Literary in Different Languages
Discover 'Literary' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Literary
Afrikaans literêr | ||
Albanian letrare | ||
Amharic ሥነ-ጽሑፋዊ | ||
Arabic أدبي | ||
Armenian գրական | ||
Assamese সাহিত্যিক | ||
Aymara literatura tuqit yatxataña | ||
Azerbaijani ədəbi | ||
Bambara sɛbɛnniko siratigɛ la | ||
Basque literarioa | ||
Belarusian літаратурны | ||
Bengali সাহিত্যিক | ||
Bhojpuri साहित्यिक के बा | ||
Bosnian književno | ||
Bulgarian литературен | ||
Catalan literària | ||
Cebuano panitikan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 文学的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 文學的 | ||
Corsican littirariu | ||
Croatian literarni | ||
Czech literární | ||
Danish litterære | ||
Dhivehi އަދަބީ ގޮތުންނެވެ | ||
Dogri साहित्यिक | ||
Dutch literair | ||
English literary | ||
Esperanto literatura | ||
Estonian kirjanduslik | ||
Ewe agbalẽŋɔŋlɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pampanitikan | ||
Finnish kirjallisuuden- | ||
French littéraire | ||
Frisian literêr | ||
Galician literario | ||
Georgian ლიტერატურული | ||
German literarisch | ||
Greek λογοτεχνικός | ||
Guarani literario rehegua | ||
Gujarati સાહિત્યિક | ||
Haitian Creole literè | ||
Hausa adabi | ||
Hawaiian moʻokalaleo | ||
Hebrew סִפְרוּתִי | ||
Hindi साहित्यिक | ||
Hmong ntaub ntawv | ||
Hungarian irodalmi | ||
Icelandic bókmennta | ||
Igbo edemede | ||
Ilocano literario nga | ||
Indonesian sastra | ||
Irish liteartha | ||
Italian letterario | ||
Japanese 文学 | ||
Javanese sastra | ||
Kannada ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh әдеби | ||
Khmer អក្សរសាស្ត្រ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubuvanganzo | ||
Konkani साहित्यीक | ||
Korean 문호 | ||
Krio buk ɛn magazin dɛn | ||
Kurdish edebî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەدەبی | ||
Kyrgyz адабий | ||
Lao ວັນນະຄະດີ | ||
Latin literary | ||
Latvian literārs | ||
Lingala ya mikanda | ||
Lithuanian literatūrinis | ||
Luganda eby’ebiwandiiko | ||
Luxembourgish literaresch | ||
Macedonian литературен | ||
Maithili साहित्यिक | ||
Malagasy haisoratra | ||
Malay sastera | ||
Malayalam സാഹിത്യ | ||
Maltese letterarji | ||
Maori tuhinga | ||
Marathi साहित्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯥꯍꯤꯠꯌꯒꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo literary lam hawi | ||
Mongolian утга зохиолын | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စာပေ | ||
Nepali साहित्यिक | ||
Norwegian litterære | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zolembalemba | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସାହିତ୍ୟିକ | ||
Oromo ogbarruu | ||
Pashto ادبي | ||
Persian ادبی | ||
Polish literacki | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) literário | ||
Punjabi ਸਾਹਿਤਕ | ||
Quechua literatura nisqamanta | ||
Romanian literar | ||
Russian литературный | ||
Samoan tusitusiga | ||
Sanskrit साहित्यिकम् | ||
Scots Gaelic litreachail | ||
Sepedi dingwalo tša dingwalo | ||
Serbian књижевно | ||
Sesotho bongoli | ||
Shona zvinyorwa | ||
Sindhi ادبي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සාහිත්ය | ||
Slovak literárny | ||
Slovenian literarni | ||
Somali suugaaneed | ||
Spanish literario | ||
Sundanese sastra | ||
Swahili fasihi | ||
Swedish litterär | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pampanitikan | ||
Tajik адабӣ | ||
Tamil இலக்கிய | ||
Tatar әдәби | ||
Telugu సాహిత్యం | ||
Thai วรรณกรรม | ||
Tigrinya ስነ-ጽሑፋዊ | ||
Tsonga ya matsalwa | ||
Turkish edebi | ||
Turkmen edebi | ||
Twi (Akan) nhoma mu nsɛm | ||
Ukrainian літературний | ||
Urdu ادبی | ||
Uyghur ئەدەبىي | ||
Uzbek adabiy | ||
Vietnamese văn học | ||
Welsh llenyddol | ||
Xhosa uncwadi | ||
Yiddish ליטערארישע | ||
Yoruba mookomooka | ||
Zulu okubhaliwe |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "literêr" can also mean "erudite" or "well-read" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "letrare" derives from the Latin word "littera", meaning "letter" or "writing", and refers to anything related to written expression or scholarship. |
| Amharic | In classical Ethiopian usage, the word also meant "medical" or "scientific." |
| Arabic | The word "أدبي" is derived from the root "أدب" which means "good manners, culture, refined behavior", and it can also refer to "literature" in a broader sense. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "գրական" (literary) derives from the root "գիր" (writing), and also refers to the literary genre of fiction. |
| Basque | In Basque, the word 'literarioa' can also refer to a person who writes or studies literature. |
| Belarusian | The word "літаратурны" in Belarusian can also mean "related to literature" or "pertaining to literature". |
| Bengali | সাহিত্যিক may also mean 'a man of letters' or 'a scholar' in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word 'književno' also has a secondary meaning of 'fictional' or 'unreal'. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "литературен" (literary) shares its root with "литература" (literature) and "литера" (letter). |
