Scholar in Different Languages
Discover 'Scholar' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Scholar
Afrikaans geleerde | ||
Albanian dijetar | ||
Amharic ምሁር | ||
Arabic مختص بمجال علمي | ||
Armenian գիտնական | ||
Assamese পণ্ডিত | ||
Aymara yatxatiri | ||
Azerbaijani alim | ||
Bambara dɔnnikɛla | ||
Basque jakintsu | ||
Belarusian вучоны | ||
Bengali পণ্ডিত | ||
Bhojpuri विद्वान के ह | ||
Bosnian učenjak | ||
Bulgarian учен | ||
Catalan erudit | ||
Cebuano scholar | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 学者 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 學者 | ||
Corsican eruditu | ||
Croatian učenjak | ||
Czech učenec | ||
Danish lærd | ||
Dhivehi އިލްމުވެރިޔާއެވެ | ||
Dogri विद्वान जी | ||
Dutch geleerde | ||
English scholar | ||
Esperanto erudiciulo | ||
Estonian õpetlane | ||
Ewe agbalẽnyalagã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) iskolar | ||
Finnish tutkija | ||
French savant | ||
Frisian gelearde | ||
Galician erudito | ||
Georgian სწავლული | ||
German gelehrte | ||
Greek λόγιος | ||
Guarani karai arandu | ||
Gujarati વિદ્વાન | ||
Haitian Creole entelektyèl | ||
Hausa masanin | ||
Hawaiian ʻepekema | ||
Hebrew מְלוּמָד | ||
Hindi पंडित | ||
Hmong ntawv | ||
Hungarian tudós | ||
Icelandic fræðimaður | ||
Igbo ọkà mmụta | ||
Ilocano eskolar | ||
Indonesian sarjana | ||
Irish scoláire | ||
Italian studioso | ||
Japanese 学者 | ||
Javanese sarjana | ||
Kannada ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸ | ||
Kazakh ғалым | ||
Khmer អ្នកប្រាជ្ញ | ||
Kinyarwanda intiti | ||
Konkani विद्वान अशें म्हण्टात | ||
Korean 학자 | ||
Krio masta sabi bukman | ||
Kurdish mamoste | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) زانا | ||
Kyrgyz окумуштуу | ||
Lao ນັກວິຊາການ | ||
Latin scholar | ||
Latvian zinātnieks | ||
Lingala moto ya mayele | ||
Lithuanian mokslininkas | ||
Luganda omukenkufu | ||
Luxembourgish geléiert | ||
Macedonian научник | ||
Maithili विद्वान | ||
Malagasy manam-pahaizana | ||
Malay sarjana | ||
Malayalam പണ്ഡിതൻ | ||
Maltese studjuż | ||
Maori tohunga | ||
Marathi विद्वान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁ꯭ꯀꯣꯂꯥꯔ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo mi thiam tak a ni | ||
Mongolian эрдэмтэн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပညာရှင် | ||
Nepali विद्वान | ||
Norwegian lærd | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wophunzira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପଣ୍ଡିତ | | ||
Oromo hayyuu | ||
Pashto عالم | ||
Persian محقق | ||
Polish uczony | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) estudioso | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਦਵਾਨ | ||
Quechua yachaq | ||
Romanian savant | ||
Russian ученый | ||
Samoan sikola | ||
Sanskrit विद्वान् | ||
Scots Gaelic sgoilear | ||
Sepedi seithuti | ||
Serbian учењак | ||
Sesotho setsebi | ||
Shona nyanzvi | ||
Sindhi اسڪالر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විශාරද | ||
Slovak učenec | ||
Slovenian učenjak | ||
Somali aqoonyahan | ||
Spanish erudito | ||
Sundanese sarjana | ||
Swahili msomi | ||
Swedish lärd person | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) iskolar | ||
Tajik олим | ||
Tamil அறிஞர் | ||
Tatar галим | ||
Telugu పండితుడు | ||
Thai นักวิชาการ | ||
Tigrinya ምሁር | ||
Tsonga xidyondzi | ||
Turkish akademisyen | ||
Turkmen alym | ||
Twi (Akan) nhomanimfo | ||
Ukrainian учений | ||
Urdu اسکالر | ||
Uyghur ئالىم | ||
Uzbek olim | ||
Vietnamese học giả | ||
Welsh ysgolhaig | ||
Xhosa umfundi | ||
Yiddish געלערנטער | ||
Yoruba omowe | ||
Zulu isazi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "geleerde" is derived from a Middle Dutch word that originally meant a "learned man", but is now often used to refer to a scholar or scientist. |
| Albanian | The word "dijetar" is derived from the Latin word "doctor", meaning "teacher". |
| Amharic | The word "ምሁር" (məhur) could originally mean an "expert archer" as it shares its root with the verb ማहर (mahar = to pierce), but also a "wise man," or "philosopher." |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "مختص بمجال علمي" (scholar) can also refer to a subject-matter expert in any field, not just academia. |
