Terrorist in Different Languages
Discover 'Terrorist' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Terrorist
Afrikaans terroris | ||
Albanian terroriste | ||
Amharic አሸባሪ | ||
Arabic إرهابي | ||
Armenian ահաբեկիչ | ||
Assamese সন্ত্ৰাসবাদী | ||
Aymara terrorista ukham uñt’atawa | ||
Azerbaijani terrorçu | ||
Bambara terrorisme (jatigɛwalekɛla). | ||
Basque terrorista | ||
Belarusian тэрарыстычная | ||
Bengali সন্ত্রাসী | ||
Bhojpuri आतंकी के नाम से जानल जाला | ||
Bosnian teroristička | ||
Bulgarian терористична | ||
Catalan terrorista | ||
Cebuano terorista | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 恐怖分子 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 恐怖分子 | ||
Corsican terrurista | ||
Croatian terorista | ||
Czech terorista | ||
Danish terrorist | ||
Dhivehi ޓެރަރިސްޓެވެ | ||
Dogri आतंकवादी | ||
Dutch terrorist | ||
English terrorist | ||
Esperanto teroristo | ||
Estonian terrorist | ||
Ewe ŋɔdzinuwɔla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) terorista | ||
Finnish terroristi | ||
French terroriste | ||
Frisian terrorist | ||
Galician terrorista | ||
Georgian ტერორისტი | ||
German terrorist | ||
Greek τρομοκράτης | ||
Guarani terrorista rehegua | ||
Gujarati આતંકવાદી | ||
Haitian Creole teworis | ||
Hausa 'yan ta'adda | ||
Hawaiian mea hoʻoweliweli | ||
Hebrew מְחַבֵּל | ||
Hindi आतंकवादी | ||
Hmong neeg ua phem | ||
Hungarian terrorista | ||
Icelandic hryðjuverkamaður | ||
Igbo eyi ọha egwu | ||
Ilocano terorista | ||
Indonesian teroris | ||
Irish sceimhlitheoireachta | ||
Italian terrorista | ||
Japanese テロリスト | ||
Javanese teroris | ||
Kannada ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ | ||
Kazakh террорист | ||
Khmer ភេរវករ | ||
Kinyarwanda iterabwoba | ||
Konkani आतंकवादी | ||
Korean 테러리스트 | ||
Krio terorist | ||
Kurdish terorîst | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تیرۆریست | ||
Kyrgyz террорист | ||
Lao ຜູ້ກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ | ||
Latin terroristis | ||
Latvian terorists | ||
Lingala moteroriste | ||
Lithuanian teroristas | ||
Luganda omutujju | ||
Luxembourgish terrorist | ||
Macedonian терористички | ||
Maithili आतंकी | ||
Malagasy mpampihorohoro | ||
Malay pengganas | ||
Malayalam തീവ്രവാദി | ||
Maltese terroristiku | ||
Maori kaiwhakatuma | ||
Marathi दहशतवादी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯦꯔꯣꯔꯤꯁ꯭ꯠ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo firfiak a ni | ||
Mongolian террорист | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကြမ်းဖက်သမား | ||
Nepali आतंकवादी | ||
Norwegian terrorist | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wachigawenga | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆତଙ୍କବାଦୀ | ||
Oromo shororkeessaa | ||
Pashto ترهګر | ||
Persian تروریست | ||
Polish terrorysta | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) terrorista | ||
Punjabi ਅੱਤਵਾਦੀ | ||
Quechua terrorista nisqa | ||
Romanian terorist | ||
Russian террорист | ||
Samoan tagata faatupu faalavelave | ||
Sanskrit आतङ्कवादी | ||
Scots Gaelic ceannairceach | ||
Sepedi setšhošetši | ||
Serbian терористички | ||
Sesotho sekhukhuni | ||
Shona gandanga | ||
Sindhi دهشتگرد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ත්රස්තවාදී | ||
Slovak teroristický | ||
Slovenian teroristična | ||
Somali argagixiso | ||
Spanish terrorista | ||
Sundanese téroris | ||
Swahili gaidi | ||
Swedish terrorist | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) terorista | ||
Tajik террорист | ||
Tamil பயங்கரவாதி | ||
Tatar террорист | ||
Telugu ఉగ్రవాది | ||
Thai ผู้ก่อการร้าย | ||
Tigrinya ግብረሽበራዊ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga mutherorisi | ||
Turkish terörist | ||
Turkmen terrorist | ||
Twi (Akan) amumɔyɛfo | ||
Ukrainian терористична | ||
Urdu دہشت گرد | ||
Uyghur تېرورچى | ||
Uzbek terrorchi | ||
Vietnamese khủng bố | ||
Welsh terfysgol | ||
Xhosa umgrogrisi | ||
Yiddish טעראָריסט | ||
Yoruba apanilaya | ||
Zulu ubushokobezi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "terroris" can also refer to someone who creates great disorder or confusion. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the word "terroriste" can also refer to a person who causes great fear or alarm. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "አሸባሪ" can mean "a person who causes fear or terror", "a wicked or violent person", or "a bandit or highwayman". It is rooted in the verb "ሸበረ", meaning "to frighten or terrorize." |
| Arabic | The word |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "terrorçu" (terrorist) also means "a person who spreads panic and fear" |
| Basque | The Basque word "terrorista" has alternate meanings that include "rebel" and "fighter". |
| Belarusian | The word "тэрарыстычная" also means "terrorist" in Belarusian, but it is cognate with the word "terrible" in English. |
| Bengali | সন্ত্রাসী (śantrāsī) can also mean "one who creates terror," or "a terrifying person." |
| Bosnian | Bosnian word "teroristička" can also mean "terrorist attack" or "act of terrorism" in addition to its primary meaning of "female terrorist". |
