Task in Different Languages
Discover 'Task' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Task
Afrikaans taak | ||
Albanian detyrë | ||
Amharic ተግባር | ||
Arabic مهمة | ||
Armenian առաջադրանք | ||
Assamese কাৰ্য | ||
Aymara tariya | ||
Azerbaijani tapşırıq | ||
Bambara baara | ||
Basque zeregina | ||
Belarusian заданне | ||
Bengali টাস্ক | ||
Bhojpuri काम | ||
Bosnian zadatak | ||
Bulgarian задача | ||
Catalan tasca | ||
Cebuano buluhaton | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 任务 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 任務 | ||
Corsican compitu | ||
Croatian zadatak | ||
Czech úkol | ||
Danish opgave | ||
Dhivehi މަސައްކަތެއް | ||
Dogri कम्म | ||
Dutch taak | ||
English task | ||
Esperanto tasko | ||
Estonian ülesanne | ||
Ewe dɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gawain | ||
Finnish tehtävä | ||
French tâche | ||
Frisian taak | ||
Galician tarefa | ||
Georgian ამოცანა | ||
German aufgabe | ||
Greek έργο | ||
Guarani mba'aporã | ||
Gujarati કાર્ય | ||
Haitian Creole travay | ||
Hausa aiki | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew מְשִׁימָה | ||
Hindi कार्य | ||
Hmong hauj lwm | ||
Hungarian feladat | ||
Icelandic verkefni | ||
Igbo ọrụ | ||
Ilocano tarabaho | ||
Indonesian tugas | ||
Irish tasc | ||
Italian compito | ||
Japanese 仕事 | ||
Javanese tugas | ||
Kannada ಕಾರ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh тапсырма | ||
Khmer ភារកិច្ច | ||
Kinyarwanda inshingano | ||
Konkani काम | ||
Korean 직무 | ||
Krio wok | ||
Kurdish karî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەرک | ||
Kyrgyz тапшырма | ||
Lao ວຽກງານ | ||
Latin negotium | ||
Latvian uzdevums | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian užduotis | ||
Luganda ekigezo | ||
Luxembourgish aufgab | ||
Macedonian задача | ||
Maithili कार्य | ||
Malagasy asa | ||
Malay tugas | ||
Malayalam ചുമതല | ||
Maltese kompitu | ||
Maori mahi | ||
Marathi कार्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯕꯛ | ||
Mizo tihtur | ||
Mongolian даалгавар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တာဝန် | ||
Nepali कार्य | ||
Norwegian oppgave | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ntchito | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ | ||
Oromo hojii | ||
Pashto دنده | ||
Persian وظیفه | ||
Polish zadanie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) tarefa | ||
Punjabi ਕੰਮ | ||
Quechua ruwana | ||
Romanian sarcină | ||
Russian задача | ||
Samoan galuega | ||
Sanskrit कार्य | ||
Scots Gaelic ghnìomh | ||
Sepedi mošomo | ||
Serbian задатак | ||
Sesotho mosebetsi | ||
Shona basa | ||
Sindhi ڪم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කාර්ය | ||
Slovak úloha | ||
Slovenian naloga | ||
Somali hawl | ||
Spanish tarea | ||
Sundanese tugas | ||
Swahili kazi | ||
Swedish uppgift | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gawain | ||
Tajik вазифа | ||
Tamil பணி | ||
Tatar бирем | ||
Telugu పని | ||
Thai งาน | ||
Tigrinya ዕዮ | ||
Tsonga ntirho | ||
Turkish görev | ||
Turkmen wezipe | ||
Twi (Akan) adwuma | ||
Ukrainian завдання | ||
Urdu کام | ||
Uyghur ۋەزىپە | ||
Uzbek vazifa | ||
Vietnamese bài tập | ||
Welsh dasg | ||
Xhosa umsebenzi | ||
Yiddish אַרבעט | ||
Yoruba iṣẹ-ṣiṣe | ||
Zulu umsebenzi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "taak" is closely related to the English "tack", both derived from the Proto-Germanic root "Þak" meaning "to fasten, attach". |
| Albanian | Despite its Latin origin ("de terere": to rub down), "detyrë" in Albanian also means "assignment" in an educational context. |
| Amharic | The word "ተግባር" can also refer to a tax or a duty. |
| Arabic | The word مهمة (task) is derived from the Arabic root همم (determination), indicating a serious or crucial undertaking. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "tapşırıq" is ultimately derived from the Persian word "tafṣīr" (task), which in turn is derived from the Arabic word "tafsīr" (interpretation, commentary). |
| Basque | "Zeregina" is derived from Proto-Basque *ereg-gi-na, meaning "(something) to be done". |
