Afrikaans redelik | ||
Albanian e arsyeshme | ||
Amharic ምክንያታዊ | ||
Arabic معقول | ||
Armenian ողջամիտ | ||
Assamese যুক্তিসংগত | ||
Aymara amuyt'awi | ||
Azerbaijani ağlabatan | ||
Bambara fisa | ||
Basque arrazoizkoa | ||
Belarusian разумны | ||
Bengali যুক্তিসঙ্গত | ||
Bhojpuri यथोचित | ||
Bosnian razumno | ||
Bulgarian разумен | ||
Catalan raonable | ||
Cebuano makatarunganon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 合理 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 合理 | ||
Corsican ragiunevule | ||
Croatian razuman | ||
Czech rozumné | ||
Danish rimelig | ||
Dhivehi ޤަބޫލުކުރެވޭ | ||
Dogri बाजब | ||
Dutch redelijk | ||
English reasonable | ||
Esperanto racia | ||
Estonian mõistlik | ||
Ewe le susu nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) makatwiran | ||
Finnish kohtuullinen | ||
French raisonnable | ||
Frisian ridlik | ||
Galician razoable | ||
Georgian გონივრული | ||
German angemessen | ||
Greek λογικός | ||
Guarani apy'ãreko | ||
Gujarati વાજબી | ||
Haitian Creole rezonab | ||
Hausa mai hankali | ||
Hawaiian kūpono | ||
Hebrew סביר | ||
Hindi उचित | ||
Hmong tsim nyog | ||
Hungarian ésszerű | ||
Icelandic sanngjarnt | ||
Igbo ezi uche | ||
Ilocano nalinteg | ||
Indonesian masuk akal | ||
Irish réasúnta | ||
Italian ragionevole | ||
Japanese 合理的 | ||
Javanese wajar | ||
Kannada ಸಮಂಜಸವಾದ | ||
Kazakh ақылға қонымды | ||
Khmer សមហេតុផល | ||
Kinyarwanda gushyira mu gaciro | ||
Konkani माफक | ||
Korean 합리적인 | ||
Krio nɔ de pin pan sɔntin | ||
Kurdish baqil | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شیاو | ||
Kyrgyz акылга сыярлык | ||
Lao ສົມເຫດສົມຜົນ | ||
Latin rationabile | ||
Latvian saprātīgi | ||
Lingala makambo makasi te | ||
Lithuanian pagrįstas | ||
Luganda okutegeerekeka | ||
Luxembourgish raisonnabel | ||
Macedonian разумен | ||
Maithili उचित | ||
Malagasy antonony | ||
Malay wajar | ||
Malayalam ന്യായമായ | ||
Maltese raġonevoli | ||
Maori whaitake | ||
Marathi वाजवी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯝ ꯆꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo pawm theih | ||
Mongolian боломжийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကျိုးကြောင်းဆီလျော် | ||
Nepali उचित | ||
Norwegian rimelig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wololera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଯୁକ୍ତିଯୁକ୍ତ | | ||
Oromo sababa kan qabu | ||
Pashto مناسب | ||
Persian معقول | ||
Polish rozsądny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) razoável | ||
Punjabi ਵਾਜਬ | ||
Quechua uyakusqa | ||
Romanian rezonabil | ||
Russian разумный | ||
Samoan talafeagai | ||
Sanskrit युक्तियुक्त | ||
Scots Gaelic reusanta | ||
Sepedi kwešišegago | ||
Serbian разумно | ||
Sesotho le kahlolo e molemo | ||
Shona zvine musoro | ||
Sindhi معقول | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සාධාරණ | ||
Slovak rozumné | ||
Slovenian razumno | ||
Somali macquul ah | ||
Spanish razonable | ||
Sundanese wajar | ||
Swahili busara | ||
Swedish rimlig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) makatuwiran | ||
Tajik оқилона | ||
Tamil நியாயமான | ||
Tatar акыллы | ||
Telugu సమంజసం | ||
Thai มีเหตุผล | ||
Tigrinya ምኽንያታዊ | ||
Tsonga swo twala | ||
Turkish makul | ||
Turkmen esasly | ||
Twi (Akan) te asɛm ase | ||
Ukrainian розумний | ||
Urdu معقول | ||
Uyghur مۇۋاپىق | ||
Uzbek oqilona | ||
Vietnamese hợp lý | ||
Welsh rhesymol | ||
Xhosa kusengqiqweni | ||
Yiddish גלייַך | ||
Yoruba reasonable | ||
Zulu kunengqondo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "redelik" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "redelijk", meaning "fair" or "just". |
| Albanian | The alternate meaning of "earsheshme" is "to become satisfied." |
| Amharic | The word 'ምክንያታዊ' derives from 'ክን' which itself derives from the Arabic root 'ق ن ي', meaning "to possess, to own, to be able, or to accomplish". |
| Arabic | The word "معقول" in Arabic can also mean "acceptable" or "possible" |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ağlabatan" has its roots in the Persian word "āqil" and also means "wise" in the Turkish language. |
| Basque | The word "arrazoizkoa" is composed by two parts, "arrazoi" (reason) and "-ko/-koa" (pertaining to). Therefore its literal translation is "the one pertaining to the reason". |
| Belarusian | "Разумны" - not only reasonable, but also intelligent, understanding, sensible. |
| Bengali | The word "যুক্তিসঙ্গত" also means "valid" or "logical". |
| Bosnian | Razumno can also mean "understandable" in the sense of an opinion or concept that is clear or makes sense. |
| Bulgarian | "Разумен" can also mean "intelligent" or "sensible". |
| Catalan | The word "raonable" in Catalan, derives from the Latin "rationabilis" and has the additional meaning of "judicious, fair". |
