Afrikaans roetine | ||
Albanian rutinë | ||
Amharic መደበኛ | ||
Arabic نمط | ||
Armenian առօրյան | ||
Assamese নিত্য সূচী | ||
Aymara sapür lurawi | ||
Azerbaijani gündəlik | ||
Bambara don o don | ||
Basque errutina | ||
Belarusian руціна | ||
Bengali রুটিন | ||
Bhojpuri दिनचर्या | ||
Bosnian rutina | ||
Bulgarian рутина | ||
Catalan rutina | ||
Cebuano naandan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 常规 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 常規 | ||
Corsican rutina | ||
Croatian rutina | ||
Czech rutina | ||
Danish rutine | ||
Dhivehi ރޫޓިން | ||
Dogri नेमी | ||
Dutch routine- | ||
English routine | ||
Esperanto rutino | ||
Estonian rutiinne | ||
Ewe gbe sia gbe nuwɔna | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) nakagawian | ||
Finnish rutiini | ||
French routine | ||
Frisian routine | ||
Galician rutina | ||
Georgian რუტინული | ||
German routine | ||
Greek ρουτίνα | ||
Guarani ojejapóva opa ára | ||
Gujarati નિયમિત | ||
Haitian Creole woutin | ||
Hausa na yau da kullum | ||
Hawaiian hana maʻamau | ||
Hebrew שגרה | ||
Hindi सामान्य | ||
Hmong kev ua | ||
Hungarian rutin | ||
Icelandic venja | ||
Igbo eme | ||
Ilocano rutina | ||
Indonesian rutin | ||
Irish gnáthamh | ||
Italian routine | ||
Japanese ルーチン | ||
Javanese tumindake | ||
Kannada ದಿನಚರಿ | ||
Kazakh күнделікті | ||
Khmer ទម្លាប់ | ||
Kinyarwanda gahunda | ||
Konkani रुटीन | ||
Korean 일상 | ||
Krio plan | ||
Kurdish fêrbûyî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕۆتین | ||
Kyrgyz күнүмдүк | ||
Lao ປົກກະຕິ | ||
Latin exercitatione | ||
Latvian rutīna | ||
Lingala momeseno | ||
Lithuanian rutina | ||
Luganda okudingana | ||
Luxembourgish routine | ||
Macedonian рутина | ||
Maithili दिनचर्या | ||
Malagasy mahazatra | ||
Malay rutin | ||
Malayalam ദിനചര്യ | ||
Maltese rutina | ||
Maori mahinga | ||
Marathi नित्यक्रम | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯥꯡ ꯅꯥꯏꯅ ꯄꯥꯡꯊꯣꯛꯄ ꯊꯕꯛ ꯄꯔꯤꯡ | ||
Mizo hunbi tuk | ||
Mongolian тогтмол | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လုပ်ရိုးလုပ်စဉ် | ||
Nepali दिनचर्या | ||
Norwegian rutine | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chizolowezi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନିତ୍ୟକର୍ମ | | ||
Oromo guyyaa guyyaan | ||
Pashto ورځنی | ||
Persian روزمره | ||
Polish rutyna | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) rotina | ||
Punjabi ਰੁਟੀਨ | ||
Quechua rutina | ||
Romanian rutină | ||
Russian рутина | ||
Samoan masani | ||
Sanskrit योजना | ||
Scots Gaelic gnàthach | ||
Sepedi setlwaedi | ||
Serbian рутина | ||
Sesotho tloaelo | ||
Shona chiito | ||
Sindhi روزانو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පුරුද්දක් | ||
Slovak rutina | ||
Slovenian rutina | ||
Somali joogtada ah | ||
Spanish rutina | ||
Sundanese rutinitas | ||
Swahili utaratibu | ||
Swedish rutin- | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gawain | ||
Tajik муқаррарӣ | ||
Tamil வழக்கமான | ||
Tatar тәртип | ||
Telugu దినచర్య | ||
Thai กิจวัตร | ||
Tigrinya ልሙድ-ንጥፈት | ||
Tsonga endlelo ra ntolovelo | ||
Turkish rutin | ||
Turkmen adaty | ||
Twi (Akan) dwumadie berɛ | ||
Ukrainian рутина | ||
Urdu روٹین | ||
Uyghur دائىملىق | ||
Uzbek muntazam | ||
Vietnamese công viêc hằng ngày | ||
Welsh arferol | ||
Xhosa yesiqhelo | ||
Yiddish רוטין | ||
Yoruba baraku | ||
Zulu inqubo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "roetine" can also refer to a rut or track made by a wheel, hinting at its cyclical nature. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the word 'rutinë' means a routine, but is also used to describe a form of traditional music and dance of Albanian origin. |
| Amharic | The word 'መደበኛ' originates from the Ge'ez word 'መደብ', meaning 'row' or 'order'. |
| Arabic | The word "نمط" also means "model", "fashion" or "style" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "առօրյան" originally meant "morning" in Armenian, but over time it has come to mean "routine" as well. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "gündəlik" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Persian word "günlük", which means "daily", and can also refer to a diary or journal. |
| Basque | Errutina's etymology points to the notion of 'customary', or of the path to be followed. |
| Belarusian | The word "руціна" also carries the alternate meaning of 'skill' |
| Bengali | **রুটিন** শব্দটি সংস্কৃত শব্দ **रूत** থেকে এসেছে, যার অর্থ 'ধাতব পদার্থ'। |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "rutina" has a secondary meaning of "routine", while in Spanish it means "route". |
| Bulgarian | The word "рутина" also means "groove" or "rut" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "rutina" in Catalan originates from the Latin word "ruptus", meaning "broken" or "interrupted". |
| Cebuano | The word 'naandan' is also used to describe the traditional practice of bathing a baby in warm herbs, flowers and spices. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Conventional can also mean the monthly period for women, a routine or fixed pattern, or a rule or regulation. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 常規 can also mean 'law', 'norm', 'practice', or 'regulation' in Chinese. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "rutina" also refers to a particular type of dance step. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "rutina" also refers to a specific plant, known as "rue" in English. |