| Belarusian | The word "заданне" in Belarusian is a borrowing from the Russian word „задание,” which comes from the verb „задать,” meaning “to set” or “to ask.” |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "টাস্ক" (task) is derived from the Persian word "تسک" (task), which originally meant "a levy or tax" or "a duty or obligation". |
| Bosnian | The word "zadatak" in Bosnian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "zadati", meaning "to give" or "to ask", and also refers to a school assignment. |
| Bulgarian | The word "задача" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "задати", which means "to ask" or "to give a task". |
| Catalan | The word "tasca" in Catalan derives from the Arabic "taska" meaning "drinking place". |
| Cebuano | "Buluhaton" originally meant "work done to earn a living" in Cebuano, and also meant "work done to pay a debt". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 任務 (任务) can also mean 'commission' or 'errand'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "任 (ren)" means "person" and "務 (wu)" means "affairs," so the Chinese word for "task" can also mean "the duties of someone holding an official post." |
| Corsican | Corsican "compitu" likely derives from Latin "compitum" (crossroads) |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "zadatak" originated from the Turkish word "zorluk" meaning task, hardship or difficulty. |
| Czech | The word "úkol" in Czech is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *ǫkъlъ, which originally meant "fate" or "lot". |
| Danish | The word "opgave" in Danish has its roots in the Old Norse word "at gefa," which means "to give" or "to assign." |
| Dutch | Taak can also refer to a pile of hay for livestock (used in this sense in many dialects and regionally throughout the Dutch-speaking world) |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "tasko" comes from the Russian word "задача" (zadacha), which can also mean "project", "problem", or "goal". |
| Estonian | "Ülesanne" is a noun in the singular form of the Estonian word for "task". It is derived from the verb "üles anda" (to assign a task) and can also mean "assignment" or "mission". |
| Finnish | The word "tehtävä" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "*tehkæ", meaning "to make". |
| French | The word "tâche" comes from the Latin word "tacea", which means "a spot" or "a mark", and is related to the English word "tack". In French, "tâche" can also refer to a stain or a blemish. |
| Frisian | Frisian: "taak" is derived from the same root as "touch" and also means the leather on the thumb of a glove. |
| Galician | "Tarefa" comes from the Arabic "ṭarf", "boundary", meaning "the task of a peasant who had a field to plough." |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ამოცანა" likely derives from the Persian word "امتحان" and can also mean "test" or "exam". |
| German | "Aufgabe" means "giving up" or "surrender" in some historical contexts. |
| Greek | The word 'έργο' comes from the Ancient Greek word 'έργω,' meaning 'to work,' and is cognate with the Latin 'operor' and the Sanskrit 'irjyati.' |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'કાર્ય' primarily means 'task' or 'work', but it also has the connotation of 'purpose' or 'objective'. |
| Haitian Creole | The Creole word "travay" is said to derive both from the French "travail" (labor) & Arawakan "tabacuye" ('to cut'). |
| Hausa | In some contexts, "aiki" can refer to a person's role, responsibility, or purpose in life. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hana" in Hawaiian can also mean "work" or "occupation". |
| Hebrew | The word "מְשִׁימָה" derives from the Hebrew root "ש.מ.ם", meaning "to become desolate, ruined, or wasted." |
| Hindi | The word कार्य (task) in Hindi, originates from the Sanskrit root 'kar' meaning 'to do', and is cognate with the Latin word 'carere', meaning 'to lack or need', indicating its connection to the action of undertaking a task to fulfill a requirement. |
| Hmong | The word hauj lwm also means "work" and is derived from the Proto-Hmong-Mien word *hɔːm². |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "feladat" is derived from the Turkish "fal" (task, omen) and "adat" (habit, custom). |
