Planning in Different Languages
Discover 'Planning' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Planning
Afrikaans beplanning | ||
Albanian planifikimi | ||
Amharic እቅድ ማውጣት | ||
Arabic التخطيط | ||
Armenian պլանավորում | ||
Assamese পৰিকল্পনা কৰা | ||
Aymara amtaña | ||
Azerbaijani planlaşdırma | ||
Bambara bolodacogo | ||
Basque plangintza | ||
Belarusian планаванне | ||
Bengali পরিকল্পনা | ||
Bhojpuri योजना बनावत बानी | ||
Bosnian planiranje | ||
Bulgarian планиране | ||
Catalan planificació | ||
Cebuano pagplano | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 规划 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 規劃 | ||
Corsican pianificazione | ||
Croatian planiranje | ||
Czech plánování | ||
Danish planlægning | ||
Dhivehi ޕްލޭނިންގ | ||
Dogri योजना बनाना | ||
Dutch planning | ||
English planning | ||
Esperanto planado | ||
Estonian planeerimine | ||
Ewe ɖoɖowɔwɔ ɖe nu ŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagpaplano | ||
Finnish suunnittelu | ||
French planification | ||
Frisian planning | ||
Galician planificación | ||
Georgian დაგეგმვა | ||
German planung | ||
Greek σχεδίαση | ||
Guarani planificación rehegua | ||
Gujarati આયોજન | ||
Haitian Creole planifikasyon | ||
Hausa shiryawa | ||
Hawaiian hoʻolālā | ||
Hebrew תִכנוּן | ||
Hindi योजना | ||
Hmong kev npaj | ||
Hungarian tervezés | ||
Icelandic skipulagningu | ||
Igbo na-eme atụmatụ | ||
Ilocano panagplano | ||
Indonesian perencanaan | ||
Irish pleanáil | ||
Italian pianificazione | ||
Japanese 計画 | ||
Javanese ngrancang | ||
Kannada ಯೋಜನೆ | ||
Kazakh жоспарлау | ||
Khmer ការធ្វើផែនការ | ||
Kinyarwanda igenamigambi | ||
Konkani नियोजन करप | ||
Korean 계획 | ||
Krio fɔ plan fɔ du sɔntin | ||
Kurdish pîlankirinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پلاندانان | ||
Kyrgyz пландаштыруу | ||
Lao ການວາງແຜນ | ||
Latin consilio | ||
Latvian plānošana | ||
Lingala kosala mwango | ||
Lithuanian planavimas | ||
Luganda okuteekateeka | ||
Luxembourgish plangen | ||
Macedonian планирање | ||
Maithili योजना बनाबय के काज | ||
Malagasy fandrindrampiterahana | ||
Malay merancang | ||
Malayalam ആസൂത്രണം | ||
Maltese ippjanar | ||
Maori whakamahere | ||
Marathi नियोजन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄ꯭ꯂꯥꯅꯤꯡ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo ruahmanna siam a ni | ||
Mongolian төлөвлөлт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စီမံကိန်း | ||
Nepali योजना गर्दै | ||
Norwegian planlegger | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kukonzekera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଯୋଜନା | ||
Oromo karoora baasuu | ||
Pashto پلان جوړول | ||
Persian برنامه ریزی | ||
Polish planowanie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) planejamento | ||
Punjabi ਯੋਜਨਾਬੰਦੀ | ||
Quechua planificación nisqamanta | ||
Romanian planificare | ||
Russian планирование | ||
Samoan fuafuaina | ||
Sanskrit योजना | ||
Scots Gaelic dealbhadh | ||
Sepedi go rulaganya | ||
Serbian планирање | ||
Sesotho ho rera | ||
Shona kuronga | ||
Sindhi منصوبابندي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සැලසුම් | ||
Slovak plánovanie | ||
Slovenian načrtovanje | ||
Somali qorshaynta | ||
Spanish planificación | ||
Sundanese perencanaan | ||
Swahili kupanga | ||
Swedish planera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagpaplano | ||
Tajik банақшагирӣ | ||
Tamil திட்டமிடல் | ||
Tatar планлаштыру | ||
Telugu ప్రణాళిక | ||
Thai การวางแผน | ||
Tigrinya ውጥን ምውጻእ እዩ። | ||
Tsonga ku pulana | ||
Turkish planlama | ||
Turkmen meýilleşdirmek | ||
Twi (Akan) nhyehyɛe a wɔyɛ | ||
Ukrainian планування | ||
Urdu منصوبہ بندی | ||
Uyghur پىلانلاش | ||
Uzbek rejalashtirish | ||
Vietnamese lập kế hoạch | ||
Welsh cynllunio | ||
Xhosa ucwangciso | ||
Yiddish פּלאַנירונג | ||
Yoruba igbogun | ||
Zulu ukuhlela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "beplanning" in Afrikaans can also mean "to plot" or "to conspire". |
| Albanian | The word "planifikimi" derives from the Latin "planificare," meaning "to make a plan". |
| Amharic | The term "እቅድ ማውጣት" (planning) in Amharic can also mean "to make a plan" or "to devise a strategy". |