| Cebuano | “Makatarunganon” is derived from “katarungan” which means “justice” and is used to describe something that is fair and just. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "合理" can also mean 'rational' or 'scientific'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 合理 can also mean "to adjust" or "to coordinate". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'ragiunevule' derives from the Italian 'ragionevole', meaning 'rational' or 'sensible'. |
| Croatian | The word "razuman" in Croatian also means "understanding" or "comprehension". |
| Czech | 'Rozuměti' in Czech is related to German 'Räumen' and 'Rome' and originally meant to 'create space'. |
| Danish | The word "rimelig" can also mean "generous" or "fair" in Danish. |
| Dutch | "Redelijk" can also mean "quite" or "rather" and it derives from the phrase "te rede zijn" which means "to give or stand to reason" |
| Esperanto | The word "racia" is borrowed from Latin "ratio", and it can also mean "ratio" or "proportion". |
| Estonian | "Mõistlik" is the only word in the Balto-Finnic languages that derives from the word for "mind" and originally meant "intelligible". |
| Finnish | The term originated from legal contexts, where "kohtuu" refers to a decision of the court; thus it means acting on a matter as would a court. |
| French | In French, "raisonnable" also means "moderate" and comes from the Latin word "rationabilis," meaning "rational" or "in accordance with reason." |
| Frisian | "Ridlik," a word for "fair" or a "bargain," |
| Galician | The word "razoable" in Galician also means "reasonable", "rational", and "logical". |
| German | The word "angemessen" comes from the Old High German word "angimassi", which means "fitting" or "appropriate." |
| Greek | Λογικός also means "logical," or pertaining to logic, and is derived from "λόγος," meaning "speech" or "reason." |
| Gujarati | The word 'વાજબી' ('reasonable') in Gujarati originates from the Sanskrit word 'yujyate', meaning 'to join' or 'to be appropriate'. |
| Haitian Creole | "Rezonab" comes from the French word "raisonnable" meaning "reasonable" or "sensible". |
| Hausa | The word "mai hankali" is also the root of the verb "yi hankali," which means "to be careful" or "to be cautious." |
| Hawaiian | "Kūpono" also means "right" and "proper" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The word "סביר" in Hebrew originates from the root "סבר", meaning "to suppose", and also carries the connotation of „to be tolerable" or "bearable". |
| Hindi | The word "उचित" can also mean "suitable" or "appropriate". |
| Hmong | The word "tsim nyog" can also mean "to be fair" or "to be just". |
| Hungarian | "Ésszerű" comes from the Old Hungarian word "es" ("mind") and the suffix "-s" ("having"), thus meaning "having mind" or "rational". |
| Icelandic | Originally meaning 'true' or 'right,' 'sanngjarnt' has come to mean 'reasonable,' 'adequate,' or 'satisfactory.' |
| Igbo | The word "ezi uche" in Igbo also means "easy to understand". |
| Indonesian | Masuk akal has another similar-sounding meaning: "entering a space". |
| Italian | From Latin *rationabilis*, "endowed with reason" and from *ratio*, "reason, rational argument or calculation" |
| Japanese | 合理的(gouriteki)is formed from the Chinese characters “合” (gō), meaning to join, and “理” (ri), meaning principle or reason. |
| Javanese | "Wajar" also means "to be suitable" or "to be proper" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಸಮಂಜಸವಾದ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'समñजस' meaning 'consistent' or 'compatible'. |
| Khmer | The word "សមហេតុផល" originally meant "to be compatible with reason, to be logical"} |
| Korean | The term 합리적인 is derived from the Hanja words 合 (hap), meaning 'to combine' or 'to match,' and 理 (ri), meaning 'reason' or 'principle'. |
| Kurdish | The word "baqil" is derived from the Arabic word "baqi" meaning "remaining" or "enduring." |
| Latin | "Rationabile" can also mean "divisible into rational parts" in Latin, referring to fractions or proportional quantities. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "saprātīgi" can also refer to "sane" or "rational." |
| Lithuanian | The word "pagrįstas" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gher-, meaning "to seize" or "to hold". It is also related to the Latin word "garrire", meaning "to chatter".} |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word "raisonnabel" can also describe something that is logical, well-thought-out, or acceptable. |
| Macedonian | The word "разумен" originates from the adjective "разум"," meaning "mind" or "reason", and can also refer to something that is comprehensible or understandable |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "antonony" also means "modest" or "humble". |
| Malay | "Wajar" stems from the Old Javanese word "wayah," meaning "time" or "season," suggesting suitability or appropriateness. |
| Malayalam | The word 'ന്യായമായ' ultimately comes from the Sanskrit word 'nyāya', meaning 'justice' or 'rightness', and also refers to the Indian school of philosophy of the same name. |
| Maltese | The word 'raġonevoli' is derived from the Latin word 'ratio', which means 'reason' or 'logic'. |