| Icelandic | The word "verkefni" derives from the Old Norse word "verk", meaning "work" or "deed". |
| Igbo | The word 'ọrụ' could also mean 'work' or 'labour' in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word "tugas" comes from the Proto-Austronesian word "*tugaS" meaning "work" or "labor". |
| Irish | The Irish word "tasc" ultimately derives from the Latin word "taxare", meaning "to estimate, assess" and also "to blame". |
| Italian | The Italian word "compito" comes from the Latin "compitum," meaning "crossroad". This suggests that the word originally referred to a task that had to be completed before proceeding further. |
| Japanese | "仕事 (shigoto)", meaning "task" in Japanese, originally referred to "serving a noble." |
| Javanese | In Old Javanese, tugas means 'order' or 'instruction' |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ಕಾರ್ಯ' can also refer to 'work' as in 'profession or employment'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "тапсырма" (task) derives from the verb "тапсыру" (to give, to assign), ultimately tracing back to the Turkic root *tab- (< *dap-) "to give". |
| Korean | The word '직무' (task) in Korean comes from the Chinese compound word '職務', which means 'official duty' or 'function'. |
| Kurdish | "Kari", a Kurdish word for "task", also refers to a "piece" or a "chapter". In the phrase "dûkari", it means "a group of two". In "sêkari" meaning "a group of three", it is often replaced with the word “kes”. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "тапшырма" is also used to refer to a "homework assignment" or a "mission" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | Derived from nec and otium, negotia initially referred to non-leisure-related activities and gradually came to mean a person's business affairs that needed attention. |
| Latvian | The word “uzdevums” is a cognate for the Old Prussian word “usdewis” (duty) and the Old Saxon word “undewa” (obligation). |
| Lithuanian | "Užduotis" and "uždavinys" are both Lithuanian words for "task", but "uždavinys" is more formal and can also mean "problem" or "puzzle." |
| Luxembourgish | The word 'Aufgabe' has a second meaning in Luxembourgish, which is 'duty'. |
| Macedonian | The word "задача" (task) in Macedonian originally meant "a piece of work to be done" and can also refer to a mathematical problem. |
| Malagasy | "Asa" also means "a while" or "a moment". |
| Malay | In Javanese, "tugas" means "duty" or "responsibility" and is derived from the verb "tugu" (to wait or expect). |
| Malayalam | The word "ചുമതല" in Malayalam is derived from the Sanskrit word "चुमत्" meaning "to raise" or "to lift". It also has the alternate meaning of "responsibility" or "obligation". |
| Maltese | The word "kompitu" comes from the Italian word "compito" which means "homework" or "assignment". |
| Maori | In addition to meaning 'task,' 'mahi' also means 'work' and 'effort' in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "कार्य" also has the alternate meaning of "work" or "action" in Marathi. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word တာဝန် originates from the Proto-Tibeto-Burman root *ʔa-ran-C “to carry on the back”. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "कार्य" (kārya) is related to the Sanskrit word "कृ" (kṛ), meaning "to do" or "to make", and also to the Latin word "creare". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "oppgave" originated in the 15th century and originally meant a "duty" or "obligation" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "ntchito" also means "service" and is related to the root word "ntchito" which means "to serve". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "دنده" can also refer to a "musical note" or a "debt." |
| Persian | The word "وظیفه" is derived from the Arabic root "وَظَفَ", meaning "to impose a duty upon" or "to assign a task". |
