Philosophy in Different Languages
Discover 'Philosophy' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Philosophy
Afrikaans filosofie | ||
Albanian filozofi | ||
Amharic ፍልስፍና | ||
Arabic فلسفة | ||
Armenian փիլիսոփայություն | ||
Assamese দৰ্শন | ||
Aymara philusuphiya | ||
Azerbaijani fəlsəfə | ||
Bambara filo | ||
Basque filosofia | ||
Belarusian філасофія | ||
Bengali দর্শন | ||
Bhojpuri दरसन | ||
Bosnian filozofija | ||
Bulgarian философия | ||
Catalan filosofia | ||
Cebuano pilosopiya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 哲学 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 哲學 | ||
Corsican filusufia | ||
Croatian filozofija | ||
Czech filozofie | ||
Danish filosofi | ||
Dhivehi ފިލޯސޮފީ | ||
Dogri दर्शनशास्तर | ||
Dutch filosofie | ||
English philosophy | ||
Esperanto filozofio | ||
Estonian filosoofia | ||
Ewe nunya | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pilosopiya | ||
Finnish filosofia | ||
French philosophie | ||
Frisian filosofy | ||
Galician filosofía | ||
Georgian ფილოსოფია | ||
German philosophie | ||
Greek φιλοσοφία | ||
Guarani arandupukuaaty | ||
Gujarati ફિલસૂફી | ||
Haitian Creole filozofi | ||
Hausa falsafar | ||
Hawaiian akeakamai | ||
Hebrew פִילוֹסוֹפִיָה | ||
Hindi दर्शन | ||
Hmong kev xav | ||
Hungarian filozófia | ||
Icelandic heimspeki | ||
Igbo nkà ihe ọmụma | ||
Ilocano pilosopiya | ||
Indonesian filsafat | ||
Irish fealsúnacht | ||
Italian filosofia | ||
Japanese 哲学 | ||
Javanese filsafat | ||
Kannada ತತ್ವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ | ||
Kazakh философия | ||
Khmer ទស្សនវិជ្ជា | ||
Kinyarwanda filozofiya | ||
Konkani तत्वज्ञान | ||
Korean 철학 | ||
Krio mɔtalman sɛns | ||
Kurdish feylesofî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فەلسەفە | ||
Kyrgyz философия | ||
Lao ປັດຊະຍາ | ||
Latin philosophy | ||
Latvian filozofija | ||
Lingala filozofi | ||
Lithuanian filosofija | ||
Luganda obufirosoofo | ||
Luxembourgish philosophie | ||
Macedonian филозофија | ||
Maithili दर्शन | ||
Malagasy filôzôfia | ||
Malay falsafah | ||
Malayalam തത്ത്വചിന്ത | ||
Maltese filosofija | ||
Maori rapunga whakaaro | ||
Marathi तत्वज्ञान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯉꯨꯂꯣꯜ | ||
Mizo thil bul chhuina | ||
Mongolian гүн ухаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဒphilosophန | ||
Nepali दर्शन | ||
Norwegian filosofi | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nzeru | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦର୍ଶନ | ||
Oromo falaasama | ||
Pashto فلسفه | ||
Persian فلسفه | ||
Polish filozofia | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) filosofia | ||
Punjabi ਦਰਸ਼ਨ | ||
Quechua filosofía | ||
Romanian filozofie | ||
Russian философия | ||
Samoan filosofia | ||
Sanskrit दर्शनशास्त्र | ||
Scots Gaelic feallsanachd | ||
Sepedi filosofi | ||
Serbian филозофија | ||
Sesotho filosofi | ||
Shona uzivi | ||
Sindhi فلسفو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දර්ශනය | ||
Slovak filozofia | ||
Slovenian filozofijo | ||
Somali falsafada | ||
Spanish filosofía | ||
Sundanese filsafat | ||
Swahili falsafa | ||
Swedish filosofi | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pilosopiya | ||
Tajik фалсафа | ||
Tamil தத்துவம் | ||
Tatar фәлсәфә | ||
Telugu తత్వశాస్త్రం | ||
Thai ปรัชญา | ||
Tigrinya ፍልስፍና | ||
Tsonga filosofi | ||
Turkish felsefe | ||
Turkmen pelsepe | ||
Twi (Akan) felɔsɔfi | ||
Ukrainian філософія | ||
Urdu فلسفہ | ||
Uyghur پەلسەپە | ||
Uzbek falsafa | ||
Vietnamese triết học | ||
Welsh athroniaeth | ||
Xhosa ifilosofi | ||
Yiddish פילאזאפיע | ||
Yoruba imoye | ||
Zulu ifilosofi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Filosofie" in Afrikaans can refer to either "philosophy" or "philosophy of life". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "filozofi" derives from the Greek "philosophia" and can also refer to "love of knowledge" or "wisdom-loving." |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ፍልስፍና" is derived from the Greek word "φιλοσοφία," meaning "love of wisdom." |
