Reason in Different Languages
Discover 'Reason' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Reason
Afrikaans rede | ||
Albanian arsyen | ||
Amharic ምክንያት | ||
Arabic السبب | ||
Armenian պատճառ | ||
Assamese কাৰণ | ||
Aymara rasunanitawa. | ||
Azerbaijani səbəb | ||
Bambara kun | ||
Basque arrazoia | ||
Belarusian прычына | ||
Bengali কারণ | ||
Bhojpuri कारन | ||
Bosnian razlog | ||
Bulgarian причина | ||
Catalan raó | ||
Cebuano katarungan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 原因 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 原因 | ||
Corsican raghjone | ||
Croatian razlog | ||
Czech důvod | ||
Danish grund | ||
Dhivehi ސަބަބު | ||
Dogri कारण | ||
Dutch reden | ||
English reason | ||
Esperanto kialo | ||
Estonian põhjust | ||
Ewe susu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) dahilan | ||
Finnish syy | ||
French raison | ||
Frisian reden | ||
Galician razón | ||
Georgian მიზეზი | ||
German grund | ||
Greek λόγος | ||
Guarani temiandu | ||
Gujarati કારણ | ||
Haitian Creole rezon | ||
Hausa dalili | ||
Hawaiian kumu | ||
Hebrew סיבה | ||
Hindi कारण | ||
Hmong vim li cas | ||
Hungarian ok | ||
Icelandic ástæða | ||
Igbo ihe kpatara | ||
Ilocano rason | ||
Indonesian alasan | ||
Irish chúis | ||
Italian motivo | ||
Japanese 理由 | ||
Javanese alesan | ||
Kannada ಕಾರಣ | ||
Kazakh себебі | ||
Khmer ហេតុផល | ||
Kinyarwanda impamvu | ||
Konkani कारण | ||
Korean 이유 | ||
Krio rizin | ||
Kurdish semed | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هۆکار | ||
Kyrgyz себеп | ||
Lao ເຫດຜົນ | ||
Latin ratio | ||
Latvian iemesls | ||
Lingala ntina | ||
Lithuanian priežastis | ||
Luganda ensonga | ||
Luxembourgish grond | ||
Macedonian разум | ||
Maithili कारण | ||
Malagasy antony | ||
Malay akal | ||
Malayalam കാരണം | ||
Maltese raġuni | ||
Maori take | ||
Marathi कारण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯝ | ||
Mizo chhan | ||
Mongolian шалтгаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကြောင်းပြချက် | ||
Nepali कारण | ||
Norwegian grunnen til | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kulingalira | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାରଣ | ||
Oromo sababa | ||
Pashto دلیل | ||
Persian دلیل | ||
Polish powód | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) razão | ||
Punjabi ਕਾਰਨ | ||
Quechua imarayku | ||
Romanian motiv | ||
Russian причина | ||
Samoan mafuaaga | ||
Sanskrit कारणम् | ||
Scots Gaelic adhbhar | ||
Sepedi lebaka | ||
Serbian разлог | ||
Sesotho lebaka | ||
Shona chikonzero | ||
Sindhi سبب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හේතුව | ||
Slovak dôvod | ||
Slovenian razlog | ||
Somali sabab | ||
Spanish razón | ||
Sundanese alesan | ||
Swahili sababu | ||
Swedish anledning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) dahilan | ||
Tajik сабаб | ||
Tamil காரணம் | ||
Tatar сәбәп | ||
Telugu కారణం | ||
Thai เหตุผล | ||
Tigrinya ምኽንያት | ||
Tsonga xivangelo | ||
Turkish sebep | ||
Turkmen sebäp | ||
Twi (Akan) sɛnti | ||
Ukrainian причина | ||
Urdu وجہ | ||
Uyghur سەۋەب | ||
Uzbek sabab | ||
Vietnamese lý do | ||
Welsh rheswm | ||
Xhosa isizathu | ||
Yiddish סיבה | ||
Yoruba idi | ||
Zulu isizathu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "rede" derives from the Dutch word "reden", meaning "speech, reason, or cause". |
| Albanian | The word "arsyen" may also mean "judgment", "understanding", or "sense". |
| Amharic | The word ምክንያት can also mean 'explanation' or 'motive'. |
| Arabic | The word "السبب" (reason) in Arabic also refers to a cause, motive, or purpose. |
| Armenian | The term “պատճառ” can refer both to the cause of something and the consequence or result of an action. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "səbəb" is derived from the Arabic "sabab", which also means "cause, motive, or origin." |
| Basque | The word "arrazoia" in Basque can also refer to a "cause" or a "motive". |
| Belarusian | The word "прычына" derives from Old Belarusian "причина" and could also mean the legal grounds for something. |
| Bengali | The word "কারণ" also signifies "cause" or "purpose" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "razlog" is also occasionally used to refer to a small valley, especially a fertile, flat one. |
| Bulgarian | The word "причина" can also mean "cause" or "origin" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | Catalan "raó" comes from Latin "ratio" (calculation, reason) and has evolved to mean "right" in addition to "reason". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character “因” in “原因” also appears in other common words like “姻缘” (marriage or fate), suggesting a connection between reason and relationships. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "因" in "原因" means "to give birth to," and the character "果" means "consequence." |
| Corsican | The word "raghjone" comes from the Latin word "ratio" and also means "proportion" or "method" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The word "razlog" originally meant "distinction" or "difference" in Old Slavic, and it still retains this meaning in some Slavic languages like Russian. |
| Czech | "Důvod" in Czech comes from proto-Slavic and also means „proof" or "evidence". |
