Student in Different Languages
Discover 'Student' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Student
Afrikaans student | ||
Albanian student | ||
Amharic ተማሪ | ||
Arabic طالب علم | ||
Armenian ուսանող | ||
Assamese ছাত্ৰ | ||
Aymara yatiqiri | ||
Azerbaijani tələbə | ||
Bambara kalanden | ||
Basque ikaslea | ||
Belarusian студэнт | ||
Bengali ছাত্র | ||
Bhojpuri छात्र | ||
Bosnian student | ||
Bulgarian студент | ||
Catalan estudiant | ||
Cebuano estudyante | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 学生 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 學生 | ||
Corsican studiente | ||
Croatian student | ||
Czech student | ||
Danish studerende | ||
Dhivehi ދަރިވަރު | ||
Dogri विद्यार्थी | ||
Dutch leerling | ||
English student | ||
Esperanto studento | ||
Estonian õpilane | ||
Ewe nusrɔ̃la | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mag-aaral | ||
Finnish opiskelija- | ||
French étudiant | ||
Frisian studint | ||
Galician estudante | ||
Georgian სტუდენტი | ||
German student | ||
Greek μαθητης σχολειου | ||
Guarani temimbo'e | ||
Gujarati વિદ્યાર્થી | ||
Haitian Creole elèv | ||
Hausa dalibi | ||
Hawaiian haumana | ||
Hebrew סטוּדֶנט | ||
Hindi छात्र | ||
Hmong tub ntxhais kawm | ||
Hungarian diák | ||
Icelandic nemandi | ||
Igbo nwa akwukwo | ||
Ilocano estudiante | ||
Indonesian siswa | ||
Irish dalta | ||
Italian alunno | ||
Japanese 学生 | ||
Javanese murid | ||
Kannada ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ | ||
Kazakh студент | ||
Khmer និស្សិត | ||
Kinyarwanda umunyeshuri | ||
Konkani विद्यार्थी | ||
Korean 학생 | ||
Krio studɛnt | ||
Kurdish zankoyî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) قوتابی | ||
Kyrgyz студент | ||
Lao ນັກຮຽນ | ||
Latin discipulus | ||
Latvian students | ||
Lingala mwana-kelasi | ||
Lithuanian studentas | ||
Luganda omuyizi | ||
Luxembourgish studentin | ||
Macedonian студент | ||
Maithili छात्र | ||
Malagasy nianatra | ||
Malay pelajar | ||
Malayalam വിദ്യാർത്ഥി | ||
Maltese student | ||
Maori akonga | ||
Marathi विद्यार्थी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯍꯩꯔꯣꯏ | ||
Mizo zirlai | ||
Mongolian оюутан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကျောင်းသား | ||
Nepali विद्यार्थी | ||
Norwegian student | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wophunzira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଛାତ୍ର | ||
Oromo barataa | ||
Pashto زده کونکی | ||
Persian دانشجو | ||
Polish student | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aluna | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ | ||
Quechua yachakuq | ||
Romanian student | ||
Russian студент | ||
Samoan tamaiti aʻoga | ||
Sanskrit विद्यार्थी | ||
Scots Gaelic oileanach | ||
Sepedi moithuti | ||
Serbian ученик | ||
Sesotho moithuti | ||
Shona mudzidzi | ||
Sindhi شاگرد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ශිෂ්ය | ||
Slovak študent | ||
Slovenian študent | ||
Somali arday | ||
Spanish estudiante | ||
Sundanese murid | ||
Swahili mwanafunzi | ||
Swedish studerande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mag-aaral | ||
Tajik донишҷӯ | ||
Tamil மாணவர் | ||
Tatar студент | ||
Telugu విద్యార్థి | ||
Thai นักเรียน | ||
Tigrinya ተምሃራይ | ||
Tsonga xichudeni | ||
Turkish öğrenci | ||
Turkmen okuwçy | ||
Twi (Akan) osuani | ||
Ukrainian студент | ||
Urdu طالب علم | ||
Uyghur ئوقۇغۇچى | ||
Uzbek talaba | ||
Vietnamese sinh viên | ||
Welsh myfyriwr | ||
Xhosa umfundi | ||
Yiddish תּלמיד | ||
Yoruba akeko | ||
Zulu umfundi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "student" can also refer to a college or university residence. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "student" may also refer to a military recruit or a trainee. |
| Amharic | The word "ተማሪ" in Amharic can also refer to a person who learns a skill or trade. |
| Arabic | The word "طالب علم" (student) derives from the root word "طلب" (to seek), indicating the student's quest for knowledge. |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | "Ikasle" is derived from the words "ikasi" (to study) and "-le" (nominal suffix indicating the one who does an action). |
| Belarusian | The word "студэнт" comes from the Latin word "studens," which means "eager to learn". |
| Bengali | The word "ছাত্র" can also refer to a disciple or an apprentice. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, the word 'student' can also refer to someone who is in a state of contemplation or reflection, and not necessarily a person enrolled in an educational institution. |
| Bulgarian | The word "студент" is derived from the Latin word "studere", which means "to study". |
| Catalan | The term estudiant in Catalan comes from the Latin word for |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "学生" is also used in Chinese to refer to someone who is studying something, not necessarily in a formal educational setting. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 學生 (traditional Chinese) literally means "learning generation". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "studiente" can also refer to a disciple or follower of a particular philosophy or religion. |
| Croatian | It is also used as the feminine form of an apprentice or disciple |
| Czech | In Czech, the word "student" can also refer to a university graduate who has completed their studies and earned a degree. |
| Danish | The word 'studerende' is derived from the Latin word 'studens' meaning 'one who is eager to learn'. |