| Arabic | فلسفة can also refer to astrology, metaphysics, mathematics and alchemy |
| Basque | The Basque word "filosofia" can also mean "love of science". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "філасофія" (filosofiya) is derived from the Greek word "φιλοσοφία," which literally means "love of wisdom." |
| Bengali | The word "দর্শন" in Bengali can also refer to the act of seeing, a vision, or a view. |
| Bosnian | The word "filozofija" is derived from the Greek word "philosophia", which means "love of wisdom". In Bosnian, it can also refer to the study of religion or religious philosophy. |
| Bulgarian | The word "философия" comes from the Greek words "φιλο" (philo), meaning "love," and "σοφία" (sophia), meaning "wisdom," and can also mean "love of wisdom" or "pursuit of wisdom." |
| Catalan | The word "filosofia" is derived from Greek "φιλοσοφία" [philosophia], meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, 'pilosopiya' also refers to a person who is perceived as wise or intelligent. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 『哲学』一词源于古希腊语，最初指的是对智慧和真理的追求。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "哲學" is derived from the Greek word "philosophia," meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Corsican | The word "filusufia" in Corsican derives from the Greek word "philosophia", meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Croatian | Filozofija can also mean 'love of wisdom' in Croatian, a nod to its Greek origins (φιλοσοφία - philo and sophia). |
| Czech | The term "filozofie" originates from the Greek "philosophia" meaning "love of wisdom" or "pursuit of knowledge". |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "filosofi" has the additional connotation of "serene melancholy". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "filosofie" originally meant "love of wisdom", but now also refers to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. |
| Esperanto | Filozofio comes from the Greek word "philosophia," meaning "love of wisdom" |
| Estonian | Filosoofia also means 'wisdom' in Greek. |
| Finnish | The word "filosofia" comes from the Late Latin "philosophia" and the Greek "philosophia", meaning "love of wisdom," and is a combination of the words "philo" (love) and "sophia" (wisdom). |
| French | "Philosophie" in French also refers to a stone used by alchemists to make the philosopher's stone. |
| Frisian | The word "filosofy" in Frisian is derived from the Greek "philosophia", meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Galician | In Galician, "filosofía" can also mean "wisdom" or "knowledge". |
| Georgian | The suffix "ia" in Georgian means an "ism" or an "ology". |
| German | In German, Philosophie can also refer to a doctorate in humanities or social sciences. |
| Greek | "Φιλοσοφία" (philosophy) derives from the Greek word "φιλεῖν" (philein) meaning "to love" and "σοφία" (sophia) meaning "wisdom." |
| Gujarati | ફિલસૂફી' (philosophy) originates from the Greek word 'philosophia', which is derived from the Greek words 'philos' (love) and 'sophia' (wisdom). |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, filozofi is also used to refer to a profound or thoughtful reflection on a topic. |
| Hausa | Derived from Arabic falsafah (philosophy), from Greek philosophia (love of wisdom). |
| Hawaiian | 'Aka' also means 'eyesight, sight, look,' from which it may be derived; hence wisdom and understanding; and in some cases, it means an incantation. |
| Hebrew | The word "pilosopiya" in Hebrew is derived from the Greek word "philosophia," meaning "love of wisdom." |
| Hindi | "दर्शन" can also mean 'seeing', 'sight' or 'visiting' in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The term "kev xav" can also refer to a system of knowledge or a body of principles guiding human conduct. |
| Hungarian | The word "filozófia" originally meant "love of wisdom" in ancient Greek, and can also refer to a system of beliefs or a way of life. |
