Row in Different Languages
Discover 'Row' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Row
Afrikaans ry | ||
Albanian rresht | ||
Amharic ረድፍ | ||
Arabic صف | ||
Armenian շարք | ||
Assamese শাৰী | ||
Aymara siqi | ||
Azerbaijani sıra | ||
Bambara mankan | ||
Basque ilara | ||
Belarusian шэраг | ||
Bengali সারি | ||
Bhojpuri लाइन | ||
Bosnian red | ||
Bulgarian ред | ||
Catalan fila | ||
Cebuano laray | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 行 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 行 | ||
Corsican fila | ||
Croatian red | ||
Czech řádek | ||
Danish række | ||
Dhivehi ބަރި | ||
Dogri कतार | ||
Dutch rij | ||
English row | ||
Esperanto vico | ||
Estonian rida | ||
Ewe akpa | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hilera | ||
Finnish rivi | ||
French rangée | ||
Frisian rigel | ||
Galician fila | ||
Georgian მწკრივი | ||
German reihe | ||
Greek σειρά | ||
Guarani hysýi | ||
Gujarati પંક્તિ | ||
Haitian Creole ranje | ||
Hausa jere | ||
Hawaiian lālani | ||
Hebrew שׁוּרָה | ||
Hindi पंक्ति | ||
Hmong kab | ||
Hungarian sor | ||
Icelandic róður | ||
Igbo ahiri | ||
Ilocano agsaguan | ||
Indonesian baris | ||
Irish as a chéile | ||
Italian riga | ||
Japanese 行 | ||
Javanese baris | ||
Kannada ಸಾಲು | ||
Kazakh қатар | ||
Khmer ជួរ | ||
Kinyarwanda umurongo | ||
Konkani रांक | ||
Korean 열 | ||
Krio padul | ||
Kurdish dor | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕیز | ||
Kyrgyz катар | ||
Lao ແຖວ | ||
Latin row | ||
Latvian rinda | ||
Lingala molongo | ||
Lithuanian eilutė | ||
Luganda olunyiriri | ||
Luxembourgish rei | ||
Macedonian ред | ||
Maithili पंक्ति | ||
Malagasy toerana | ||
Malay barisan | ||
Malayalam വരി | ||
Maltese ringiela | ||
Maori rarangi | ||
Marathi पंक्ती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯔꯤꯡ | ||
Mizo tlar | ||
Mongolian эгнээ | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အတန်း | ||
Nepali प row्क्ति | ||
Norwegian rad | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mzere | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଧାଡି | ||
Oromo toora | ||
Pashto قطار | ||
Persian ردیف کردن | ||
Polish rząd | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) linha | ||
Punjabi ਕਤਾਰ | ||
Quechua kinranpa | ||
Romanian rând | ||
Russian строка | ||
Samoan laina | ||
Sanskrit पंक्ति | ||
Scots Gaelic sreath | ||
Sepedi mothalo | ||
Serbian ред | ||
Sesotho mola | ||
Shona mutsara | ||
Sindhi قطار | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පේළිය | ||
Slovak riadok | ||
Slovenian vrstici | ||
Somali safka | ||
Spanish fila | ||
Sundanese barisan | ||
Swahili safu | ||
Swedish rad | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) hilera | ||
Tajik саф | ||
Tamil வரிசை | ||
Tatar рәт | ||
Telugu అడ్డు వరుస | ||
Thai แถว | ||
Tigrinya መስርዕ | ||
Tsonga ntila | ||
Turkish kürek çekmek | ||
Turkmen hatar | ||
Twi (Akan) nsasoɔ | ||
Ukrainian рядок | ||
Urdu قطار | ||
Uyghur row | ||
Uzbek qator | ||
Vietnamese hàng | ||
Welsh rhes | ||
Xhosa umqolo | ||
Yiddish רודערן | ||
Yoruba kana | ||
Zulu irowu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'ry' originates from Dutch and can also mean 'line' or 'series'. |
| Albanian | Albanian word “rresht” (row) also means “a series of objects or people arranged in a straight line or in a particular order” |
| Amharic | In Amharic, ረድፍ “radif” can also mean “succession” or “serial” and has various other alternate meanings in Arabic and Persian. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "صف" not only means "row", but also "line, rank, file, or series". |
| Armenian | The word "շարք" can also mean "sequence" or "group", depending on the context. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "sıra" in Azerbaijani has additional meanings such as "turn" and "order". |
| Basque | The word ilara may derive from the Proto-Basque root *ila-, meaning "to put in order" or "to arrange". |
| Belarusian | The word "шэраг" can also refer to a set of items arranged in a straight line or a sequence. |
| Bengali | The word "সারি" also means "line" or "tier" in Bengali, which is derived from the Sanskrit word "श्रेणी" ( श्रेणी ) meaning "row", "line", or "series". |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "red" also means "order" in English. |
| Bulgarian | "Ред" and "ред (rare)" both mean "row," but are distinguished by their different pronunciations: /rɛd/ and /rɛ̪d̞/ respectively. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "fila" (row) comes from the Latin word "filum" (thread), suggesting its original meaning as a line or sequence. |
| Cebuano | The word "laray" also means a "line" in Cebuano, similar to the English word "array". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "行" also means a line of text. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "行" is a homophone that can mean movement, profession, row, and line, and is used to form the word "行列" (queue) |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "fila" can also mean "thread" or "line" in some contexts. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "red" can also refer to a line or row of something, similar to the English word "row". |