| Catalan | The term "literària" in Catalan is derived from the Latin word "litteratura", meaning "writing" or "letters", and refers to anything related to literature, including works of literature, literary criticism, and literary history. |
| Cebuano | Panitikan can also mean the collection of works of art, music, and literature |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 除了「與文學有關的」，「文学的」也指「文雅的、不俗氣的」 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 文學的 can also mean "cultured" or "sophisticated". |
| Corsican | Corsican "littirariu" derives from Latin "literarius" and also means "capable of reading and writing". |
| Croatian | The word 'literarni' also means 'grammatical' in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "literární" is also used to describe something that is related to education or knowledge. |
| Danish | The Danish word "litterære" can also mean "trash" or "litter". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "letterlijk" has the same root as "literair" and means "literally". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "literatura" derives from the Latin word "litera" (letter), and also means "scripture" or "writing" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "kirjanduslik" in Estonian has additional meanings, such as "fictional" or "fabricated". |
| French | "Littéraire" in French can also mean "well-read" or "pertaining to literature." |
| Frisian | In medieval Frisian 'literêr' could also mean 'learned' or 'scientific' |
| Galician | "Literario" also means "cultured" or "learned" in Galician. |
| German | Literarisch in German also has the meaning of polite and sophisticated. |
| Greek | The word "λογοτεχνικός" is derived from the Greek words "λόγος" (word) and "τέχνη" (art), and it originally referred to any type of written work, not just literature in the modern sense. |
| Gujarati | The word "સાહિત્યિક" ("literary" in Gujarati) also means "pertaining to the study of literature" or "having a literary style. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "literè" can also refer to someone who is well-educated or knowledgeable. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, 'adabi' not only means 'literary' but also pertains to 'knowledge' or 'education'. |
| Hawaiian | The word "moʻokalaleo" can also refer to a style of chanting or oration in Hawaiian culture known as "mele moʻokalaleo". |
| Hebrew | While in some cases "סִפְרוּתִי" refers to the literary aspect of something, in other cases such as the "סִפְרוּתִי" setting in a cafe or bar it means sophisticated. |
| Hindi | The word "साहित्यिक" (literary) is derived from the Sanskrit word "सहित" (accompanied), referring to the company of wise or learned people. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "irodalmi" derives from the verb "ír" (to write) and originally meant "written" or "scriptural". |
| Igbo | The word 'edemede' in Igbo also refers to the wisdom and knowledge embedded in storytelling. |
| Indonesian | The word 'sastra' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'shastra', which means 'a treatise' or 'a book of instruction'. |
| Irish | "Liteartha" comes from "leitir" (a hillside) and "fer" (a man), referring to a person who reads on a hillside. |
| Italian | The word "letterario" in Italian can also mean "academic" or "scholarly". |
| Japanese | The word "文学" (bungaku) in Japanese has additional meanings such as "letters" and "culture", reflecting the broader scope of its usage compared to "literature" in English. |
| Javanese | In Javanese the word sastra comes from the Sanskrit language which means "teaching" or "advice" |
| Kannada | ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ is derived from the Sanskrit word "sahitya" meaning "a collection of writings" or "composed work". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word |
| Korean | The word 문호 (munho) can also mean "door" or "opening," reflecting the gatekeeper role of writers in Korean society. |
| Kurdish | The word "edebî" in Kurdish originates from the Arabic word "adab" and also means "ethics". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "адабий" in Kyrgyz also refers to a type of artistic narrative, similar to a folk tale or legend. |
| Latin | The Latin word "litterarius" also means "alphabetic" or "of the alphabet". |
| Latvian | The word "literārs" can also mean "educated" or "cultured" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "literatūrinis" is derived from the Latin word "littera" meaning "letter." |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "литературен" is derived from the Latin word "litteratus" and entered Macedonian via French and Russian. |
| Malagasy | "Haisoratra" is derived from the root word "soratra" (writing), and can also mean "scripture" or "literature" in a religious context. |
| Malay | The Malay word "sastera" is derived from the Sanskrit word "shastra" meaning "science" and can also refer to religious or technical knowledge. |
| Malayalam | The word 'സാഹിത്യ' in Malayalam is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sahitya', meaning 'bringing together' or 'assemblage' |