| Icelandic | Heimr means 'world', speki means 'wisdom'. Thus philosophy is 'world wisdom'. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "nkà ihe ọmụma" translates to "the art of knowing" or "the science of knowledge." |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "filsafat" comes from the Arabic word "falsafah", which originally meant "the love of wisdom" in Ancient Greek. |
| Irish | The word 'fealsúnacht' originates from the Old Irish term 'feallsa' meaning 'wisdom' or 'knowledge' |
| Italian | The Italian word 'filosofia' derives from the Greek word 'philosophia', which literally means 'love of wisdom'. |
| Japanese | The term '哲学' (tetsugaku) can also refer to 'love of learning' or 'love of wisdom'. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "filsafat" is derived from the Arabic word "falsafah" and also means "logic" in Javanese. |
| Kazakh | "Философия" (philosophy) comes from the Greek word "φιλοσοφία" (philosophia), which means "love of wisdom." |
| Khmer | The term "ទស្សនវិជ្ជា" is derived from Sanskrit and Pali, with its root in "दर्शन," meaning "to see" or "to perceive." |
| Korean | 철학 initially meant 'to study the laws of governing people' in Hanja, but its current meaning evolved under the influence of Western philosophy. |
| Kurdish | The word "feylesofî" ultimately derives from the Greek "philosophia", meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "философия" (philosophy) is derived from the Greek word "φιλοσοφία" (philosophia), which means "love of wisdom". |
| Latin | The Latin word "philosophia" derives from the Greek "philosophia," meaning "the love of wisdom or knowledge." |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "filozofija" not only means "philosophy" but can also refer to "wisdom" or "love of knowledge." |
| Lithuanian | The word "filosofija" comes from the Greek "philosophia", which means "love of wisdom." |
| Luxembourgish | Philosophie also has the meaning 'wisdom' in Luxembourgish |
| Macedonian | "Филозофија" derives from the Greek words "philein" (love) and "sophia" (wisdom), but it also has the colloquial meaning of "pretentious, unnecessary talk" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "filôzôfia" is derived from the Greek words "philos" (love) and "sophia" (wisdom). |
| Malay | The word 'falsafah' is derived from the Arabic word 'falāsifah', which means 'philosophers'. |
| Malayalam | The word 'തത്ത്വചിന്ത' ('philosophy' in Malayalam) comes from the Sanskrit root 'tattva', meaning 'principle' or 'reality', and 'chinta', meaning 'thought'. |
| Maltese | The word "filosofija" is derived from the Greek word "philosophia", which means "love of wisdom." |
| Maori | The term 'rapunga whakaaro' in Maori can also refer to the concept of 'deep thinking' or 'profound contemplation'. |
| Marathi | "तत्वज्ञान" also means 'knowledge of elements' and 'knowledge of truth'. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, "гүн ухаан" is cognate to the Evenki "gun uxaŋa" and means "a profound, wise word, advice, philosophy." |
| Nepali | दर्शन also means 'sight', 'view', 'vision', 'audience', and the 'act of seeing' in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Filosofi" can also mean "wisdom" or "knowledge" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Nzeru" is derived from two words, "ku-ndziwa+umulo," meaning "knowledge to understand"} |
| Pashto | The word "فلسفه" in Pashto originates from the Greek word "philosophia" meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Persian | The word "فلسفه" can also refer to "knowledge of something" or "a set of principles that guide one's conduct" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "filozofia" comes from the Greek word "philosophia" and its literal meaning is "love of wisdom." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "filosofia" also means "love of knowledge" or "science" |
| Punjabi | Derived from the Sanskrit word “दर्शन” (darśana), which means “to see” or “to behold,” the word “ਦਰਸ਼ਨ” (darśan) in Punjabi denotes a philosophical system or a way of perceiving the world. |
