Way in Different Languages
Discover 'Way' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Way
Afrikaans manier | ||
Albanian mënyrë | ||
Amharic መንገድ | ||
Arabic الطريق | ||
Armenian ճանապարհ | ||
Assamese পথ | ||
Aymara phurma | ||
Azerbaijani yol | ||
Bambara cogo | ||
Basque bidea | ||
Belarusian шлях | ||
Bengali উপায় | ||
Bhojpuri राहि | ||
Bosnian način | ||
Bulgarian начин | ||
Catalan manera | ||
Cebuano paagi | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 道路 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 方式 | ||
Corsican via | ||
Croatian put | ||
Czech způsob | ||
Danish vej | ||
Dhivehi ގޮތް | ||
Dogri बत्त | ||
Dutch manier | ||
English way | ||
Esperanto vojo | ||
Estonian tee | ||
Ewe mᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) paraan | ||
Finnish tapa | ||
French façon | ||
Frisian wei | ||
Galician camiño | ||
Georgian გზა | ||
German weg | ||
Greek τρόπος | ||
Guarani mba'éichapa | ||
Gujarati માર્ગ | ||
Haitian Creole fason | ||
Hausa hanya | ||
Hawaiian ala | ||
Hebrew דֶרֶך | ||
Hindi मार्ग | ||
Hmong txoj kev | ||
Hungarian út | ||
Icelandic leið | ||
Igbo ụzọ | ||
Ilocano wagas | ||
Indonesian cara | ||
Irish bhealach | ||
Italian modo | ||
Japanese 仕方 | ||
Javanese cara | ||
Kannada ದಾರಿ | ||
Kazakh жол | ||
Khmer វិធី | ||
Kinyarwanda inzira | ||
Konkani वाट | ||
Korean 방법 | ||
Krio we | ||
Kurdish rê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) رێگا | ||
Kyrgyz жол | ||
Lao ທາງ | ||
Latin ita | ||
Latvian veidā | ||
Lingala nzela | ||
Lithuanian būdu | ||
Luganda engeri | ||
Luxembourgish manéier | ||
Macedonian начин | ||
Maithili रास्ता | ||
Malagasy lalana | ||
Malay cara | ||
Malayalam വഴി | ||
Maltese mod | ||
Maori ara | ||
Marathi मार्ग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯝꯕꯤ | ||
Mizo kawng | ||
Mongolian арга зам | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လမ်း | ||
Nepali बाटो | ||
Norwegian vei | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) njira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉପାୟ | ||
Oromo karaa | ||
Pashto لاره | ||
Persian مسیر | ||
Polish sposób | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) caminho | ||
Punjabi ਤਰੀਕਾ | ||
Quechua ñan | ||
Romanian cale | ||
Russian путь | ||
Samoan ala | ||
Sanskrit वीथी | ||
Scots Gaelic dòigh | ||
Sepedi tsela | ||
Serbian начин | ||
Sesotho tsela | ||
Shona nzira | ||
Sindhi رستو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මාර්ගය | ||
Slovak spôsobom | ||
Slovenian način | ||
Somali jidka | ||
Spanish camino | ||
Sundanese jalan | ||
Swahili njia | ||
Swedish sätt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) paraan | ||
Tajik роҳ | ||
Tamil வழி | ||
Tatar юл | ||
Telugu మార్గం | ||
Thai ทาง | ||
Tigrinya መንገዲ | ||
Tsonga ndlela | ||
Turkish yol | ||
Turkmen ýol | ||
Twi (Akan) kwan | ||
Ukrainian шлях | ||
Urdu راستہ | ||
Uyghur way | ||
Uzbek yo'l | ||
Vietnamese đường | ||
Welsh ffordd | ||
Xhosa indlela | ||
Yiddish וועג | ||
Yoruba ọna | ||
Zulu indlela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "manier" (way) in Afrikaans derives from the Dutch "manier" (manner), and can also refer to fashion or style. |
| Albanian | The etymology of "mënyrë" is uncertain, but it may be related to the Proto-Albanian word "*monra" meaning "path" or "road". |
| Amharic | "መንገድ" also means "method" or "path" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The term, derived from the root (t-r-q), is used metaphorically to mean method, path, manner, custom, style, and doctrine in Arabic. |
| Armenian | Ճանապարհ ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weh₁ "to go" and shares the same etymon with "road" and "carriage" in English. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "yol" also means "path, road, course, track, direction, line, channel, method, means, process, procedure, system, and rule, principle, or law. |
| Basque | The word "bidea" can also mean "method" or "process" in Basque |
| Belarusian | In many contexts, the Belarusian word “шлях” could be translated as the English “path”, as “шлях” may refer to smaller roads connecting settlements. |
| Bengali | The word "উপায়" also means "means", "method", "resource", or "remedy" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "način" in Bosnian can also refer to a "method" or "manner" of doing something. |
| Bulgarian | "Начин" may also refer to "payment" or "fashion". |
| Catalan | "Manera" comes from Latin "manus+" (hand) and "-arius" (related to), so it originally meant "handling" or "technique" |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "paagi" can also mean "means", "method", or "procedure" in English. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 道路 ('way' in Chinese) literally means 'earth' (土) that has been 'stepped on' (道). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "方式" can also refer to "style" or "manner". In Japanese, "方式" means "method" or "procedure". |