| Armenian | In addition to its literal meaning of 'scholar', the Armenian word 'գիտնական' also carries the connotation of 'one who is knowledgeable' or 'expert', and can be used to refer to individuals with specialized knowledge in various fields. |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | Originally, jakintsu referred to someone who could read Latin, as opposed to euskaldun meaning someone who spoke Basque but could not read Latin. |
| Belarusian | The word "вучоны" ("scholar") in Belarusian shares the same root with the word "вучыць" ("to study"), which also gave rise to the word "вучэбны" ("study"). |
| Bengali | The Sanskrit word "pandita" refers to a learned person, from "pand" (to know). |
| Bosnian | The term 'učenjak' is also used to describe a person who has acquired extensive knowledge in a particular field or discipline. |
| Bulgarian | "Учен" is derived from the Old Slavic word "uchiti", meaning "to learn" or "to teach". |
| Catalan | "Erudit" comes from the Latin "eruditus", meaning "educated" or "learned". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "scholar" can also mean "student" or "pupil." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "学者" (scholar) in Chinese also refers to those who have studied and mastered a particular subject or field of knowledge. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "學者" (xuézhě) also refers to a specialist or expert in a particular field of study. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "eruditu" also means "curious" and derives from the Latin "eruditus" meaning "cultivated" or "instructed". |
| Croatian | The word "učenjak" in Croatian comes from the Proto-Slavic form *učiniti, meaning "to learn" or "to teach". |
| Czech | The Czech word "učenec" is related to "učení", meaning "teaching" and has a broader sense of "educated man" |
| Danish | The Danish word "lærd" derives from the Old Norse word "laerðr," meaning "learned," and is also related to the English word "lord." |
| Dutch | The word "geleerde" can also refer to someone with a lot of knowledge in a specific field or a polymath. |
| Esperanto | The word "erudiciulo" is derived from the Latin word "eruditus," meaning "learned" or "wise." |
| Estonian | The word "õpetlane" is derived from the verb "õpetama" (to teach), and it originally referred to a person who was engaged in teaching or learning. |
| Finnish | In Old Finnish, "tutkija" could also mean "researcher or examiner." |
| French | In French, the word "savant" also means someone who has acquired extraordinary knowledge in a specific field beyond the usual level of expertise and often bordering on genius. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "gelearde" is derived from the Old English word "gelæred", which means "learned" or "educated." |
| Galician | The term "erudito" comes from the Latin word "eruditus", meaning "having knowledge or learning", and in Galician it can also refer to a person who has been educated or who demonstrates a refined intellect. |
| German | In the 18th century, Gelehrte referred to both learned people and those who made scholarship accessible to the public, a broader sense of the term than in the 19th century. |
| Greek | The word "λόγιος" in Greek, besides meaning "scholar," also implies someone well-educated, experienced, or well-versed in a subject matter. |
| Gujarati | The word "વિદ્વાન" derives from the Sanskrit root "vid", meaning "to know", and can also refer to a wise or learned person. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "entelektyèl" is derived from the French word "intellectuel" which means "intellectual". |
| Hausa | The word 'masanin' also means 'a person who is skilled in reading and writing'} |
| Hawaiian | 'Epekema' is also the name of a legendary school in Kaʻū and a style of chanting in ancient chants of the Hawaiian Kingdom. |
| Hebrew | The word מְלוּמָד can also mean 'circumcised' in Hebrew, deriving from the verb מָל 'to circumcise' (used in the Torah, e.g. Genesis 17:10). |
| Hindi | The word पंडित comes from the Sanskrit word "pandita," which means "learned" or "wise." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word 'ntawv' also refers to books and documents. |
| Hungarian | The word "tudós" can also refer to a magician or a sorcerer in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | Cognate with the English word “Freeman”, Old Norse fræðimaðr was used to refer to those who had the right to attend the Althing, the Icelandic legislative assembly. |