| Polish | Zadanie derives from the Old Polish word „zdadza”, meaning “to grant” or “to assign”. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Tarefa" comes from the Arabic "tarha", meaning "obligation, work or task". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਕੰਮ" (task) originated from the Sanskrit word "कर्म" (action), which also means "duty," "deed," and "work." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "sarcină" also means "pregnancy" and comes from the Latin "sarcina" meaning "burden" or "load." |
| Russian | The Russian word "задача" is derived from the Old Russian word "давати" (to give), and it originally meant "a given amount of work to be done." |
| Samoan | The word 'galuega' also refers to work done, labor, or employment. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "ghnìomh" in Scots Gaelic, meaning "task," also carries the connotation of "deed" or "action." |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "задатак" (task) derives from the Old Church Slavonic word "за-дѫти" (to blow onto), implying the idea of assigning a task to someone. |
| Sesotho | The word "mosebetsi" is derived from the verb "seba", meaning "to work", and the noun "mosebetsi", meaning "work" or "job". |
| Shona | The word "basa" is also used proverbially to mean "duty" or "responsibility". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ڪم (kam)" shares its root with the Sanskrit word "karma (कर्म)" and the Persian word "karm (کرم)", all of which mean "action" or "deed." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Sinhala "කාර්ය" also means "function," likely influenced by the Sanskrit origin and the related word "karma" in Indian languages. |
| Slovak | The word "úloha" also means "role" or "mission". |
| Slovenian | The word "naloga" can also mean "charge" or "assignment". |
| Somali | The term "hawl" is used in Somali to refer to any difficult work, particularly something arduous. Moreover, it is employed with a religious sense as a mandatory undertaking. |
| Spanish | The word tarea comes from the Arabic term “taraha,” meaning collection. |
| Sundanese | The word "tugas" in Sundanese is also used to refer to a type of traditional Sundanese dance. |
| Swahili | The word "kazi" is derived from the Arabic word "kazā", meaning "decree" or "judgment". |
| Swedish | "Uppgift" is derived from the Old Norse word "upphaf", meaning "beginning". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | While 'gawain' often means 'task', it can also refer to one's profession or occupation. |
| Tajik | The word "вазифа" in Tajik can also refer to a "duty" or "obligation". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "பணி" (task) also denotes respect or submission to a higher power. |
| Telugu | "పని" also means "employment; profession; business" |
| Thai | Apart from the general usage, "งาน" can be used to describe a religious duty or an activity that brings benefits, or in the ancient past to describe someone's position or role. |
| Turkish | The word "görev" in Turkish also has the meanings of "duty" and "service". |
| Ukrainian | The word "завдання" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *zadъ, meaning "debt" or "obligation". |
| Urdu | The word "کام" in Urdu can also mean "wish" or "desire". |
| Uzbek | In Afghan Persian, the word "vazifa" may also refer to religious practices, particularly those related to pilgrimage. |
| Vietnamese | "Bài tập" (task) is a compound derived from "bài" (piece, item) and "tập" (collection, practice, exercise), implying a set of exercises or activities done. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'dasg' also means 'lesson' and shares a root with the word 'dysgu' ('to learn'). |
| Xhosa | 'Umsebenzi' can also refer to the physical place where work occurs. |
| Yiddish | Though it now means 'task' in Yiddish, 'אַרבעט' initially described hard physical labor – a term still preserved in German, its language of origin. |
| Yoruba | The word "iṣẹ-ṣiṣe" can also refer to the process or act of completing a task, rather than the task itself. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word for 'task,' 'umsebenzi,' comes from the root '-sebenza,' meaning 'to work.' |
| English | The word "task" derives from Middle English, where its original sense was 'work imposed' and the meaning "any duty, chore" first appeared early in 17th-century. |