Story in Different Languages
Discover 'Story' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Story
Afrikaans storie | ||
Albanian histori | ||
Amharic ታሪክ | ||
Arabic قصة | ||
Armenian պատմություն | ||
Assamese কাহিনী | ||
Aymara isturya | ||
Azerbaijani hekayə | ||
Bambara tariki | ||
Basque istorioa | ||
Belarusian гісторыя | ||
Bengali গল্প | ||
Bhojpuri कहानी | ||
Bosnian priča | ||
Bulgarian история | ||
Catalan història | ||
Cebuano istorya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 故事 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 故事 | ||
Corsican storia | ||
Croatian priča | ||
Czech příběh | ||
Danish historie | ||
Dhivehi ވާހަކަ | ||
Dogri क्हानी | ||
Dutch verhaal | ||
English story | ||
Esperanto rakonto | ||
Estonian lugu | ||
Ewe ŋutinya | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kwento | ||
Finnish tarina | ||
French récit | ||
Frisian ferhaal | ||
Galician historia | ||
Georgian ამბავი | ||
German geschichte | ||
Greek ιστορία | ||
Guarani tembiasa | ||
Gujarati વાર્તા | ||
Haitian Creole istwa | ||
Hausa labari | ||
Hawaiian moʻolelo | ||
Hebrew כַּתָבָה | ||
Hindi कहानी | ||
Hmong zaj dab neeg | ||
Hungarian sztori | ||
Icelandic saga | ||
Igbo akụkọ | ||
Ilocano istorya | ||
Indonesian cerita | ||
Irish scéal | ||
Italian storia | ||
Japanese 物語 | ||
Javanese crita | ||
Kannada ಕಥೆ | ||
Kazakh оқиға | ||
Khmer រឿង | ||
Kinyarwanda inkuru | ||
Konkani काणी | ||
Korean 이야기 | ||
Krio stori | ||
Kurdish çîrok | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) چیرۆک | ||
Kyrgyz окуя | ||
Lao ເລື່ອງ | ||
Latin fabula | ||
Latvian stāsts | ||
Lingala lisolo | ||
Lithuanian istorija | ||
Luganda olugero | ||
Luxembourgish geschicht | ||
Macedonian приказна | ||
Maithili खिस्सा | ||
Malagasy tantara | ||
Malay cerita | ||
Malayalam കഥ | ||
Maltese storja | ||
Maori korero | ||
Marathi कथा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯔꯤ | ||
Mizo thawnthu | ||
Mongolian түүх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဇာတ်လမ်း | ||
Nepali कथा | ||
Norwegian historie | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nkhani | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାହାଣୀ | ||
Oromo seenaa | ||
Pashto کيسه | ||
Persian داستان | ||
Polish fabuła | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) história | ||
Punjabi ਕਹਾਣੀ | ||
Quechua willarina | ||
Romanian poveste | ||
Russian сказка | ||
Samoan tala | ||
Sanskrit कथा | ||
Scots Gaelic sgeulachd | ||
Sepedi kanegelo | ||
Serbian прича | ||
Sesotho pale | ||
Shona nyaya | ||
Sindhi ڪهاڻي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කතාව | ||
Slovak príbeh | ||
Slovenian zgodba | ||
Somali sheeko | ||
Spanish historia | ||
Sundanese carita | ||
Swahili hadithi | ||
Swedish berättelse | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kwento | ||
Tajik ҳикоя | ||
Tamil கதை | ||
Tatar хикәя | ||
Telugu కథ | ||
Thai เรื่องราว | ||
Tigrinya ዛንታ | ||
Tsonga xitori | ||
Turkish hikaye | ||
Turkmen hekaýa | ||
Twi (Akan) abasɛm | ||
Ukrainian історія | ||
Urdu کہانی | ||
Uyghur ھېكايە | ||
Uzbek hikoya | ||
Vietnamese câu chuyện | ||
Welsh stori | ||
Xhosa ibali | ||
Yiddish דערציילונג | ||
Yoruba itan | ||
Zulu indaba |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "storie" can also refer to a rumour or a complaint. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, histori is both a story and the singular form of stories, and is cognate with English history. |
| Amharic | The term "ታሪክ" also refers to a particular type of traditional Amharic narrative, known as a maṣḥǝft ḥǝzb, which encompasses a wide range of genres, including religious and secular stories, chronicles, and oral traditions. |
| Arabic | The word "قصة" (story) in Arabic can also refer to a "piece" or "portion" of something, as well as a "fault" or "defect". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "hekayə" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Persian word "hikāyat", meaning "narrative", "tale", or "anecdote." |
| Basque | The Basque word for 'story' ('istorioa') derives from the word 'isturu', meaning 'source' or 'origin'. |
| Belarusian | In the past, “гісторыя” could refer to the history of a person or the world. |
| Bengali | The word "গল্প" (story) can also mean "rumor" or "tale" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, the word "priča" also refers to a conversation or a joke, suggesting a broader sense of storytelling as exchange and entertainment. |
| Bulgarian | The word история in Bulgarian comes from the Greek word ἱστορία, meaning "inquiry" or "research." |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "història" derives from the Greek word "historia," which originally meant "investigation" or "inquiry." |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word istorya derives from the Spanish word historia, which also means "history" or "account of the past." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 故事, from 古事, originally means ancient events and gradually evolved to mean 'story'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 故事 (“story”) in Chinese shares the same roots as 历史 (“history”) and 往事 (“past events”), highlighting the connection between storytelling and the preservation of historical events. |
| Corsican | Corsican "storia" may be used to refer to a "chronicle" or to an "historical event". |
| Croatian | The word "priča" is a diminutive of "pripovijedača" (female), meaning "the narrator". |