| Czech | The word "řádek" in Czech comes from the Proto-Slavic word *redъ, meaning "order" or "system." |
| Danish | "Række" (row) originally referred to a straight line, while today it means a collection of aligned items. |
| Dutch | The word "rij" in Dutch can also refer to a line of cars or a line of trees. |
| Esperanto | "Vico" can also refer to a "block" or a "neighbourhood" |
| Estonian | Rida, meaning "row" in Estonian, is likely a borrowing from the Swedish "rad", which in turn originated from Middle Low German "rede" and Old High German "reda", all of which ultimately come from the Proto-Germanic word *rēdon-. |
| Finnish | Rivi is a borrowed word from Swedish, where 'raed' meant 'row' or 'column'. |
| French | Despite the spelling, "rangée" is not related to the French verb "ranger" (or "range" in English), it comes from "rank" meaning a line of soldiers. |
| Frisian | In addition to meaning 'row', the Frisian word 'rigel' can also refer to a line of trees or a fence. |
| Galician | The word "fila" in Galician can also refer to a queue or a line of people. |
| Georgian | The word "მწკრივი" (row) in Georgian can also refer to a line of trees or a row of teeth. |
| German | The German word "Reihe" can also refer to a series, a sequence, or a line. |
| Greek | "Σειρά" in Greek originally meant 'orderly weaving' |
| Gujarati | The word "પંક્તિ" in Gujarati also means "a line of poetry or a stanza" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "paṅkti." |
| Haitian Creole | "Ranje" also means "line" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | Hausa "jere" can also refer to: a line, series, rank or order, or the act or process of arranging something in a line. |
| Hawaiian | The word "lālani" also means "to roll," "to turn," and "to revolve." |
| Hebrew | The word "שׁוּרָה" in Hebrew also has the alternate meaning of "line". |
| Hindi | The word पंक्ति (a row) comes from the Sanskrit word पङ्क्ति (a line or row), which is also the origin of the English word |
| Hmong | 'Kab' is also a term for 'string' in Hmong, referring to a series of objects connected in a row. |
| Hungarian | The word "sor" in Hungarian derives from the Proto-Finno-Ugric root "*sorna", meaning "to place in a row" or "to line up". It is also related to the Estonian word "sord" and the Finnish word "sarja", both meaning "row". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "róður" is derived from the Old Norse word "roðr" with the same meaning, and is also related to the English word "rudder." |
| Igbo | The word 'ahiri' can also refer to the action of paddling a canoe or the sound of a crowd cheering or applauding. |
| Indonesian | "Baris" also means a "verse" in poetry or a "musical line" |
| Irish | The Irish phrase "as a chéile" can also mean "to be together" or "to be in each other's company". |
| Italian | "Riga", from the Celtic "rig-" meaning "furrow," refers not only to a line of text but a ditch or groove. |
| Japanese | "行" also meant "march or perform". As it's now, it's usually used as an informal way of writing "go". |
| Javanese | Baris can also mean "line" or "rank" in the context of formation or organization. |
| Kannada | "ಸಾಲು" can also mean "line" or "sequence". |
| Kazakh | The word "қатар" also means "queue" or "line" in Kazakh, and is derived from the Arabic word "qatar" with the same meaning. |
| Khmer | The word "ជួរ" can also mean "line" or "group" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The hanja for 열, 列, also means "column". |
| Kurdish | "Dor" can also mean "to be" or "to become" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In some contexts, the word "катар" can refer to a line, a column, or a series. |
| Lao | Another meaning of ແຖວ is "line" or "queue". |
| Latin | The Latin word "row" also means "to ask". |
| Latvian | Rinda can also refer to a line of text in Latvian, such as a line in a poem or in prose. |
| Lithuanian | The word "eilutė" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ei- "to go", cognate with English "isle" and "errant". |
| Luxembourgish | "Rei" can also mean "line" or "rank" when used in a different context. |
| Macedonian | Macedonian "ред" also means "order" and is derived from the Old Church Slavonic "рѣдъ" (redŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *redъ, meaning "order, array". |
| Malagasy | The word "toerana" in Malagasy can also mean a line, series, or turn. |
| Malay | In the context of military, "barisan" refers to a line of troops, while in politics, it denotes a group of people with shared interests. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "വരി" can also mean "line", "order", or "rank". |
| Maltese | Maltese 'ringiela' is derived from Italian 'ringhiera' ('balcony') via Sicilian, originally from the German 'ring' ('circle'). |