| Arabic | The word "التخطيط" in Arabic encompasses both the concepts of "planning" and "drawing", highlighting its dual usage for strategic decision-making and graphical representation. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "պլանավորում" (planning) is derived from the Greek word "πλάνος" (wanderer), suggesting the idea of creating a course of action with flexibility and adaptability. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "planlaşdırma" derives from the French word "planification", meaning "the action or process of making plans". In addition, "planlaşdırma" can also refer to the process of preparing a plan for an event or project.} |
| Basque | The Basque word "plangintza" is derived from the Latin "planctus", meaning "a beating or striking". The word also has the alternate meaning of "a lament or mourning". |
| Bengali | পরিকল্পনা can also mean 'plot' or 'scheme' |
| Bosnian | "Planiranje" can also refer to a surface or area, as in a flat plain or the surface of a table. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "планиране" also means "scheduling". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "planificació" also means "the action or process of making or carrying out a plan". |
| Cebuano | The word "pagplano" can also refer to the process of creating or formulating a plan, or to the plan itself once it has been created. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 规划 in Chinese can also mean 'layout' or 'design'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese character “規劃” can also mean “map” or “to divide something into sections,” and derives from the oracle bone script of an arrow aimed at a square target. |
| Corsican | Pianificazione is a Corsican word with several meanings, including 'planning,' 'preparation,' and 'organization.' |
| Croatian | The word "planiranje" in Croatian can also refer to the concept of "planning" in the context of urban development and architectural design. |
| Czech | "Plánování" is a derivative of the verb "plánovat" (to plan), which is derived from the German word "Plan" (plan). |
| Danish | The Danish word "planlægning" also means "plotting". |
| Dutch | Plannen comes from the French word 'plan', meaning 'flat surface' or 'drawing'. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, “planado” can also refer to the process of leveling out a surface to make it flat or smooth. |
| Estonian | In addition to its primary meaning of "planning," "planeerimine" can also refer to "grooming" or "planing," likely due to its root in the word "plaan," meaning "plan." |
| Finnish | Suunnittelu (roughly translating to "planning" in English) comes from the verb suunnata (roughly translating to "to set a course" in English). |
| French | French word "Planification" is derived from Latin "planus" meaning "flat" and describes the process of making a plan or project. |
| Frisian | It comes from the Old West Frisian word 'plan,' meaning 'level'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "planificación" is also used to refer to the process of making plans or the result of planning. |
| German | In archaic German, 'Planung' referred to flat surfaces, like a smooth wooden beam or a wooden door. |
| Greek | In classical Greek, σχεδίαση meant 'drawing', 'sketch'. |
| Gujarati | આયોજન can also mean "arrangement, organization, or management." |
| Haitian Creole | planifikasyon is derived from the French word "planification" and also means "design" or "project". |
| Hausa | The word "shiryawa" in Hausa is derived from the Arabic word "shirah," meaning "a path, way, or road." |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻolālā" originated from two words: "hoʻo" (to cause) and "lālā" (to dream), suggesting a process of bringing dreams into reality through careful planning. |
| Hebrew | The word תִכנוּן (tiknun) also means "fixing" or "repairing" in Hebrew, reflecting its use in both the context of physical structures and intangible concepts. |
| Hindi | The word 'योजना' also means 'arrangement' or 'scheme' in Hindi, and is cognate with the English word 'yoke'. |