| Dutch | "Leerling" is related to the German word "lernen," meaning "to learn" and can also refer to an apprentice. |
| Esperanto | The plural form studentoj was coined by the founder of Esperanto, L.L. Zamenhof, as a neutral plural that is not gender-specific like studentoj (male) or studentinoj (female). |
| Estonian | The word "õpilane" derives from the verb "õppima" meaning "to learn" and originally referred to a person who was learning a trade or profession. |
| Finnish | The word "opiskelija" comes from the verb "opiskella," which means "to study," and originally referred to a member of a religious order who was studying theology. |
| French | The word "étudiant" derives from the Latin "studere," meaning "to be zealous" or "to apply oneself." |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "studint" also carries the connotation of "scholar" or "one who is studious". |
| Galician | The Galician word "estudante" is derived from the Latin word "studere," which means "to apply oneself to study or learn." |
| Georgian | The word "სტუდენტი" is derived from the Latin word "studere", which means "to study" or "to be diligent". |
| German | In German, the word "Student" is also used to refer to a member of a fraternity or sorority. |
| Greek | In ancient Greek, the word 'μαθητης σχολειου' also meant 'disciple' or 'pupil' of a philosopher or religious teacher. |
| Gujarati | The word 'विद्यार्थी' ('student') is derived from the Sanskrit roots 'vidya' ('knowledge') and 'artha' ('meaning'), and can also refer to a 'seeker of knowledge'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "elèv" can also refer to a disciple or follower |
| Hausa | In the Hausa language, the word “dalibi” also means "a learner or a disciple". |
| Hawaiian | A traditional Hawaiian word for 'student' or 'learner', haumana shares roots with the word haʻumāna, which translates to 'to study, to learn, to gain knowledge'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "סטוּדֶנט" is derived from the Latin "studens" meaning "one who studies or pursues knowledge." |
| Hindi | The word "छात्र" also means "a disciple" or "a pupil", and comes from the Sanskrit root "छद्" meaning "to cover" or "to protect". |
| Hmong | "Tub ntxhais kawm" means "student" in Hmong, but it can also mean "one who learns" or "one who studies". |
| Hungarian | The word 'diák' originally meant 'servant' and could refer to any young person in service, such as apprentices and scribes. |
| Icelandic | The word "nemandi" comes from the Old Norse word "nem", meaning "to take". Therefore, it originally meant "one who takes" or "one who receives". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "nwa akwukwo" also means "child of the book" or "book child." |
| Indonesian | Derived from Sanskrit, 'siswa' can also refer to any disciple, apprentice, or follower. |
| Irish | In ancient Gaelic, 'dalta' also referred to a "fosterling" or a student who lived and trained with the master, forming an intense master-disciple bond. |
| Italian | "Alunno" is a Latin word that originally meant "nurtured" or "foster child." |
| Japanese | "学生" is a combination of two kanji characters: "学" (meaning "study") and "生" (meaning "person"). |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "murid" also refers to a disciple or follower. |
| Kazakh | The word "студент" in Kazakh also means a "pupil" and is derived from the Latin word "studēre", which means "to be zealous". |
| Khmer | The term និស្សិត also carries a connotation of "person seeking instruction", highlighting the active learning process of a student. |
| Korean | The word "학생" is derived from the Korean word "학(學)" meaning "study" and the Chinese word "生" meaning "life" or "person." |
| Kurdish | The word “zankoyî” originates from the Persian word “zanakôy”, meaning “school”. |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz "студент" derives from the Latin word "studere" which means "to study". |
| Lao | The Lao word ນັກเรียน is derived from the Sanskrit word 'nakshatra' meaning 'star'. |
| Latin | Related to the word 'discipline', 'discipulus' derives from 'discere', 'to learn', with the implication of being in a position of receiving instruction and guidance. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word "students" derives from the Latin word "studens, studentis," meaning "one who studies". |
| Lithuanian | "Studentas" literally means a "learner" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | The term "Studentin" can also refer to a student in higher education or university, similar to its usage in German. |
| Macedonian | The word "студент" comes from the Latin word "studere", which means "to zealously apply oneself to learning". |
| Malagasy | The term "nianatra" is an abbreviation of the Malagasy phrase "niantso an-tatra", meaning "the one who receives or absorbs knowledge." |
| Malay | The word "pelajar" is derived from the Sanskrit word "pela-jar" meaning "one who learns". |
| Malayalam | The word "വിദ്യാർത്ഥി" (student) in Malayalam is derived from the Sanskrit words "vidya" (knowledge) and "artha" (purpose), indicating a person dedicated to acquiring knowledge. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "student" comes from the Latin word "studens", meaning "someone who is eager to learn". The root of the word, "stud", means "to be eager." |
| Maori | "Akonga" is also a term for a young sapling, emphasizing the nurturing and growth of knowledge in Maori culture. |
