Legend in Different Languages
Discover 'Legend' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Legend
Afrikaans legende | ||
Albanian legjendë | ||
Amharic አፈታሪክ | ||
Arabic عنوان تفسيري | ||
Armenian լեգենդ | ||
Assamese কিংবদন্তী | ||
Aymara sara | ||
Azerbaijani əfsanə | ||
Bambara lezandi | ||
Basque kondaira | ||
Belarusian легенда | ||
Bengali কিংবদন্তি | ||
Bhojpuri दंतकथा | ||
Bosnian legenda | ||
Bulgarian легенда | ||
Catalan llegenda | ||
Cebuano kasugiran | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 传说 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 傳說 | ||
Corsican legenda | ||
Croatian legenda | ||
Czech legenda | ||
Danish legende | ||
Dhivehi ލެޖެންޑް | ||
Dogri म्हान | ||
Dutch legende | ||
English legend | ||
Esperanto legendo | ||
Estonian legend | ||
Ewe kalẽtɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) alamat | ||
Finnish legenda | ||
French légende | ||
Frisian leginde | ||
Galician lenda | ||
Georgian ლეგენდა | ||
German legende | ||
Greek θρύλος | ||
Guarani mombe'ugua'u | ||
Gujarati દંતકથા | ||
Haitian Creole lejand | ||
Hausa labari | ||
Hawaiian kaao | ||
Hebrew אגדה | ||
Hindi किंवदंती | ||
Hmong dab neeg | ||
Hungarian legenda | ||
Icelandic goðsögn | ||
Igbo akụkọ mgbe ochie | ||
Ilocano tanda | ||
Indonesian legenda | ||
Irish finscéal | ||
Italian leggenda | ||
Japanese 伝説 | ||
Javanese legenda | ||
Kannada ದಂತಕಥೆ | ||
Kazakh аңыз | ||
Khmer រឿងព្រេង | ||
Kinyarwanda umugani | ||
Konkani आख्यायिका | ||
Korean 전설 | ||
Krio soso stori | ||
Kurdish çîrok | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەفسانە | ||
Kyrgyz легенда | ||
Lao ນິທານ | ||
Latin legend | ||
Latvian leģenda | ||
Lingala legende | ||
Lithuanian legenda | ||
Luganda omuzira | ||
Luxembourgish legend | ||
Macedonian легенда | ||
Maithili किंवदंती | ||
Malagasy maribolana | ||
Malay legenda | ||
Malayalam ഇതിഹാസം | ||
Maltese leġġenda | ||
Maori pakiwaitara | ||
Marathi आख्यायिका | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯔꯤ | ||
Mizo thawnthu | ||
Mongolian домог | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဒဏ္.ာရီ | ||
Nepali पौराणिक कथा | ||
Norwegian legende | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nthano | ||
Odia (Oriya) କିମ୍ବଦନ୍ତୀ | ||
Oromo cimaa | ||
Pashto افسانوي | ||
Persian افسانه | ||
Polish legenda | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) lenda | ||
Punjabi ਕਥਾ | ||
Quechua yuyapachiq | ||
Romanian legendă | ||
Russian легенда | ||
Samoan talafatu | ||
Sanskrit आख्यान | ||
Scots Gaelic uirsgeul | ||
Sepedi nonwane | ||
Serbian легенда | ||
Sesotho tšōmo | ||
Shona ngano | ||
Sindhi ڏند ڪٿا | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පුරාවෘත්තය | ||
Slovak legenda | ||
Slovenian legenda | ||
Somali halyeey | ||
Spanish leyenda | ||
Sundanese legenda | ||
Swahili hadithi | ||
Swedish legend | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) alamat | ||
Tajik афсона | ||
Tamil புராண | ||
Tatar легенда | ||
Telugu పురాణం | ||
Thai ตำนาน | ||
Tigrinya ኣፈ ታሪኽ | ||
Tsonga nhenha | ||
Turkish efsane | ||
Turkmen rowaýat | ||
Twi (Akan) okunini | ||
Ukrainian легенда | ||
Urdu علامات | ||
Uyghur رىۋايەت | ||
Uzbek afsona | ||
Vietnamese huyền thoại | ||
Welsh chwedl | ||
Xhosa ilivo | ||
Yiddish לעגענדע | ||
Yoruba arosọ | ||
Zulu inganekwane |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Legende" originally meant a list of readings in church services, as well as the accompanying stories about the saints. |
| Albanian | The word "legjendë" in Albanian comes from the Latin word "legenda", meaning "something to be read", and can also refer to a religious text. |
| Amharic | 'አፈታሪክ' (legend) derives from 'አፍ' (mouth), and 'ታሪክ' (history). It initially meant oral tradition. The term now also applies to modern written narratives derived from those traditions. |
| Arabic | In English, the word "legend" has several meanings, including a traditional story or fictional tale, an explanatory note accompanying a map or illustration, or a famous or notable person. |
| Armenian | The word 'լեգենդ' also means 'myth' or 'folklore' and comes from the Latin word "legenda," which means "things to be read." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "əfsanə" ultimately derives from the Arabic "ʾafsāna" (أفسانة), which means "fairy tale" or "mythical story." |