| Hmong | Kev npaj derives from the root word “npaj”, which means “to prepare” or “to make ready”. |
| Hungarian | The word 'tervezés' also means 'design', as in the design of a building or a product. |
| Icelandic | The word "skipulagningu" in Icelandic originates from the Old Norse word "skipulag", meaning "arrangement" or "order." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word na-eme atụmatụ literally translates to 'to make projections' in English, highlighting its dynamic and anticipatory nature. |
| Indonesian | Although it shares its root word with 'rancang' (meaning 'design'), 'perencanaan' also translates to 'planning' in English. |
| Irish | The Irish word "pleanáil" is derived from the Latin "planus," meaning "flat" or "level," and originally referred to a flat surface on which plans were drawn. |
| Italian | The word "pianificazione" comes from the Latin word "planus," meaning "flat" or "level," and originally referred to the process of leveling land for building or agriculture. |
| Japanese | The term 計画 in Japanese can also refer to an event, schedule, or program. |
| Javanese | "Ngrancang" also means "walking with spread legs" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word ಯೋಜನೆ (yojana) comes from the Sanskrit word "yuja"," meaning "to join". |
| Kazakh | The word "жоспарлау" not only means "planning" but also "scheme" or "plot" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | "계획" is also used to refer to a plot or scheme |
| Kurdish | The etymology of the word "pîlankirinî" can be traced back to the Old Persian "parikara", meaning "to prepare" or "to arrange". |
| Latin | The word "consilio" also means "meeting" or "assembly". |
| Latvian | Plānošana derives from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "flat" or "level". |
| Lithuanian | Planavimas is also the present active participle of the verb "planuoti" ("to plan") in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | Etymology: French "plan" = English "plan"; German "Planung" "planning"; English "to plan" |
| Macedonian | "Планирање" derives from the Proto-Slavic verb *planiti, meaning "to spread out, to lay flat". |
| Malagasy | The word "fandrindrampiterahana" literally translates to "the art of thinking about the future" |
| Malay | The Malay word "merancang" is cognate with the Javanese word "rancang", meaning "a design or blueprint". |
| Malayalam | The word "ആസൂത്രണം" in Malayalam has alternate meanings such as "foresight" and "prudence." |
| Maltese | The term **ippjanar** is ultimately derived from the Latin "planis" (flat, even), and also has the meanings 'to flatten', 'to smooth' or 'to iron' in Maltese. |
| Maori | The word "whakamahere" can also mean "to intend, to purpose, or to design". |
| Marathi | In its original form, the word नियोजन refers to the act of fixing a marriage. |
| Mongolian | Төлөвлөлт (planning) is the Cyrillic spelling of the English word "planning" and may also refer to an individual's physical appearance or characteristics. |
| Nepali | योजना गर्दै, meaning "planning" in Nepali, is derived from the Sanskrit root "yuj", meaning "to join or unite." |
| Norwegian | The word "planlegger" comes from the Old Norse word "plon", meaning "flat surface". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kukonzekera" in Chichewa also means "to prepare" or "to arrange". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پلان جوړول" can also mean "to scheme" or "to plot". |
| Persian | The Persian word "برنامه ریزی" also refers to the scheduling and execution of a program by a computer. |
| Polish | The Polish word planowanie can also refer to flat, level terrain and derives from the Latin word 'planus,' meaning 'flat.' |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Planejamento in Portuguese is derived from the French word "plan" and can also refer to a "sketch" or "drawing" |
| Romanian | The word "planificare" derives from the Latin word "planus," meaning "flat" or "even," and the suffix "-ficare," meaning "to make." |
