Path in Different Languages
Discover 'Path' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Path
Afrikaans pad | ||
Albanian rrugë | ||
Amharic መንገድ | ||
Arabic مسار | ||
Armenian ուղի | ||
Assamese পথ | ||
Aymara thakhi | ||
Azerbaijani yol | ||
Bambara sira | ||
Basque bidea | ||
Belarusian шлях | ||
Bengali পথ | ||
Bhojpuri राह | ||
Bosnian put | ||
Bulgarian път | ||
Catalan camí | ||
Cebuano agianan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 路径 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 路徑 | ||
Corsican percorsu | ||
Croatian staza | ||
Czech cesta | ||
Danish sti | ||
Dhivehi މަގު | ||
Dogri बत्त | ||
Dutch pad | ||
English path | ||
Esperanto vojo | ||
Estonian tee | ||
Ewe afᴐmᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) landas | ||
Finnish polku | ||
French chemin | ||
Frisian paad | ||
Galician camiño | ||
Georgian გზა | ||
German pfad | ||
Greek μονοπάτι | ||
Guarani tapepo'i | ||
Gujarati માર્ગ | ||
Haitian Creole chemen | ||
Hausa hanya | ||
Hawaiian ala ala | ||
Hebrew נָתִיב | ||
Hindi पथ | ||
Hmong txoj kev | ||
Hungarian pálya | ||
Icelandic leið | ||
Igbo ụzọ | ||
Ilocano dalan | ||
Indonesian jalan | ||
Irish cosán | ||
Italian sentiero | ||
Japanese 道 | ||
Javanese dalane | ||
Kannada ಮಾರ್ಗ | ||
Kazakh жол | ||
Khmer ផ្លូវ | ||
Kinyarwanda inzira | ||
Konkani मार्ग | ||
Korean 통로 | ||
Krio rod | ||
Kurdish şop | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕێڕەو | ||
Kyrgyz жол | ||
Lao ເສັ້ນທາງ | ||
Latin semita | ||
Latvian ceļš | ||
Lingala nzela | ||
Lithuanian kelias | ||
Luganda ekkubo | ||
Luxembourgish wee | ||
Macedonian патека | ||
Maithili रास्ता | ||
Malagasy lalana | ||
Malay jalan | ||
Malayalam പാത | ||
Maltese triq | ||
Maori ara | ||
Marathi मार्ग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯝꯕꯤ | ||
Mizo kawng | ||
Mongolian зам | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လမ်းကြောင်း | ||
Nepali पथ | ||
Norwegian sti | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) njira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପଥ | ||
Oromo karaa | ||
Pashto لاره | ||
Persian مسیر | ||
Polish ścieżka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) caminho | ||
Punjabi ਮਾਰਗ | ||
Quechua ñan | ||
Romanian cale | ||
Russian путь | ||
Samoan ala | ||
Sanskrit पथं | ||
Scots Gaelic frith-rathad | ||
Sepedi tsela | ||
Serbian пут | ||
Sesotho tsela | ||
Shona nzira | ||
Sindhi رستو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මාර්ගය | ||
Slovak cesta | ||
Slovenian pot | ||
Somali wadada | ||
Spanish camino | ||
Sundanese jalur | ||
Swahili njia | ||
Swedish väg | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) landas | ||
Tajik роҳ | ||
Tamil பாதை | ||
Tatar юл | ||
Telugu మార్గం | ||
Thai เส้นทาง | ||
Tigrinya መንገዲ | ||
Tsonga ndlela | ||
Turkish yol | ||
Turkmen ýol | ||
Twi (Akan) kwan | ||
Ukrainian шлях | ||
Urdu راستہ | ||
Uyghur يول | ||
Uzbek yo'l | ||
Vietnamese con đường | ||
Welsh llwybr | ||
Xhosa umendo | ||
Yiddish דרך | ||
Yoruba ona | ||
Zulu indlela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, 'pad' can also refer to a road or journey, derived from the Dutch word 'pad' with the same meaning. |
| Albanian | Albanian "rrugë" comes from "rri" - "to stay, inhabit" via "rrëgë" and Proto-Albanian "*rege" meaning "place", cognate with "rua" in Latin (street). |
| Amharic | In Amharic, መንገድ (path) can also mean "way" or "manner of doing something." |
| Arabic | In some Arab countries, "مسار" also means "track" in the context of vehicle racing. |
| Armenian | The word "ուղի" (path) in Armenian is also used to refer to a "way", "course", or "method". |
| Azerbaijani | The Turkic word ''yol'' comes from the Proto-Turkic word ''yol'', meaning "direction or way". |
| Basque | The word "bidea" is also used figuratively in Basque to refer to the course of one's life or to a career path. |
| Belarusian | Belarusian “шлях” comes from Proto-Slavic *xolъ that also gave “ход” (“khod”; motion) in Russian; the root is thought to be of Proto-Indo-European origin. |
| Bengali | "পথ" (path) also refers to a system, method, or way of doing something, or to a particular direction or course in which someone moves. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "put" also refers to a road, street, or avenue. |
| Bulgarian | The word "път" is also used to refer to a "way" or "manner" of doing something. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "cami" is ultimately derived from the Latin word "callis" but can also refer to a highway or road depending on the context. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 路径 also means 'method' or 'approach' in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The second character of "路徑" (徑) originally referred to a straight road, and is still used to refer to a direct route today. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "percorsu" has connotations of "passing through" and "travelling", akin to the French "parcours". |
| Croatian | "Stâza" literally means "stop" in Croatian and "path" in most Slavic languages except for Russian and Polish |
| Czech | Cesta in Czech can be used when you 'hit the trail' or even 'hit the road,' but it always implies traveling to a predetermined place. |