| Basque | Kondaira, a loanword from Spanish "leyenda," also refers to a story that is fictional and entertaining rather than true. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian "легенда" is borrowed from Latin and used to describe fairy tales and myths with a basis in history. |
| Bengali | The word "কিংবদন্তি" can also refer to a traditional story or tale that is passed down from generation to generation, often about a historical or mythical event. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, the word 'legenda' can also refer to a religious story or a fairy tale. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "легенда" originates from Latin "legenda" and can also mean "religious text read at religious services" or "the text of a life of a saint or martyr". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "llegenda" also means "message" or "reading". |
| Cebuano | The word "kasugiran" is most likely derived from the root word "sugid" meaning "to tell". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The term "传说" in Chinese can also refer to a folk tale or myth. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The first character 傳 refers to 'transmit' while the second 說 means 'speak', which captures the idea of a shared narrative, often with mythical or historical origins. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "legenda" can also mean "story", "tale", or "fable". |
| Croatian | The Croatian term 'legenda' also refers to a 'religious' story of events and/or people that includes some degree of fantasy, exaggeration, or embellishment. |
| Czech | V češtině má slovo „legenda“ také význam „text určený k veřejnému čtení pobožnosti“. |
| Danish | In Danish, "legende" also refers to a religious account of a saint's life. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "legende" can also refer to a caption or explanation accompanying an illustration. |
| Esperanto | Legendo, which means "legend" in English, also denotes a "reading" in Latin and is related to the word "lecture". |
| Estonian | In Estonian, the word "legend" also refers to a "myth" |
| Finnish | "Legenda" in Finnish also refers to a reading in the Divine Office, a collection of liturgical texts. |
| French | Légende, from the Latin legenda, also referred to in Old French as legende, means both 'a reading' and 'a legend'. |
| Frisian | The word "leginde" in Frisian can also mean "lie" or "fable". |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "lenda" also means "loin" or "waist" in reference to the human body. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ლეგენდა" (legend) comes from the Ancient Greek word "λέγειν" (legein), meaning "to say" or "to tell. |
| German | The German word "Legende" can also mean "lesson" or "teaching". |
| Greek | The word "θρύλος" (legend) can also refer to a "noisy clamor" or "uproar". |
| Gujarati | The word "દંતકથા" is derived from the Sanskrit words "danta" meaning "tooth" and "katha" meaning "story", it refers to a story that has been passed down through generations by word of mouth. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "lejand" also means "myth" or "fable". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "labari" can also mean "story", "news", or "information". |
| Hawaiian | In addition to its meaning of "legend," the Hawaiian word "kaao" can also refer to a type of traditional Hawaiian chant. |
| Hebrew | The word אגדה can also refer to the non-legalistic portions of the Talmud, comprising stories, homilies, and parables. |
| Hindi | **किंवदंती** ("legend") is derived from the Latin word "legenda," meaning "things to be read," and was originally used to refer to the lives of saints and martyrs. |
| Hmong | Dab neeg can also mean 'lore', 'folklore', or 'oral tradition'. |
| Hungarian | A legenda szó a latin "legere" (olvasni) igéből származik, ami arra utal, hogy a legendák eredetileg felolvasásra szánt történetek voltak. |