| Czech | The Czech word "příběh" derives from the Proto-Slavic root "*pribēgъ", meaning "coming, arrival". |
| Danish | The Danish word "historie" derives from the Greek word "historia", meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "verhaal" derives from Middle Dutch, and shares an origin with "verhoor" (hearing, interrogation) and "verhelen" (to conceal). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "rakonto" derives from the French "raconter" (to tell a tale). |
| Estonian | The word 'lugu' also means 'counting' and 'reading' in Estonian, derived from a Proto-Finnic word for 'number' and 'calculate'. |
| Finnish | "Tarina" is etymologically related to the Proto-Indo-European root "*tere-," meaning "to cross over" or "to pass through." |
| French | An alternate meaning of the word "récit" is "musical passage played by a soloist who is accompanied by an orchestra." |
| Frisian | In Old Frisian, 'ferhaal' referred to events rather than narratives, a meaning still found in the German cognate "Verhandlung". |
| Galician | Galician "historia" also means "historical novel". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ამბავი" (story) derives from the Persian word "āmāvand" (news, information). |
| German | "Geschichte" derives from an Old High German root meaning "happen" or "occur". Other German words with similar roots include "geschehen" (to happen) and "Schicksal" (fate). |
| Greek | "Ιστορία" derives from the Greek verb "ιστάναι" (to make to stand), thus conveying the idea of an "account of an event that makes it stand out" |
| Gujarati | "વાર્તા" means "story" in both Sanskrit and Gujarati, as well as a form of religious poetry in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word "istwa" can also refer to a historical event or a lie. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "labari" derives from the Arabic word "khabar", meaning "news" or "intelligence." |
| Hawaiian | "Moʻolelo" is derived from the word "ʻolelo," meaning "word," and thus originally meant "to speak." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "כַּתָבָה" ("story") derives from the root "כת" (tav-kaf), meaning "to write." It has a secondary meaning referencing an object to be recorded by writing, as in "כתבי הקודש," the "Writings" of the Hebrew Bible. |
| Hindi | The word 'कहानी' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'कथन', meaning 'telling' or 'narrating'. |
| Hmong | "Zaj dab neeg" is an expression used to refer to a "myth" in the Hmong language. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "sztori" has origins in the Ottoman Turkish word "hikaye" (story). |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, the word "saga" referred to any narrative, whether historical, legendary, or mythological. |
| Igbo | The term 'akụkọ' in Igbo can also refer to traditional folklore or narratives that convey cultural or historical significance. |
| Indonesian | Selain berarti 'cerita', 'cerita' juga dapat merujuk pada 'perkara' atau 'hal'. |
| Irish | The Irish word "scéal" is derived from the Proto-Celtic word "*skētlos," meaning both "story" and "shadow," suggesting a connection between narrative and the realm of the unseen. |
| Italian | The Italian word "storia" derives from the Latin "historia," meaning "inquiry, research, or account of past events." |
| Japanese | 物語 literally means 'to tell' ('物') 'things' ('語'); the suffix 'がたり' suggests the act is done for entertainment. |
| Javanese | The word "crita" in Javanese can also refer to a "narrative" or a "legend". |
| Kannada | The word 'ಕಥೆ' (kathe) has an alternate meaning of 'statement of claim' in the context of law and court proceedings. |
| Kazakh | 'Оқиға' also means 'event' or 'incident' in Kazakh and comes from the Turkic root 'oq-' meaning 'to read' or 'to narrate'. |
| Khmer | One Khmer word for 'story,' 'រឿង' ('rueang') has alternate meanings: 'business,' 'affair,' and 'thing, matter or object.' |
| Korean | The word '이야기' (story) can also mean 'conversation' or 'talk'. |
| Kurdish | The word "Çîrok" also means "fate" in Kurdish, suggesting that storytelling is seen as a way to shape or understand one's destiny. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "окуя" is also used to refer to myths, legends, or historical narratives. |
| Latin | The Latin word "fabula" also referred to the plot of a play |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "stāsts" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-, meaning "to stand", and is related to the English word "stead" and the German word "Stadt" (city). |
| Lithuanian | The English word “history” comes from the Greek “istoria,” meaning “inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Geschicht" comes from the French word "histoire," and in addition to its basic meaning of "story" can also mean "background" or "event." |
| Macedonian | The word "приказна" comes from the Proto-Slavic noun *prikazna, which means "tale, story, narrative" |
| Malagasy | The word "tantara" also means "legend" or "mythology" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | In Indonesian, "cerita" not only refers to a story, but also to a piece of writing, news, or an account of events. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "കഥ" can also mean "conversation", "speech", or "narration". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "storja" likely originates from the Italian word "storia", which in turn comes from the Latin word "historia", meaning "inquiry" or "investigation". |