| Bulgarian | It comes from the French word "terreur" meaning "terror" |
| Catalan | Catalan "terrorista" comes from the word "terror", from Latin "terror" (fear, terror), from the Greek "τρόμος" (trembling, fear). |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word "terorista" also means "one who causes panic or alarm" or "one who is violent or destructive." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “恐怖分子”一词在中文中的其他含义包括恐吓和恐怖行为的实施者。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 恐怖分子是恐怖活动和暴力的代名词，常用于贬义。 |
| Corsican | Corsican "terrurista" is also used to describe someone who fights for Corsican independence. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "terorista" can also mean "someone who causes panic or confusion". |
| Czech | Terorista means 'terrorist' in Czech, but its root is 'teror' which also means 'terror' or 'scare'. |
| Danish | In Danish "terrorist" is also synonymous for a person performing acts of terror, i.e. a terrorist. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word for "terrorist" is "terrorist", derived from the French word "terroriste", itself derived from the Latin word "terror", meaning "great fear". |
| Esperanto | The word "teroristo" in Esperanto is derived from the Latin and French words "terror" and "iste". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "terrorist" comes from the French word "terroriste", which in turn comes from the Latin word "terror", meaning "great fear or dread" |
| Finnish | In Finnish the word "terroristi" can also mean a "fearsome" or "horrifying" person. |
| French | In French, the word "terroriste" originally referred to adherents of the "Reign of Terror" during the French Revolution. |
| Frisian | It is derived from a word meaning 'fear' or 'horror'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "terrorista" can also mean "arsonist" or "raider". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word 'ტერორისტი' (terrorist) is derived from the Greek word 'τρομερός' (tremeros), meaning 'trembling' or 'causing great fear'. |
| Greek | The word 'τρομοκράτης' ('terrorist') originally meant 'someone who trembles' in ancient Greek. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, the word "આતંકવાદી" is also used to refer to someone who creates panic or chaos. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "teworis" in Haitian Creole originates from the French word "terroriste," which means "terrorist" in English. |
| Hausa | The word 'yan ta'adda in Hausa can refer to either 'terrorists' or 'bandits' depending on context. |
| Hawaiian | The word "mea hoʻoweliweli" is also used in Hawaiian to describe a person who is very frightening or dangerous. |
| Hebrew | The word "מְחַבֵּל" can also refer to someone who is corrupt or destructive. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'आतंकवादी' can also mean 'a violent or destructive person' or 'a member of a terrorist organization'. |
| Hmong | The literal meaning of "neeg ua phem" is "person who makes the heart fear". |
| Hungarian | The word "terrorista" was adopted from Italian into Hungarian in the 19th century. |
| Icelandic | The word hryðjuverkamaður is derived from the Old Norse words hryðja, meaning 'trembling' or 'terror,' and verk, meaning 'work' or 'deed'. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "eyi ọha egwu" literally translates to "one who plays with the fear of the public." |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'teroris' derives from the Dutch 'terrorist' and is also used to describe 'anarchists'. |
| Irish | The word "sceimhlitheoireachta" has been used to refer to both revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries. |
| Italian | "Terrorista" comes from the Latin word "terror", meaning "extreme fear" or "dread". |
| Japanese | テロリスト (terorisuto) derives from the late Latin word 'terrorista', which means 'one who causes terror'. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "teroris" can also refer to someone who acts in an intimidating manner or uses violence, not necessarily in a political context. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ' can also mean 'scary,' 'frightening,' or 'horrifying' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | Террорист - также может означать «одинокий» |
| Khmer | The word "ភេរវករ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "भैरव" meaning "destroyer" or "terrible". It can also refer to a fierce deity associated with destruction and chaos. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "terorîst" can also mean "freedom fighter" or "rebel". |
| Kyrgyz | The word «террорист» comes from the French word «terroriste». |
| Latin | The word "terroristis" in Latin does not mean "terrorist"; it means "causing fear or dread." |
