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Various in Different Languages

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Various


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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

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "verskillende" likely derives from the Dutch word "verschillend", meaning "different" or "distinctive."
AlbanianThe word "te ndryshme" can also mean "different" or "diverse" in Albanian.
Arabicمختلف, from the root خ ل ف, also means "to dispute" (intransitive) and "to contradict, disagree, or oppose", from which the noun خلاف is derived.
AzerbaijaniThe 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."
BelarusianThe word "розныя" also means "odd" or "strange" in Belarusian.
BosnianIn Bosnian, "razni" can also denote "other".
CatalanThe 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.
CorsicanCorsican "varii" derives from Latin "varius" which also means "of different colours".
CroatianRaznim'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".
DanishThe Danish word "forskellige" has its roots in the Old Norse "forskelligr", meaning "different" or "distinctive".
DutchThe word "verschillende" comes from the Middle Dutch "verscheellen", meaning "to distinguish" or "to differ".
EsperantoThe word "diversaj" derives from the Latin word "diversus" meaning "different" or "varied".
EstonianThe 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".
FrenchThe word 'divers' in French is derived from the Latin word 'diversus', meaning 'different' or 'separate'.
FrisianThe word "ferskate" is derived from the Old Frisian word "fersk" meaning "different" or "separate".
GalicianThe Galician word varios is related to the Latin word varius, meaning "varied" or "diverse".
GermanThe German word "verschiedene" can also mean "different," as in a mixture containing multiple distinct things.
GreekThe word "διάφορος" in Greek can also mean "different" or "diverse."
GujaratiThe word "વિવિધ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विविध" which means "different" or "of various kinds".
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole, "divès kalite" can also mean "of all kinds" or "in all sorts of ways."
HausaHausa word 'daban-daban' could also mean a variety or types of something, and sometimes in a derogatory sense.
HebrewThe Hebrew word "שׁוֹנִים" (various) comes from the root "שונה" (to change, to be different), suggesting its connotation of diversity and variation.
Hindiविभिन्न' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'वि' (vi) meaning 'apart' and 'भिन्न' (bhinna) meaning 'broken', suggesting the idea of something being separated or distinct.
HmongThe word 'ntau yam' also means 'many' or 'all kinds of' in the Hmong language.
HungarianThe word "különféle" ultimately derives from the Turkic word "külüng" meaning "different".
IcelandicStemming 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".
IrishÉagsúla can also refer to 'a difference' or 'a change'.
ItalianThe Italian word 'vari' is derived from the Latin word 'varius', meaning 'diverse' or 'multiform'. It can also refer to 'varied' or 'different'.
JapaneseOriginally, this word was written as “色色” (“various colors”), and it was used to describe the wide variety of colors in the natural world.
JavaneseThe Javanese word 'macem-macem' means 'various,' and can also mean 'a variety of things' or 'different kinds' depending on the context
KannadaThe word "ವಿವಿಧ" in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "विविध" (vividha), which means "diverse" or "varied".
KazakhThe word "әртүрлі" also means "special" or "different" in Kazakh.
KhmerThe Khmer word "ផ្សេងៗ" has various meanings, including "different" and "diverse".
Korean한자로는 여러로 적으며, '이러이러'
KurdishThe word "newekhev" in Kurdish also signifies "dispersal" and "separateness."
KyrgyzThe Kyrgyz word "ар кандай" can also refer to "differentiation" or "distinction".
LatinVariis 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."
LithuanianThe word "įvairūs" can also refer to "diverse", "different" or "of many kinds".
MacedonianThe word "разни" (various) is derived from the Proto-Slavic adjective *razьnъ, meaning "different" or "diverse".
MalagasyThe 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".
MalayalamThe word "വിവിധ" also means 'diverse' and 'varied' in Malayalam.
MalteseThe word 'varji' has the same root in Italian and French and carries the same meaning, while the Spanish word is 'vario'
MaoriThe Maori word "momo" (various) is also used to refer to a bundle or group of things tied together.
MarathiThe word “विविध” can also mean different, miscellaneous, mixed, or manifold in Marathi.
NepaliThe word "विभिन्न" literally means "separated" and has the alternate meaning of "many".
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "diverse" can also mean "strange" or "odd".
PashtoThe Pashto word "مختلف" is related to the Persian word "مخالف" (mukhalif), meaning "opponent" or "adversary".
PersianThe Persian word "مختلف" also refers to "miscellaneous", "assorted".
PolishThe 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"
RomanianIn Romanian, "variat" can also mean "diverse" or "multifarious".
SamoanThe 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'.
SerbianThe word "разним" can also mean "in different ways" or "at different times" in Serbian, showcasing its semantic richness.
SesothoThe word "fapaneng" can also be a verb meaning "to be scattered".
ShonaThe word "siyana" can also refer to a type of bird or a person who is cunning or sly.
SindhiThe word "مختلف" in Sindhi is derived from the Persian word "مُختَلِف" meaning "diverse" or "different" and can also refer to "disagreement" or "controversy".
SlovakThe word "rôzne" in Slovak can also refer to "sundries" or "miscellaneous items".
SlovenianThe word "različno" in Slovenian comes from the Old Slavic word "različiti", which means "to distinguish".
SomaliThe word "kala duwan" can also refer to "many" or "several" in Somali.
SpanishIn 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."
SundaneseThe 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.
SwedishThe word "olika" in Swedish is derived from the Old Norse word "ólikr", which means "different" or "unlike".
TajikThe word "гуногун" can also mean "every" or "all".
TeluguThe word వివిధ (vividha) is derived from the Sanskrit root विद (vid), meaning 'to know', and thus denotes 'knowledge in different forms'.
ThaiThe word "ต่างๆ" is also widely used in the names of Thai dishes to signify variety
TurkishThe word "çeşitli" is derived from the Arabic word "çesit" which means "kind, type, species" and shares a common root with the English word "species"
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "різноманітні" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *razno-, meaning "different" or "of different kinds".
Urduمختلف also means 'dissimilar' or 'unlike' in Urdu.
UzbekIn some contexts, "turli xil" can refer specifically to "various types of fruit".
VietnameseThe word "đa dạng" can also mean "diverse" or "heterogeneous" in Vietnamese.
XhosaEzahlukahlukeneyo is derived from the stem -zahluka meaning 'to be different or to differ' and the diminutive suffix '-ana', indicating a multitude of instances.
YiddishThough related to the German word "verscheiden", "פאַרשידן" does not carry the connotation of being "deceased".
YorubaThe word "orisirisi" in Yoruba can also refer to "many kinds" or "different types" of something
ZuluThe word "ezahlukahlukene" can also refer to different types of things, or to a variety of things.
EnglishThe word "various" derives from the Latin "varius," meaning "unlike," and was first used in the early 15th century to mean "diverse"

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