| Maori | Whaitake, meaning 'reasonable', can also refer to 'agreeable' and 'suitable'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "वाजवी" originally meant "according to the wind". |
| Mongolian | Боломжийн in Mongolian is cognate with the Buryat word болможо (“to be possible”), which is derived from the Mongolian word болох (“to become, to be”). |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "उचित" originates from the Sanskrit word "उपयक्त" meaning "useful". |
| Norwegian | "Rimelig" in Norwegian also means "cheap" or "affordable." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "wololera" can also mean "fair", "just", or "equitable" in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | The adjective مناسب (munāsib) can also mean "convenient" or "suitable". |
| Persian | "معقول" means "reasonable" in Persian, but some also interpret it as "acceptable" or "tolerable" |
| Polish | Rozsądny comes from Rozsądek, which is derived from the verb sądzić, meaning to judge. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "razoável" in Portuguese can also mean "fair" or "ordinary". |
| Punjabi | The word "vājab" is derived from the Sanskrit word "vyavastha", meaning "law" or "order", and has the alternate meaning of "appropriate" or "correct". |
| Romanian | The word "rezonabil" is derived from the Latin word "rationalis", which means "pertaining to reason", "based on reason", or "agreeable to reason". |
| Samoan | The word “talafeagai” can also mean “acceptable,” “suitable,” or “befitting” in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | Reusanta is of Latin origin, and can also mean a 'thing' or 'matter'. |
| Serbian | The word "разумно" can also mean "intelligently" or "wisely" in Serbian. |
| Sindhi | The word معقول, which means reasonable in Sindhi, also has the connotation of being appropriate or suitable, implying a sense of rightness or correctness beyond mere acceptability. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'සාධාරණ' can also mean 'fair', 'just', or 'righteous' in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "rozumné" in Slovak can also mean "intelligent" or "sensible". |
| Slovenian | Slovene 'razumno' is inherited from Proto-Slavic and literally means 'understandable', 'reasonable' |
| Somali | The word "macquul ah" in Somali also means "satisfactory" or "acceptable" |
| Spanish | The word "razonable" in Spanish can also mean "affordable". |
| Sundanese | The word "wajar" in Sundanese language also means "normal". |
| Swahili | "Busara" can also refer to a plant with edible fruit, a type of wooden spoon used in traditional Swahili cuisine, and a style of Swahili housing with a thatched roof and open veranda. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "rimlig" has its origin in 14th-century Danish and is related to the word "rimme", meaning "rule", as well as the Dutch "rimelijk". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "makatuwiran" is a compound word composed of the prefix "ma" (indicating a capacity, ability, or possibility), the negation prefix "ka-", the root word "tuwid" (meaning "straight" or "correct"), and the suffix "-an" (indicating a place or state of being). |
| Tajik | "Оқилона" means "intelligent" and is the antonym of the word "crazy". |
| Tamil | The word "நியாயமான" derives from the Sanskrit word "nyaya" meaning "justice" or "fairness". |
| Telugu | The word "సమంజసం" also has the meaning of "proportionate" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "มีเหตุผล" can also mean "logical" or "rational". |
| Turkish | "Makul" kelimesinin kökeni Arapça "makul" kelimesinden gelir, "münasip" anlamına da gelir. |
| Ukrainian | "Розумний" originated from the Proto-Slavic root "*razumъ", denoting "understanding" or "mind". In modern Ukrainian, it also carries a sense of "intelligent" or "rational." |
| Urdu | Urdu "معقول" is derived from Arabic "عقل" (intellect), and may also mean "permissible, proper, or acceptable." |
| Uzbek | The word "oqilona" has alternate meanings like "mindful", "attentive", "thoughtful", and "considerate" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Hợp lý" can also mean "legitimate", "just", or "fair" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "rhesymol" in Welsh ultimately derives from the Latin word "ratio" meaning "reason". |
| Xhosa | Kusengqiqweni shares an etymological root with 'iqwenqa' ('to weigh') in Xhosa, indicating an intrinsic link between reason and thoughtful consideration of weight and evidence. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גלייַך" can also mean "straight/equal" or "smooth/flat". |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, the word " razonable" can also mean "rational" or "logical." |
| Zulu | Kunengqondo is also a type of tree found in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. |
| English | The word "reasonable" derives from the French word "raisonnable," meaning "rational" or "in accordance with reason." |