Solar in Different Languages
Discover 'Solar' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Solar
Afrikaans sonkrag | ||
Albanian diellore | ||
Amharic ፀሐይ | ||
Arabic شمسي | ||
Armenian արեգակնային | ||
Assamese সৌৰ | ||
Aymara inti jalsu tuqiru | ||
Azerbaijani günəş | ||
Bambara tile fɛ | ||
Basque eguzki | ||
Belarusian сонечная | ||
Bengali সৌর | ||
Bhojpuri सौर के बा | ||
Bosnian solarno | ||
Bulgarian слънчева | ||
Catalan solar | ||
Cebuano solar | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 太阳能的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 太陽能的 | ||
Corsican sulari | ||
Croatian solarni | ||
Czech sluneční | ||
Danish sol | ||
Dhivehi ސޯލާ އިން އުފައްދާ އެއްޗެކެވެ | ||
Dogri सौर ऊर्जा दी | ||
Dutch zonne- | ||
English solar | ||
Esperanto suna | ||
Estonian päikese | ||
Ewe ɣe ƒe ŋusẽ zazã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) solar | ||
Finnish aurinko- | ||
French solaire | ||
Frisian sinne | ||
Galician solar | ||
Georgian მზის | ||
German solar- | ||
Greek ηλιακός | ||
Guarani kuarahy rehegua | ||
Gujarati સૌર | ||
Haitian Creole solèy | ||
Hausa rana | ||
Hawaiian ka ikehu lā | ||
Hebrew סוֹלָרִי | ||
Hindi सौर | ||
Hmong hnub ci | ||
Hungarian nap- | ||
Icelandic sól | ||
Igbo anyanwụ | ||
Ilocano solar nga | ||
Indonesian tenaga surya | ||
Irish gréine | ||
Italian solare | ||
Japanese 太陽 | ||
Javanese surya | ||
Kannada ಸೌರ | ||
Kazakh күн | ||
Khmer ព្រះអាទិត្យ | ||
Kinyarwanda izuba | ||
Konkani सौर इ.स | ||
Korean 태양 | ||
Krio solar we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek di san | ||
Kurdish tavê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وزەی خۆر | ||
Kyrgyz күн | ||
Lao ແສງຕາເວັນ | ||
Latin solis | ||
Latvian saules | ||
Lingala moi ya moi | ||
Lithuanian saulės | ||
Luganda enjuba | ||
Luxembourgish sonn | ||
Macedonian соларни | ||
Maithili सौर | ||
Malagasy masoandro | ||
Malay solar | ||
Malayalam സൗരോർജ്ജം | ||
Maltese solari | ||
Maori rā | ||
Marathi सौर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯣꯂꯥꯔ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo ni zung hmanga siam a ni | ||
Mongolian нарны | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နေရောင်ခြည်စွမ်းအင်သုံး | ||
Nepali सौर | ||
Norwegian solenergi | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) dzuwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ ar ର | ||
Oromo aduu kan qabu | ||
Pashto شمسي | ||
Persian خورشیدی | ||
Polish słoneczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) solar | ||
Punjabi ਸੂਰਜੀ | ||
Quechua intimanta | ||
Romanian solar | ||
Russian солнечный | ||
Samoan la | ||
Sanskrit सौर | ||
Scots Gaelic grèine | ||
Sepedi solar ya letšatši | ||
Serbian соларни | ||
Sesotho letsatsi | ||
Shona zuva | ||
Sindhi شمسي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සූර්ය | ||
Slovak solárne | ||
Slovenian sončna | ||
Somali qoraxda | ||
Spanish solar | ||
Sundanese panonpoé | ||
Swahili jua | ||
Swedish sol- | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) solar | ||
Tajik офтобӣ | ||
Tamil சூரிய | ||
Tatar кояш | ||
Telugu సౌర | ||
Thai แสงอาทิตย์ | ||
Tigrinya ጸሓያዊ ጸዓት | ||
Tsonga ya dyambu | ||
Turkish güneş | ||
Turkmen gün | ||
Twi (Akan) owia ahoɔden | ||
Ukrainian сонячна | ||
Urdu شمسی | ||
Uyghur قۇياش | ||
Uzbek quyosh | ||
Vietnamese hệ mặt trời | ||
Welsh solar | ||
Xhosa ilanga | ||
Yiddish סאָלאַר | ||
Yoruba oorun | ||
Zulu ilanga |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'sonkrag' is derived from the Dutch word 'zonnekrag', meaning 'sunlight'. |
| Albanian | The word "diellore" is also used to describe a sunny person or something that brings joy. |
| Amharic | The word 'ፀሐይ' ('solar') can also mean 'day'. |
| Arabic | The word "شمسي" (solar) in Arabic also refers to "related to the sun" or "having the power of the sun. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "günəş" is derived from the Proto-Turkic word "kün", meaning "sun" or "day". |
| Basque | Eguzki derives from Proto-Basque *egi-zki, which meant "sunny" or "daytime", hence its use as a term for the Sun. |
| Bengali | The word "সৌর" in Bengali can also refer to the "solar plexus". |
| Bosnian | Solarno's alternate meaning is 'sunny' relating to the sunlight. |
| Bulgarian | The word "слънчева" in Bulgarian has two roots: "сълнце" (sun) and "чева" (to weave), suggesting a connection between sunlight and the creation of textiles. |
| Catalan | The word 'solar' comes from the Latin word 'sol', meaning 'sun', and is related to words such as 'solarium' and 'solstice'. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "solar" is also used to refer to the traditional Filipino hat made of woven straw or palm leaves, which is called "salakot" in Tagalog. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | ‘太阳能的’既可指太阳能相关的技术和设备，也可泛指阳光的、太阳的。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 太陽能的的英文原詞「solar」有「像太陽一樣」和「與太陽有關」的意思。 |