| Danish | The word "sti" in Danish is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stei-, which also gives us the English word "steed". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "pad" can also refer to a horse path, a footbridge, or a place to stand or walk on. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "vojo" (path) shares its root with the English word "voyage". |
| Estonian | Although it now commonly refers to a walking path, the word "tee" originally meant "road" and is related to the Finnish word "tie", which has the same meaning. |
| Finnish | The word "polku" in Finnish originally meant "track" or "trail", and can also refer to a road or route. |
| French | The French word "chemin" derives from the Latin "camminus", meaning "a way". It is also used figuratively to refer to a course of action or a journey of life. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "paad" is related to "pad" in Dutch, "path" in English, "Pfad" in German, "padh" in Sanskrit |
| Galician | The Galician word "camiño" also means "way" in a religious sense, as in the pilgrimage route known as the "Camino de Santiago". |
| Georgian | Some speculate that the word "გზა" (path) in Georgian may be related to the Sumerian word "guza" (roadway), but there is no definitive proof of this etymological connection. |
| German | "Pfad" is related to the English word "fat" and is thought to be derived from an Indo-European root meaning "to spread out". |
| Greek | "Μονοπάτι" derives from the Ancient Greek "μόνος" ("alone") and "πάτος" ("way, step"), hence its original meaning of "solitary path". |
| Gujarati | The word "માર્ગ" in Gujarati also means "way", "course", or "method". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "chemen" also means "way" or "road". |
| Hausa | The word "hanya" also means "road" or "way" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word for path, "ala ala," repeats the root word ala ("road") twice, perhaps to emphasize the concept of a well-worn or established route. |
| Hebrew | The word "נָתִיב" can also mean "custom" or "method" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | पथ' ('path') is derived from the Sanskrit root 'path-', meaning 'to go' or 'to travel'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "txoj kev" (path) also means "a way to do something" or "a solution to a problem." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word 'pálya' (path) also refers to an athletic field, racecourse or career, potentially originating from Proto-Hungarian 'pel' or Turkic 'bol'. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "leið" can also refer to "fate" or "destiny." |
| Igbo | Ụzọ can mean 'means' or 'method' and it is related to the verb 'ụzọr' meaning 'to seek'. |
| Indonesian | The word "jalan" is also used as a prefix to refer to a person or an organisation whose role is connected to a road or the act of walking. |
| Irish | In Irish, "cosán" can also refer to a "footpath" or "track". |
| Italian | The Italian word "sentiero" (path) derives from the Latin "semita" (path or way), which in turn derives from the verb "sequi" (to follow). |
| Japanese | The word 道 can also refer to the way or principle of things, or to a particular field of knowledge or skill. |
| Javanese | The word "dalane" in Javanese can also refer to a riverbank or a narrow street. |
| Kannada | The word "ಮಾರ್ಗ" in Kannada derives from the Sanskrit word "मार्ग" meaning "road, way" and its derivatives, as well as possibly from the Proto-Dravidian word *mar "way". |
| Kazakh | "Жол" may mean either a regular path or a specific road in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "ផ្លូវ" in Khmer can also refer to the path of a celestial body. |
| Korean | "통로" means "route" or "channel" in Korean, and can also mean "passage" or "conduit." |
| Kurdish | In Old Kurdish, 'şop' also meant 'track of an animal', while in New Kurdish, it also refers to the 'edge of a roof'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жол" in Kyrgyz is a homonym, meaning also "year" or "age". |
| Latin | While the Latin word "semita" primarily means "path," it also signifies a "narrow path" and can refer to a "direction" or "course of action." |
| Latvian | The word "ceļš" is etymologically related to the Slavic "chod" and Sanskrit "car"/"kr", meaning "to go" or "to move". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "kelias" not only means "path" but also "to move quickly." |
| Luxembourgish | In certain contexts, "Wéi" or "Wée" (the same word) can also refer to a river or stream. |
| Macedonian | In the Struma valley dialects "патека" is used for the edge between the field and the road. |
| Malagasy | "Lalana" also refers to a "row", "line" or "course." |
| Malay | Jalan is also employed to refer to any main thoroughfare, regardless of how it is physically constructed or for what purpose it serves. |
| Malayalam | The word "പാത" also means "method" or "way". |
| Maltese | The word "triq" also refers to the 105 electoral districts in Malta and the three electoral districts in Gozo. |
| Maori | In Maori, 'ara' has other meanings like journey, way, or means, and is often used in a spiritual context, representing the path to enlightenment or knowledge. |
