Terrorism in Different Languages
Discover 'Terrorism' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Terrorism
Afrikaans terrorisme | ||
Albanian terrorizmi | ||
Amharic ሽብርተኝነት | ||
Arabic الإرهاب | ||
Armenian ահաբեկչություն | ||
Assamese সন্ত্ৰাসবাদ | ||
Aymara terrorismo ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani terrorizm | ||
Bambara terrorisme (jatigɛwale) ye | ||
Basque terrorismoa | ||
Belarusian тэрарызм | ||
Bengali সন্ত্রাসবাদ | ||
Bhojpuri आतंकवाद के बारे में बतावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian terorizam | ||
Bulgarian тероризъм | ||
Catalan terrorisme | ||
Cebuano terorismo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 恐怖主义 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 恐怖主義 | ||
Corsican terrurismu | ||
Croatian terorizam | ||
Czech terorismus | ||
Danish terrorisme | ||
Dhivehi ޓެރަރިޒަމް | ||
Dogri आतंकवाद दा | ||
Dutch terrorisme | ||
English terrorism | ||
Esperanto terorismo | ||
Estonian terrorism | ||
Ewe ŋɔdzinuwɔwɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) terorismo | ||
Finnish terrorismi | ||
French terrorisme | ||
Frisian terrorisme | ||
Galician terrorismo | ||
Georgian ტერორიზმი | ||
German terrorismus | ||
Greek τρομοκρατία | ||
Guarani terrorismo rehegua | ||
Gujarati આતંકવાદ | ||
Haitian Creole teworis | ||
Hausa ta'addanci | ||
Hawaiian hoʻoweliweli | ||
Hebrew טֵרוֹר | ||
Hindi आतंक | ||
Hmong kev ua phem | ||
Hungarian terrorizmus | ||
Icelandic hryðjuverk | ||
Igbo iyi ọha egwu | ||
Ilocano terorismo | ||
Indonesian terorisme | ||
Irish sceimhlitheoireacht | ||
Italian terrorismo | ||
Japanese テロ | ||
Javanese terorisme | ||
Kannada ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ | ||
Kazakh терроризм | ||
Khmer ភេរវកម្ម | ||
Kinyarwanda iterabwoba | ||
Konkani आतंकवाद हांचो आस्पाव जाता | ||
Korean 테러 | ||
Krio terorizim we dɛn kin du | ||
Kurdish terorîzm | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تیرۆر | ||
Kyrgyz терроризм | ||
Lao ການກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ | ||
Latin terrorism | ||
Latvian terorismu | ||
Lingala terrorisme oyo esalemaka | ||
Lithuanian terorizmas | ||
Luganda obutujju | ||
Luxembourgish terrorismus | ||
Macedonian тероризам | ||
Maithili आतंकवाद के | ||
Malagasy asa fampihorohoroana | ||
Malay keganasan | ||
Malayalam ഭീകരത | ||
Maltese terroriżmu | ||
Maori whakatumatuma | ||
Marathi दहशतवाद | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯦꯔꯣꯔꯤꯖꯃꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯥ ꯋꯥꯐꯝ ꯀꯌꯥ ꯊꯃꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo firfiakte a ni | ||
Mongolian терроризм | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကြမ်းဖက်ဝါဒ | ||
Nepali आतंकवाद | ||
Norwegian terrorisme | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) uchigawenga | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆତଙ୍କବାଦ | ||
Oromo shororkeessummaa | ||
Pashto تروریزم | ||
Persian تروریسم | ||
Polish terroryzm | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) terrorismo | ||
Punjabi ਅੱਤਵਾਦ | ||
Quechua terrorismo nisqamanta | ||
Romanian terorism | ||
Russian терроризм | ||
Samoan faiga faatupu faalavelave | ||
Sanskrit आतङ्कवादः | ||
Scots Gaelic ceannairc | ||
Sepedi botšhošetši | ||
Serbian тероризам | ||
Sesotho bokhukhuni | ||
Shona ugandanga | ||
Sindhi دهشتگردي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ත්රස්තවාදය | ||
Slovak terorizmu | ||
Slovenian terorizem | ||
Somali argagixiso | ||
Spanish terrorismo | ||
Sundanese térorisme | ||
Swahili ugaidi | ||
Swedish terrorism | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) terorismo | ||
Tajik терроризм | ||
Tamil பயங்கரவாதம் | ||
Tatar терроризм | ||
Telugu ఉగ్రవాదం | ||
Thai การก่อการร้าย | ||
Tigrinya ግብረሽበራ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga vutherorisi | ||
Turkish terörizm | ||
Turkmen terrorçylyk | ||
Twi (Akan) amumɔyɛsɛm | ||
Ukrainian тероризм | ||
Urdu دہشت گردی | ||
Uyghur تېرورلۇق | ||
Uzbek terrorizm | ||
Vietnamese khủng bố | ||
Welsh terfysgaeth | ||
Xhosa ubunqolobi | ||
Yiddish טעראָריזם | ||
Yoruba ipanilaya | ||
Zulu ubuphekula |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "terrorisme" can also mean "terrorism" or "atrocity" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | "Terrorizmi" in Albanian has a more general meaning and can refer to both terrorism and violence in general. |
| Arabic | The word "الإرهاب" (al-irhab) in Arabic originally meant "the act of frightening" but now primarily means "terrorism". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "terrorizm" comes from the Latin word "terror", meaning "great fear". |
| Basque | In its other meaning, terrorismoa is the term used to designate the 'fear' that would be caused by an event. |
| Bengali | The word "সন্ত্রাসবাদ" also means "terrorism" in Sanskrit, Hindi, and Marathi. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "terorizam" also means "to make a mess of something." |