| Latvian | The word "terorists" in Latvian is derived from the French word "terreur", meaning "terror". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "teroristas" comes from the Latin word "terror", which means "great fear". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Terrorist" can also refer to a person who causes alarm or fear. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "терористички" can also mean "saboteur" or "destroyer". |
| Malay | The word "pengganas" (meaning "terrorist" in Malay) is derived from the word "ganas" meaning "ferocious or cruel". |
| Malayalam | The word "terrorist" is a loanword from the English language into Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The word "terroristiku" can also mean "horrifying" or "frightening" in Maltese. |
| Maori | The word kaiwhakatuma can also refer to a warrior or a troublemaker. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'दहशतवादी' (dahatwadi) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'दहशत' (dahat), meaning 'terror' or 'fear'. |
| Mongolian | The word "террорист" ("terrorist") in Mongolian can also refer to a person who sows fear or terror. |
| Nepali | The term |
| Norwegian | Terrorist is derived from the Latin word "terror", meaning "great fear" or "dread". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "wachigawenga" literally means "one who causes confusion and unrest". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ترهګر" also means "frightening" or "violent." |
| Polish | The word "terrorysta" in Polish can also mean "alarmist" or "scaremonger". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Terrorista" can also refer to the first stage of the metamorphosis of an insect from pupa to adult. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "terorist" means "terrorist" but can also be used to describe a "troublemaker" or "aggressor." |
| Russian | The word "террорист" (terrorist) has no other meanings or etymological peculiarities. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, 'tagata faatupu faalavelave' literally translates to 'people who cause trouble' or 'troublemakers'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "ceannairceach" has historical links to "ceannaire," a Scottish Gaelic word for "leader," and may have implied a political or religious rebel. |
| Sesotho | The word "sekhukhuni" in Sesotho originally meant "a person who is always causing trouble". |
| Shona | "Gandanga" also means goblin or evil spirit in Shona. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In a more specific and technical context it can also refer to 'a person convicted under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act'. |
| Slovak | "Teroristický" is also used in Slovak to describe someone acting in an irrational, aggressive, or brutal way, not necessarily in a political context. |
| Slovenian | Beseda teroristična izhaja iz latinske besede "terror", ki pomeni strah, groza. |
| Somali | The word "argagixiso" is derived from the Arabic word "irhab" meaning "fear" or "terror". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "terrorista" can also refer to a person who engages in illegal activities for political or ideological reasons. |
| Sundanese | The word "terroris" comes from the Latin word "terror", which means "fear or dread." |
| Swahili | The word "gaidi" in Swahili is derived from the Arabic word "qāʾid", meaning "leader" or "commander". |
| Swedish | In Swedish language terrorist is called "terrorist" and the same word has the same meaning. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "terorista" is derived from the Spanish word "terrorista", which in turn comes from the Latin word "terror", meaning "great fear". |
| Tajik | The word "террорист" in Tajik comes from the French word "terroriste", which in turn comes from the Latin word "terror", meaning "fear" or "dread". |
| Thai | In Thai, "ผู้ก่อการร้าย" can also mean "insurgent" or "rebel." |
| Turkish | "Terörist" kelimesi Türkçe'de aynı zamanda "korkak" anlamına da geliyor. |
| Ukrainian | The word "терористична" in Ukrainian is derived from the Greek word "terrorismos", meaning "causing terror" or "causing panic". |
| Urdu | The word "دہشت گرد" (terrorist) is derived from the Persian word "دہشت" (terror), which ultimately comes from the Arabic word "دَهاء" (cunning, guile). |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "terrorchi" is a loanword from Russian borrowed during the Soviet Union. |
| Vietnamese | The word khủng bố is derived from the French word |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "terfysgol" also means "university" and is derived from the Latin word "universitas". |
| Xhosa | The word "umgrogrisi" in Xhosa literally means "one who causes a state of horror or panic." |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "טעראָריסט" "terrorist" also has the connotation of "one who creates a disturbance". |
| Yoruba | The word "apanilaya" can also mean "a thief" |
| Zulu | The word "ubushokobezi" in Zulu literally means "one who cuts off the head". |
| English | The word 'terrorist' is derived from the Latin word 'terrōr,' which means 'great fear' or 'dread'. |