| Czech | The word "rutina" in Czech may not only refer to a routine but also to a rut, i.e. a groove worn into the ground by a wheel. |
| Danish | In Danish, "rutine" can also refer to a rut in the road. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "routine" has the alternate meaning of "habit". |
| Esperanto | The word "rutino" is derived from the Latin word "rutilus," meaning "reddish-gold." |
| Estonian | In Estonian, the word "rutiinne" is also used to refer to a groove or rut in a road or other surface. |
| Finnish | The word "rutiini" is derived from the French word "routine" and also means "habit". |
| French | The French word "routine" can also mean "rudder" or "path". |
| Frisian | In the 19th century, "roetine" could also mean "a rut". |
| Galician | Galician "rutina" also refers to a specific type of dance in the region of Ulloa. |
| Georgian | The word რუტინული (routine) comes from the French word routine, which in turn derives from the Latin word ruta (rut), meaning "track" or "path". |
| German | The word "Routine" comes from the French word "routine", which in turn comes from the Latin word "rota", meaning "wheel". |
| Greek | In Greek, the word "ρουτίνα" is a direct loanword from French, derived ultimately from Latin "rutina", meaning "track" or "path". Its alternative meanings include "habit" or "custom". |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, "નિયમિત" means "regular" or "routine," but also refers to "systematic" or "orderly." |
| Haitian Creole | Woutin, in Haitian Creole, is a noun meaning "routine", derived from the French "routine" and ultimately from the Old French word "route" meaning "track" or "road." |
| Hausa | "Na yau da kullum" is also used to express the idea of "always" or "every day". |
| Hawaiian | The word "hana maʻamau" derives from "hana" meaning "work, deed, duty" and "maʻamau" meaning "common, customary, everyday." |
| Hebrew | שגרה is also the name of a town in Israel, located in the Southern District. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "सामान्य" can also mean "common" or "ordinary" in English. |
| Hmong | In Hmong, "kev ua" is also a general noun that refers to the normal, everyday way of doing or handling something, or to the usual course of events. |
| Hungarian | The word "rutin" in Hungarian, besides meaning "routine," also refers to a type of bioflavonoid found in plants. |
| Icelandic | "Venja" originally meant "habit" and was only used in the singular. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "eme" also means "play" or "activity", reflecting the cultural significance of routines and their playful aspects. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "rutin" also means "regularly", or "habitually". |
| Irish | The Irish word "gnáthamh" is derived from the Proto-Celtic root *gna-, meaning "to know" or "to recognize". |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "routine" also means "habits" or "set of rules". |
| Japanese | 「ルーチン」はフランス語の「routiner」からきており、英語の「routine」と同義である。 |
| Javanese | The word "tumindake" in Javanese also means "to follow a certain path or way of life" |
| Kannada | ದಿನಚರಿ is derived from the Sanskrit word 'dinacarya', meaning 'daily conduct' or 'daily regimen'. |
| Kazakh | "Күнделікті" (routine) is derived from the Kazakh word "күн" (day), which means "daily routine" or "schedule." |
| Khmer | A similar term, ‘ធម្មតា’, is more commonly used in everyday speech, and also carries the connotation of ‘habit’ or ‘custom.’ |
| Korean | "일상" (routine) derives from two Sino-Korean words, "日" (day) and "常" (regular), implying a sense of daily regularity. |
| Kurdish | Kurdish word "fêrbûyî" (routine) means "action that repeats itself", ultimately deriving from Old Iranian word "farbui-ya-." This word was adopted as "fêrbûy" (routine) in Kurdish, and as "furbûn" (to be habituated) in Persian. |
| Kyrgyz | "Kүнүмдүк" can also be used to describe a regular or daily occurrence, such as the daily commute to work or the daily routine of a student. |
| Latin | In Latin, "exercitatione" may also refer to a process of training, practice, or exercise. |
| Latvian | "Rutīna" also means a rut (in the road). |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian "rutina" is cognate with English "routine", Latin "ruta" (path), and Sanskrit "rita" (order). |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Routine" also means "period" or "menstruation". |
| Macedonian | The word "рутина" in Macedonian can also mean "habit" or "custom". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "mahazatra" also means "habit" and "custom." |
| Malay | The Malay word "rutin" also means "customary" or "usual". |
| Malayalam | The word "ദിനചര്യ" in Malayalam also refers to a set of prescribed religious observances or daily rituals. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "rutina" is derived from the Latin word "rutrum", meaning "spade" or "hoe", and can also refer to a daily routine or schedule. |
| Maori | In Maori, "mahinga" also refers to food gathering or harvesting activities. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "नित्यक्रम" can also refer to a prescribed religious observance or the daily duties of a priest. |