| Bulgarian | "Терроризъм" произлиза от латинското "terror", което означава "ужас", "страх". |
| Catalan | "Terrorisme" (Catalan for 'terrorism') derives from the Latin "terror", meaning 'fear' and 'dread'" |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 该词起源于拉丁语“terror”，“恐惧”之意，在18世纪时用以形容由雅各宾派实施的国家恐怖统治。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「恐怖主義」一詞在中文中有「恐怖的主義」或「可怕的主義」等意涵。 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, « terrurismu » is the equivalent of French « terrorisme », but it can also mean « fear of thunder ». |
| Croatian | The word "terorizam" has the same meaning in Croatian as in English, but its alternative meaning is "terrorism". It also has a third meaning which is "acts of terrorism". |
| Czech | The word "terorismus" can also refer to "terrorize" or "terrorize someone or something" in Czech. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "terreur" not only means "terrorism", but also can mean "the act of frightening someone". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, the noun 'teroro' can refer to either terrorism or terror. |
| Estonian | Terrorism (terrorism) comes from the Latin word "terror", meaning "great fear" or "dread." |
| Finnish | Terrorismi comes from the French word terrorisme and is thought to have been used for the first time in English in the 1790s. |
| French | The French word "terrorisme" can also refer to a state of extreme fear or horror. |
| Galician | "Terrorismo" means "terrorism" but also "tremor" in Galician. |
| Greek | Τρομοκρατία (tromokratía) is a compound word that literally means "the rule by fear", from τρόμος (trómos), "fear, terror," and κρατία (kratía), "rule, power." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, teworis (terrorism) also means 'banditry', 'robbery', and 'organized crime'. |
| Hausa | Ta'addanci, which refers to terrorism in Hausa, is also a word meaning |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻoweliweli" also means "to horrify" or "to make terrible" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word טֵרוֹר ("terror") derives from the Latin "terror", which itself comes from the verb terrēre ("to frighten"). |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'आतंक' ultimately derives from the Sanskrit root 'त्रस्' (tras), meaning 'fear' or 'trembling'. |
| Hmong | The word "kev ua phem" can also refer to "violence" or "threats of violence". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, “terrorizmus” may also refer to an intense fear or dread and to a means of intimidation. |
| Icelandic | In addition to meaning "terrorism," hryðjuverk in Icelandic can also mean "convulsion," "agitation," or "tremor." |
| Indonesian | "Terorisme" has an alternate meaning in Indonesian, referring to the state of being startled or frightened. |
| Irish | The Irish word "sceimhlitheoireacht" can also refer to revolutionary activity or ideology. |
| Italian | In Italian, "terrorismo" also means "fear-mongering" |
| Japanese | 「テロ」は、元々は「恐怖」を意味する言葉で、フランス語の「terreur」に由来するといわれます。 |
| Javanese | There is no Javanese term for terrorism; instead Javanese people would use the Indonesian word 'terorisme' while speaking Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ" (pronounced as "bhayothpadane") is derived from the Sanskrit word "bhay" (meaning fear) and "utpadana" (meaning creation or production), ultimately meaning "the creation of fear". |
| Khmer | The word 'ភេរវកម្ម' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'ભૈરવ' (Bhairava), which means 'terrible' or 'frightful'. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, the word "terorîzm" is a loanword from Turkish, derived from the French word "terrorisme". |
| Kyrgyz | The word |
| Latin | The word "terrorism" comes from the Latin "terror", meaning "fear" or "dread". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "terorismu" originally meant "terrorism," but it now also means "fear" or "intimidation." |
| Lithuanian | The word "terorizmas" in Lithuanian is derived from the Latin word "terror", meaning "fear" or "dread". |
| Macedonian | The word "тероризам" (terrorism) in Macedonian is derived from the French word "terrorisme". |
| Malagasy | The word "ASA fampihorohoroana" in Malagasy is derived from the Arabic word "asa" meaning "to make terrified". |
| Malay | The word "keganasan" (terrorism) can also mean 'ferocity' and 'savagery' in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഭീകരത" can also mean "extreme fear or horror" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | It shares the same root as "terrore" in Italian and "terreur" in French, and can also mean "horror" in Maltese. |
| Maori | "Whakatumatuma" is also the name of a traditional Maori game similar to tug-of-war. |