| Corsican | The word "sulari" also means "sunlit" or "full of sunlight" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'solarni' derives from the Latin 'solaris', meaning 'of or relating to the sun'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "sluneční" also derives from a Proto-Indo-European root *swel-, signifying "sun". |
| Danish | In Danish, "sol" can also mean "sun" or "gold." |
| Dutch | In some contexts, "zonne" refers to "day" in modern Dutch, but derives from "sun", as seen the day names "zondag" (Sunday: sun's day) and "maandag" (Monday: moon's day). |
| Esperanto | "Suna" (solar) originates from the Indonesian word "surya" and its meaning was extended to include the Sun's energy and the solar system. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "päike" (sun) is related to the Finnish word "päivä" (day). |
| Finnish | The word "aurinko-" is derived from the Proto-Finnic term *aurinko and means "sun or sunshine". |
| French | Solaire, in French, derives from a Latin word (solaris) with multiple meanings, including 'of or belonging to the sun', 'sunlight', 'sunny', 'sun' and 'day'. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, 'sinne' also means 'sense' or 'knowledge', derived from the Proto-Germanic word 'sunnōn', related to the English word 'sun'. |
| Georgian | The word "მზის" (mzis) is derived from the Proto-Georgian root "*mze" meaning "sun" and is cognate with the Svan word "მზი" (mzi). |
| German | The German word "Solar" derives from the Latin word "sol" and also signifies "floor". |
| Greek | The word "ηλιακός" (solar) in Greek also has the alternate meaning of "related to the sun". |
| Gujarati | सौर (solar) is also used as a synonym for "beautiful" in Gujarati, a meaning not shared by its counterpart in English. |
| Haitian Creole | Soleil is also a Haitian personal name and can refer to the 1802 Haitian Constitution. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "rana" also refers to the Sun and the solar system. |
| Hawaiian | The literal translation, 'light of the sun, moon, or other heavenly body' gives insight into the Hawaiian worldview. |
| Hebrew | סוֹלָרִי (solar) is also the root of סוֹלֵר (diesel), since it was originally derived from petroleum. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word "सौर" refers to "sun" or "solar," and also refers to the sun in astrology and astronomy, and to the "solar" Hindu calendar system based on the sun's movement. |
| Hmong | The word for "solar" in Hmong, hnub ci, literally means "the day's eye". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "nap-" (solar) is related to the words "éjszaka" (night) and "hajnal" (dawn). |
| Icelandic | Sól is also used in Icelandic to refer to the star at the center of our solar system, in which sense it is cognate with the English word "sun". |
| Igbo | The term 'anyanwụ' also refers to a period of approximately 260 days in the Igbo calendar system. |
| Indonesian | The word "tenaga surya" in Indonesian is derived from "tenaga" meaning "power" and "surya" meaning "sun", and refers to the energy generated from sunlight. |
| Irish | Gréine, meaning "solar" in Irish, is derived from the Proto-Indo-European "ǵʰreiwos" meaning "shining, bright," which also gave rise to English "grey, gleam," and Greek "heureos, "fortunate." |
| Italian | The Italian word "solare" can also refer to a building's orientation towards the sun. |
| Japanese | The kanji 太陽 can also mean "day" or "the sun god Amaterasu" in Japanese myth. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'surya' also refers to a type of traditional Javanese calendar. |
| Kannada | ಸೌರ (solar) has alternate meanings of “pertaining to the sun god (Sūrya)” and "the science of astrology". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "күн" (solar) is cognate with the English word "sun" and ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₂ul-, meaning "sun, light". |
| Korean | The word 태양 means both "solar" and "sun" in Korean, and is composed of the Chinese characters "태" (太), meaning "great" or "vast", and "양" (陽), meaning "sun" or "light." |
| Kurdish | "Tavê" has other meanings besides "solar": 1) the face of a clock or timepiece; 2) the face of a human being or animal. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "күн" also means "day" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | "Solis" in Latin can also refer to "whole" or "entire". |
| Latvian | Derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sew- “to shine,” also the origin of the English word “sun.” |
| Lithuanian | The word "saulės" also means "sun" in Lithuanian, demonstrating its strong connection to the concept of the sun's energy. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Sonn" is also used to refer to the afternoon or the west. |
| Macedonian | The word "соларни" in Macedonian can also refer to a type of roofing material or a type of cooking stove. |
| Malagasy | Masoandro is also figuratively used by the Malagasy people to refer to a person who is brilliant and intelligent. |