| Corsican | Corsican "via" derives from the Latin word "via" and has the additional meaning of "time". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "put" also means "road". |
| Czech | The Czech word "způsob" is also used to refer to a "kind" or "type" |
| Danish | The Danish word "vej" is also a cognate of the English word "weigh", sharing the same root meaning of "to go" or "to carry". |
| Dutch | Some Dutch compound words including |
| Esperanto | "Vojo" can also mean "method" or "manner" in Esperanto, which is related to its original meaning of "way to achieve something". |
| Estonian | In some Estonian dialects, "tee" means a "track" or a "footpath". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "tapa" can also refer to a method, a custom, or a habit. |
| French | The word "façon" in French has Latin origins, and its root "facere" means "to make" or "to do," which gives it a broader meaning of "manner" or "style." |
| Frisian | The word 'wei' in Frisian can also mean 'path', 'road', or 'course'. |
| Galician | In addition to meaning "road", "camiño" also refers to the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela. |
| German | The word "Weg" derives from a Proto-Germanic term *wegą or *wegaz and is cognate with Sanskrit "vaha" meaning "to transport." |
| Greek | The word 'τρόπος' (way) also means 'manner' in Greek, similar to the French word 'manière'. |
| Gujarati | The word "માર્ગ" in Gujarati can also mean "method". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "fason" in Haitian Creole can also mean "style, manner, fashion" and comes from the same root as the French word "façon". |
| Hausa | "Hanya" in old Hausa meant "a track in the bush followed by animals or hunters," implying a hidden, indirect approach. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "ala" can also mean "path", "manner", or "means". |
| Hebrew | "דֶרֶך" also means "direction", "method" or "manner", as in "הדרך שבה עושים את זה" ("the way it's done"). |
| Hindi | 'Marg' in Hindi can refer to a path, a route, a journey, a method, a principle, a doctrine, a religion, or a scripture. |
| Hmong | The word "txoj kev" (way) in Hmong can also mean "method" or "process". |
| Hungarian | The word "út" also means "voyage" and originally meant "something that can be traversed". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "leið" has two alternate meanings: 1. sorrow or grief, and 2. a group of people or animals traveling together. |
| Igbo | The word 'ụzọ' in Igbo can also mean 'method', 'process', or 'manner' |
| Indonesian | In Balinese, "cara" also means "to love" or "to like." |
| Irish | The word "bhealach" can also refer to a mountain pass or a difficult path. |
| Italian | "Modo" is borrowed from the Latin word "modus" meaning "manner", "method", or "fashion" |
| Japanese | The word "仕方" also means "remedy" or "help" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word "cara" in Javanese can also mean "to try" or "to do something" |
| Kannada | ದಾರಿ means "way," "path," or "road," and is derived from the Sanskrit word "dhāra," meaning "to take, draw, and carry." |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "жол" not only means "way" but also "road" and "path". |
| Khmer | "វិធី" can also refer to a law or regulation. |
| Korean | The word "방법" also means "method" or "procedure" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "rê" in Kurdish can also refer to a "manner" or "method". |
| Kyrgyz | "Жол" in Kyrgyz can also refer to a road, path, route, journey, direction, or means. |
| Lao | In Lao, ທາງ ("thang") means "way" but also refers to "direction" or "route". |
| Latin | "Ita" also means "thus" and "so" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word "veidā" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-, meaning "to go". |
| Lithuanian | The word "būdu" in Lithuanian is also used to refer to the concept of "being" or "existence." |
| Luxembourgish | Manéier is borrowed from a Germanic word for 'manner' and also means 'action' or 'activity'. |
| Macedonian | The word "начин" also means "manner" and "method" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "lalana" can also refer to a space, road, street, or journey. |
| Malay | The word "cara" also means "method" or "technique" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "വഴി" ("way") in Malayalam can also mean "method", "process", or "approach". |
| Maltese | The word "mod" in Maltese is derived from the Italian word "modo", meaning "manner" or "way", and is also used to refer to a particular style or fashion. |
| Maori | Ara is a Maori word for 'way' that is cognate with the Polynesian word 'ala', meaning 'path' or 'road'. |
| Marathi | In Sanskrit, 'मार्ग' ('way') refers to a type of knowledge, like the Yoga system. |