| Maltese | "Letterarji" has roots in "littera" (meaning "letter") and refers to works of writing, or "written material". |
| Maori | The word "tuhinga" in Maori also means "writing" or "inscription". |
| Marathi | The word साहित्य' also refers to a type of sacred text in the Buddhist tradition, known as a 'sutra'. |
| Nepali | The word 'साहित्यिक' can derive from 'सहृदयता' which refers to someone who can deeply appreciate a literary work by grasping its intent, feeling, or sentiment. |
| Norwegian | This word derives from the Latin word «littera», meaning «letter». |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Chichewa word 'zolembalemba,' derived from the verb 'ku-lemba,' can also refer to the act of writing or drawing. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word ادبي comes from Arabic and also means 'courteous' |
| Persian | The word "ادبی" has alternative meanings such as "well-mannered" and "well-educated". |
| Polish | The word "literacki" ("literary") derives from Latin "litteratus" meaning knowledgeable, educated, literate. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'literário' derives from the Latin word 'litterarius', meaning 'of or pertaining to literature'. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਸਾਹਿਤਕ' in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sahitya', which originally meant 'assemblage' or 'collection'. |
| Romanian | The term "literar" also exists in Romanian, but refers to a person that performs literary or artistic creation, or to the specific activities of such an individual. |
| Russian | The Russian word "литературный" can also refer to a person engaged in literary activity or a literary work. |
| Samoan | Tusitusiga can also mean writing, composition, or a story. |
| Scots Gaelic | 'Litreachail' derives in part from ‘leitir,' a letter inscribed in rock or wood in the old Ogham alphabet. |
| Serbian | The word "књижевно" can also refer to someone who is well-educated or cultured. |
| Sesotho | The term 'bongoli' can also refer to a type of traditional Sesotho poetry. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ادبي" also means "of the same type or kind" and "related to the same thing". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'සාහිත්ය' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sahitya', which means 'good writing'. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "literárny" comes from the Latin word "litterarius", meaning "of or pertaining to literature". |
| Slovenian | The word "literarni" in Slovenian can also mean "scientific" or "documentary". |
| Somali | The word "suugaaneed" in Somali derives from the root "suug", meaning "mind" or "thought." |
| Spanish | En su sentido literal, literario significa letrado y erudito. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "sastra" has historical roots in Sanskrit, with its meaning evolving from "religious teaching" to encompass "literary works". |
| Swahili | Fasihi derives from the Arabic word "fasih" meaning "eloquent, articulate". |
| Swedish | The word litterär (literary) can also refer to litters or stretchers in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Pampanitikan derives from a Sanskrit root that means "flower-like," reflecting the notion that literature "blooms" or "flourishes" like flowers. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "адабӣ" (literary) originates from the Arabic word "أدب" (adab), meaning culture, refinement, or politeness. |
| Tamil | The word 'இலக்கிய' is derived from the word 'இலக்கு', meaning 'aim' or 'goal', and implies something that is well-written and conforms to literary standards. |
| Telugu | సాహిత్యం (literary) is derived from Sanskrit and in alternate usage may refer to good manners, civility, or politeness. |
| Thai | The word "วรรณกรรม" in Thai is derived from the Sanskrit word "varṇa" meaning "letter, color" and "karma" meaning "action, work". |
| Turkish | The word "edebi" is derived from the Arabic word "adab," which means "culture" or "education." |
| Ukrainian | The word "літературний" can also mean "related to literature" or "educated" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | "ادبی" can also be an adjective, meaning "related to literature". |
| Uzbek | The word "adabiy" in Uzbek comes from the Arabic word "adabiyah," which means "literature" or "collection of writings." |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "văn học" is derived from Chinese and means both "literature" and "writing". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, 'llenyddol' also means 'of or relating to the pen' or 'of or relating to writing'. |
| Xhosa | The word "uncwadi" in Xhosa can also refer to a person who is educated or knowledgeable. |
| Yiddish | ליטערארישע is cognate with the German word 'literarisch'. |
| Yoruba | "Mookomooka" in Yoruba can also mean "book lover". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "okubhaliwe" also means "the written word". |
| English | The word "literary" derives from the 14th century Latin literarius, from littera, "letter", and thus originally meant "pertaining to written or printed matter or to literature". |