| Icelandic | Derived from Old Norse "goð", "god", and "saga", "saying", thus referring to tales of gods. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "akụkọ mgbe ochie" may also refer to a historical account or narrative passed down through generations. |
| Indonesian | Dalam bahasa Indonesia, "legenda" juga berarti "kisah yang tidak benar-benar terjadi atau tidak memiliki dasar fakta". |
| Irish | Finscéal is also a synonym for 'knowledge' in Irish and stems from a word meaning 'a tale told after dinner'. |
| Italian | The word "leggenda" shares its root with the Latin verb "legere," which means "to read," or "to choose," alluding to the careful selection of stories that would compose a legend. |
| Japanese | While commonly understood to mean 'legend' in English, '伝説（でんせつ）' in Japanese can have multiple meanings, including 'fairy tale' or 'folk tale' |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "legenda" is also used to refer to a type of traditional folk story passed down through generations. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word ದಂತಕಥೆ (legend) originates from the Sanskrit word 'dantakathā,' which literally translates to 'tooth story' |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word |
| Khmer | The Khmer word for 'legend,' ម្រះវ, is derived from the Sanskrit word रओां, meaning 'story' or 'history'. |
| Korean | The word '전설' originates from the Chinese word '典籍' (dianji), which means 'classical texts' or 'historical records'. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "çîrok" can also refer to a story, a fable, or a tale. |
| Kyrgyz | 'Легенда' ('legend') in Kyrgyz can also mean 'saga,' 'myth,' or 'tale'. |
| Lao | The Lao word for "legend", "ນິທານ", is derived from the Sanskrit word "nidāna", meaning "origin" or "story of origin". |
| Latin | The Latin word "legenda" (legend) also means "something to be read (aloud)", typically hagiographies of the saints. |
| Latvian | The word "leģenda" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (to tell) and originally meant "something read aloud," and this meaning has been preserved in the verb "lasīt" (to read) but lost in the noun "leģenda." |
| Lithuanian | "Legendas" is borrowed from Late Latin *legenda*, "something to be read," originally referring to the reading in the church liturgy. |
| Luxembourgish | Legend (Luxemburgish: Legend) can also refer to the title of the highest rank of the Luxembourg National Police. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, легенда (legenda) also means "folklore" or "fairy tale". |
| Malagasy | Maribolana, meaning "legend" in Malagasy, is also used to refer to a mischievous spirit associated with haunted forests. |
| Malay | In addition to its original meaning, the word "legenda" also means "law" and "mythological narrative" in Malay, similar to its usage in Latin and Old French. |
| Malayalam | In Sanskrit, the word "Itihasa" originally meant "that which actually happened" and is a genre of literature recording ancient myths and traditions. |
| Maltese | Maltese "leġġenda" also refers to a type of local legend, often associated with a particular saint. |
| Maori | The etymology of 'pakiwaitara' suggests a secondary meaning of 'to carry a burden,' referencing the responsibility to guard and transmit legends through generations. |
| Marathi | "आख्यायिका" also refers to "news". |
| Mongolian | The word "домог" is derived from the verb "домох" meaning "to tell, to narrate." |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ဒဏ္.ာရီ" can also refer to a historical event, a myth, or a made-up story. |
| Nepali | The word "पौराणिक कथा" (legend) in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "पुराण" (ancient lore) and "कथा" (story). It refers to a traditional narrative that is handed down from generation to generation and is often associated with cultural history. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "legende" can also refer to a religious text recounting the lives of saints, similar to "hagiography" in English. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Possibly derived from the Ngoni word "intano" meaning "tales from our ancestors" |
| Pashto | The word "افسانوي" in Pashto can also mean "fictional" or "mythical". |