| Maori | The word "korero" can also refer to a conversation, a meeting, or a speech in Maori. |
| Marathi | कथा derives from the Sanskrit word 'kathā', meaning 'narrative' or 'conversation'. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the word "түүх" also refers to history, or the study of the past. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The Myanmar word "ဇာတ်လမ်း" (story) is derived from the Pali word "jātaka", which means "a story about a previous life or incarnation." |
| Nepali | Kathā can also mean a Buddhist or Jain philosophical narrative. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "historie" also refers to historical events and academic disciplines. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nkhani can also mean 'a court case' |
| Pashto | کیسه also means "a bag or sack". |
| Persian | In addition to 'story,' 'داستان' can refer to an 'account,' 'narration,' or 'tale.' |
| Polish | Fabuła is related to 'fabric' (Polish 'fabryka') as stories are often woven together like a tapestry. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "história" derives from the Greek "ἱστορία" (historia), which originally meant "inquiry" or "investigation". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਹਾਣੀ" originates from the Sanskrit word "कथा" (katha), which means "to speak" or "to tell". |
| Romanian | The word "poveste" in Romanian is derived from the Latin word "posita", meaning "placed", and can also refer to a tale, legend, or fiction. |
| Russian | The word "сказка" (story) in Russian is derived from the verb "сказывать" (to tell), implying that it is a narrative that is told or passed down. |
| Samoan | The word "tala" also means "to speak" or "to tell |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "sgeulachd" can also refer to news, gossip, or a fictional tale. |
| Serbian | "Прича" also means "communion" and is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "причастие." |
| Sesotho | Pale means both "story" and "mythology" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "nyaya" also means "case" or "lawsuit" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ڪهاڻي" is derived from the Sanskrit word "कथा" (katha), which means "narrative" or "discourse." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | කතාව, which originally meant “a word” or “speech”, also means “an event, or an account of an event”, or “a narrative or a story” |
| Slovak | The word "príbeh" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *pribēgъ, meaning "arrival" or "coming to a place". |
| Slovenian | The Slovene word 'zgodba', derived from 'zgoditi' ('to happen'), originally implied something that happened, and only later acquired the more specific meaning of 'story'. |
| Somali | The word "sheeko" in Somali can also refer to a folktale, legend, or narrative. |
| Spanish | "Historia" derives from Greek "ἱστορία" (historia), meaning "inquiry" or "knowledge acquired by investigation" |
| Sundanese | Although meaning "face" in Javanese, carita literally means "that which is listened to" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "hadithi" also means "news" or "recent event" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "berättelse" derives from the Old Norse word "bera," meaning "to bear" or "to carry," and originally referred to a story that was borne or carried by a person. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kwento" in Tagalog can also refer to a piece of gossip or hearsay. |
| Tajik | The word "ҳикоя" is also related to the Persian word "حکایت" (hekayat), which means "story" or "anecdote". |
| Tamil | "கதை" can mean 'story', 'speech', 'tradition', 'proverb' or 'myth'. |
| Telugu | The word "కథ" can also mean "a narration" or "a report". |
| Thai | In addition to its primary meaning of "story," "เรื่องราว" can also refer to "affairs" or "details." |
| Turkish | The word hikaye in Turkish derives from the Arabic word hikaya, meaning "an account, a narrative, a tale." |
| Ukrainian | The word "історія" in Ukrainian shares its root with the Greek word "ἱστορία" (historia), meaning "inquiry" or "knowledge acquired through investigation." |
| Urdu | Urdu 'کہانی' originates from the Sanskrit word 'कथा' ('katha'), meaning 'discourse, conversation, or narrative'. |
| Uzbek | The word "hikoya" (story) in Uzbek also refers to a narrative or tale that is typically shorter than a novel. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, the word 'câu chuyện' originally referred to a string of words connected to a specific event or topic. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "stori" also means "history" and "report". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ibali" can also mean "news" or "information". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "דערציילונג" is derived from the German word "erzählen", which means "to tell" or "to narrate." |
| Yoruba | "Itan," meaning story in English, is also the Yoruba name for "History." Historically, story-telling was an integral part of the education of the young, as it preserved and passed down the cultural and religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'indaba' also refers to a gathering of people called to discuss or settle an important issue. |
| English | "story" comes from Old English word "stær," meaning "history." |