| Igbo | The word "ọkà mmụta" in Igbo is also used to refer to a person who is well-versed in traditional Igbo customs and traditions. |
| Indonesian | "Sarjana" also means "graduate" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The word "scoláire" derives from the Latin "scholaris", meaning "pupil of a school". |
| Italian | The noun 'studioso' in Italian can also refer to an artist's studio or workshop. |
| Japanese | The word "学者" (gakusha) literally means "person who studies", and can refer to scholars in any field, not just academics. |
| Javanese | The word "sarjana" in Javanese can also mean "a person who has studied a particular subject thoroughly". |
| Kannada | The word 'ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸ' in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word 'विद्वांस' and has multiple meanings, such as 'learned man' and 'knowledgeable person'. |
| Kazakh | The word "ғалым" is derived from the Arabic word "عالِم" (ālim), which means "one who knows". It is also used to refer to scientists, researchers, and intellectuals. |
| Khmer | The word "អ្នកប្រាជ្ញ" can also mean "a person who has the best knowledge or who is regarded as an expert in a particular field," or "a person who is intelligent and has a lot of knowledge." |
| Korean | The word "학자" has alternate meanings of "student" and "doctor", reflecting its role as a title for both students and doctors in traditional Korean society. |
| Kurdish | The word "mamoste" in Kurdish also refers to a "spiritual guide" or "teacher of religion". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "окумуштуу" comes from the verb "окуу" (to read) and means "a person who has studied" or "an educated person". |
| Latin | In Latin, "scholaris" refers not only to a student but also to a slave or debtor under the guardianship of a creditor during the classical period. |
| Latvian | The word "zinātnieks" also refers to the scientific community as a whole and has cognates in various languages. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian term "mokslininkas" originates from "mokyti," meaning "to teach," suggesting a connection between scholarship and education. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Geléiert" derives from the Old Luxembourgish word "geleret," which meant "cleric, learned person," and ultimately originates from the Latin word "clericus," which also means "cleric." |
| Macedonian | The word "научник" is derived from the Slavic root "uk", meaning "to learn". |
| Malagasy | The word "manam-pahaizana" derives from the Proto-Austronesian root *pajar "to know". |
| Malay | The Malay word "sarjana" is borrowed from Sanskrit and originally meant "expert in religious law". |
| Maltese | The word 'studjuż' in Maltese can also refer to a 'diligent' or 'studious' person. |
| Maori | The word 'tohunga' can also refer to experts in various fields, including navigation, astronomy, medicine, or craftsmanship. |
| Marathi | विद्वान is derived from the Sanskrit word विद्या which means knowledge and विद् which means know. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ပညာရှင်" can also refer to a person who has specialized knowledge or skill, such as a doctor, engineer, or lawyer. |
| Nepali | विद्वान (Vidvaan): A learned person; one who has studied and acquired knowledge, also refers to someone skilled or proficient in a particular area, or to a wise person or sage. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word 'lærd' derives from the Old Norse term 'lærðr', which referred to a man of learning or a monk. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "wophunzira" can also refer to a child who has finished primary school. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "عالم" can also mean "world". |
| Persian | The original meaning of محقق "scholar" in Persian was literally "truth establisher". This term is still used by Sufis to mean those who experience and spread ultimate truth. |
| Polish | The word "uczony" in Polish comes from the same root as "uczyć" ("to teach"), reflecting the traditional role of scholars as teachers. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "estudioso" can also refer to someone who is eager to learn new things (diligent, hardworking). |