| Marathi | The word "दहशतवाद" (terrorism) in Marathi originates from the Persian word "dahshat" meaning "fear" or "terror". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "terrorism" in Myanmar can also refer to "oppression" or "suppression". |
| Nepali | The word "आतंकवाद" is derived from the Sanskrit word "आतंक" which means "terror" or "dread". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "terrorisme" also means "terrorism". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "uchigawenga" is derived from the root word "chiga," meaning to harm or injure someone. |
| Pashto | The word تروریزم derives from the Arabic word رهب (rahaba), meaning "to frighten or terrify". |
| Persian | Persian "تروریسم" (terrorism) derives from "terror" in French and "terreur" in Latin, meaning "fear" or "dread". |
| Polish | "Terroryzm" originally meant "acts of terror" and the word "terror" itself was taken from the French "terreur". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "terrorismo" has no direct relationship with the term "terror". |
| Punjabi | Originally meaning 'violent disorder' in Punjabi, the definition of 'ਅੱਤਵਾਦ' ('atavaad') has expanded to include political and ideological violence. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "terorism" can also refer to a feeling of fear or terror, or to a state of panic or alarm. |
| Russian | 'Терроризм' derives from the Latin 'terror', meaning 'great fear' or 'dread'. |
| Samoan | The word "faiga faatupu faalavelave" is a compound noun in Samoan that has the literal meaning of "the making (faiga) of that which creates (faatupu) disorder (faalavelave)". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Ceannairc" also means "warrior" or "soldier" in a more general sense. |
| Serbian | The word “тероризам” in Serbian is derived from the French word “terrorisme”, which in turn comes from the Latin word “terror”, meaning “great fear”. |
| Sesotho | Bokhukhuni is derived from the word 'khukhuni' meaning 'to shake', referring to the disruptive nature of terrorist acts. |
| Shona | In Shona, the word “ugandanga” has other meanings, including “rebellion” and “insurrection”. |
| Sindhi | The word "دهشتگردي" in Sindhi has an alternate meaning of "fear" or "terror". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word originates from the Greek word "τρέω" (treō), meaning "to tremble" or "shake". |
| Slovak | "Terorizmu" v slovenčine znamená aj "strašenie náhodnými násilnými trestnými činmi". |
| Slovenian | Beseda "terorizem" izvira iz francoske besede "terreur", ki pomeni "strah". |
| Somali | The word "argagixiso" is the Somali translation of the English term "terrorism" and its etymology can be traced to the Arabic word "irhāb" meaning "intimidation". |
| Spanish | El término "terrorismo" tiene su origen en el latín "terror", que significa "miedo intenso". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "térorisme" is also used to describe feelings of anger, rage, and violence |
| Swahili | Ugaidi, the Swahili word for 'terrorism,' derives from the Arabic word 'ughdiyya' meaning 'attack' or 'raid'. |
| Swedish | "Terrorism" comes from the Latin word "terror", meaning "great fear" or "dread" |
| Tajik | The word "терроризм" ("terrorism") also has a secondary meaning in Tajik, where it can refer to a form of religious extremism. |
| Tamil | "பயங்கரவாதம் is derived from the French word 'terrorisme', which means 'a system of terror' or 'terrorism." |
| Telugu | The word "ఉగ్రవాదం" in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "उग्रवाद" (ugravada), meaning "extremism" or "violence." |
| Thai | การก่อการร้าย comes from the Sanskrit word "त्रास [traas]", meaning "to frighten". |
| Turkish | The word "terörizm" in Turkish entered the language in the 18th century via the French word "terrorisme" and originally meant "fear, panic". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "тероризм" is also used to refer to "violent suppression of resistance or opposition". |
| Vietnamese | The word "khủng bố" is used in Vietnamese to describe both the concept of terrorism as well as the specific historical event known as the "Red Terror" in the Soviet Union. |
| Welsh | Terfysgaeth (Welsh for "terrorism") originates from the Greek words "treo" (to tremble) and "gasos" (dread), emphasizing the fear and disruption caused by acts of terrorism. |
| Xhosa | The word “ubunqolobi” also refers to the “spear” or “weapon” used by the Xhosa in ancient warfare. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "טעראָריזם" also means "tyranny", "oppression", and "cruelty". |
| Yoruba | The word 'ipanilaya' also means 'wickedness', 'wicked act' or 'depravity' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Ubuphekula is thought to be cognate with the Nguni word pheku, meaning 'to attack' or 'seize'. |
| English | The word "terrorism" derives from the French "terrorisme," which is derived from the Latin "terror," which means "fear" or "terror" |