| Russian | "Планирование" is derived from the Latin word "planus" (flat) and can also refer to flat surfaces or terrain. |
| Samoan | Fuafuaina is also used to describe someone who is thoughtful, careful, and responsible. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic for “planning” is “dealbhadh” pronounced “jal-vaa”, cognate with “dealbh” meaning a “picture” or “image” |
| Serbian | Serbian ščćčćąđ čďąđ ("planning") is a word of Slavic origin, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *ščćčćąđ, meaning "to count" or "to calculate." |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "ho rera" can also mean "to think" or "to devise" a plan. |
| Shona | The word 'kuronga' in Shona, meaning 'planning', is derived from the verb 'kuronga', meaning 'to weave' or 'to plait'. |
| Sindhi | The word "منصوبابندي" in Sindhi, which means "planning," shares its root with the Arabic word "نصب," meaning "to set up," and "بند," meaning "to bind," reflecting the concept of binding together a set of actions to achieve a desired outcome. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "සැලසුම්" can also refer to a proposal or design, showcasing its versatile nature beyond "planning". |
| Slovak | The word "plánovanie" is derived from the Latin word "planus", meaning "flat" or "level", and is related to the concept of creating a flat or level surface on which something can be built. |
| Slovenian | "Načrtovanje" is a cognate of the Russian word "nachertaniye" and can also mean "sketching" or "drawing". |
| Somali | The word "qorshaynta" in Somali shares an etymological link to the term "qur'aan," meaning "to read" and "recite." |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "planificación" can also refer to the process of drafting a plan or the finished plan itself. |
| Sundanese | Perencanaan originates from the word 'rencana' which means 'plan' or 'intention'. |
| Swahili | The word 'kupanga' in Swahili can also mean 'to arrange' or 'to put in order'. |
| Swedish | Planera also means "to flatten" or "to pave" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Pagpaplano's root word "plano" originated from the Spanish word "plan" in the 16th century, reflecting the historical influence of Spanish colonizers on Tagalog vocabulary. |
| Tajik | The word "банақшагирӣ" can also refer to "plotting" or "scheming" in some contexts. |
| Tamil | The word "திட்டமிடல்" in Tamil can also refer to the process of creating a plan or scheme. |
| Telugu | "ప్రణాళిక" is the Telugu word for "planning", derived from the Sanskrit word "pranali" meaning "channel, plan, or path of action." |
| Thai | The Thai word "การวางแผน" ("planning") originally comes from the Sanskrit word "karma"} |
| Turkish | Turkish "planlama" also means "drawing up a battle plan" or "a drawing or map of a battle plan" in Ottoman Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "планування" can also refer to the layout or design of a building or space. |
| Urdu | Derived from "صوبا" meaning "province"; originally referred to "provincial administration" or "government's plans for the provinces". |
| Uzbek | The word "rejalashtirish" in Uzbek also means "to set a goal" or "to make a plan". |
| Vietnamese | "Lập kế hoạch" comes from two Chinese characters: "lập" (to set up, to plan) and "kế hoạch" (a plan, a scheme). |
| Welsh | "Cynllunio" also means "conspiracy" or "plot" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | 'Ucwango' in Xhosa also means 'the law' or 'the constitution', and 'ciso' means 'to set' or 'to appoint'. The word 'ucwangciso' thus encompasses the ideas of setting the law or constitution, and planning. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּלאַנירונג" could be derived from the German word "planieren" meaning "to level". |
| Yoruba | Igbo, a Yoruba word meaning forest or clearing, could be a metaphor for the clearing up of ideas during the planning process. |
| Zulu | "Ukuhlela" comes from the verb "ukuhlela," meaning "to be in order" or "to be tidy or well-arranged." |
| English | In Middle French, the phrase "à la plane" means "straight on"; thus the original meaning of "plan" is "flat map". |