Afrikaans verskillende | ||
Albanian te ndryshme | ||
Amharic የተለያዩ | ||
Arabic مختلف | ||
Armenian բազմազան | ||
Assamese বিভিন্ন | ||
Aymara walja | ||
Azerbaijani müxtəlifdir | ||
Bambara wɛrɛ | ||
Basque zenbait | ||
Belarusian розныя | ||
Bengali বিভিন্ন | ||
Bhojpuri कई गो | ||
Bosnian razni | ||
Bulgarian различни | ||
Catalan diversos | ||
Cebuano lainlain | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 各种 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 各種 | ||
Corsican varii | ||
Croatian raznim | ||
Czech rozličný | ||
Danish forskellige | ||
Dhivehi އެކި ބާވަތުގެ | ||
Dogri केईं | ||
Dutch verschillende | ||
English various | ||
Esperanto diversaj | ||
Estonian erinevad | ||
Ewe vovovo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) iba-iba | ||
Finnish eri | ||
French divers | ||
Frisian ferskate | ||
Galician varios | ||
Georgian სხვადასხვა | ||
German verschiedene | ||
Greek διάφορος | ||
Guarani hetaichagua | ||
Gujarati વિવિધ | ||
Haitian Creole divès kalite | ||
Hausa daban-daban | ||
Hawaiian ʻano like ʻole | ||
Hebrew שׁוֹנִים | ||
Hindi विभिन्न | ||
Hmong ntau yam | ||
Hungarian különféle | ||
Icelandic ýmislegt | ||
Igbo dị iche iche | ||
Ilocano agduduma | ||
Indonesian berbagai | ||
Irish éagsúla | ||
Italian vari | ||
Japanese いろいろ | ||
Javanese macem-macem | ||
Kannada ವಿವಿಧ | ||
Kazakh әртүрлі | ||
Khmer ផ្សេងៗ | ||
Kinyarwanda zitandukanye | ||
Konkani साबार | ||
Korean 여러 | ||
Krio difrɛn difrɛn | ||
Kurdish newekhev | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هەمەجۆر | ||
Kyrgyz ар кандай | ||
Lao ຕ່າງໆ | ||
Latin variis | ||
Latvian dažādi | ||
Lingala ekeseni | ||
Lithuanian įvairūs | ||
Luganda eby'enjawulo | ||
Luxembourgish verschidden | ||
Macedonian разни | ||
Maithili विभिन्न | ||
Malagasy isan-karazany | ||
Malay pelbagai | ||
Malayalam വിവിധ | ||
Maltese varji | ||
Maori momo | ||
Marathi विविध | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯣꯛꯥꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo dang dang | ||
Mongolian төрөл бүрийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမျိုးမျိုးသော | ||
Nepali बिभिन्न | ||
Norwegian diverse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zosiyanasiyana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିଭିନ୍ନ | ||
Oromo garaagara | ||
Pashto مختلف | ||
Persian مختلف | ||
Polish różny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vários | ||
Punjabi ਵੱਖ - ਵੱਖ | ||
Quechua achka | ||
Romanian variat | ||
Russian различный | ||
Samoan eseʻese | ||
Sanskrit विविधाः | ||
Scots Gaelic diofar | ||
Sepedi fapafapanego | ||
Serbian разним | ||
Sesotho fapaneng | ||
Shona siyana | ||
Sindhi مختلف | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විවිධ | ||
Slovak rôzne | ||
Slovenian različno | ||
Somali kala duwan | ||
Spanish varios | ||
Sundanese rupa-rupa | ||
Swahili anuwai | ||
Swedish olika | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) iba-iba | ||
Tajik гуногун | ||
Tamil பல்வேறு | ||
Tatar төрле | ||
Telugu వివిధ | ||
Thai ต่างๆ | ||
Tigrinya ዝተፈላለዩ | ||
Tsonga hambana | ||
Turkish çeşitli | ||
Turkmen dürli | ||
Twi (Akan) ahodoɔ | ||
Ukrainian різноманітні | ||
Urdu مختلف | ||
Uyghur ھەر خىل | ||
Uzbek turli xil | ||
Vietnamese đa dạng | ||
Welsh amrywiol | ||
Xhosa ezahlukahlukeneyo | ||
Yiddish פאַרשידן | ||
Yoruba orisirisi | ||
Zulu ezahlukahlukene |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "verskillende" likely derives from the Dutch word "verschillend", meaning "different" or "distinctive." |
| Albanian | The word "te ndryshme" can also mean "different" or "diverse" in Albanian. |
| Arabic | مختلف, from the root خ ل ف, also means "to dispute" (intransitive) and "to contradict, disagree, or oppose", from which the noun خلاف is derived. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "müxtəlifdir" is derived from the Persian word "mukhtalif" meaning "discordant, different". |
| Basque | "Zenbait" is the Basque equivalent of the English "several" or "various," and is derived from the Latin "septem," or "seven." |
| Belarusian | The word "розныя" also means "odd" or "strange" in Belarusian. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "razni" can also denote "other". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "diversos" originates from the Latin "diversus", meaning "different" or "distinct". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In ancient Chinese, 各种 could mean "all kinds of evil" or "assorted ghosts and monsters." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "各種" can also refer to a kind of Chinese dish, usually made with braised or stir-fried pork or chicken with tofu and vegetables. |
