Legacy in Different Languages
Discover 'Legacy' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Legacy
Afrikaans nalatenskap | ||
Albanian trashëgimi | ||
Amharic ውርስ | ||
Arabic ميراث | ||
Armenian ժառանգություն | ||
Assamese উত্তৰাধিকাৰ | ||
Aymara waxt'a | ||
Azerbaijani miras | ||
Bambara tiɲɛ | ||
Basque ondarea | ||
Belarusian спадчына | ||
Bengali উত্তরাধিকার | ||
Bhojpuri विरासत | ||
Bosnian nasleđe | ||
Bulgarian наследство | ||
Catalan llegat | ||
Cebuano panulundon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 遗产 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 遺產 | ||
Corsican lascita | ||
Croatian baština | ||
Czech dědictví | ||
Danish eftermæle | ||
Dhivehi ލެގަސީ | ||
Dogri बरासत | ||
Dutch erfenis | ||
English legacy | ||
Esperanto heredaĵo | ||
Estonian pärand | ||
Ewe domenyinu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pamana | ||
Finnish perintö | ||
French héritage | ||
Frisian legaat | ||
Galician legado | ||
Georgian მემკვიდრეობა | ||
German erbe | ||
Greek κληρονομιά | ||
Guarani hapykuereja | ||
Gujarati વારસો | ||
Haitian Creole eritaj | ||
Hausa gado | ||
Hawaiian hoʻoilina | ||
Hebrew מוֹרֶשֶׁת | ||
Hindi विरासत | ||
Hmong txojsia | ||
Hungarian örökség | ||
Icelandic arfleifð | ||
Igbo ihe nketa | ||
Ilocano tawid | ||
Indonesian warisan | ||
Irish oidhreacht | ||
Italian eredità | ||
Japanese レガシー | ||
Javanese pusaka | ||
Kannada ಪರಂಪರೆ | ||
Kazakh мұра | ||
Khmer កេរ្តិ៍ដំណែល | ||
Kinyarwanda umurage | ||
Konkani लिगसी | ||
Korean 유산 | ||
Krio wetin yu lɛf fɔ yu pikin | ||
Kurdish mîrat | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) میرات | ||
Kyrgyz мурас | ||
Lao ມໍລະດົກ | ||
Latin legatum | ||
Latvian mantojums | ||
Lingala biloko bitikela | ||
Lithuanian palikimas | ||
Luganda ekitiibwa | ||
Luxembourgish ierfschaft | ||
Macedonian наследство | ||
Maithili विरासत | ||
Malagasy lova | ||
Malay warisan | ||
Malayalam പാരമ്പര്യം | ||
Maltese wirt | ||
Maori taonga tuku iho | ||
Marathi वारसा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯛꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤꯗꯃꯛꯇ ꯊꯝꯕꯤꯔꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo rochhiah | ||
Mongolian өв | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမွေအနှစ် | ||
Nepali विरासत | ||
Norwegian arv | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) cholowa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉତ୍ତରାଧିକାରୀ | | ||
Oromo ashaaraa | ||
Pashto میراث | ||
Persian میراث | ||
Polish dziedzictwo | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) legado | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਰਾਸਤ | ||
Quechua saqisqa | ||
Romanian moştenire | ||
Russian наследие | ||
Samoan talatuu | ||
Sanskrit संप्रत्ति | ||
Scots Gaelic dìleab | ||
Sepedi bohwa | ||
Serbian наслеђе | ||
Sesotho lefa | ||
Shona nhaka | ||
Sindhi ورثو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උරුමය | ||
Slovak dedičstvo | ||
Slovenian zapuščina | ||
Somali dhaxal | ||
Spanish legado | ||
Sundanese warisan | ||
Swahili urithi | ||
Swedish arv | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pamana | ||
Tajik мерос | ||
Tamil மரபு | ||
Tatar мирас | ||
Telugu వారసత్వం | ||
Thai มรดก | ||
Tigrinya መምርሕ | ||
Tsonga ndzhaka | ||
Turkish miras | ||
Turkmen mirasy | ||
Twi (Akan) agyapadeɛ | ||
Ukrainian спадщина | ||
Urdu میراث | ||
Uyghur مىراس | ||
Uzbek meros | ||
Vietnamese di sản | ||
Welsh etifeddiaeth | ||
Xhosa ilifa | ||
Yiddish לעגאַט | ||
Yoruba ogún | ||
Zulu ifa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "nalatenskap" is derived from the Dutch word "nalatenschap", which also means "inheritance" or "bequest". |
| Albanian | "Trashëgimi" originates from the Proto-Albanian word "*traʃ-i-memi" (from "*traʃ-u" ["fat, plump"] + "*-i-" [suffix denoting abundance] + "*-memi" [suffix denoting collective]) and cognate with Greek "tragos" (goat), referring to the "abundance of goat meat" as an heirloom, which became "legacy" in the modern sense. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, 'ميراث' (legacy) additionally denotes one's share of an inheritance, especially landed property. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "miras" (legacy) in Azerbaijani is derived from the Persian word "mīrās" (inheritance), which in turn originates from the Arabic word "mīrāth" (inheritance). |
| Basque | Basque "ondarea" also means "inheritance" and is derived from the Latin "hereditas". |
| Belarusian | "Спадчына" is also an archaic term for a person who has inherited something, or an heir. |
| Bengali | The word 'উত্তরাধিকার' in Bengali is derived from Sanskrit 'uttara' (after), and 'adhikaran' (a right, an interest, property); thus, 'that which is owned after (by a person)' |
| Bosnian | Nasleđe is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *naslědъ, meaning "what is passed down; inheritance; posterity." |
| Bulgarian | The word "наследство" also means "inheritance" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "llegat" in Catalan derives from the Latin word "legatum", meaning "something left behind" or "a bequest." |
| Cebuano | The root word "panulon" means "to teach or to inherit", implying that a legacy is something that is passed down from one generation to another. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, "遗产" can refer to cultural heritage, ancestral property, or even one's reputation. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 遺產 can also mean "orphans and widows" |