| Mongolian | Төгтмөл is derived from Төг (complete) and тмол (a suffix indicating a regular, repeated action), emphasizing the repeated, habitual nature of 'routine'. |
| Nepali | The word "दिनचर्या" (routine) is derived from the Sanskrit words "दिन" (day) and "चर्या" (conduct), and it can also refer to a daily prayer or religious practice. |
| Norwegian | "Rutine" also means "slide" or "gutter" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'chizolowezi' can also refer to 'habit', 'practice' or a 'way of doing something'. |
| Pashto | "ورځنی" is a Persian loanword meaning "daily bread", with the extended meaning of any "daily activity", the latter being its meaning in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "روزمره" has its roots in the word "روز" meaning "day" and the suffix "مره" meaning "time" or "occurrence", thus implying a daily occurrence or a routine. |
| Polish | Originally "rutyna" meant "experience", "practice", only in the 16th century it gained the meaning of "routine". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "rotina" in Portuguese stems from the Latin word "rota" (wheel), thus the idea of a repetitive and circular motion. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word for routine, "ਰੁਟੀਨ", shares the same etymology with the English word, deriving from the Latin rota, "wheel," conveying the notion of a cycle or recurring pattern. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "rutină" comes from French "routine" - meaning "custom". It may also refer to a "treadmill for horses", possibly referencing the repetitive nature of the treadmill. |
| Russian | The Russian word for "routine" (рутина) is derived from the French "routine", itself derived from "route" via Latin *ruta*, "path." |
| Samoan | In Samoan, 'masani' also means 'customary' or 'traditional'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "gnàthach" can also mean "everyday" or "regular". |
| Serbian | The word 'рутина' ('routine') derives from the French phrase 'roue de temps' (wheel of time). |
| Sesotho | "Tloaelo" in Sesotho originates from the word "tloa," which means "habit" or "custom," suggesting a regular or established occurrence. |
| Shona | "Chiito" can also mean "habit" or "custom" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "روزانو" also means "daily" or "regular" in Arabic. |
| Slovak | Apart from meaning "routine", "rutina" also means "rut" (a track made by a wheel), "rutting" (the mating season of deer), or "a rut" (a fixed or mechanical pattern). |
| Slovenian | Rutina in Slovenian also means a "rut" or a "track" of a wheel. |
| Somali | The word "joogtada ah" derives from the verb "joogo" meaning "to stay," conveying the repeated nature of a routine. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "rutina" comes from the Latin word for rut |
| Sundanese | "Rutinitas" in Sundanese may also refer to 'daily life' or 'daily events'. |
| Swahili | The word 'utaratibu' is derived from 'utara' ('rule') + 'tibu' ('way') meaning 'a regular or usual way of doing something'. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "rutin-" also means "to rot" or "to decay". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'gawain' also means "task" or "job" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The term "routine" (муқаррарӣ) is derived from "муқаррар", meaning "confirmed," "established," or "prescribed." In Persian, this term has also come to be used colloquially as a noun with the same meaning as "routine", as in the phrase "daily routine" (ротинаи рӯзона). |
| Tamil | The word வழக்கமான (routine) in Tamil is derived from the root word வழக்கு (usage) and means 'something that is done regularly'. |
| Telugu | The word "దినచర్య" is related to the Sanskrit word "dinacharya" meaning "daily regimen". |
| Thai | The word "กิจวัตร" (routine) is derived from the Sanskrit word "kritya" meaning "duty" or "obligation". |
| Turkish | Rutin is a Turkish word that also means "daily, everyday". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "рутина" can also refer to a rut in the road. |
| Urdu | The word "routine" is borrowed from the French word "routine," which originally meant "road" or "course." |
| Uzbek | In addition to its primary meaning of "routine," "muntazam" can also mean "punctual," "disciplined," and "regularly." |
| Vietnamese | Công việc hằng ngày có thể có nghĩa là việc làm được thực hiện thường xuyên hoặc việc làm được phân công cho một ngày cụ thể. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "arferol" comes from the Latin word "ars," meaning "art" or "craft." |
| Xhosa | The word 'yesiqhelo' can also refer to a custom or practice, emphasizing its habitual nature. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "routine" can also mean a type of soup made with a variety of vegetables and herbs. |
| Yoruba | Baraku can also mean 'custom, habit, tradition' or 'the usual way of doing something' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "inqubo" can also refer to a "habit" or a "custom". |
| English | The word 'routine' derives from the Middle English word 'rout,' which meant 'troop' or 'crowd'. |