| Corsican | Corsican "varii" derives from Latin "varius" which also means "of different colours". |
| Croatian | Raznim's root, raz-, is also present in 'razum' (reason) and 'razvoj' (development), suggesting a connotation of diversity and change. |
| Czech | "Rozličný" comes from a verb meaning "to differ" and can also refer to "diverse" or "assorted". |
| Danish | The Danish word "forskellige" has its roots in the Old Norse "forskelligr", meaning "different" or "distinctive". |
| Dutch | The word "verschillende" comes from the Middle Dutch "verscheellen", meaning "to distinguish" or "to differ". |
| Esperanto | The word "diversaj" derives from the Latin word "diversus" meaning "different" or "varied". |
| Estonian | The word "erinevad" is derived from the Proto-Baltic word *kirti-, meaning "to divide". |
| Finnish | "Eri" derives from the Proto-Finnic "*eri" meaning "different", "diverse" or "other". |
| French | The word 'divers' in French is derived from the Latin word 'diversus', meaning 'different' or 'separate'. |
| Frisian | The word "ferskate" is derived from the Old Frisian word "fersk" meaning "different" or "separate". |
| Galician | The Galician word varios is related to the Latin word varius, meaning "varied" or "diverse". |
| German | The German word "verschiedene" can also mean "different," as in a mixture containing multiple distinct things. |
| Greek | The word "διάφορος" in Greek can also mean "different" or "diverse." |
| Gujarati | The word "વિવિધ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विविध" which means "different" or "of various kinds". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "divès kalite" can also mean "of all kinds" or "in all sorts of ways." |
| Hausa | Hausa word 'daban-daban' could also mean a variety or types of something, and sometimes in a derogatory sense. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "שׁוֹנִים" (various) comes from the root "שונה" (to change, to be different), suggesting its connotation of diversity and variation. |
| Hindi | विभिन्न' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'वि' (vi) meaning 'apart' and 'भिन्न' (bhinna) meaning 'broken', suggesting the idea of something being separated or distinct. |
| Hmong | The word 'ntau yam' also means 'many' or 'all kinds of' in the Hmong language. |
| Hungarian | The word "különféle" ultimately derives from the Turkic word "külüng" meaning "different". |
| Icelandic | Stemming from an Old Norse adjective meaning "diverse" or "varied." |
| Indonesian | "Berbagai" is a cognate of the Sanskrit "bhava-rupa" meaning "existent form, existence, state". It is also related to "berubah", meaning "to change". |
| Irish | Éagsúla can also refer to 'a difference' or 'a change'. |
| Italian | The Italian word 'vari' is derived from the Latin word 'varius', meaning 'diverse' or 'multiform'. It can also refer to 'varied' or 'different'. |
| Japanese | Originally, this word was written as “色色” (“various colors”), and it was used to describe the wide variety of colors in the natural world. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'macem-macem' means 'various,' and can also mean 'a variety of things' or 'different kinds' depending on the context |
| Kannada | The word "ವಿವಿಧ" in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "विविध" (vividha), which means "diverse" or "varied". |
| Kazakh | The word "әртүрлі" also means "special" or "different" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ផ្សេងៗ" has various meanings, including "different" and "diverse". |
| Korean | 한자로는 여러로 적으며, '이러이러' |
| Kurdish | The word "newekhev" in Kurdish also signifies "dispersal" and "separateness." |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "ар кандай" can also refer to "differentiation" or "distinction". |
| Latin | Variis can also mean "in various ways". |
| Latvian | "Dažādi" comes from the Old Prussian word "daisīs," meaning "much," and is related to the Lithuanian word "daĩgas," meaning "much," or the Latvian word "dāsna," meaning "generous." |
| Lithuanian | The word "įvairūs" can also refer to "diverse", "different" or "of many kinds". |
| Macedonian | The word "разни" (various) is derived from the Proto-Slavic adjective *razьnъ, meaning "different" or "diverse". |
| Malagasy | The word "isan-karazany" in Malagasy also means "diversity" and "multitude". |
| Malay | "Pelbagai" is a Malay word that can also be spelled as "pelabagai". This is a doublet, meaning there are two words with the same spelling but different meanings. "Pelbagai" means "various", while "pelabagai" means "to provide variety of". |