| Malay | The Malay word "solar" can also mean "yearly" or "every year" in the context of time periods. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'solari' can also mean 'floor' or 'attic' when referring to a building. |
| Maori | "Rā" can also mean "daytime," "today," or "the present time," and it's related to the Proto-Polynesian word "*laŋi" which means "sky." |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "सौर" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सूर्य" (sun), and also refers to a type of Ayurvedic medicine. |
| Mongolian | The word "нарны" in Mongolian can also refer to a mythical creature that dwells in the sun. |
| Nepali | The word "सौर" in Nepali can also refer to "related to the sun" or "sun-like". |
| Norwegian | "Solenergi" is a compound noun formed from the words "sol" (sun) and "energi" (energy). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Dzuwa" is likely not a Bantu root, but may have come from an old Khoisan language spoken by earlier inhabitants of the area where the Bantu languages are now spoken. |
| Pashto | The word "شمسي" (solar) is also used to refer to a type of traditional Afghan house with a flat roof. |
| Persian | Etymology: 'khur' (sun) + '-shid' (originating or coming from), referring to the sun's brilliance or radiance. |
| Polish | The word "słoneczny" also means "sunny" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'solar' comes from the Latin word 'sol', meaning 'sun', and it can also be used to describe something that relates to or is powered by the sun. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, solar ('solar') can also refer to 'greenhouse', 'sun room' or 'conservatory'. |
| Russian | The Russian word "солнечный" can also mean "bright" or "cheerful". |
| Samoan | La can also be used to refer to the sun's rays and the light it emits. |
| Scots Gaelic | Originally meaning "sun," grèine is used to indicate a variety of bright colours in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | Поред значења „соларни”, именица соларни може се односити и на врсту аутомобила који користи соларну енергију. |
| Sesotho | The root word 'letsatsi' also means 'day' as in a 24-hour period. |
| Shona | The word "zuva" can also mean "day" or "sunlight" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | شمسي, in Sindhi, also refers to a type of brick known as a sun-dried brick. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word 'සූර්ය' originates from the Sanskrit word 'सूर्य' (sūrya), meaning 'sun', and also refers to the Hindu deity Surya, the god of the sun. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word 'solárne' is also used to describe the process of tanning or sunbathing. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, 'sončna' can also refer to a beautiful or sunny woman. |
| Somali | In Somali, the word "qoraxda" shares the same root as the word "korodh," which means "to shine." |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "solar" can also refer to a piece of land or a building site. |
| Sundanese | Panonpoé is also a slang term for the sun in Sundanese, derived from panon (sun) and poé (eye). |
| Swahili | In addition to 'solar', 'jua' also can mean 'day' in Swahili. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, sol- also refers to something which is a part of a larger whole. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Solar" in Tagalog (Filipino) can also refer to the body or flesh of a banana fruit. |
| Tajik | Another meaning of the Tajik word "офтобӣ" is "sunflower". |
| Tamil | சூரிய may also refer to the Sun God in Hinduism, Surya. |
| Telugu | "సౌర" also means "related to the sun". |
| Thai | The word "แสงอาทิตย์" ("solar") in Thai also means "sunlight". |
| Turkish | Türkçede 'güneş' kelimesi aynı zamanda 'gündüz vakti' ve 'ışıklı, parlak' anlamlarına gelir. |
| Ukrainian | The word сонячна (solar) in Ukrainian is related to the word сон (sleep), as the sun is often associated with sleep and relaxation. |
| Urdu | The word 'شمسی' is derived from the Arabic word 'شمس' (sun), and is cognate with the Sanskrit word 'सूर्य' (sun). |
| Uzbek | The word "quyosh" in Uzbek originally meant "shining object" and now refers to the Sun (as compared to stars). |
| Vietnamese | The word "hệ mặt trời" (solar) is also used to refer to the planets and other objects that orbit the Sun |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "solar" can also mean "salt" or "brine". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "Ilanga" also refers to a day or daytime. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "סאָלאַר" can also mean "sallow" or "sunburned". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'oorun' not only means 'solar,' but also refers to the east, the direction from which the sun rises. |
| Zulu | The word 'ilanga' also refers to the 'heavens' or 'above' and is used as a figure of speech for 'greatness' or 'glory'. |
| English | The word "solar" comes from the Latin word "sol", meaning "sun". It can also refer to things powered by the sun, such as solar panels. |