| Danish | Grund, a Scandinavian term meaning 'rock', has been used in Danish since the 14th century. |
| Dutch | Dutch "reden" also means "to speak" and originates from Proto-Germanic "*rethaną", meaning "to advise, to explain". |
| Esperanto | The word “kialo” originally referred to a part of a flower. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "põhjust" also means "to cause" or "to bring about". |
| Finnish | "Syy" is a native Finnish word derived from Proto-Uralic "*šüke", meaning "cause, fault, blame, guilt". |
| French | In French, "raison" can also mean "grape" and is the origin of the word "raisin" in English. |
| Frisian | In medieval Frisian, 'reden' also meant 'to speak' or 'to counsel'. |
| Galician | "Razón" also means "proportion" or "measure" in Galician. |
| Georgian | The word |
| German | Cognate with English "ground," the word "Grund" can also refer to a piece of land, the bottom of a body of water, or the sediment that accumulates there. |
| Greek | "Logos" in Greek has also been translated as "word", "speech", or "utterance". |
| Gujarati | The word "કારણ" in Gujarati can also mean "cause", "origin", "purpose", or "motive". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "rezon" also means "motive" and "purpose". |
| Hausa | Dalili is similar to the Arabic word 'dalil', which is a proof, sign, or indication, hinting to a shared etymological root. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "kumu" has the additional meanings of "source, root, core". |
| Hebrew | The word 'סיבה' in Hebrew also has the meaning of 'cause' or 'factor'. |
| Hindi | "कारण" can also mean "seed of a tree" in the context of astrology, as well as "a reason or motive for an action". |
| Hmong | Linguistically, it is a compound noun comprising two synonyms, 'vim' and 'li cas', indicating reinforcement of the abstract idea 'reason'. |
| Hungarian | In modern Hungarian, "ok" can also mean "cause" or "motive". |
| Icelandic | Ástæða is cognate with the Old Norse word "ást" meaning "love" and the Old English word "æst" meaning "esteem". It can also mean "cause" or "basis". |
| Igbo | "Ihe kpatara" can also mean "the reason why" or "the reason behind." |
| Indonesian | The word 'alasan' derives from the Sanskrit word 'alasyah' meaning 'idleness', and can also refer to a 'pretext' or 'excuse' in Indonesian. |
| Irish | Originally meant 'cause', 'reason' or 'sake', but later came to mean 'reason' in general. |
| Italian | The word "Motivo" can also refer to a musical theme or a pattern in decorative arts. |
| Japanese | The word "理由" (riyuu) in Japanese can also mean "pretext" or "excuse". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "alesan" is also used to refer to the basis for an argument or excuse. |
| Kannada | The word "ಕಾರಣ" means "reason" but can also mean "cause" or "purpose" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "себебі" (reason) also means "cause" or "origin". |
| Khmer | "ហេតុផល" is also used in Khmer to describe the grounds for an action or the cause of an event. |
| Korean | "이유" (reason) also means "breast milk" in Korean, reflecting the strong bond between infants and their mothers. |
| Kurdish | "Semed" is the Kurdish equivalent of "reason", but can also refer to an "opinion". |
| Kyrgyz | In Old Turkic, the word "себеп" meant "head," and is related to the word "баш" in modern Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | In Thai, "เหตุผล" can also mean "cause" or "justification." |
| Latin | The Latin word "ratio", in addition to meaning "reason", also conveys the idea of "proportion" and "relationship". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "iemesls" ultimately derives from the Proto-Baltic root *aismās, meaning "thought" or "reasoning". It is cognate with the Lithuanian word "eismas" and the Old Prussian word "aismans", both meaning "reason" or "understanding". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "priežastis" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*preik̂-ti" ("to ask, question") and is cognate with the English word "pray". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Grond" in Luxembourgish can also refer to a legal document, a reason given in court, or a cause. |
| Macedonian | The word "разум" also means "intelligence" and "intellect" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | "Antony" also exists in a feminine form as a surname or first name. |
| Malay | Akal can also mean intellect, wisdom, or knowledge that is gained through experience or study. |
| Malayalam | The word "കാരണം" (kāraṇam) in Malayalam shares its origin with "কারণ" (kāraṇ) in Bengali and "कारण" (kāraṇ) in Hindi, all derived from the Sanskrit word "कारण" (kāraṇa), meaning "cause" or "reason". |
| Maltese | "Raġuni" can be used to mean "right" as well as "reason" or "cause." |
| Maori | In Maori, the word "take" also means "to hold" or "to possess" in a physical sense. |
| Marathi | "कारण" also has the meaning "because" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "шалтгаан" has an alternate meaning which is "reason for a being to exist". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word ဈွဌဦး refers to various types of factors affecting a phenomenon, including causes, conditions, motivations, and arguments." |