| Corsican | "Lascita" originally referred a specific type of payment or tax. |
| Croatian | Baština derives from the Proto-Slavic word *baština, meaning "the part that is given to the younger brother or son". |
| Czech | The Czech word "dědictví" shares its etymology with the English word "heritage," both tracing back to the Latin word "hereditas," meaning "inheritance." |
| Danish | The word 'eftermæle' is derived from the Old Norse word 'eftirmáli', meaning 'something said after someone's death'. |
| Dutch | The word "erfenis" in Dutch can also mean "plot" or "heritage". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "heredaĵo" derives from the Latin "hereditas" (inheritance) and also means "heritage". |
| Estonian | "Pärand" means "heritage" in Estonian, but it used to mean an "ancestral burden". |
| Finnish | The word "perintö" derives from the Proto-Finnic word "*perä", meaning "back, hindmost, last". |
| French | While “héritage” usually means “legacy” in French, it also refers to “inheritance” in the sense of property passed after a person dies. |
| Frisian | The word 'legaat' is a loanword from Latin word 'legatum', which meant 'official assignment'. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "legado" can also mean "apostle" or "envoy." |
| German | "Erbe" is a word of Old High German origin, meaning "inheritance" or "heritage". |
| Greek | The Greek word "κληρονομιά" also denotes an "estate of land passed down by one generation to another". |
| Gujarati | વારસો stems from the Sanskrit word 'varsha' meaning 'to rain' and originally denoted 'inheritance', but it now also refers to a person's 'legacy'. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "eritaj" can also refer to a person's inherited physical or personality traits. |
| Hausa | Hausa word "gado" also means "the first of a series" or "the best of a group". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian term hoʻoilina also means "line of descent" and "to bequeath". |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, 'moréshet' (מוֹרֶשֶׁת) not only means 'legacy', but also 'tradition' or 'heritage'. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'विरासत' is derived from Sanskrit and its root word 'वृष्' meaning 'to dwell' or 'to grow'. |
| Hmong | The word "txojsia" is also used to refer to a person's "heritage" or "ancestry" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | Örökség, meaning both legacy and inheritance, derives from the verb “örököl” (to inherit). |
| Icelandic | The word 'arfleifð' derives from the Old Norse word 'erfi' meaning 'inheritance' and 'leifð' meaning 'remainder'. |
| Igbo | Ihe nketa refers to items or knowledge passed down through generations or to the enduring impact of an idea or historical event. |
| Indonesian | "Warisan" also means "inheritance" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The word "oidhreacht" in Irish can also refer to "an inheritance" or "a patrimony". |
| Italian | "Eredità" originally meant "heirship" or "inheritance" in Latin, but it has now come to mean "legacy" in Italian. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, ``レガシー'' (legacy) also refers to outmoded technology or systems inherited from the past. |
| Javanese | "Pusaka" (literally "inheritance"), in modern Javanese, refers to tangible or intangible objects with ancestral or cultural significance inherited from previous generations. |
| Kannada | The word "ಪರಂಪರೆ" also means "tradition" or "heredity". |
| Kazakh | The word "мұра" also means "inheritance" or "heritage" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | "유산" is used in Korean to refer to both assets inherited from an ancestor and cultural traditions originating from past generations. |
| Kurdish | "Mîrat" shares its etymological root with "mîras" in Persian, but also means "inheritance" in the sense of cultural heritage or lineage. |
| Kyrgyz | In Persian, “مُراد” means “intent,” which could refer to the intent or wish that a person had for their heir. |
| Latin | The Latin legacy is inherited from the word legatum, meaning a bequest or embassy. |
| Latvian | The word "mantojums" directly translates to "inheritance" in English. |
| Lithuanian | Palikimas, a Lithuanian word for "legacy," also means "a gift left by the dead to the living." |
| Luxembourgish | Ierfschaft, derived from Old High German "erbscaft", has multiple meanings including inheritance, heritage, ancestry, and estate. |
| Macedonian | This word is a loan from the Old Church Slavonic language, and it also has the meaning of "inheritance". |
| Malagasy | The word "lova" in Malagasy can also mean "tradition" or "heritage". |
| Malay | The word "warisan" in Malay signifies not only a legacy but also an inheritance or bequest, encompassing both material and non-material possessions passed down from ancestors or predecessors. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, 'പാരമ്പര്യം' ('legacy') derives from Sanskrit and also refers to inherited traditions or customs. |
| Maltese | In some instances, "wirt" can also refer to a person who holds an ancestral heirloom. |