| Mongolian | The term "арга зам" can also refer to a path or a method. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | လမ်း (way) can also mean path, method, manner, fashion, style, way or means, way out, and way of living. |
| Nepali | Nepali 'बाटो' is related to the Hindi 'path' and the English 'foot,' signifying its original meaning as a path for walking. |
| Norwegian | The word "vei" can also refer to a toll or a road tax. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'njira' can also mean 'road' or 'path' in some contexts. |
| Pashto | لاره (way) is also a Pashto word for a path, journey, method, manner, style, and mode. |
| Persian | The Persian word "مسیر" (way) can also refer to a path or course of action. |
| Polish | The word "sposób" can also mean "method" or "manner" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "caminho" can also mean "destination"} |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਤਰੀਕਾ" ('way') shares the same root as 'tariqa' in Urdu and Arabic, and 'tor' in Pashto, all of which refer to 'path' or 'method'. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, «cale» originates from the Slavic word for «path» but also refers to a «road», «journey», «manner», «method», and a «musical scale». |
| Russian | The Russian word "путь" can also refer to a "pathway" or a "route". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "ala" also means "route" or "path" and is related to the word "alatele" meaning "to travel". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'dòigh' has several meanings, including 'way,' 'manner,' and 'method.' |
| Serbian | The word "начин" ("way") in Serbian also refers to a style, manner, or method of doing something. |
| Sesotho | Tsela can also refer to a path, road, or manner in which something is done. |
| Shona | The word 'nzira' may come from the Proto-Bantu root *-jila 'road, path'. |
| Sindhi | "restu" is a Sindhi word derived from Sanskrit "raastha" meaning "path" or "road" and is also used to refer to a place or a location. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "මාර්ගය" (way) in Sinhala has a deeper etymology and alternate meanings relating to paths, paths of life, and the pursuit of knowledge. |
| Slovak | "Spôsobom" comes from the Slavic root *sobъ, which also appears in words like "способ" (Russian), "sposób" (Polish), and "spůsob" (Czech). |
| Slovenian | In Serbo-Croatian, the word 'način' also means 'manner,' 'style,' 'custom,' 'habit,' 'fashion,' 'method,' 'practice,' 'procedure,' or 'technique.' |
| Somali | The word "jidka" is derived from the Arabic word "al-tariq", meaning "the path". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, 'camino' also means 'road' or 'journey', and shares its etymology with 'chimney' as it originally referred to an 'open fire'. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "jalan" can also refer to a path taken through a natural environment, or a spiritual journey towards enlightenment. |
| Swahili | The word "njia" in Swahili can also mean "manner" or "method". |
| Swedish | The word "sätt" can also refer to a method, manner, or style. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "роҳ" ("way") can also refer to a "method", "manner", or "path". |
| Tamil | In Tamil, |
| Telugu | In Telugu, 'మార్గం' has the same meaning as 'way', but it can also refer to a road or path. |
| Thai | In Northern Thai, ทาง may also refer to a village, while in the South it may mean 'exit'. |
| Turkish | "Yol" derives from the Proto-Turkic word "yol" meaning "path, direction, method" and cognate with Mongolian "zol" meaning "road, path, way." |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word 'шлях' also means 'fate', 'track' or 'road' |
| Urdu | Rastah, an Urdu word meaning way, can also refer to the Rastafari movement and culture originating in Jamaica. |
| Uzbek | The word "yo'l" can also mean "method" or "means" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Besides meaning “road”, the word đường is also used to refer to sugar in Vietnamese |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "ffordd" has the same meaning as "ford" in English and "via" in Latin. |
| Xhosa | The word 'indlela' means 'path, manner of acting' and is also related to 'indlebele' (ear), indicating that the path of the ear leads to wisdom. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "וועג" can also mean "direction," "route," or "road." |
| Yoruba | "Ọna" also means "manner" or "method". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "indlela" is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "ndela", meaning "path" or "route". In addition to its literal meaning, "indlela" can also be used metaphorically to refer to a person's destiny or life path. |
| English | In the late 14th century, “way” also came to mean “manner” or “method” — the way that something is done. |