| Marathi | The word 'मार्ग' (path) in Marathi also has alternate meanings, including 'route', 'means', and 'method'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "зам" (path) has been borrowed from the Sanskrit word "yama" (self-control, restraint). |
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| Norwegian | The word "sti" likely originates from the Old Norse term "stigr" which means "narrow path in rough terrain" or, in some circumstances, means "footbridge" when the context is crossing a stream or narrow body of water. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Derived from the Proto-Bantu word *ɲila, meaning "road, path." |
| Pashto | The word "لاره" ("path") in Pashto is derived from the Proto-Iranian "*rāstā" meaning "straight" or "correct". |
| Persian | The Persian word "مسیر" (pronounced "messeer") also refers to a course of action or a career. |
| Polish | "Ścieżka" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *sъtьka, meaning "footpath" or "track." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "caminho" can also mean "way," "road," or "journey." |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਮਾਰਗ' ('path') in Punjabi is cognate with the Sanskrit word 'मार्ग' ('path'), suggesting its Indo-Aryan origins. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "cale" also means "way", "method", or "means". |
| Russian | The word "путь" also means "way" or "route" in Russian, and can refer to a physical path, a metaphorical path, or a course of action. |
| Samoan | The word 'ala' comes from the Proto-Polynesian root *hala, meaning 'road' or 'way', and is cognate with the Hawaiian word 'ala', meaning 'trail'. |
| Scots Gaelic | In older forms of the language, "frith-rathad" could refer to a 'track' or a 'way', especially those used by cattle. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "put" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "pǫtь", which also means "journey". |
| Sesotho | The word "tsela," which means "path," is also used figuratively to refer to someone's journey or life. |
| Shona | "Nzira" in Shona can also mean "rule" or "way of life." |
| Sindhi | The word 'رستو' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'रास्त' which means a straight road. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "මාර්ගය" can also refer to a "means" or "way" in a broader sense, such as a "method" or "course of action." |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "cesta" also means "dough" or "meal" in different linguistic contexts. |
| Slovenian | Pot can also refer to a river in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The Somali word "wadada" originates from the Arabic word "wāḍi", meaning "valley" or "riverbed". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "camino" can also refer to a specific route or journey undertaken by a group of people or animals. |
| Sundanese | In Indonesian, "jalur" can also refer to a lane on a road or a track, while in Sundanese it additionally means a stripe or line. |
| Swahili | Njia can also refer to a way of life, a method, or a system. |
| Swedish | Although "väg" primarily means "path," it can also refer to a "road" or "way" more generally. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In older uses, 'landas' also meant 'roadway' or 'track', or more specifically a 'racecourse', and was related to the word 'landas' meaning 'speed' |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "роҳ" is derived from the Persian word "راه" meaning "way" or "road". |
| Tamil | பாதை also means 'track, way, course, direction, side, road, path of the sun, row, line, succession, series, turn, mode, manner, means, method, rule, law, order, way, custom, usage, institution, habit, practice, fashion.' |
| Telugu | The word "మార్గం" (path) also refers to a specific mode of performing classical Indian music or dance. |
| Thai | The word "เส้นทาง" (path) in Thai also means "way," "route," or "line." |
| Turkish | The word "yol" can also refer to a method, way, or technique. |
| Ukrainian | The word "шлях" in Ukrainian can also mean "nobleman" or "noble assembly", and is derived from Proto-Slavic *xolxъ, meaning "walking". |
| Urdu | The word "راستہ" is related to the Sanskrit word "rstha," which means "straight" or "direct." |
| Uzbek | The term "yo'l" derives from the Old Turkic word "yol" and ultimately stems from the Proto-Sino-Tibetan root for "go, come". |
| Vietnamese | The word "con đường" in Vietnamese can also refer to a road or a way to achieve something. |
| Welsh | The word "llwybr" also means "way" or "course" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'umendo' means 'path', but it can also be used to refer to a 'way of life'. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "דרך" can refer to a path, a manner, or a tradition. |
| Yoruba | Ọ̀nà derives from the Yorùbá word “Ọ̀nà” which means “way of life,” hence its use to describe a religious pathway; Ọ̀nà Àgbà in this sense describes the “ancestral way” (Àgbà) |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "indlela" has an alternate meaning: "the way or method of doing something." |
| English | The word "path" derives from the Proto-Indo-European word "*pent-," meaning "to go, travel, or journey." |