| Nepali | The Sanskrit word "karana" is the source of the Nepali word "कारण," and both terms relate to not only "reason" but also "cause" or "instrumentality." |
| Norwegian | The word "grunnen" can also refer to the "ground" or "earth" in Norwegian, and the word "til" can mean "to" or "towards", leading to the literal translation of "the ground to" or "the earth to." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The term "kulingalira" is also used to denote a method of traditional herbal medicine in Malawi. |
| Pashto | دلیل in Pashto could also mean 'explanation', 'argument', or 'proof'. |
| Persian | The word "دلیل" in Persian can also mean "guide" or "evidence" depending on the context. |
| Polish | The word 'powód' in Polish can also refer to a 'plaintiff' in a legal context. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "razão" can also mean "proportion" or "relationship between two quantities". |
| Punjabi | "ਕਾਰਨ" (kāraṇ) derives from the Sanskrit term "कारण" (kāraṇa), meaning "means, instrument, motive, or cause," and it corresponds to various reasons or motivations that drive a person's decisions or actions. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "motiv" is derived from the French "motif," meaning "reason," but it can also refer to artistic or decorative patterns. |
| Russian | The etymology of the Russian word "причина" ("reason") has been linked to the verb "причитать", which means "to lament" or "to cry". |
| Samoan | The word comes from the root "fa'a", meaning "to do" or "to make", and "mafua", meaning "cause" or "origin". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'adhbhar' also means 'cause' and is derived from the Irish word 'adhbar', meaning 'material'. |
| Serbian | The word "разлог" in Serbian, meaning "reason", also shares the root of the word "разлагати", which means "to decompose" or "to analyze", suggesting a connection between understanding a reason and breaking it down into its component parts. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word 'lebaka' can also refer to a 'cause' or a 'motive'. |
| Shona | The word "chikonzero" can also refer to a logic or a way of thinking about something. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "سبب" can also mean "cause" or "motive". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "හේතුව" (reason) is derived from the Sanskrit word "hetu," which has a wider range of meanings including "cause," "origin," and "motive." |
| Slovak | The archaic meaning of the word "dôvod" is "evidence" but now that usage is considered uncommon. |
| Slovenian | The word "razlog" in Slovenian also means "explanation" or "excuse". |
| Somali | "Sabab" also means "cause" or "origin" in Somali. |
| Spanish | "Razón" is rooted in the Latin "ratio," implying both "calculation" and "proportion," and retains these meanings in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | "Alesan" can also mean "excuse" or "explanation" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "sababu" also refers to a cause, motive, or circumstance. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "anledning" originates from the Middle Low German word "anledinge", which means "opportunity" or "circumstance". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "dahilan" also means "cause" or "motive" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "сабаб" is also used in Tajik with the extended meaning of "cause; motive; event that causes something to happen." |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "காரணம்" also means "cause" or "origin" |
| Telugu | The word "కారణం" can also refer to a "cause" or a "purpose". |
| Thai | คำว่า "เหตุผล" มีรากศัพท์มาจากคำว่า "เหตุ" หมายถึงสาเหตุ และคำว่า "ผล" หมายถึงผลลัพธ์ |
| Turkish | "Sebep" is a word of Arabic origin that means "cause" or "origin". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "причина" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "pričina", meaning "cause, origin, reason". |
| Urdu | The word "وجہ" also means "face" in Urdu, reflecting the idea that the "reason" is the "face" or "front" of a situation or argument. |
| Uzbek | The word "sabab" in Uzbek can also refer to "cause" or "origin". |
| Vietnamese | "Lý do" also means "theory", stemming from ancient Chinese where it referred to the Neo-Confucian school of thought. |
| Welsh | The word 'rheswm' is derived from the Old Welsh 'rheswm', meaning 'cause', 'motive' or 'ground'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "isizathu" can also refer to a cause or an explanation. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "סיבה" ("sibe") derives from the Hebrew word "סִבָּה" ("sibah") and originally meant "connection" or "cause". |
| Yoruba | The word "idi" in Yoruba also means "eye" or "vision". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isizathu" has multiple meanings, including "cause," "origin," "motive," "purpose," and "principle." |
| English | The word "reason" derives from the Old French word "raisun," meaning "cause" or "motive." |