| Romanian | The word "filozofie" is derived from the Greek word "philosophia", meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Russian | In Russian, “философия” also means 'love of wisdom' and 'science'. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "filosofia" can also mean "theology" or "wisdom." |
| Scots Gaelic | Feallsanachd derives from the Greek "philosophia" meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Serbian | Фιλοσοφία is a Greek word meaning love of wisdom. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "filosofi" can also refer to a type of traditional medicine or witchcraft. |
| Shona | The word 'uzivi' also means 'the way of life' |
| Sindhi | The word "فلسفو" ultimately derives from the Greek "philosophia", meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "දර්ශනය" can also mean "a vision" or "a point of view" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | "Filozofia" (philosophy) comes from the Greek "philosophia", meaning "love of knowledge" or "love of wisdom". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "filozofijo" is ultimately derived from the Greek "philosophia," meaning "love of wisdom," but in modern Slovenian, it also refers to "academic disciplines." |
| Somali | The word "falsafada" in Somali is also used to mean "wisdom" or "knowledge". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "filosofía" derives from the Greek word "philosophia," meaning "love of wisdom" or "the pursuit of knowledge." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the term "filsafat" not only refers to philosophy but also carries the meanings of "wisdom" and "knowledge". |
| Swahili | The word 'falsafa' in Swahili is derived from the Arabic word 'falsafah' meaning 'logic' |
| Swedish | The Swedish word 'filosofi', derived from Greek, originally referred to the study of the seven liberal arts, not just philosophy. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'pilosopiya' originated from the Greek word 'philosophia', which means 'love of wisdom'. In the Philippines, it is also commonly used to refer to traditional beliefs and practices. |
| Tajik | The word "фалсафа" in Tajik originates from the Greek word "φιλοσοφία" (philosophia), meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Telugu | The word "తత్వశాస్త్రం" (tatvashasthram) in Telugu means "the science of principles", and is also used to refer to "a system of thought" or "a world-view". |
| Thai | " ปรัชญา " is an abstract noun derived from Sanskrit, meaning "love of wisdom" or "search for knowledge." |
| Turkish | The word "felsefe" is derived from the Greek word "philosophia", which means "love of wisdom". |
| Ukrainian | The word "філософія" is derived from the Greek words "φιλο- " (philo-), meaning "love of" or "interest in", and "σοφία" (sophia), meaning "wisdom" or "knowledge". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "فلسفہ" has roots in Greek and is related to the concept of "love of wisdom". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, 'falsafa' ultimately comes from the Greek word 'philosophia', meaning 'love of wisdom'. |
| Vietnamese | The word "triết học" is derived from the Greek words "philo" and "sophia", meaning "love of wisdom". |
| Welsh | The word "athroniaeth" derives from the Greek word "philosophia", which means "love of wisdom". |
| Xhosa | The word 'ifilosofi' is derived from the Greek word 'philosophia', meaning 'love of wisdom' or 'pursuit of knowledge'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'פילאזאפיע' ultimately derives from the ancient Greek word 'philosophia', meaning 'love of wisdom'. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, the word "imoye" also denotes "science" or "knowledge of the natural world." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word for philosophy, "ifilosofi," is derived from the Greek word "philosophia," meaning "love of wisdom." |
| English | The English word "philosophy" is derived from the Ancient Greek "philosophia", which literally means "love of wisdom" and originally denoted the pursuit of knowledge through reasoning and logic. |