| Punjabi | The word 'विद्वान' (scholar) in Sanskrit and 'ਵਿਦਵਾਨ' in Punjabi is derived from 'विद्' (knowledge) and can also mean 'learned', 'wise' or 'knowledgeable'. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "savant" can also mean "a learned person" or "a specialist". |
| Russian | In Russian, "ученый" also denotes a scientist; a learned person; an intellectual; a pundit; an expert; a pedant; or someone who is bookish, studious, and/or nerdy. |
| Samoan | The word 'sikola' can also refer to a school or a student. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "sgoilear" in Scots Gaelic comes from the Irish word "scoláire," meaning "student" or "one who attends school." |
| Serbian | Учењак comes from the verb "учити" (learn), which is cognate with the Latin "docere", "to teach". |
| Sesotho | In the Sesotho language, "setsebi" originally meant "one who knows" or "teacher". |
| Shona | In Shona the word 'nyanzvi' can also mean 'wise person' or 'expert'. |
| Sindhi | اسڪالر (Scholar) is derived from the Latin word "schola," meaning "school," and originally referred to someone who attended a school. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'විශාරද' can also mean 'an expert' or 'a specialist' in a particular field. |
| Slovak | The word "učenec" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *učiti, meaning "to learn", and is cognate with other Slavic words such as Polish "uczeń" and Russian "ученик" (uchenik). |
| Slovenian | The word "učenjak" derives from the word "učiti" meaning "to learn" and originally meant "someone who has learned everything worth knowing." |
| Somali | In Somali, 'Aqoon' means 'knowledge' or 'science' while 'Aqoonyahan' ('scholar') is borrowed from the Arabic 'ʿĀlim', which originally meant 'knowledgeable one'. |
| Spanish | The word "erudito" in Spanish has its roots in the Latin word "eruditus," which means "learned" or "educated." |
| Sundanese | The word "sarjana" in Sundanese can also refer to a respected older person or teacher. |
| Swahili | The word "msomi" can also refer to a specialist in a particular field, or to a person with a high level of education. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "lärd" comes from the Middle Low German word "leret", meaning "to teach". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "iskolar" can also refer to a recipient of a scholarship grant. |
| Tajik | It's derived from the Persian word "'ālim", meaning "learned". |
| Tamil | The word "அறிஞர்" can also refer to a wise person or sage. |
| Telugu | The word "పండితుడు" is derived from the Sanskrit word "पंडित" (paṇḍita), which means "learned" or "wise". It can also mean a priest or a teacher. |
| Thai | The word "นักวิชาการ" (scholar) in Thai also means "academic" or "intellectual." |
| Turkish | Originating from "Academy," "akademisyen" also refers to "academician" or "professor". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "учений" can also refer to a scientist, intellectual, or learned person. |
| Urdu | 'اسکالر' is used in Urdu to mean a person who is given scholarship money, but in English it also means an expert. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "olim" has its roots in the Arabic word "alim", meaning "learned" or "knowledgeable". |
| Vietnamese | The word "học giả" can also mean a "learned person" as a result of its Hán Việt origins. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word ysgolhaig is derived from the Latin word scholasticus, meaning "student" or "teacher of a school". |
| Xhosa | The word "umfundi" can also refer to a teacher or tutor. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word “געלערנטער” also means "well-informed", which in many contexts conveys a different nuance |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'Omowe' can also refer to someone who has inherited their parents' wisdom and knowledge. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isazi" is a homophone with "isazi" (knowledge), but not etymologically related and is instead derived from the verb "azi" (to know). |
| English | The word 'scholar' in English, derived from the Latin word 'scholasticus', initially referred to the students of medieval universities and later came to mean someone engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. |