| Maori | In Maori, rarangi can also refer to a woven border or edge on a garment or mat. |
| Marathi | In the Vedic era, the word पंक्ती (paṅkti) meant a straight line, a row, a line of troops |
| Mongolian | The word "эгнээ" also means "string, thread, series" in Mongolian, but not in the sense of a "row of numbers" or "a line of letters". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "အတန်း" (row) also means "class" (e.g. students in a class), "course" (e.g. a course at a university), "level" (e.g. a level of difficulty), or "rank" (e.g. a rank in the military). |
| Nepali | The word "प row्क्ति" has several other meanings in Nepali, including "series", "line", and "list". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "rad" can also refer to a line of people or objects, such as a line of boats or a line of people waiting for something. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "mzere" (row) is also used to describe a line of people or animals. |
| Pashto | The word "قطار" in Pashto can also refer to a line of soldiers or a caravan of camels. |
| Persian | "ردیف" (row) comes from the Arabic root "r-d-f," "to arrange or set in order," and also refers to the "row of a poem's verses." |
| Polish | The Polish word "rząd" can also refer to a government or administration. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "linha" derives from the Latin "linea", meaning "thread" or "line", and can also refer to a "fishing line" or "telephone line" |
| Punjabi | In addition to its primary meaning of "row," "ਕਤਾਰ" (qatar) in Punjabi can also refer to "line," "queue," or "procession." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "rând" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *rędъ, meaning "order, sequence". |
| Russian | "Строка" (row) is a derivative of "стеречь" (to guard), implying a row of objects or people in a protective formation. |
| Samoan | The word "laina" can also refer to a line of people or a crease in fabric. |
| Scots Gaelic | Sreath is also the name for an archaic Scottish unit of land area |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "ред" (row) also means "order" or "sequence". |
| Sesotho | The word 'mola' in Sesotho can also refer to a type of traditional dance. |
| Shona | "Mutsara" also refers to the traditional rows in a Shona village where the homesteads are located. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "قطار" (row) originates from the Persian word "قطار" (train), denoting a linear arrangement. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "riadok" can also refer to a line of text or a paragraph. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian the word vrstica, or "row", is also used to refer to a verse in a poem or song. |
| Somali | The word "safka" can also refer to a line of people or objects. |
| Spanish | The word 'fila' comes from the Latin word 'filum', meaning 'thread', and is related to the English word 'file'. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word “barisan” has other meanings, including "military regiment" and “line of soldiers". |
| Swahili | The word "safu" can also mean "line" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "rad" also means "row" or "line". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Hilera" (row) can also refer to a column, rank, or file. |
| Tajik | The word "саф" is derived from the Arabic word "صَفّ", meaning "rank", "line", or "row". |
| Tamil | The word "வரிசை" in Tamil can also refer to a "line" or a "series" of things. |
| Telugu | The word "అడ్డు వరుస" can also refer to a line or series of things arranged one after another. |
| Thai | The word "แถว" can also mean "line, streak, queue" |
| Turkish | Kürek çekmek not only means to row, it can also mean "to spend a lot of time and effort". |
| Ukrainian | The word "рядок" in Ukrainian also refers to a line of text or poetry. |
| Urdu | The word "قطار" can also mean a "train" or a "series of connected things" like a "string of pearls" or a "flight of stairs". |
| Uzbek | "Qator" has Persian origins and shares its meaning and spelling with the Tajik, Uyghur, and Kyrgyz languages. |
| Vietnamese | The word "hàng" in Vietnamese also means "goods" or "merchandise". |
| Welsh | The word "rhes" (Welsh "row") is a cognate of the word "rheo" in classical Greek meaning "to flow", or "stream", and the word "rivus" in Latin - all sharing roots in the Indo-European language family. |
| Xhosa | The word "umqolo" can also refer to a line of people or animals, or to a line of trees or other objects. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "רודערן" can also mean "to stir" or "to agitate," likely derived from the German word "rühren" with the same meanings. |
| Yoruba | The second meaning of “kana” in Yoruba is “a group of people or animals moving together”. |
| Zulu | The word "irowu" also means a line or rank of people in Zulu. |
| English | "Row" comes from the Old English word "raw" meaning "line" or "series". |