| Marathi | विद्यार्थी comes from 'विद्युत्', meaning energy, and 'अर्थी', meaning seeker; students pursue energy-based knowledge. |
| Mongolian | The word оюутан derives from the Mongolian word оюун, meaning 'knowledge' or 'intellect'. |
| Nepali | The word 'विद्यार्थी' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'विद्' (to know or understand), and originally referred to someone who was pursuing knowledge, either through formal education or self-study. |
| Norwegian | Student in Norwegian can mean either “university student” or the noun phrase “one who studies”. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word 'wophunzira' also refers to a person who is taught or instructed. |
| Pashto | The word "زده کونکی" ("student") in Pashto is derived from the Persian word "زده" ("learned") and the Pashto word "کونکی" ("little one"). |
| Persian | The Persian word "دانشجو" (student) is a compound of "دانش" (knowledge) and "جو" (seeker), and literally means "knowledge seeker." |
| Polish | In Polish, "student" also means "listener" or "pupil". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "aluna" derives from the Latin word "alumnus," which means "foster child" or "pupil." |
| Punjabi | Punjabi word “vidyaarthi” may also mean a person who is learning something other than formal education. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "student" can also refer to a person who is engaged in self-education or who is an apprentice in a trade. |
| Russian | The word "студент" is derived from the Latin word "studens", meaning "diligent, zealous". |
| Samoan | This term is derived from the word "tama" (child) and "aoga" (school), and is used to refer to individuals who are actively engaged in formal education. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "oileanach" in Scots Gaelic is also an archaic term for a pilgrim or a hermit. |
| Serbian | The word 'ученик' is also used to refer to an apprentice or a disciple. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "moithuti" is derived from the verb "ho ithuta," meaning "to study," and primarily refers to a person engaged in the process of learning or acquiring knowledge. |
| Sindhi | "شاگرد" also means "apprentice" in Sindhi, derived from the word "شاگردی" which means "apprenticeship." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | ශිෂ්ය is derived from Pali and Sanskrit and can also mean 'pupil of the eye' or 'disciple'. |
| Slovak | "Študent" in Slovak originally referred to a member of the student union or organization, rather than a person enrolled in a school. |
| Slovenian | The word "študent" in Slovenian has a similar origin to the English word "student", both deriving from the Latin word "studere", meaning "to study" or "to apply oneself to learning." |
| Somali | The word "arday" in Somali could be related to the Arabic word "'ard" meaning "land" or "soil," or to the Somali word "arag" meaning "to see" or "to study." |
| Spanish | The word 'estudiante' comes from the Latin word 'studens', meaning 'one who studies' or 'one who is zealous'. |
| Sundanese | The word "murid" in Sundanese ultimately comes from the Arabic word "murid" which means "one who desires". |
| Swahili | The word "mwanafunzi" is derived from the root word "funza" meaning "to learn" and the prefix "mwa" meaning "of" or "related to". |
| Swedish | "Studerande" is related to "stud" meaning "support" and "ande" indicating "spirit". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The root word is **aral** meaning 'to study,' so the student is the one who 'studies'. |
| Tajik | The word "донишҷӯ" originates from the Persian word "دانشجو" (dāneshjū), which is a compound of "دانش" (dānesh, "knowledge") and "جو" (jū, "seeker"). |
| Tamil | In Tamil the word "மாணவர்" ("student") is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit "manavin" meaning "to think," and can also convey a "seeker of knowledge." |
| Thai | In Old Thai, the word นักเรียน (nak-rian) means to 'imitate' something |
| Turkish | The word 'Öğrenci' in Turkish derives from the verb 'Öğrenmek' (to learn), connoting an ongoing process of acquiring knowledge and skills. |
| Ukrainian | Укр. слово “студент” від лат. studens (навчаюся). Озн. також – “людина, яка займається наукою”. |
| Urdu | The word "طالب علم" is derived from the Arabic root word "طلب" (talab), meaning "to seek" or "to strive for". Therefore, a "طالب علم" is someone who strives to acquire knowledge, not merely a "student". |
| Uzbek | The word "talaba" can also refer to a religious or spiritual seeker in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "sinh viên" in Vietnamese may be derived from the Chinese word "生员" (shēngyuán), which referred to a student at an imperial academy in the past. |
| Welsh | The word "myfyriwr" can also refer to an apprentice, a pupil, or a disciple. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'umfundi' is also used to describe an apprentice, learner, or beginner in any field. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "תּלמיד" (talmid) also means "scholar" and is derived from the Hebrew word "למד" (lamad), meaning "to learn." |
| Yoruba | The word "akeko" can also mean "schoolboy" or "schoolgirl" depending on the context. |
| Zulu | The word "umfundi" in the Zulu language is derived from the verb "funda" (to learn) and means both "student" and "teacher". |
| English | The word "student" is derived from the Latin word "studere," which means "to be zealous or eager." |