| Malayalam | The word "വിവിധ" also means 'diverse' and 'varied' in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The word 'varji' has the same root in Italian and French and carries the same meaning, while the Spanish word is 'vario' |
| Maori | The Maori word "momo" (various) is also used to refer to a bundle or group of things tied together. |
| Marathi | The word “विविध” can also mean different, miscellaneous, mixed, or manifold in Marathi. |
| Nepali | The word "विभिन्न" literally means "separated" and has the alternate meaning of "many". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "diverse" can also mean "strange" or "odd". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "مختلف" is related to the Persian word "مخالف" (mukhalif), meaning "opponent" or "adversary". |
| Persian | The Persian word "مختلف" also refers to "miscellaneous", "assorted". |
| Polish | The Polish word "różny" originates from the Slavic root "raznъ", meaning "dissimilar" or "of different kinds." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Vários" in Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) originally meant "manly" and then later came to mean "diverse" |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "variat" can also mean "diverse" or "multifarious". |
| Samoan | The word "eseese" can also mean "many" or "different" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | 'Diofar' comes from the root 'di' (two) and 'far' (many), making it originally 'two/many'. |
| Serbian | The word "разним" can also mean "in different ways" or "at different times" in Serbian, showcasing its semantic richness. |
| Sesotho | The word "fapaneng" can also be a verb meaning "to be scattered". |
| Shona | The word "siyana" can also refer to a type of bird or a person who is cunning or sly. |
| Sindhi | The word "مختلف" in Sindhi is derived from the Persian word "مُختَلِف" meaning "diverse" or "different" and can also refer to "disagreement" or "controversy". |
| Slovak | The word "rôzne" in Slovak can also refer to "sundries" or "miscellaneous items". |
| Slovenian | The word "različno" in Slovenian comes from the Old Slavic word "različiti", which means "to distinguish". |
| Somali | The word "kala duwan" can also refer to "many" or "several" in Somali. |
| Spanish | In English, the word "various" derives from the Latin "varius," meaning "diverse, variegated, or spotted," while in Spanish, "varios" also carries the additional meaning of "a few" or "several." |
| Sundanese | The word "rupa-rupa" derives from the Sanskrit "rupa" meaning "form" or "manifestation". |
| Swahili | "Anuwai," meaning "different types or kinds," comes from the Arabic "anwa," which can refer to a list, classification, or species. |
| Swedish | The word "olika" in Swedish is derived from the Old Norse word "ólikr", which means "different" or "unlike". |
| Tajik | The word "гуногун" can also mean "every" or "all". |
| Telugu | The word వివిధ (vividha) is derived from the Sanskrit root विद (vid), meaning 'to know', and thus denotes 'knowledge in different forms'. |
| Thai | The word "ต่างๆ" is also widely used in the names of Thai dishes to signify variety |
| Turkish | The word "çeşitli" is derived from the Arabic word "çesit" which means "kind, type, species" and shares a common root with the English word "species" |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "різноманітні" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *razno-, meaning "different" or "of different kinds". |
| Urdu | مختلف also means 'dissimilar' or 'unlike' in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | In some contexts, "turli xil" can refer specifically to "various types of fruit". |
| Vietnamese | The word "đa dạng" can also mean "diverse" or "heterogeneous" in Vietnamese. |
| Xhosa | Ezahlukahlukeneyo is derived from the stem -zahluka meaning 'to be different or to differ' and the diminutive suffix '-ana', indicating a multitude of instances. |
| Yiddish | Though related to the German word "verscheiden", "פאַרשידן" does not carry the connotation of being "deceased". |
| Yoruba | The word "orisirisi" in Yoruba can also refer to "many kinds" or "different types" of something |
| Zulu | The word "ezahlukahlukene" can also refer to different types of things, or to a variety of things. |
| English | The word "various" derives from the Latin "varius," meaning "unlike," and was first used in the early 15th century to mean "diverse" |