| Maori | The word "taonga tuku iho" comes from the Maori language and translates to "treasure passed down from generation to generation". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "वारसा" (legacy) initially meant "a share in ancestral property" and is linked to the root word "वारा" (share). |
| Mongolian | Өв can also mean "debt" or "inheritance". |
| Nepali | The word 'विरासत' comes from the Sanskrit word 'virāś', meaning 'inheritance' or 'succession'. |
| Norwegian | The word "arv" can also mean "inheritance" or "heritage" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Cholowa" derives from a Nyanja word meaning "the place where we settled and will stay." |
| Pashto | The word “میراث” ("legacy") in Pashto shares linguistic roots with the Persian word “میراث” ("heritage"), both ultimately derived from the Arabic root “موروث” ("to inherit"). |
| Persian | میراث ('legacy') in Persian can also mean inheritance or bequest, from the Arabic word 'mirāth' ('inheritance'). |
| Polish | The word "dziedzictwo" in Polish can also refer to "inheritance" or "heritage". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, 'legado' can also refer to a group of people appointed to carry out a task, like the executors of a will. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਵਿਰਾਸਤ" (virasat) is derived from the Sanskrit word "viras" meaning "hero" and "rat" meaning "wealth", indicating the inheritance of a heroic lineage or noble heritage. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "moştenire" derives from the Slavic "moštь", meaning "estate", "heritage", and is cognate with the Albanian "mohtra", "mother's dowry". |
| Russian | The word "наследие" can also refer to "heritage" or "inheritance". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "talatuu" can also refer to traditional songs or dances that have been passed down through generations. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Irish literature, 'dìleab' was used to describe a poetic composition that was intended to be passed down through generations, often containing a moral or lesson. |
| Serbian | The word 'наслеђе' in Serbian also means 'inheritance'. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "lefa" can also mean "inheritance" or "what is passed down from one generation to another." |
| Shona | The Shona word "nhaka" can also refer to a "home" or a "family lineage." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ورثو" (legacy) is derived from the Arabic word "ورث" (inheritance), and also refers to the inheritance of cultural traits and traditions. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "උරුමය" ("legacy") also has a second, slightly archaic, meaning of "custom" or "tradition". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "dedičstvo" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*dědь", meaning "grandfather" or "ancestor". In addition to its primary meaning of "legacy", "dedičstvo" can also refer to "inheritance", "heritage", or "tradition". |
| Slovenian | The word 'zapuščina' in Slovenian also means 'estate'. |
| Somali | "Dhaxal" also refers to a type of traditional court case involving an inheritance matter. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "legado" can also mean "envoy" or "legate". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "warisan" has the same root as "waris", which means heir. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "urithi" can also refer to inheritance, heritage, or a person's ancestral land. |
| Swedish | The word "arv" in Swedish can also refer to a genetic inheritance passed down from parents to offspring. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Pamana" is a cognate of the Malay word "warisan" and the Indonesian word "pusaka", all meaning "inheritance". |
| Tajik | The word "мерос" in Tajik can also mean "inheritance". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'மரபு' has alternate meanings of 'tradition' and 'heredity'. |
| Telugu | "వారసత్వం" also refers to an inherited quality or characteristic, especially from one's ancestors or predecessors. |
| Thai | The word "มรดก" can also refer to a dowry or inheritance. |
| Turkish | "Miras" also means "inheritance" and "estate" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "спадщина" (legacy) stems from "спадати" (to descend) and originally referred to family property inherited from ancestors. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "میراث" can also refer to an inherited characteristic or quality. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "meros" is also used to refer to something that is handed down from one generation to another, like a tradition or a custom. |
| Vietnamese | The word "di sản" is also used to mean "heritage", "inheritance", or "relic" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | "Etifeddiaeth" comes from "etifedd", which can also refer to a child or a prince |
| Xhosa | Ilifa can also refer to a clan name or a traditional council meeting. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word לעגאַט derives from the Latin legatus, meaning "ambassador" or "envoy". |
| Yoruba | The word 'ogún' in Yoruba also means 'war' or 'battle'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ifa" can also refer to a traditional religious system practiced in West Africa. |
| English | The word "legacy" shares its etymological roots with "legend," both deriving from the Latin "legere" meaning "to read" or "to gather." |