 'document' and 'indoctrinate'. |
| Latvian | The word "mācīšanās" also refers to "teaching", as in the phrase "mācīšanās process" ("the learning/teaching process"). |
| Lithuanian | The word mokymasis (learning) originates from the Lithuanian root "mok", meaning "to know" or "to be able to". |
| Luxembourgish | The verb “léieren” shares an etymology with the French loanword “lecteur”, and in traditional spelling and pronunciation it used to mean “to read” rather than “to learn”. |
| Macedonian | Учење (learning) comes from the Proto-Slavic root *učiti, which also means "to teach". |
| Malagasy | The word "fianarana" shares its root with the word "fia" (to know), suggesting a deep connection between learning and knowledge in Malagasy culture. |
| Malay | The word 'belajar' derived from Old Javanese 'ma-lajār' meaning 'to exercise/practice', while in Sundanese it also means 'reading a book'. |
| Malayalam | The word പഠനം comes from the Sanskrit word 'पठ' (patha), which means 'to read'. In Malayalam, പഠനം can also refer to the process of studying or acquiring knowledge and skills. |
| Maltese | In Arabic, its cognate "taʿlīm" also means "to be a follower of Muhammad and to perform obligatory actions." |
| Maori | In Maori, the word "ako" can also refer to the act of teaching or transmitting knowledge. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'शिकत आहे' also means 'is practising' or 'is training' in English. |
| Mongolian | The word "сурах" in Mongolian can also refer to "letters" or "scripture." |
| Nepali | सिक्दै has cognates in Sanskrit, Hindi and Bengali, all meaning 'learning'. In Hindi it also means 'educate' or 'teach'. |
| Norwegian | The Old Norse word "læring" was originally gender-neutral, and could also refer to a poem, story, or other written material |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kuphunzira' can also refer to 'teaching' in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "زده کړه" can also mean "to become knowledgeable" or "to get educated." |
| Persian | The word "یادگیری" can also mean "acquiring knowledge or skill" or "process of getting knowledge or skill," as opposed to "تعلم" which is the process of acquiring knowledge without the connotation of skill acquisition. |
| Polish | The Polish word "uczenie się" not only means "learning", but also "teaching" in some contexts. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Aprendendo can also mean "by learning" or "while learning". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਸਿੱਖਣਾ" is derived from the Sanskrit root "śiksh", meaning "to teach" or "to learn". It can also mean "to understand" or "to comprehend". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "învăţare" is derived from the Latin word "impārare," meaning "to acquire knowledge or skill". |
| Russian | The word "обучение" in Russian can also mean "training" or "education". |
| Samoan | "Aʻoaʻoga" can also mean "to teach" or "instruction". |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic the word ionnsachadh means "gathering" of knowledge and wisdom. |
| Serbian | "Учење" in Serbian is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*učiti" meaning "to teach" and can also refer to the process of learning. |
| Sesotho | The word derives from an ancient root "ithuta" and has the alternate meanings "to cultivate" and "to acquire skills". |
| Shona | The Shona word "kudzidza" also means "to acquire knowledge through experience or study." |
| Sindhi | The word "سکڻ" in Sindhi is derived from the Sanskrit word "śáknomi," meaning "to be able" or "to know how to do something." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word “ඉගෙනීම” is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘adhigamana’ meaning 'acquire' or 'acquire knowledge'. |
| Slovak | "Učenie" comes from the verb "učiť sa", which also means to learn or study. |
| Slovenian | The verb 'učenje' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *učiti, which means 'to learn, teach, or know'. |
| Somali | In Somali 'barashada' means 'learning,' but the root word 'bar' means 'to break apart', suggesting that learning is a process of breaking apart knowledge into understandable parts. |
| Spanish | The word "aprendizaje" in Spanish comes from the Latin word "apprehendere," which means "to take hold of" or "to seize." |
| Sundanese | In the past, Sundanese people used the word "diajar" to mean "to teach". |
| Swahili | The word 'kujifunza' can also mean 'to study' or 'to get knowledge'. |
| Swedish | Swedish inlärning, "receiving into", reflects an older usage of the verb lära that meant "to teach". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Pag-aaral" has various meanings depending on context. It can refer to education, a study or a thesis. |
| Tajik | The word "омӯзиш" is derived from the Persian word "آموزیدن" (âmuzidan), which means "to teach" or "to learn." |
| Tamil | The verb கற்றல் not only means 'to learn' but also 'to study' and 'to acquire knowledge'. |
| Telugu | The word "నేర్చుకోవడం" also means "to acquire knowledge or skills through study, experience, or practice." |
| Thai | "การเรียนรู้" also means "knowledge" or "education". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "öğrenme" also means "to get to know" or "to become acquainted with". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "навчання" can also refer to the process of preparing for exams or taking on new skills. |
| Urdu | The word 'سیکھنا' (seekhna) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'śikṣ-' which means 'to learn' or 'to teach'. It can also mean 'to be taught' or 'to be instructed'. |
| Uzbek | The word "o'rganish" in Uzbek also means "to get used to something" or "to become accustomed to something". |
| Vietnamese | "Học tập" is a word that can be used in a variety of contexts in Vietnamese, but it does not mean "learning" in all cases. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "dysgu" also pertains to "education" or "study". |
| Xhosa | The word "ukufunda" can also refer to teaching, education, or studying, and its root is "funda", meaning "to teach". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לערנען" is derived from the German word "lernen" and originally meant "to read" or "to study". |
| Yoruba | 'Èkọ' (learning) has the additional meanings of 'tradition', 'culture', and 'education' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'ukufunda' also means 'to follow' or 'to understand' |
| English | "Learning" comes from Old English "leornian," meaning "to study" or "acquire knowledge." |