| Persian | The Persian word "افسانه" comes from the Arabic word "أسطورة" which means "myth" or "historical tale." |
| Polish | The Polish word "legenda" evolved from Latin and has meanings related to reading and interpretation, such as a text read during religious services or an explanatory caption in an image. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese "lenda" also means "firewood" (in a fireplace). |
| Punjabi | "ਕਥਾ" refers to a traditional religious discourse or storytelling in Punjab, often involving mythical or historical events. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "legendă" also has the meanings of "caption" or "explanatory label". |
| Russian | The Russian word "легенда" also means "caption" or "subscript". |
| Samoan | Samoan word 'talafatu' also means 'to narrate stories', highlighting its deep connection to storytelling and cultural preservation. |
| Scots Gaelic | Uirsgeul is an Irish Gaelic term composed of two parts: 'uisce' ('water') and 'sgeul' ('story'), suggesting the fluidity and enduring nature of legendary tales passed down through generations |
| Serbian | It can also be used in a figurative sense to mean "a mythical or extraordinary event, a fairy tale, a myth". |
| Sesotho | The word "tšōmo" can also refer to the story of a deceased ancestor or a myth. |
| Shona | The word 'ngano' also means 'tale' or 'story' in Shona. |
| Sindhi | ڏند ڪٿا can also mean "folklore" or a "tale told to someone orally." |
| Slovak | The word "legenda" in Slovak can also mean a "collection of saints' lives". |
| Slovenian | V slovenščini legenda pomeni tako životopise svetnikov kot tudi pripoved o izmišljenih junakih, ki je bila sprva namenjena branju. |
| Somali | The Somali word "halyeey" does not have any alternate meanings and only means "legend." |
| Spanish | The word "leyenda" derives from the Latin " legenda," meaning "things to be read," and can also refer to a label in a book or an engraving's caption. |
| Sundanese | The term 'legenda' also means 'a magical item' in Sundanese, which can be related to legends and folklore. |
| Swahili | `Hadithi` comes from the Arabic `hadith`, which means "story" or "account". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, the word "legend" can also refer to a title or caption that explains or identifies something. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Alamat" can also refer to a sign, mark, or omen. |
| Tajik | Etymology: Persian افسانه (afsâne), ultimately of Arabic origin.} |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "புராண" is also used in a broader sense to refer to "past stories" or "chronicles". |
| Telugu | The word "పురాణం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "पुराण" (purāṇa), which means "ancient lore" or "mythology". |
| Thai | ตำนาน can refer to either a myth or a story passed down through generations |
| Turkish | "Efsane" shares its root with Persian word "afsāneh" meaning "myth" and Arabic word "ufsāna" meaning "idle talk". |
| Ukrainian | The word "легенда" in Ukrainian can also mean "a lie" or "a false story", likely due to its historical connection with "legend" in English, which comes from the Latin "legenda" meaning "something to be read". |
| Urdu | The word 'علامات' is derived from the Arabic word 'علم', meaning 'to know' or 'to understand'. It can also refer to a banner, a standard, or a sign. |
| Uzbek | The word "afsona" is of Persian origin and also means "tale" or "story". |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "huyền thoại" derives from the Chinese "虛傳", meaning "false transmission" or "tall tale". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "chwedl" can also refer to a fictionalized account or an exaggeration. |
| Xhosa | The word "ilivo" can also mean "a memorial" or "a tombstone" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לעגענדע" (leygende) can also refer to a folk tale or a fairy tale, unlike its English cognate. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "inganekwane" also denotes mythical narratives passed down through oral history. |
| English | Legends were originally religious texts, but can also refer to widely held but unproven stories. |